If more than 1 fuctional group is there in an compound we must decide PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL GROUP (which gives class of organic compound) using priority table P.F.G will be written as suffix & rest functional groups are written as prefixs for e.g if compound contains - OH as well as acidic group suffix will be oic acid & prefix is hydroxy for -OH grp -COOH has more priority than -OH
Arun / Rashi - Authors Macromind MCQ of Chemistry from G.R Batla