Card Issuing and Acquiring Quiz

Do You Know the Difference Between a Card Issuer & Acquirer? How deep does your knowledge go? Answer these 35 Questions to find out how much you really know…
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1. How does EMV (Chip and Pin) Technology benefit Card Issuers?

 
 
 
 

2. The Interchange fee is

 
 
 
 

3. EMV liability shift – Which statements in a Card-present counterfeit fraud, at a merchant POS, would apply?

 
 
 
 

4. what do we mean when we refer to “Card Schemes, Interchange and Payment Systems Interoperability”?

 
 
 
 

5. What is a Chargeback Transaction?

 
 
 
 

6. In Card Issuer terms, the post date is

 
 
 
 

7. An Agent Bank acting on behalf of the Card issuer is…

 
 
 
 

8. What usually happens when a Card Block Request is sent out

 
 
 
 

9. What does the term “Third-Party Processing” refer to?

 
 
 
 

10. The Card acquirer is

 
 
 
 

11. Which of the following terms best apply to the term “Merchant Service Fee”?

 
 
 
 

12. Which statement best describes the term ‘PCI Compliance‘, when used in connection with “Card Schemes”, “Interchange” or “Payment Systems”

 
 
 
 

13. Which of the following statements about the term “EMV” are correct?

 
 
 
 

14. What is the acronym MIGs an abbreviation of?

 
 
 
 

15. What is meant by ‘Card authentication’

 
 
 
 

16. How is the Bank Identification Number (BIN) derived?

 
 
 
 

17. Choose the option that best describes the role of an Acquirer (or an Acquiring institution), in a typical card scheme

 
 
 
 

18. Which statement(s) best describe the term ‘Settlement‘ when discussing Payments

 
 
 
 

19. Who is the “Issuer” (or “Issuing Institution”), when used in reference to Card Schemes (EMV), Interchange Networks and Payment Systems

 
 
 
 

20. Which statements about EMV (in cards and payments) are correct? (Select all that apply)

 
 
 
 

21. An acquirer will typically hold a portion of the merchant’s funds in a merchant account reserve. Why?

 
 
 
 

22. In fraud detection, a “false positive” occurs when

 
 
 
 

23. In fraud detection, a “false positive” occurs when

 
 
 
 

24. An Interchange Network is best described as

 
 
 
 

25. Which statements apply to the the Card Verification Code Number (CVC), the 3 or 4 digit usually found on the back of EMV cards?

 
 
 
 

26. EMV Compliance testing mandates two two levels of testing

 
 
 
 

27. In card terms, the Processing date is

 
 
 
 

28. Which of the following statements best apply to The Magnetic Strip on the rear of Payment Cards? (Check all that apply)

 
 
 
 

29. A basic chip terminal device would protect merchants from liability when

 
 
 
 

30. What typically happens when a cardholder requests a chargeback?

 
 
 
 

31. How does the tiny chip that is embedded in “Chip n Pin” cards prevent fraudulent transactions?

 
 
 
 

32. What does a Q1 payment error usually indicate?

 
 
 
 

33. What is usually meant by the term “Card acceptance device”?

 
 
 
 

34. Which statements best describe a card Affinity Partner?

 
 
 
 

35. EMV liability shift – Which principle would apply where a card used in a card-present, counterfeit payment fraud was fully EMV Chip compliant

 
 
 
 

36. Issuer Authentication is…

 
 
 
 

37. What is the main difference between a Payment Gateway and a Payment Processor?

 
 
 
 


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