Which example illustrates how Directives are numbered?

• A. Series 7000 deals with processing information
• B. Series 1000 deals with processing information
• C. Series 9000 deals with processing information
• D. Series 5000 deals with processing information

Answer: (A)

Directives are organized by numeric series, with the leading digits signaling the topic area. This numbering system acts like a category tag so related directives share the same series, making them easy to locate and reference. The example that uses the 7000 series for processing information directly shows this idea: a specific topic is grouped into a particular four-digit series, illustrating how the topic and the series are linked. The other options would place processing information in other series, which wouldn’t illustrate the standard way the topics are categorized by their numeric series. In short, the leading digits identify the topic, and the full series number groups related directives together, which is what this example demonstrates.