Relativity Certified Administrator Exam — Questions and Answers

Question 1: What documentation practice is considered essential in Regulatory Compliance & Licensing within the Relativity Certified Administrator field?

Recording actions, observations, and outcomes in real-time or as close to the event as possible (Correct answer)
Using shorthand notes that can be expanded later if needed
Completing all documentation at the end of the workday
Only documenting unusual events or complications

Correct answer: Recording actions, observations, and outcomes in real-time or as close to the event as possible

Real-time or near-real-time documentation in Regulatory Compliance & Licensing ensures accuracy, provides a contemporaneous record, and is considered the gold standard for professional accountability and legal defensibility.

Question 2: What is the primary tool in Relativity for diagnosing user access issues?

System Log Viewer
Permissions Checker (Correct answer)
Audit History Log
Relativity Desktop Client

Correct answer: Permissions Checker

The Permissions Checker is the primary tool in Relativity for diagnosing and troubleshooting user access issues. It allows administrators to simulate the permissions of a specific user or group on any object or function within a workspace. This helps identify exactly why a user might not be able to access or perform certain actions, streamlining the resolution of access-related problems.

Question 3: A project manager asks for a production due tomorrow, but QC has found inconsistent privilege coding. What should the administrator do?

Delete the privilege tags and produce everything
Postpone the production without telling anyone
Escalate the QC issue right away and explain the risk and options for meeting the deadline (Correct answer)
Produce on time and fix the coding later

Correct answer: Escalate the QC issue right away and explain the risk and options for meeting the deadline

Quickly escalating privilege risk with options protects the client from inadvertent disclosure while respecting the deadline.

Question 4: Which Relativity feature allows an administrator to re-run text extraction on documents that failed during the initial processing job?

Republish Set
Reprocess Documents
Extract Text Override
Retry Errors (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Retry Errors

The Retry Errors function targets documents flagged with processing errors and attempts to re-extract or reprocess them without requiring a full new processing job.

Question 5: A project manager asks the admin to change a document's date field so it falls inside the production date range. What should the admin do?

Decline, because changing source metadata compromises data integrity (Correct answer)
Make the change since it is only metadata
Change it and note it in a comment
Change it only on the native file

Correct answer: Decline, because changing source metadata compromises data integrity

Changing original metadata to change a document's scope undermines integrity and could amount to spoliation.

Question 6: Which Relativity feature allows an admin to apply a uniform set of field permissions across all groups in a workspace simultaneously?

Batch Permission Update
Workspace Security Template
Mass Permission Editor
Apply to Associated Groups on Field Security (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Apply to Associated Groups on Field Security

Using 'Apply to Associated Groups' from a field's security settings pushes that field's visibility or edit restriction to all groups currently in the workspace.

Question 7: In Relativity infrastructure, what is the role of the 'Secret Store' component?

Encrypts and stores sensitive configuration values like database passwords (Correct answer)
Stores redacted document content during review
Manages two-factor authentication tokens for users
Archives production set outputs in encrypted format

Correct answer: Encrypts and stores sensitive configuration values like database passwords

The Relativity Secret Store (powered by HashiCorp Vault) securely encrypts and stores sensitive credentials and configuration values used by Relativity services.

Question 8: What is a common challenge professionals face when applying professional standards & ethics principles in Relativity Certified Administrator?

Excessive simplicity of industry regulations
Having too much support from colleagues
Lack of any professional development opportunities
Balancing theoretical knowledge with practical application (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Balancing theoretical knowledge with practical application

Balancing theoretical knowledge with practical application is a well-recognized challenge, as real-world scenarios often present complexities not covered in standard training.

Question 9: Which level of Relativity administration grants the ability to create new workspaces, manage agents, and configure instance-wide settings?

Workspace Admin
System Admin (Correct answer)
Matter Admin
Group Admin

Correct answer: System Admin

System Admins have full control over the Relativity instance, including workspace creation, agent management, and global configuration.

Question 10: In Relativity Processing, what is the purpose of the 'Inventory' step before full processing?

To create placeholder documents in the workspace for all identified files
To generate a preliminary list of files and their metadata without full extraction (Correct answer)
To extract text and metadata from all documents immediately
To run virus scans on all source files before ingestion

Correct answer: To generate a preliminary list of files and their metadata without full extraction

Inventory gives you a lightweight scan of the source data to generate file counts and metadata before committing to full processing, allowing better scoping decisions.

