ACEDS EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED CORRECT
RESPONSES HIGH SCORING
◉ 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
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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).
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: C. number of pages
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED CORRECT
RESPONSES HIGH SCORING
◉ 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
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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).
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: C. number of pages
