Question

Data appearing in alphabetical order is considered to be sorted in _____ order.

ascending
descending
numerical
sort

Answer 1

That would be sort order. Ascending means increasing in size, descending means decreasing in size, and numerical is similar to ascending in that it goes up by size. Sort is the only option left. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Ascending

Step-by-step explanation:

Data can be organized using different patterns, the most common patterns used are ascending and descending. In the case of ascending order, information is organized from the smallest to the largest. In the case, the data are words or similar the ascending order means to organize information from A to Z or organize it alphabetically. On the opposite in the descending order words are organized from Z to A or numbers from 9 to 0. According to this, data appearing in alphabetical order is considered to be sored in ascending order.