Question 11: Which file format is required for the image load file when importing images via the Relativity Desktop Client?

A ZIP archive containing all images named by Bates number
Opticon (.opt) or IPRO (.lfp) load file referencing TIFF or JPG image files (Correct answer)
.CSV with base64-encoded image data
.XML manifest file with embedded image paths

Correct answer: Opticon (.opt) or IPRO (.lfp) load file referencing TIFF or JPG image files

Relativity image imports require an Opticon (.opt) or IPRO (.lfp) format load file that maps Bates numbers to page-level TIFF or JPG image files.

Question 12: Which Relativity setting forces a user to change their password the next time they log in?

Reset Password Flag
Password Must Change
Force Password Change on Next Login (Correct answer)
Require Password Reset

Correct answer: Force Password Change on Next Login

The 'Force Password Change on Next Login' checkbox in a user's profile flags their account so they must set a new password upon their very next successful login.

Question 13: In Relativity, what is the difference between 'Append' and 'Append/Overlay' import modes in the RDC?

Append adds only new records; Append/Overlay adds new records and updates existing ones matched by the identifier (Correct answer)
Append creates new documents with auto-assigned numbers; Append/Overlay uses numbers from the load file
Append imports all records including duplicates; Append/Overlay skips duplicates automatically
There is no difference — both modes produce the same result for most imports

Correct answer: Append adds only new records; Append/Overlay adds new records and updates existing ones matched by the identifier

Append always creates new records regardless of identifier collisions, while Append/Overlay will update an existing record if the identifier matches or create a new one if it does not.

Question 14: An administrator wants to migrate a Relativity workspace to a new SQL Server. What must be done in addition to restoring the SQL database?

Recreate all workspace users manually
Update the Artifact database server record in the EDDS master database (Correct answer)
Re-process all documents to rebuild the index
Reapply all workspace security permissions from scratch

Correct answer: Update the Artifact database server record in the EDDS master database

After restoring the database to a new SQL Server, the Artifact database server record in the EDDS master database must be updated to point to the new server.

Question 15: What is the role of 'validation sets' in a Relativity Active Learning (TAR 2.0) QA workflow?

They define the custodian list for collection
They store finalized production images
They hold documents rejected during processing
They are independent document samples used to measure model accuracy at each review stage (Correct answer)

Correct answer: They are independent document samples used to measure model accuracy at each review stage

Validation sets are held-out, independently coded samples used to objectively measure how accurately the Active Learning model is predicting responsiveness.

Question 16: Why is it important to document saved search criteria used to define a production set?

It allows the methodology to be explained and repeated if challenged (Correct answer)
It is needed to enable Relativity Analytics
It shortens the time it takes to build the index
Saved searches cannot run without documentation

Correct answer: It allows the methodology to be explained and repeated if challenged

Documented, repeatable search methods support a defensible discovery process.

Question 17: What kind of field must an Active Learning project use as its review field?

Multiple choice field with any number of choices
Fixed-length text field
Single choice field with one positive and one negative choice (Correct answer)
Yes/No field with a null default

Correct answer: Single choice field with one positive and one negative choice

The review field is a single choice field where one choice is set as positive and one as negative.

Question 18: How is user access to objects controlled in a workspace?

Relativity SQL permissions
Group-based object permissions (Correct answer)
User-based licensing tiers
Object-specific passwords

Correct answer: Group-based object permissions

Relativity controls user access through a robust group-based permission system. Users are assigned to specific groups, and then permissions (e.g., view, edit, delete) are granted or denied to these groups for various objects within a workspace, such as documents, fields, layouts, and views. This method allows administrators to efficiently manage access for multiple users with similar roles and responsibilities.

Question 19: Which standard of practice is MOST important for ensuring quality in Regulatory Compliance & Licensing?

Strictly adhering to the same procedure in every situation
Minimizing documentation to focus on practical work
Using the most advanced technology available regardless of need
Following evidence-based protocols while adapting to specific circumstances (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Following evidence-based protocols while adapting to specific circumstances

Evidence-based protocols provide a foundation of proven practices, but effective Relativity Certified Administrator professionals must also adapt their approach based on specific circumstances and individual case needs within Regulatory Compliance & Licensing.

Question 20: A former employee of the firm still has an active Relativity account. What is the correct professional action?

