How would you sort a cursor based on increasing alphabetical order of the field "name"?

To sort a cursor based on increasing alphabetical order of the field "name," the correct approach involves using the sort method, where the sorting criteria are specified in the form of an object that denotes the field and the order. In this case, the order for ascending sort is indicated by the value 1.

By utilizing the cursor.sort({name:1}), you are correctly instructing the database to return documents sorted in ascending order by the "name" field. This adheres to MongoDB's conventions for sorting, where a value of 1 indicates sorting in increasing order (alphabetically for strings), while a value of -1 would indicate sorting in decreasing order.

Other options do not correctly specify the sorting mechanism as per MongoDB’s requirements. For instance, using orderBy is not a valid method in this context, and arrange is not a recognized method for sorting in MongoDB. Additionally, specifying a value of 0 for sorting does not align with the expected input, which can create confusion regarding sort order. Therefore, using .sort with the appropriate parameters clearly establishes the intent to sort documents in increasing alphabetical order based on the "name" field.