RELATIVITY REVIEW MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
◉ How would you search for the range of dates January 10 2006 -
January 20 2006 using auto-recognition? Answer: date(january 10
2006 to january 20 2006)
◉ How would you search for the range of dates January 10 2006 -
January 20 2006 within 10 words of 'apple' using auto-recognition?
Answer: date(january 10 2006 to january 20 2006) w/10 apple
◉ Does auto-recognition recognise numeric strings (e.g.
MM/DD/YY) as dates? Answer: Yes. It recognises the following
strings as dates:
MM/DD/YY or MM-DD-YY
MM/DD/YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY
DD/MM/YY or DD-MM-YY
DD/MM/YYYY or DD-MM-YYYY
In the case of ambiguous dates, such as 01/05/10, dtSearch defaults
to MM/DD/YY.
,◉ How would you search for a credit card number using auto-
recognition? Answer: Enter a credit card number between the
parentheses in creditcard() e.g.: creditcard(1234*)
◉ What would be returned by the following searches?:
apple W/10 xfirstword
apple W/10 xlastword Answer: Documents which contain 'apple'
within the first 10 words or last 10 words of a file.
◉ What are the 5 dtSearch connector words? Answer: and
or
not
to
contains
◉ How do you search for a phrase that contains a connector words,
e.g. "clear and convincing evidence"? Answer: Either:
a. Put the phrase in quotation marks
,b. Put a tilde after the connector word, e.g.: not~ relevant
Note that the addition of the tilde after the connector word DOES
apply the stemming rules to it, but this is irrelevant because
stemming rules do not apply to short words (e.g. and, or, not, to,
contains).
◉ How do you combine required search terms with search terms
that are optional? Answer: By using the AndAny operator. Terms
before this operator are reuired, and terms after it are optional. For
example: (apple and pear) AndAny (grape or banana) would find
any document that contains apple and pear, with grape and banana
also being counted as hits only if apple and pear are also present in
the document.
◉ In dtSearch, what is the order of precedence for OR and AND
expressions?
Is this different in keyword search? Answer: By default, dtSearch
evaluates OR expressions before AND expressions: A AND (B OR C).
Evaluation order for the search string: apple AND pear OR grape:
pear OR grape is evaluated first
AND apple is evaluated second
, Documents containing the following terms are returned:
pear, grape, apple
pear, apple
grape, apple
By contrast, keyword search evaluates AND expressions before OR
expressions: (A AND B) OR C.
◉ How does a parentheses impact the order of precedence? Answer:
Expressions contained within parentheses take precedence. For
example:
Evaluation order for the search string: grape OR (apple AND pear)
apple AND pear evaluated first as they reside within the parentheses
OR grape evaluated second
dtSearch returns documents containing the following terms:
apple, pear, grape
apple, pear
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
◉ How would you search for the range of dates January 10 2006 -
January 20 2006 using auto-recognition? Answer: date(january 10
2006 to january 20 2006)
◉ How would you search for the range of dates January 10 2006 -
January 20 2006 within 10 words of 'apple' using auto-recognition?
Answer: date(january 10 2006 to january 20 2006) w/10 apple
◉ Does auto-recognition recognise numeric strings (e.g.
MM/DD/YY) as dates? Answer: Yes. It recognises the following
strings as dates:
MM/DD/YY or MM-DD-YY
MM/DD/YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY
DD/MM/YY or DD-MM-YY
DD/MM/YYYY or DD-MM-YYYY
In the case of ambiguous dates, such as 01/05/10, dtSearch defaults
to MM/DD/YY.
,◉ How would you search for a credit card number using auto-
recognition? Answer: Enter a credit card number between the
parentheses in creditcard() e.g.: creditcard(1234*)
◉ What would be returned by the following searches?:
apple W/10 xfirstword
apple W/10 xlastword Answer: Documents which contain 'apple'
within the first 10 words or last 10 words of a file.
◉ What are the 5 dtSearch connector words? Answer: and
or
not
to
contains
◉ How do you search for a phrase that contains a connector words,
e.g. "clear and convincing evidence"? Answer: Either:
a. Put the phrase in quotation marks
,b. Put a tilde after the connector word, e.g.: not~ relevant
Note that the addition of the tilde after the connector word DOES
apply the stemming rules to it, but this is irrelevant because
stemming rules do not apply to short words (e.g. and, or, not, to,
contains).
◉ How do you combine required search terms with search terms
that are optional? Answer: By using the AndAny operator. Terms
before this operator are reuired, and terms after it are optional. For
example: (apple and pear) AndAny (grape or banana) would find
any document that contains apple and pear, with grape and banana
also being counted as hits only if apple and pear are also present in
the document.
◉ In dtSearch, what is the order of precedence for OR and AND
expressions?
Is this different in keyword search? Answer: By default, dtSearch
evaluates OR expressions before AND expressions: A AND (B OR C).
Evaluation order for the search string: apple AND pear OR grape:
pear OR grape is evaluated first
AND apple is evaluated second
, Documents containing the following terms are returned:
pear, grape, apple
pear, apple
grape, apple
By contrast, keyword search evaluates AND expressions before OR
expressions: (A AND B) OR C.
◉ How does a parentheses impact the order of precedence? Answer:
Expressions contained within parentheses take precedence. For
example:
Evaluation order for the search string: grape OR (apple AND pear)
apple AND pear evaluated first as they reside within the parentheses
OR grape evaluated second
dtSearch returns documents containing the following terms:
apple, pear, grape
apple, pear