Leave it active in case they return
Wait until the annual license review
Change the account email to the admin's own
Disable the account promptly per offboarding procedures (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Disable the account promptly per offboarding procedures

Removing access promptly when people leave prevents unauthorized access to sensitive matters.

Question 21: What is a load file used for in Relativity?

Loading scripts for automation
Importing metadata and documents (Correct answer)
Running SQL queries
Exporting user permissions

Correct answer: Importing metadata and documents

A load file is a structured text file, typically in formats like .DAT or .CSV, that serves as a map for importing data into Relativity. It contains metadata fields and paths to the corresponding native or image files. This file instructs Relativity on how to link the metadata with the actual documents, ensuring that all information is correctly associated and loaded into the workspace.

Question 22: A protective order entered under Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) primarily provides what benefit during a Relativity review?

Production of privileged documents in that case does not waive privilege in that or any other federal or state proceeding (Correct answer)
It removes the need to create a privilege log
It allows privileged documents to be shared with third-party vendors without confidentiality
It automatically redacts privileged text from produced images

Correct answer: Production of privileged documents in that case does not waive privilege in that or any other federal or state proceeding

A 502(d) order protects against waiver from disclosure regardless of how careful the producing party was.

Question 23: A workspace is running out of disk space due to large file repositories. Which action should the administrator take first?

Delete all error documents
Increase the SQL database transaction log size
Reduce the number of concurrent users
Add a new file repository and update the Resource Pool (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Add a new file repository and update the Resource Pool

Adding a new file repository and assigning it to the Resource Pool allows Relativity to use the additional storage without disrupting existing data.

Question 24: You want a workflow to trigger only once per document regardless of subsequent edits. Which condition configuration achieves this?

Set the trigger type to 'New Document Only'
Set the workflow order to 1 and disable re-evaluation
Use a dedicated boolean flag field as a stop condition (Correct answer)
Apply a date filter limiting triggers to the document creation date

Correct answer: Use a dedicated boolean flag field as a stop condition

A boolean flag field set by the workflow action acts as a stop condition that prevents the rule from firing again.

Question 25: Which practice best protects client data when an admin works from home?

Forwarding exports to a personal email address
Downloading native files locally to work offline
Using approved secure access such as VPN and MFA, and keeping data inside the platform (Correct answer)
Saving passwords in a shared browser profile

Correct answer: Using approved secure access such as VPN and MFA, and keeping data inside the platform

Approved secure access keeps data in controlled systems and lowers the risk of exposure.

Question 26: What is the role of the 'Processing Set' in Relativity's native processing workflow?

A container that stores OCR output for documents with no extracted text
A set that groups discovered Processing Source Locations and defines which profile and custodian assignments to use for a processing job (Correct answer)
A queue that manages the order in which multiple workspaces receive processed documents
A saved search that organizes processed documents into review batches

Correct answer: A set that groups discovered Processing Source Locations and defines which profile and custodian assignments to use for a processing job

A Processing Set is the core job object that links source locations, custodian assignments, and a processing profile together so a job can be started, monitored, and managed.

Question 27: How does risk management apply to daily practice in Emergency Preparedness & Safety for Relativity Certified Administrator professionals?

By avoiding high-risk situations entirely
Through annual safety audits exclusively
Through proactive identification of potential hazards and implementation of preventive measures (Correct answer)
Only through responding to incidents after they occur

Correct answer: Through proactive identification of potential hazards and implementation of preventive measures

Effective risk management in Emergency Preparedness & Safety requires proactive hazard identification and preventive measures, not just reactive responses. This approach reduces incidents, improves outcomes, and protects both professionals and clients.

Question 28: Which Relativity feature directly supports compliance with FRCP Rule 37(e) by demonstrating good-faith ESI preservation efforts?

Imaging profiles
Structured analytics email threading
Active Learning priority review
Legal hold with custodian acknowledgment tracking (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Legal hold with custodian acknowledgment tracking

Legal hold with acknowledgment tracking creates a documented record that custodians were notified and confirmed preservation of relevant ESI, supporting a good-faith defense under FRCP 37(e).

Question 29: Which of the following actions can ONLY be performed by a Relativity System Admin?

