PCI CPSA Exam - Topic 4 Question 61 Discussion

Actual exam question for PCI's CPSA exam

Question #: 61
Topic #: 4

A vendor puts cardholder information into a chip by sliding a payment card through a machine that programs it and verifies the dat

a. The chip can make contactless transactions. Which of the following best describes the vendor's activity?

ACard personalization

BHost Card Emulation (HCE) provisioning

CSecure Element (SE) provisioning

DFulfillment

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Suggested Answer: C

by Naomi at Apr 10, 2026, 05:00 AM

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11 days ago

I feel like the vendor's activity is definitely about preparing the card, so A) Card personalization sounds right to me.

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16 days ago

This seems similar to a practice question we had on secure elements, but I can't recall if that was the right term here.

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21 days ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about HCE provisioning being related to mobile payments.

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26 days ago

I think the answer might be A) Card personalization since it involves putting information onto the chip.

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