You are part of a design team for a GPS system for mountaineers. During user interviews, you notice that most users tend to describe mountain climb difficulty as follows: F Facile (Easy); PD Peu Difficile (A little difficult); AD Assez Difficile (Fairly difficult); D Difficle (Difficult); TD Tres Difficile (Very difficult); ED Extremement Difficult (Extremely difficult). What classification system is being used?
A) Location
B) Alphabet
C) Category
D) Hierarchy

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The classification system being used is a hierarchy, with different levels of difficulty being categorized as F (facile/easy), PD (peu difficile/a little difficult), AD (assez difficile/fairly difficult), D (difficle/difficult), TD (tres difficile/very difficult), and ED (extremement difficile/extremely difficult) in order of increasing difficulty. This is a clear example of a hierarchical classification system, where each level represents a subset of the one above it.

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