Creating a new Relativity workspace (Correct answer)
Adding a new user to a workspace group
Creating a new saved search
Modifying a document layout

Correct answer: Creating a new Relativity workspace

Creating a new workspace requires System Admin access because it involves selecting clients, matters, resource pools, and server configurations at the system level.

Question 30: In Relativity's licensing model, what happens when a workspace exceeds the contracted data volume (GB) limit?

Relativity continues to function but the organization may incur overage charges per their contract (Correct answer)
All active review sessions are immediately terminated
Processing jobs are permanently disabled
The workspace is automatically archived

Correct answer: Relativity continues to function but the organization may incur overage charges per their contract

Exceeding contracted data volume typically results in overage charges per the licensing agreement rather than a hard system shutdown.

Question 31: What does richness describe in an Active Learning project?

The share of documents in the population that are relevant (Correct answer)
How many reviewers are in the queue
How fast the model rebuilds
How much extracted text the average document has

Correct answer: The share of documents in the population that are relevant

Richness, also called prevalence, is the share of relevant documents in the whole document set.

Question 32: A reviewer reports they can see a workspace in the workspace list but cannot see any documents. What is the most likely cause?

The workspace has no documents loaded
The user's group does not have the 'View' permission on the Document object (Correct answer)
The user's account has been set to Inactive
The user's browser is not supported by Relativity

Correct answer: The user's group does not have the 'View' permission on the Document object

If a user can access the workspace but sees no documents, the most common cause is that their group lacks the View object permission on the Document object type.

Question 33: A workspace has two workflow rules with overlapping conditions. Rule A sets a field to 'Needs QC' and Rule B triggers when that same field equals 'Needs QC'. What must be true for Rule B to fire in the same agent cycle?

Rule B must have a lower order number than Rule A
The Workflow Agent must be configured to run multi-pass cycles
Both rules must reference a saved search that refreshes between cycles
Rule A must have a lower order number than Rule B (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Rule A must have a lower order number than Rule B

Rule A must execute before Rule B within the same cycle, which is controlled by Rule A having a lower order number.

Question 34: What is the recommended SQL Server collation for a new Relativity installation?

Latin1_General_BIN2
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS (Correct answer)
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
Unicode_CI_AI

Correct answer: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Relativity requires SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation, which is case-insensitive and accent-sensitive, as documented in its system requirements.

Question 35: A production data source is set to produce natives only, but the requesting party needs a page for each document in the image load file. What should be configured?

A second imaging set
Page level branding
Production restrictions
An image placeholder (Correct answer)

Correct answer: An image placeholder

Placeholders produce a slip-sheet image standing in for documents produced natively or lacking images.

Question 36: In Relativity Processing, what does the 'Time Zone' setting in a Processing profile affect?

The time zone applied to audit log timestamps in the workspace
The time zone used to normalize date-time metadata extracted from documents and emails (Correct answer)
The time zone displayed in the Relativity UI for all users
The server time zone used when scheduling processing jobs

Correct answer: The time zone used to normalize date-time metadata extracted from documents and emails

The Time Zone setting in the Processing profile determines how date and time values embedded in documents and emails are interpreted and normalized during extraction.

Question 37: Which Relativity feature allows administrators to view the processing history of a specific document through all workflow actions it has encountered?

Case Statistics dashboard
Relativity Processing report
Workflow Audit on the document details (Correct answer)
Document History tab in the viewer

Correct answer: Workflow Audit on the document details

The Workflow Audit section on a document's detail page shows each workflow action applied, along with timestamps and statuses.

Question 38: Which error type commonly occurs during document processing in Relativity?

User group timeout
Password-protected files (Correct answer)
Audit log mismatch
Low disk space

Correct answer: Password-protected files

Password-protected files are a very common source of errors during document processing in Relativity. The processing engine cannot access the content of these files without the correct password, leading to them being flagged as errors or unprocessable. These files often require manual intervention to decrypt or handle, impacting the efficiency of the processing workflow.

Question 39: What is the key difference between a Relativity System Admin and a Workspace Admin?

System Admins manage server infrastructure; Workspace Admins manage document review
System Admins cannot be added to workspaces; Workspace Admins can
System Admins can create workspaces; Workspace Admins can only modify existing ones
System Admins have access to the Admin mode with all system settings; Workspace Admins manage settings within their assigned workspaces only (Correct answer)

Correct answer: System Admins have access to the Admin mode with all system settings; Workspace Admins manage settings within their assigned workspaces only

System Admins access the full Admin mode (clients, matters, servers, users), while Workspace Admins only manage objects and users within their specific workspace(s).

