E-DISCOVERY MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS & VALID CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
Bill of particulars - Correct Answer ✔✔ A request to prosecution for details and
evidence of an alleged crime.
Consultant - Correct Answer ✔✔ A person or company offering services or professional
advice; consultants can testify as experts if they meet the same qualifying standards.
Deposition - Correct Answer ✔✔ Giving testimony under oath outside court; a key form
of discovery.
Digital forensics consultants - Correct Answer ✔✔ A person or company offering digital
forensics examination of digital; hardware or software. They can give testimony on their
findings or other related matters.
Discovery - Correct Answer ✔✔ The process of identifying, locating, securing, and
producing information and materials for use in litigation.
E-discovery consultants - Correct Answer ✔✔ People or companies providing a broad
range of e-discovery services or advice, from digital forensics and data collection to file
conversions, database administration, and hosting; these services sometimes include
trial consulting.
Evidence - Correct Answer ✔✔ The testimony of witness and the introduction of
records, documents, exhibits objects, or any other probative matter offered for the
purpose of convincing a judge, jury, or other litigation party of a fact or belief.
Expert - Correct Answer ✔✔ a person with special knowledge, experience, training,
education or skills; can also function as a consultant.
Forensics mediator - Correct Answer ✔✔ A forensics expert who is neutral to the case
and functions as a mediator between parties.
Interrogatories - Correct Answer ✔✔ Written lists of questions served by one party to
another.
Request for admission - Correct Answer ✔✔ A form of discovery that asks the opposing
party to accept or deny certain facts of the case in writing and under oath.
, Request for production - Correct Answer ✔✔ A form of discovery, usually in writing, that
requests documents, electronically stored information, or other tangible items; can also
be used in criminal cases.
Special master - Correct Answer ✔✔ Someone appointed by the court to perform a
certain role or duties; can also be used in criminal cases
Summary judgment - Correct Answer ✔✔ A decision rendered by the court, usually
before trial, that eliminates an issue in dispute.
Uniform task-based management system (UTBMS) - Correct Answer ✔✔ A task- based
billing system that assigns a code to each legal task.
Witness impeachment - Correct Answer ✔✔ The process of attacking the accuracy of a
witness's testimony or showing that a witness isn't credible.
E-Discovery - Correct Answer ✔✔ is the process of applying the traditional legal
discovery process to electronic evidence.
Digital Forensics - Correct Answer ✔✔ formerly known as computer forensics - is a
scientific method for extracting data or evidence from a digital device, including an
active network.
Digital Evidence - Correct Answer ✔✔ is data or files in digital format that pertain to a
civil or criminal complaint.
Metadata - Correct Answer ✔✔ is information about that data. Data about Data.
Cloud Computing - Correct Answer ✔✔ is on demand access to remote servers,
software, application and other computing resources.
NIST (National Institute of standard Techonology) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Defines the
cloud in terms of three service models and four deployment methods.
Saas - Correct Answer ✔✔ refers to applications provided for customers. For users who
want the convenience of accessing their files from any location and sharing them with
any location. Ex. Business people traveling from one country to another might create a
security risk. Dropbox and Google docs
NAAS - Correct Answer ✔✔
PAAS - Correct Answer ✔✔ more of a company or business model. User select a
platform (the OS installed by the cloud provider) and then install their own applications
or software.
QUESTIONS & VALID CORRECT
SOLUTIONS
Bill of particulars - Correct Answer ✔✔ A request to prosecution for details and
evidence of an alleged crime.
Consultant - Correct Answer ✔✔ A person or company offering services or professional
advice; consultants can testify as experts if they meet the same qualifying standards.
Deposition - Correct Answer ✔✔ Giving testimony under oath outside court; a key form
of discovery.
Digital forensics consultants - Correct Answer ✔✔ A person or company offering digital
forensics examination of digital; hardware or software. They can give testimony on their
findings or other related matters.
Discovery - Correct Answer ✔✔ The process of identifying, locating, securing, and
producing information and materials for use in litigation.
E-discovery consultants - Correct Answer ✔✔ People or companies providing a broad
range of e-discovery services or advice, from digital forensics and data collection to file
conversions, database administration, and hosting; these services sometimes include
trial consulting.
Evidence - Correct Answer ✔✔ The testimony of witness and the introduction of
records, documents, exhibits objects, or any other probative matter offered for the
purpose of convincing a judge, jury, or other litigation party of a fact or belief.
Expert - Correct Answer ✔✔ a person with special knowledge, experience, training,
education or skills; can also function as a consultant.
Forensics mediator - Correct Answer ✔✔ A forensics expert who is neutral to the case
and functions as a mediator between parties.
Interrogatories - Correct Answer ✔✔ Written lists of questions served by one party to
another.
Request for admission - Correct Answer ✔✔ A form of discovery that asks the opposing
party to accept or deny certain facts of the case in writing and under oath.
, Request for production - Correct Answer ✔✔ A form of discovery, usually in writing, that
requests documents, electronically stored information, or other tangible items; can also
be used in criminal cases.
Special master - Correct Answer ✔✔ Someone appointed by the court to perform a
certain role or duties; can also be used in criminal cases
Summary judgment - Correct Answer ✔✔ A decision rendered by the court, usually
before trial, that eliminates an issue in dispute.
Uniform task-based management system (UTBMS) - Correct Answer ✔✔ A task- based
billing system that assigns a code to each legal task.
Witness impeachment - Correct Answer ✔✔ The process of attacking the accuracy of a
witness's testimony or showing that a witness isn't credible.
E-Discovery - Correct Answer ✔✔ is the process of applying the traditional legal
discovery process to electronic evidence.
Digital Forensics - Correct Answer ✔✔ formerly known as computer forensics - is a
scientific method for extracting data or evidence from a digital device, including an
active network.
Digital Evidence - Correct Answer ✔✔ is data or files in digital format that pertain to a
civil or criminal complaint.
Metadata - Correct Answer ✔✔ is information about that data. Data about Data.
Cloud Computing - Correct Answer ✔✔ is on demand access to remote servers,
software, application and other computing resources.
NIST (National Institute of standard Techonology) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Defines the
cloud in terms of three service models and four deployment methods.
Saas - Correct Answer ✔✔ refers to applications provided for customers. For users who
want the convenience of accessing their files from any location and sharing them with
any location. Ex. Business people traveling from one country to another might create a
security risk. Dropbox and Google docs
NAAS - Correct Answer ✔✔
PAAS - Correct Answer ✔✔ more of a company or business model. User select a
platform (the OS installed by the cloud provider) and then install their own applications
or software.
