I think the question was spun, it should refer to Obama’s Application to take the Illinois BAR not register with ARDC! I see the question quite clearly.
link here:
https://www.ibaby.org/applications.action
got to bar exam application, browse forms, chacter and finess,section A personal information,other first middle or last name (2A) and it will ask:
2A Have you ever been known by any other first, middle or last name?
I agree with you that the Bar Application questions whether the applicant has ever been known by another name. That is not in dispute.
The "issue" is whether the IL ARDC records which show that Obama has no "Full Former name(s)" means that Obama lied on the bar application. In August 2008 ... and beyond, Berg and others have claimed that it does. That claim is demonstrably false as Jeff Schrieber documented (and anyone can personally confirm by reading the ARDC website and calling the ARDC).
The fact is that there is no evidence that Obama lied on his bar application. There's no evidence of what he put on his bar application.