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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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - 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
LATEST 2026/2027 UPDATE WITH GUARANTEED
PASS | GRADED A+ (VERIFIED)
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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - ANSWER -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 - 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
