ACEDS CORE EXAM 2026 SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An e-discovery specialist in an organization with a large legal department has been
asked to collect the ESI of the organization's CEO. While interviewing the CEO and
asking about Internet of Things (IoT) data she might have, the CEO indicated that she
does not use any IoT devices. While asking the question "What about Alexa or Siri?" the
CEO's Alexa device awakens and asks how she can help. The e-discovery specialist
then requests access to the Alexa device, but the CEO refuses to provide access to the
device for preservation and collection.
In these circumstances, what is the best course of action for the e-discovery specialist?
A) Inform the CEO that it is their job to collect the ESI, and request they be permitted to
do their job.
B) Document that the CEO did not want to provide access to the Alexa data.
C) Call the General Counsel in the presence of the CEO and hand the CEO the phone.
D) Document the ESI collect - ✔✔D
✔✔A case team is preparing for document review in an extremely time constrained
case that involves a large volume of ESI. The attorneys are looking for ways to reduce
the number of documents for eyes on review.
As the e-discovery specialist assigned to the case, which of the following processes
performed during the processing stage is most likely to remove the most documents in
the collection from eyes on review?
A) Across custodian deduplication (horizontal)
B) Within custodian deduplication (vertical)
C) Within media deduplication
D) Across media deduplication - ✔✔A
✔✔A client of the firm you work for is being sued. As an e-discovery specialist at the
firm, you are the leader of the data collection and preservation efforts for a recently filed
litigation. During the collection effort, you learn that the client's electronically stored
information to be collected is in cloud-based storage.
What will have the most direct impact on the efficient transfer and collection of this
electronically stored information?
A) The contract with cloud storage provider relative to data retention obligations.
B) The volume and type of data being collected from this cloud environment.
C) The physical location of the server providing the cloud storage environment.
D) The client's internet service provider. - ✔✔B
✔✔During a document review, an attorney reviewing documents has begun to see the
same exact email message over and over. This has resulted in a huge waste of the
reviewer's time.
What could have been done at the processing stage of this project to avoid having the
reviewer see the same document over and over?
A) Use email threading to group related email messages.
, B) Run a deduplication process to remove exact duplicates from the review set.
C) Use de-NISTing to remove all system files from the review set.
D) Perform near-deduplication so all similar documents are grouped together. - ✔✔B
✔✔A company was sued in January for alleged patent infringement regarding a new
feature in its tablets. After counsel told the client in writing that relevant data should not
be deleted, the database administrators disabled the delete functionality for this data.
Similarly, a written hold notice requiring preservation of related data from marketing and
sales repositories was issued and that data was preserved.
In August, when discovery requests were received, legal counsel assessed who might
have the information being sought and then arranged to conduct telephone interviews
with these individuals. This group included engineers and others that invented,
implemented, and tested the new feature. Since these individuals did not previously
know about the litigation, in addition to requesting answers to discovery questions,
counsel carefully explained the parameters of the lawsuit and instructed them to
preserve any material - ✔✔B
✔✔During a trial, the legal team brought an iPad to the courtroom to be able to access
production documents in the courtroom. While examining a witness, one of the lawyers
attempted to send a document via the courthouse WiFi to be displayed on the
courtroom monitors for the jury. It did not work.
As the litigation support specialist in this situation, what step below would have given
the lawyer a better outcome?
A) Test the iPad in the courtroom pre-trial with the court personnel's permission.
B) Practice sending the document from the iPad to a similar monitor at the law firm.
C) Print out the document with enough copies for all parties, the judge and jury.
D) Ask for a recess and some A/V help before presenting the document on the court
screen. - ✔✔A
✔✔The plaintiff in an employment litigation has demanded that the defendant
corporation produce five years of employment data, including personal information and
salary data, from the company's 15,000 employees. The company has made it clear
that it cannot disclose the personal information of its employees.
As the e-discovery specialist working for the defendant, what is the best way to produce
the data while guarding the employees' privacy?
A) Allow the opposing party a quick peek into the data by supplying them a login and
password and monitoring the searches and any reports that were printed.
B) Supply an analyst to perform requested searches and to export the records meeting
search criteria on a CD or USB labeled "Attorney eyes only."
C) Prepare an anonymized data set with employee names and identifying information
redacted in a CSV format.
