ACEDS 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔Third party vendors are found in almost every e-discovery project. The least
important factor to consider when evaluating third party vendors:
A. payment structure
B. long term storage or hosting fees
C. economies of scale by using the same vendor for several aspects
D. soliciting several bids for every aspect of the project - ✔✔A. payment structure
✔✔E-discovery is often the most expensive part of litigation. What part of the discovery
process is most expensive?
A. collection
B. processing
C. review - ✔✔C. review
✔✔Allowing extra time for the E-discovery process allows for all the following EXCEPT?
A. lower overall cost
B. fine-tuning data coding
C. refining the scope
D. greater number of reviewers - ✔✔D. greater number of reviewers
✔✔Which of the following generally will NOT have an effect upon the cost of an e-
discovery project?
A. the volume of ESI can be reviewed
B. how easily ESI can transition from the application in which it is processed to the
application in which it is hosted for review
C. from what types of devices - desktop or laptop computers, servers or smart phones -
ESI must be collected
D. The processing charge for the number of duplicates removed during deduplication -
✔✔D. The processing charge for the number of duplicates removed during
deduplication
✔✔In order to properly document a legal hold you must preserve all of the following,
EXCEPT?
A. the legal hold notice itself
B. evidence of distribution of the legal hold notice
C. notes of witness interviews
D. list of all non-party hosted information - ✔✔D. list of all non-party hosted information
,✔✔When an employee departs from a company, what should be done with the
employee's ESI?
A. all information should be deleted to ensure it is not shared with other employees or
third parties
B. efforts must be taken to ensure that information is not improperly deleted
C. the employee should be interviewed to understand why they kept all of their data
D. a copy should be made and kept with the IT department - ✔✔B. efforts must be
taken to ensure that information is not improperly deleted
✔✔A legal hold is implemented for any one of the following reasons, EXCEPT?
A. whenever litigation is reasonably anticipated
B. when a party receives a complaint
C. as part of litigation readiness planning
D. for actual, imminent or anticipated government investigations - ✔✔C. as part of
litigation readiness planning
✔✔As part of information governance, a question that does not need to be answered for
litigation readiness in regard to ESI, or "Pro-Active e-discovery," is?
A. how safe is it?
B. what is it?
C. what does it cost to keep?
D. how relevant is it? - ✔✔D. how relevant is it?
✔✔All of the following are 'costs' associated with retaining data that can be minimized
with a reduced data retention policy, EXCEPT?
A. mandatory retention periods
B. costs of operations staff
C. increased legal liability and e-discovery costs
D. management and maintenance costs - ✔✔A. mandatory retention periods
✔✔A source of ESI not held by any specific person or company that is a party to the
litigation is known as?
A. non-party hosted information
B. non-party information
C. custodial data
D. non-custodial data - ✔✔D. non-custodial data
✔✔For purposes of a litigation hold notice and implementation of a litigation hold plan,
which of the following is not a likely location for ESI?
A. home computers
B. the cloud
, C. hanging file folders
D. portable devices (i.e. flash drives, CDs, etc). - ✔✔C. hanging file folders
✔✔Put the steps of litigation hold workflow process in the right order
response
distribution
tracking reports
follow-up interviews
written notice
periodic reminders
release notice - ✔✔1. written notice
2. distribution
3. response
4. follow-up interviews
5. periodic reminders
6. release notice
7. tracking reports
✔✔which of the following is a step you should take to ensure data that can be
overwritten is preserved:
A. disable automated deletion systems
B. focus on the continued existence of the source
C. Design a system so custodians can preserve relevant items
D. get a valid forensic image of the relevant devices - ✔✔D. get a valid forensic image
of the relevant devices
✔✔According to the Safe Harbor Protection under Rule 37, it is not permissible to allow
what kind of data management system to continue to operate once a legal hold is
issued?
A. overwriting
B. routine recycling
C. automated deletion systems
D. data held in temporary folders - ✔✔C. automated deletion systems
✔✔Each of the following is a cost element of the e-discovery project, EXCEPT?
A. number of custodians
B. collection responsibilities
C. number of pages
D. volume per custodians - ✔✔C. number of pages
✔✔Which of the following non-party information would not be considered in the control
of you client?
