ACEDS ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following will NOT increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. Delay in collecting ESI until the discovery requests have been
received
B. Communicating with the client about the benefits and risks of
different approaches in the document review methods.
C. Withholding information from the opposition about ESI
D. A greater number of custodians
Answer: B. Communicating with the client about the benefits and
risks of different approaches in the document review methods.
◉ What is the most important aspect of e-discovery?
A. Budget
B. E-discovery review team
C. Third party service provider
D. Data mapping
,Answer: A. Budget
◉ Which of the following WILL increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. reviewing documents for all issues on the first pass
B. starting with the smallest scope and increasing it only when
necessary
C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
D. working with opposing counsel to openly discuss relevant data in
the possession of both parties.
Answer: C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
◉ The e-discovery folder created by the project management team
should include all of the following section EXCEPT?
A. Processing
B. Preservation
C. Presentation
D. Production
Answer: C. Presentation
◉ Fill in the blank. "FRCP Rule 30(b)(6) allows subpoenas to be
served on __________?
,A. non-party individuals
B. attorneys
C. corporations
D. foreign nationals
Answer: C. corporations
◉ The court could take several actions as to which party in the case
bears the costs of electronic discovery. Which of the following is the
least likely method it might use?
A. cost- shifting
B. weighing costs against benefits
C. "to each his own"
D. fair division
Answer: D. fair division
◉ Which of the following is NOT a mandatory element of FRCP Rule
26(f) 'meet and confer' meeting?
A. a discovery plan
B. who will be deposed by each party
, C. any preservation of data issues
D. each party's initial disclosure
Answer: B. who will be deposed by each party
◉ Fill in the blank. "By signing a discovery request, response or
objection, an attorney certifies that ______________."
A. he or she has good reason to delay the proceedings
B. it is neither unreasonable nor unduly burdensome considering
the adversary's means.
C. he or she has consulted with the client on the request, response or
objection at issue
D. it is consistent with the FRCP
Answer: D. it is consistent with the FRCP
◉ When potentially relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
is held by a third party, how can this information most reliably be
obtained for litigation?
A. in most states you will not be able to obtain third party
information
B. serve a subpoena requesting a litigation hold be put in place and
request production of relevant information
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following will NOT increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. Delay in collecting ESI until the discovery requests have been
received
B. Communicating with the client about the benefits and risks of
different approaches in the document review methods.
C. Withholding information from the opposition about ESI
D. A greater number of custodians
Answer: B. Communicating with the client about the benefits and
risks of different approaches in the document review methods.
◉ What is the most important aspect of e-discovery?
A. Budget
B. E-discovery review team
C. Third party service provider
D. Data mapping
,Answer: A. Budget
◉ Which of the following WILL increase the cost of e-discovery?
A. reviewing documents for all issues on the first pass
B. starting with the smallest scope and increasing it only when
necessary
C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
D. working with opposing counsel to openly discuss relevant data in
the possession of both parties.
Answer: C. avoiding costs to deduplicate or de-NIST data
◉ The e-discovery folder created by the project management team
should include all of the following section EXCEPT?
A. Processing
B. Preservation
C. Presentation
D. Production
Answer: C. Presentation
◉ Fill in the blank. "FRCP Rule 30(b)(6) allows subpoenas to be
served on __________?
,A. non-party individuals
B. attorneys
C. corporations
D. foreign nationals
Answer: C. corporations
◉ The court could take several actions as to which party in the case
bears the costs of electronic discovery. Which of the following is the
least likely method it might use?
A. cost- shifting
B. weighing costs against benefits
C. "to each his own"
D. fair division
Answer: D. fair division
◉ Which of the following is NOT a mandatory element of FRCP Rule
26(f) 'meet and confer' meeting?
A. a discovery plan
B. who will be deposed by each party
, C. any preservation of data issues
D. each party's initial disclosure
Answer: B. who will be deposed by each party
◉ Fill in the blank. "By signing a discovery request, response or
objection, an attorney certifies that ______________."
A. he or she has good reason to delay the proceedings
B. it is neither unreasonable nor unduly burdensome considering
the adversary's means.
C. he or she has consulted with the client on the request, response or
objection at issue
D. it is consistent with the FRCP
Answer: D. it is consistent with the FRCP
◉ When potentially relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
is held by a third party, how can this information most reliably be
obtained for litigation?
A. in most states you will not be able to obtain third party
information
B. serve a subpoena requesting a litigation hold be put in place and
request production of relevant information
