DCPLA Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :DCPLA
  • Exam Name
    :DSCI Certified Privacy Lead Assessor (DCPLA)
  • Certification
    :DSCI Certifications
  • Vendor
    :DSCI
  • Total Questions
    :70 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Jul 08, 2026

DSCI DCPLA Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 1:

    __________ calls for inclusion of data protection from the onset of the designing of systems.

    A. Agile Model
    B. Privacy by Design
    C. Logical Design
    D. Safeguarding Approach

  • Question 2:

    Section 43A of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 holds____________ accountable for having reasonable security practices and procedures in place to protection sensitive personal data.

    A. Government
    B. Body corporates
    C. Government and body corporates alike
    D. None of the above

  • Question 3:

    Which of the following are classified as Sensitive Personal Data or Information under Section 43A of ITAA, 2008? (Choose all that apply.)

    A. Password
    B. Financial information
    C. Sexual orientation
    D. Caste and religious beliefs
    E. Biometric information
    F. Medical records and history

  • Question 4:

    How are privacy and data protection related to each other?

    A. Data protection is a subset of privacy.
    B. Privacy is a subset of data protection.
    C. The terms `privacy' and `data protection' are interchangeable.
    D. They are unrelated.

  • Question 5:

    Privacy enhancing tools aim to allow users to take one or more of the following actions related to their personal data that is sent to, and used by online service providers, merchants or other users:

    I) Increase control over their personal data

    II) Choose whether to use services anonymously or not

    III) Obtain informed consent about sharing their personal data

    IV) Opt-out of behavioral advertising or any other use of data

    A. Only I
    B. Only I and II
    C. I, II, III and IV
    D. Only II

  • Question 6:

    Which of the following statements is true with respect to organization's privacy training and awareness program?

    A. It should define roles and responsibilities of personnel in privacy function
    B. It should cover employees of service provider dealing with personal information
    C. It should necessarily cover officials from Law Enforcement Agencies that request lawful access to personal information
    D. None of the above

  • Question 7:

    Which of the following best describes `Processing'?

    A. Processing is collection and use of personal data
    B. Processing is storage and structuring personal data
    C. Processing is recording and destruction of personal data
    D. Processing is a blanket term used for the wide range of operations performed on personal data

  • Question 8:

    MIM

    The company has a well-defined and tested Information security monitoring and incident management process in place. The process has been in place since last 10 years and has matured significantly over a period of time. There is a Security Operations Centre (SOC) to detect security incidents based on well-defined business rules.

    The security incident management is based on ISO 27001 and defines incident types, alert levels, roles and responsibilities, escalation matrix, among others. The consultants advised company to realign the existing monitoring and incident management to cater to privacy requirements. The company consultants sought help of external privacy expert in this regard.

    (Note: Candidates are requested to make and state assumptions wherever appropriate to reach a definitive conclusion)

    Introduction and Background

    XYZ is a major India based IT and Business Process Management (BPM) service provider listed at BSE and NSE. It has more than 1.5 lakh employees operating in 100 offices across 30 countries. It serves more than 500 clients across industry verticals -- BFSI, Retail, Government, Healthcare, Telecom among others in Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The company provides IT services including application development and maintenance, IT Infrastructure management, consulting, among others. It also offers IT products mainly for its BFSI customers.

    The company is witnessing phenomenal growth in the BPM services over last few years including Finance and Accounting including credit card processing, Payroll processing, Customer support, Legal Process Outsourcing, among others and has rolled out platform based services. Most of the company's revenue comes from the US from the BFSI sector. In order to diversify its portfolio, the company is looking to expand its operations in Europe. India, too has attracted company's attention given the phenomenal increase in domestic IT spend esp. by the government through various large scale IT projects. The company is also very aggressive in the cloud and mobility space, with a strong focus on delivery of cloud services. When it comes to expanding operations in Europe, company is facing difficulties in realizing the full potential of the market because of privacy related concerns of the clients arising from the stringent regulatory requirements based on EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

    To get better access to this market, the company decided to invest in privacy, so that it is able to provide increased assurance to potential clients in the EU and this will also benefit its US operations because privacy concerns are also on rise in the US. It will also help company leverage outsourcing opportunities in the Healthcare sector in the US which would involve protection of sensitive medical records of the US citizens. The company believes that privacy will also be a key differentiator in the cloud business going forward. In short, privacy was taken up as a strategic initiative in the company in early 2011.