A. an overseas data farm
B. online collaborative tools such as for document writing
C. surveillance tapes from a nearby building
RATED A+
✔✔Third party vendors are found in almost every e-discovery project. The least
important factor to consider when evaluating third party vendors:
A. payment structure
B. long term storage or hosting fees
C. economies of scale by using the same vendor for several aspects
D. soliciting several bids for every aspect of the project - ✔✔A. payment structure
✔✔E-discovery is often the most expensive part of litigation. What part of the discovery
process is most expensive?
A. collection
B. processing
C. review - ✔✔C. review
✔✔Allowing extra time for the E-discovery process allows for all the following EXCEPT?
A. lower overall cost
B. fine-tuning data coding
C. refining the scope
D. greater number of reviewers - ✔✔D. greater number of reviewers
✔✔Which of the following generally will NOT have an effect upon the cost of an e-
discovery project?
A. the volume of ESI can be reviewed
B. how easily ESI can transition from the application in which it is processed to the
application in which it is hosted for review
C. from what types of devices - desktop or laptop computers, servers or smart phones -
ESI must be collected
D. The processing charge for the number of duplicates removed during deduplication -
✔✔D. The processing charge for the number of duplicates removed during
deduplication
✔✔In order to properly document a legal hold you must preserve all of the following,
EXCEPT?
A. the legal hold notice itself
B. evidence of distribution of the legal hold notice
C. notes of witness interviews
D. list of all non-party hosted information - ✔✔D. list of all non-party hosted information
,✔✔When an employee departs from a company, what should be done with the
employee's ESI?
A. all information should be deleted to ensure it is not shared with other employees or
third parties
B. efforts must be taken to ensure that information is not improperly deleted
C. the employee should be interviewed to understand why they kept all of their data
D. a copy should be made and kept with the IT department - ✔✔B. efforts must be
taken to ensure that information is not improperly deleted
✔✔A legal hold is implemented for any one of the following reasons, EXCEPT?
A. whenever litigation is reasonably anticipated
B. when a party receives a complaint
C. as part of litigation readiness planning
D. for actual, imminent or anticipated government investigations - ✔✔C. as part of
litigation readiness planning
✔✔As part of information governance, a question that does not need to be answered for
litigation readiness in regard to ESI, or "Pro-Active e-discovery," is?
A. how safe is it?
B. what is it?
C. what does it cost to keep?
D. how relevant is it? - ✔✔D. how relevant is it?
✔✔All of the following are 'costs' associated with retaining data that can be minimized
with a reduced data retention policy, EXCEPT?
A. mandatory retention periods
B. costs of operations staff
C. increased legal liability and e-discovery costs
D. management and maintenance costs - ✔✔A. mandatory retention periods
✔✔A source of ESI not held by any specific person or company that is a party to the
litigation is known as?
A. non-party hosted information
B. non-party information
C. custodial data
D. non-custodial data - ✔✔D. non-custodial data
✔✔For purposes of a litigation hold notice and implementation of a litigation hold plan,
which of the following is not a likely location for ESI?
A. home computers
B. the cloud
, C. hanging file folders
D. portable devices (i.e. flash drives, CDs, etc). - ✔✔C. hanging file folders
✔✔Put the steps of litigation hold workflow process in the right order
response
distribution
tracking reports
follow-up interviews
written notice
periodic reminders
release notice - ✔✔1. written notice
2. distribution
3. response
4. follow-up interviews
5. periodic reminders
6. release notice
7. tracking reports
✔✔which of the following is a step you should take to ensure data that can be
overwritten is preserved:
A. disable automated deletion systems
B. focus on the continued existence of the source
C. Design a system so custodians can preserve relevant items
D. get a valid forensic image of the relevant devices - ✔✔D. get a valid forensic image
of the relevant devices
✔✔According to the Safe Harbor Protection under Rule 37, it is not permissible to allow
what kind of data management system to continue to operate once a legal hold is
issued?
A. overwriting
B. routine recycling
C. automated deletion systems
D. data held in temporary folders - ✔✔C. automated deletion systems
✔✔Each of the following is a cost element of the e-discovery project, EXCEPT?
A. number of custodians
B. collection responsibilities
C. number of pages
D. volume per custodians - ✔✔C. number of pages
✔✔Which of the following non-party information would not be considered in the control
of you client?
A. an overseas data farm
B. online collaborative tools such as for document writing
C. surveillance tapes from a nearby building
