ACEDS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
When Considering the records management policies you should do all of the following EXCEPT?
A. Conduct periodic surveys of an organization's digital landscape
B. Document who has access to which records
C. Assure no records are kept in the cloud
D. Use Data Maps or data surveys of IT systems - ANS C. Assure no records are kept in the
cloud
Which of the following will NOT increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. Delay in collecting ESI until the discovery requests have been received
B. Communicating with the client about the benefits and risks of different approaches in the
document review methods.
C. Withholding information from the opposition about ESI
D. A greater number of custodians - ANS B. Communicating with the client about the benefits
and risks of different approaches in the document review methods.
What is the most important aspect of e-discovery?
A. Budget
B. E-discovery review team
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,C. Third party service provider
D. Data mapping - ANS A. Budget
Which of the following WILL increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. reviewing documents for all issues on the first pass
B. starting with the smallest scope and increasing it only when necessary
C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
D. working with opposing counsel to openly discuss relevant data in the possession of both
parties. - ANS C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
The e-discovery folder created by the project management team should include all of the
following section EXCEPT?
A. Processing
B. Preservation
C. Presentation
D. Production - ANS C. Presentation
Fill in the blank. "FRCP Rule 30(b)(6) allows subpoenas to be served on __________?
A. non-party individuals
B. attorneys
C. corporations
D. foreign nationals - ANS C. corporations
The court could take several actions as to which party in the case bears the costs of electronic
discovery. Which of the following is the least likely method it might use?
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, A. cost- shifting
B. weighing costs against benefits
C. "to each his own"
D. fair division - ANS D. fair division
Which of the following is NOT a mandatory element of FRCP Rule 26(f) 'meet and confer'
meeting?
A. a discovery plan
B. who will be deposed by each party
C. any preservation of data issues
D. each party's initial disclosure - ANS B. who will be deposed by each party
Fill in the blank. "By signing a discovery request, response or objection, an attorney certifies that
______________."
A. he or she has good reason to delay the proceedings
B. it is neither unreasonable nor unduly burdensome considering the adversary's means.
C. he or she has consulted with the client on the request, response or objection at issue
D. it is consistent with the FRCP - ANS D. it is consistent with the FRCP
When potentially relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is held by a third party, how
can this information most reliably be obtained for litigation?
A. in most states you will not be able to obtain third party information
B. serve a subpoena requesting a litigation hold be put in place and request production of
relevant information
C. approach the third party to work out an agreement regarding the production of the
information
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
When Considering the records management policies you should do all of the following EXCEPT?
A. Conduct periodic surveys of an organization's digital landscape
B. Document who has access to which records
C. Assure no records are kept in the cloud
D. Use Data Maps or data surveys of IT systems - ANS C. Assure no records are kept in the
cloud
Which of the following will NOT increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. Delay in collecting ESI until the discovery requests have been received
B. Communicating with the client about the benefits and risks of different approaches in the
document review methods.
C. Withholding information from the opposition about ESI
D. A greater number of custodians - ANS B. Communicating with the client about the benefits
and risks of different approaches in the document review methods.
What is the most important aspect of e-discovery?
A. Budget
B. E-discovery review team
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,C. Third party service provider
D. Data mapping - ANS A. Budget
Which of the following WILL increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. reviewing documents for all issues on the first pass
B. starting with the smallest scope and increasing it only when necessary
C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
D. working with opposing counsel to openly discuss relevant data in the possession of both
parties. - ANS C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
The e-discovery folder created by the project management team should include all of the
following section EXCEPT?
A. Processing
B. Preservation
C. Presentation
D. Production - ANS C. Presentation
Fill in the blank. "FRCP Rule 30(b)(6) allows subpoenas to be served on __________?
A. non-party individuals
B. attorneys
C. corporations
D. foreign nationals - ANS C. corporations
The court could take several actions as to which party in the case bears the costs of electronic
discovery. Which of the following is the least likely method it might use?
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, A. cost- shifting
B. weighing costs against benefits
C. "to each his own"
D. fair division - ANS D. fair division
Which of the following is NOT a mandatory element of FRCP Rule 26(f) 'meet and confer'
meeting?
A. a discovery plan
B. who will be deposed by each party
C. any preservation of data issues
D. each party's initial disclosure - ANS B. who will be deposed by each party
Fill in the blank. "By signing a discovery request, response or objection, an attorney certifies that
______________."
A. he or she has good reason to delay the proceedings
B. it is neither unreasonable nor unduly burdensome considering the adversary's means.
C. he or she has consulted with the client on the request, response or objection at issue
D. it is consistent with the FRCP - ANS D. it is consistent with the FRCP
When potentially relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is held by a third party, how
can this information most reliably be obtained for litigation?
A. in most states you will not be able to obtain third party information
B. serve a subpoena requesting a litigation hold be put in place and request production of
relevant information
C. approach the third party to work out an agreement regarding the production of the
information
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