ACEDS PRACTICE ALL 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔what are the three major has techniques used? - ✔✔MD5
SHA-1
and SHA-2
✔✔even when image format is preferred by both parties, which of the following are
usually produced in native format regardless?
A. .PST
B. .NSF
C. .DOC
D. .XLS - ✔✔D. XLS
excel files are large docs with rows and columns, keeping them in their native format
enables the recipient to view all info including hidden rows, columns, and formulas
✔✔Which of the following is true concerning native production of ESI?
A. the cost for native production is higher
B. native docs have unique identifiers (bates numbers) associated with every page
C. it is safer to produce native docs
D. unique identifiers can be created only at the file level - ✔✔D. unique identifiers can
be created only at the file level
native records do not have fixed pagination and do not contain a unique identifier for
each page of a record should it be printed. Assigning unique identifiers/bates numbers
on a page level can only be accomplished if the records are imaged; therefore a unique
identifier is commonly associated with the record on a file level basis
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true of hash values?
A. hashing is often used with native production
B. hashing a file set can be expensive
C. hash values can never change, even if the document does
D. hashing associates a distinct large alphanumeric value with each document - ✔✔C.
hash values can never change, even if the document does
if hashed portions of an electronic file are changed in any fashion, then the hash value
for that record will change.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a step in a good Quality Control (QC) process?
A. a validation step to ensure each process was done correctly
B. the copy of production media should be checked before providing it to the requesting
part
C. load files should be tested
D. a check that all hash values are unique - ✔✔B. the copy of production media should
be checked before providing it to the requesting part
, if the dataset was not de-duplicated, you will have duplicate hash values within your
production set. At the initial processing stage there will be a validation of the hash
values as compared to the source data
✔✔the following are advantages of using image format EXCEPT?
A. no information can be lost in image format
B. the format is difficult to alter
C. the output can be labeled with numbering and protective order information
D. it can be easily printed and used in paper format - ✔✔A. no info can be lost in image
format
metadata and some functionality such as the ability to view track changes, formulas and
speakers notes can be lost if producing in the image format
✔✔Under the FRCP, courts usually will determine that ESI must be produced unless?
A. party is a US based branch of a foreign company if the parent has shown control
B. party is a foreign subsidiary of a US company and acts independently
C. party is a US subsidiary of a foreign company
D. party is a foreign branch of a US company - ✔✔B. party is a foreign subsidiary of a
US company and acts independently
courts have found that when a foreign subsidiary of a US company has its own books
and records and operates independently, the parent company is not required to produce
those because it does not have control.
✔✔What European Union regulation controls the processing of personal data within the
EU?
A. the data protective directive
B. the safe harbor act
C. the hague evidence convention
D. working document 1/2009 - ✔✔A. the data protective directive
directive 95/46/EC, regulates the processing of personal data within the EU. According
to the mandate, processing refers to "any operation or set of operations which is
performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection,
recording, organization, storage, adaptation, or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use,
disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment or
combination, blocking, erasure, or destruction.
✔✔Working document 1/2009 on pre-trial discovery for cross border litigation was
published by?
A. the UN reciprocal affairs office
B. the US supreme court
C. the EU trade commission
D. the data protection working party - ✔✔D. the data protection working party
convened under article 29 of the Data protection directive. it is an independent
European advisory body on data protection and privacy.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔what are the three major has techniques used? - ✔✔MD5
SHA-1
and SHA-2
✔✔even when image format is preferred by both parties, which of the following are
usually produced in native format regardless?
A. .PST
B. .NSF
C. .DOC
D. .XLS - ✔✔D. XLS
excel files are large docs with rows and columns, keeping them in their native format
enables the recipient to view all info including hidden rows, columns, and formulas
✔✔Which of the following is true concerning native production of ESI?
A. the cost for native production is higher
B. native docs have unique identifiers (bates numbers) associated with every page
C. it is safer to produce native docs
D. unique identifiers can be created only at the file level - ✔✔D. unique identifiers can
be created only at the file level
native records do not have fixed pagination and do not contain a unique identifier for
each page of a record should it be printed. Assigning unique identifiers/bates numbers
on a page level can only be accomplished if the records are imaged; therefore a unique
identifier is commonly associated with the record on a file level basis
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true of hash values?
A. hashing is often used with native production
B. hashing a file set can be expensive
C. hash values can never change, even if the document does
D. hashing associates a distinct large alphanumeric value with each document - ✔✔C.
hash values can never change, even if the document does
if hashed portions of an electronic file are changed in any fashion, then the hash value
for that record will change.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a step in a good Quality Control (QC) process?
A. a validation step to ensure each process was done correctly
B. the copy of production media should be checked before providing it to the requesting
part
C. load files should be tested
D. a check that all hash values are unique - ✔✔B. the copy of production media should
be checked before providing it to the requesting part
, if the dataset was not de-duplicated, you will have duplicate hash values within your
production set. At the initial processing stage there will be a validation of the hash
values as compared to the source data
✔✔the following are advantages of using image format EXCEPT?
A. no information can be lost in image format
B. the format is difficult to alter
C. the output can be labeled with numbering and protective order information
D. it can be easily printed and used in paper format - ✔✔A. no info can be lost in image
format
metadata and some functionality such as the ability to view track changes, formulas and
speakers notes can be lost if producing in the image format
✔✔Under the FRCP, courts usually will determine that ESI must be produced unless?
A. party is a US based branch of a foreign company if the parent has shown control
B. party is a foreign subsidiary of a US company and acts independently
C. party is a US subsidiary of a foreign company
D. party is a foreign branch of a US company - ✔✔B. party is a foreign subsidiary of a
US company and acts independently
courts have found that when a foreign subsidiary of a US company has its own books
and records and operates independently, the parent company is not required to produce
those because it does not have control.
✔✔What European Union regulation controls the processing of personal data within the
EU?
A. the data protective directive
B. the safe harbor act
C. the hague evidence convention
D. working document 1/2009 - ✔✔A. the data protective directive
directive 95/46/EC, regulates the processing of personal data within the EU. According
to the mandate, processing refers to "any operation or set of operations which is
performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection,
recording, organization, storage, adaptation, or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use,
disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment or
combination, blocking, erasure, or destruction.
✔✔Working document 1/2009 on pre-trial discovery for cross border litigation was
published by?
A. the UN reciprocal affairs office
B. the US supreme court
C. the EU trade commission
D. the data protection working party - ✔✔D. the data protection working party
convened under article 29 of the Data protection directive. it is an independent
European advisory body on data protection and privacy.