D) There is no best way to supply this data as it is personal and highly co - ✔✔C
✔✔ A litigation support professional receives a native file production from opposing
counsel and immediately imports it into the law firm's e-discovery platform and attempts
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔An e-discovery specialist in an organization with a large legal department has been
asked to collect the ESI of the organization's CEO. While interviewing the CEO and
asking about Internet of Things (IoT) data she might have, the CEO indicated that she
does not use any IoT devices. While asking the question "What about Alexa or Siri?" the
CEO's Alexa device awakens and asks how she can help. The e-discovery specialist
then requests access to the Alexa device, but the CEO refuses to provide access to the
device for preservation and collection.
In these circumstances, what is the best course of action for the e-discovery specialist?
A) Inform the CEO that it is their job to collect the ESI, and request they be permitted to
do their job.
B) Document that the CEO did not want to provide access to the Alexa data.
C) Call the General Counsel in the presence of the CEO and hand the CEO the phone.
D) Document the ESI collect - ✔✔D
✔✔A case team is preparing for document review in an extremely time constrained
case that involves a large volume of ESI. The attorneys are looking for ways to reduce
the number of documents for eyes on review.
As the e-discovery specialist assigned to the case, which of the following processes
performed during the processing stage is most likely to remove the most documents in
the collection from eyes on review?
A) Across custodian deduplication (horizontal)
B) Within custodian deduplication (vertical)
C) Within media deduplication
D) Across media deduplication - ✔✔A
✔✔A client of the firm you work for is being sued. As an e-discovery specialist at the
firm, you are the leader of the data collection and preservation efforts for a recently filed
litigation. During the collection effort, you learn that the client's electronically stored
information to be collected is in cloud-based storage.
What will have the most direct impact on the efficient transfer and collection of this
electronically stored information?
A) The contract with cloud storage provider relative to data retention obligations.
B) The volume and type of data being collected from this cloud environment.
C) The physical location of the server providing the cloud storage environment.
D) The client's internet service provider. - ✔✔B
✔✔During a document review, an attorney reviewing documents has begun to see the
same exact email message over and over. This has resulted in a huge waste of the
reviewer's time.
What could have been done at the processing stage of this project to avoid having the
reviewer see the same document over and over?
A) Use email threading to group related email messages.
, B) Run a deduplication process to remove exact duplicates from the review set.
C) Use de-NISTing to remove all system files from the review set.
D) Perform near-deduplication so all similar documents are grouped together. - ✔✔B
✔✔A company was sued in January for alleged patent infringement regarding a new
feature in its tablets. After counsel told the client in writing that relevant data should not
be deleted, the database administrators disabled the delete functionality for this data.
Similarly, a written hold notice requiring preservation of related data from marketing and
sales repositories was issued and that data was preserved.
In August, when discovery requests were received, legal counsel assessed who might
have the information being sought and then arranged to conduct telephone interviews
with these individuals. This group included engineers and others that invented,
implemented, and tested the new feature. Since these individuals did not previously
know about the litigation, in addition to requesting answers to discovery questions,
counsel carefully explained the parameters of the lawsuit and instructed them to
preserve any material - ✔✔B
✔✔During a trial, the legal team brought an iPad to the courtroom to be able to access
production documents in the courtroom. While examining a witness, one of the lawyers
attempted to send a document via the courthouse WiFi to be displayed on the
courtroom monitors for the jury. It did not work.
As the litigation support specialist in this situation, what step below would have given
the lawyer a better outcome?
A) Test the iPad in the courtroom pre-trial with the court personnel's permission.
B) Practice sending the document from the iPad to a similar monitor at the law firm.
C) Print out the document with enough copies for all parties, the judge and jury.
D) Ask for a recess and some A/V help before presenting the document on the court
screen. - ✔✔A
✔✔The plaintiff in an employment litigation has demanded that the defendant
corporation produce five years of employment data, including personal information and
salary data, from the company's 15,000 employees. The company has made it clear
that it cannot disclose the personal information of its employees.
As the e-discovery specialist working for the defendant, what is the best way to produce
the data while guarding the employees' privacy?
A) Allow the opposing party a quick peek into the data by supplying them a login and
password and monitoring the searches and any reports that were printed.
B) Supply an analyst to perform requested searches and to export the records meeting
search criteria on a CD or USB labeled "Attorney eyes only."
C) Prepare an anonymized data set with employee names and identifying information
redacted in a CSV format.
D) There is no best way to supply this data as it is personal and highly co - ✔✔C
✔✔ A litigation support professional receives a native file production from opposing
counsel and immediately imports it into the law firm's e-discovery platform and attempts
