Advanced Cards & Payments Concepts Quiz

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1. What is an “APDU” on a payment acceptance device, like a POS or ATM, and what does it do?

 
 
 
 

2. The final digit in the IIN (issuer identification number), is a check digit of the IIN calculated using the ___________

 
 
 
 

3. What information is contained in Field 49 (ISO 4217)

 
 
 
 

4. Which services are provided by a payment switch

 
 
 
 

5. What does the X600/X601ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

6. When does an X200/X401 ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

7. When does an X400/X401 ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

8. When does an X300/X301ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

9. Which type of Messages are contained in field DE2 (PAN)?

 
 
 
 

10. How is the “Balance enquiry” message related to the “Payment advice” message, during a typical Card transaction exchange?

 
 
 
 

11. When does an X200/X201 message set and response indicate

 
 
 
 

12. What type of information does the field DE55 indicate?

 
 
 
 

13. What Information does the X500/X501 ISO 8583 message set contain?

 
 
 
 

14. What purpose does the sending of a bitmap serve in a ISO8583 message?

 
 
 
 

15. Which EMV card field contains the PAN (Primary Account Number)?

 
 
 
 

16. What purpose do “Network management” messages serve

 
 
 
 

17. What is the purpose of the field DE52 (PIN block) code?

 
 
 
 

18. When does an X220/X221 ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

19. When swiping a card on POS (Point-of-Sale) terminal, which magnetic track(s) is/are read?

 
 
 
 

20. What does the acronym STAN represent, when referring to payments?

 
 
 
 

21. The PCI DSS standard dictates that only the ___________ digits of the PAN may be printed on a receipt

 
 
 
 

22. The leading six (or sometimes 8) digits of the card number is known as the__________

 
 
 
 

23. If the field DE4 (Amount) is set to ‘000000001234’, and field DE49 (Currency code) is set to ‘840’. Which of the following statements is Correct?

 
 
 
 

24. What does the X800/X801 ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

25. What is the ‘Original Data Elements’ field (ISO-defined data element #90) used for, when tracking Financial Transactions?

 
 
 
 

26. What is PAN Truncation?

 
 
 
 

27. What does an ISO Standard X100/X101 message set indicate?

 
 
 
 

28. What is a PAN number and what purpose does it serve?

 
 
 
 

29. What response code would you expect to see in response to a DE39 code, that indicates ‘Issuer or switch inoperative’?

 
 
 
 

30. The PAN (Primary Account Number) is composed of a number identifying the cardholder and the card issuer and comprises ____________

 
 
 
 

31. In a typical ‘ATM’ day which of the following message exchanges would one expect to see? (Select all that apply)

 
 
 
 

32. The first (leading) digit of the IIN, sometimes referred to as the “bank identification number (BIN), is known as the  ___________ of the card issuer.

 
 
 
 

33. What is an open API and what purpose does it serve?

 
 
 
 

34. When does an X420/X421ISO 8583 message set Indicate?

 
 
 
 

35. Which of the following are PAN Entry modes?

 
 
 
 

36. Which of the following message sets would one usually expect to see in the course of a Phone Recharge Transaction?

 
 
 
 


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