    Since XYZ had an internal consulting arm, it assigned the responsibility of designing and implementing an enterprise wide privacy program to the consulting arm. The consulting arm had very good expertise in information security consulting but had limited expertise in the privacy domain. The project was to be driven by CIO's office, in close consultation with the Corporate Information Security and Legal functions.

    If you were the privacy expert advising the company, what steps would you suggest to realign the existing security monitoring and incident management to address privacy requirements especially those specific to client relationships? (250 to 500 words)

    A. See the answer in explanation below.
    B. PlaceHolder
    C. PlaceHolder
    D. PlaceHolder

  • Question 9:

    PPP

    Based on the visibility exercise, the consultants created a single privacy policy applicable to all the client relationships and business functions. The policy detailed out what PI company deals with, how it is used, what security measures are deployed for protection, to whom it is shared, etc. Given the need to address all the client relationships and business functions, through a single policy, the privacy policy became very lengthy and complex. The privacy policy was published on company's intranet and also circulated to heads of all the relationships and functions. W.r.t. some client relationships, there was also confusion whether the privacy policy should be notified to the end customers of the clients as the company was directly collecting PI as part of the delivery of BPM services. The heads found it difficult to understand the policy (as they could not directly relate to it) and what actions they need to perform. To assuage their concerns, a training workshop was conducted for 1 day. All the relationship and function heads attended the training.

    However, the training could not be completed in the given time, as there were numerous questions from the audiences and it took lot of time to clarify.

    (Note: Candidates are requested to make and state assumptions wherever appropriate to reach a definitive conclusion)

    Introduction and Background

    XYZ is a major India based IT and Business Process Management (BPM) service provider listed at BSE and NSE. It has more than 1.5 lakh employees operating in 100 offices across 30 countries. It serves more than 500 clients across industry verticals -- BFSI, Retail, Government, Healthcare, Telecom among others in Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The company provides IT services including application development and maintenance, IT Infrastructure management, consulting, among others. It also offers IT products mainly for its BFSI customers.

    The company is witnessing phenomenal growth in the BPM services over last few years including Finance and Accounting including credit card processing, Payroll processing, Customer support, Legal Process Outsourcing, among others and has rolled out platform based services. Most of the company's revenue comes from the US from the BFSI sector. In order to diversify its portfolio, the company is looking to expand its operations in Europe. India, too has attracted company's attention given the phenomenal increase in domestic IT spend esp. by the government through various large scale IT projects. The company is also very aggressive in the cloud and mobility space, with a strong focus on delivery of cloud services. When it comes to expanding operations in Europe, company is facing difficulties in realizing the full potential of the market because of privacy related concerns of the clients arising from the stringent regulatory requirements based on EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

    To get better access to this market, the company decided to invest in privacy, so that it is able to provide increased assurance to potential clients in the EU and this will also benefit its US operations because privacy concerns are also on rise in the US. It will also help company leverage outsourcing opportunities in the Healthcare sector in the US which would involve protection of sensitive medical records of the US citizens. The company believes that privacy will also be a key differentiator in the cloud business going forward. In short, privacy was taken up as a strategic initiative in the company in early 2011.

    Since XYZ had an internal consulting arm, it assigned the responsibility of designing and implementing an enterprise wide privacy program to the consulting arm. The consulting arm had very good expertise in information security consulting but had limited expertise in the privacy domain. The project was to be driven by CIO's office, in close consultation with the Corporate Information Security and Legal functions.

    Do you agree with company's decision to have single privacy policy for all the relationships and functions? Please justify your view. (250 to 500 words)

    A. See the answer in explanation below.
    B. PlaceHolder
    C. PlaceHolder
    D. PlaceHolder

  • Question 10:

    XYZ bank has recently decided to start offering online banking services. For doing so, the bank has outsourced its IT operations and processes to various third parties. Acknowledging privacy concerns, bank has decided to implement a privacy program. Assuming you have been tasked to deploy this framework for the bank, which of the following would most likely be your first step?

    A. Create an inventory of business processes that deal with personal information and identify the associated data element
    B. Ensure that bank is equipped to test the relevance of each legal and compliance requirement in its environment
    C. Assign privacy roles and responsibilities for process owners
    D. None of the above

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