Will the question, "Which credit cards do my friends use?" likely be answered by the selection, "Credit Cards-Credit Where Credit's Due"? Why or why not?

No the question "Which credit cards do my friends use?" would not be answered by the selection "Credit Cards-Credit Where Credit's Due" because the selection is talking about the credit and where it is due not about the type of credit card your friend has or uses.

Explanation: I think the answer would be no because it is about Credit Cards-Credit not about them advertising their credit cards in themselves. It would have been different if the selection was something around the lines of "Which Credit Card Is Used Most" or "Credit Cards People Use But Which Is Best?"

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,