Why Would a Company Issuing Credit Cards Use a Code

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why would a company issuing credit cards use a code that is much larger than the minimum length?

• A) to allow for expansion, since the customer growth may increase exponentially
• B) because the numbers are assigned sequentially and the codes should not use all possible numbers
• C) so that a person would not be able to guess a credit card number and illegally use it to purchase goods
• D) because the codes use the alphabetic derivation format
• E) since the codes are used to do inquiries on the data within them

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