Question 40: Which setting controls how long a user's Relativity web session remains active before requiring re-authentication?

License Timeout
Session Timeout (Correct answer)
Password Policy Duration
Authentication Token Expiry

Correct answer: Session Timeout

The Session Timeout setting determines the idle period after which Relativity will log out a user and require them to log in again.

Question 41: Two attorneys give conflicting instructions on how to set up a production. What should the administrator do?

Raise the conflict with both and the case lead, and get one confirmed specification in writing (Correct answer)
Produce both versions
Average the two specifications
Follow whichever instruction came last

Correct answer: Raise the conflict with both and the case lead, and get one confirmed specification in writing

Resolving conflicting instructions with a single written authority avoids production errors.

Question 42: An admin wants email-specific rendering choices, such as how headers display, when imaging emails. Which profile type offers these options?

A production placeholder
A basic imaging profile
A native imaging profile (Correct answer)
A branding template

Correct answer: A native imaging profile

Native imaging profiles include file-type options for emails, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Question 43: In a production set, what does a placeholder do?

Marks where a redaction will go
Holds a Bates number for a document that was removed later
Produces a slip sheet image in place of a document, such as a native-only file or a withheld privileged document (Correct answer)
Reserves disk space on the file server

Correct answer: Produces a slip sheet image in place of a document, such as a native-only file or a withheld privileged document

Placeholders are slip sheets that stand in for a document's image. Common uses are natively produced spreadsheets or documents withheld for privilege.

Question 44: In Relativity, what is the recommended practice when a QC sample reveals an error rate above the acceptable threshold?

Increase the production volume to offset errors
Close the batch and produce anyway
Archive the batch and start a new one
Stop the batch, remediate affected documents, retrain reviewers, and re-sample (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Stop the batch, remediate affected documents, retrain reviewers, and re-sample

An error rate above threshold requires stopping the batch, fixing miscoded documents, retraining reviewers, and running a new QC sample to confirm the issue is resolved.

Question 45: When ingesting data via Relativity Processing, what does the 'Discover' step accomplish?

It traverses the source location to enumerate all files, extract container contents, and generate the list of documents to be processed (Correct answer)
It runs a full-text index on all files in the source location
It publishes a subset of documents to the workspace for quality-check review
It applies email threading logic to group related messages

Correct answer: It traverses the source location to enumerate all files, extract container contents, and generate the list of documents to be processed

The Discover step crawls the source location, recursively unpacks containers (ZIP, PST, NSF, etc.), and produces the full document inventory that will feed the subsequent processing steps.

Question 46: How does continuing education relate to quality assurance & continuous improvement for RCA certified professionals?

It is required only for entry-level practitioners
It is optional and rarely impacts practice quality
It ensures professionals stay current with evolving standards and best practices (Correct answer)
It is only needed when changing employers

Correct answer: It ensures professionals stay current with evolving standards and best practices

Continuing education ensures RCA professionals stay current with evolving standards, technologies, and best practices in quality assurance & continuous improvement, maintaining competency throughout their careers.

Question 47: Which type of Relativity workflow condition evaluates whether a document belongs to a specific folder?

Field Condition on the Folder Name field
Object Set Condition
Folder Condition (Correct answer)
Saved Search Condition

Correct answer: Folder Condition

A Folder Condition allows workflow rules to target documents located in a specific folder or folder hierarchy within the workspace.

Question 48: Which action type allows a workflow rule to automatically move documents into a specific reviewer's personal queue?

Assign to Review Queue (Correct answer)
Set Field
Run Script
Send Notification

Correct answer: Assign to Review Queue

The 'Assign to Review Queue' action routes documents to a designated review queue or reviewer automatically.

Question 49: What is the primary purpose of professional standards & ethics in the context of Relativity Certified Administrator?

To replace established industry guidelines
To eliminate the need for ongoing training
To reduce organizational costs exclusively
To ensure consistent quality and professional accountability (Correct answer)

Correct answer: To ensure consistent quality and professional accountability

Professional Standards & Ethics in Relativity Certified Administrator primarily ensures consistent quality and professional accountability, forming the foundation of competent practice in this field.

Question 50: An admin finds that a production accidentally included a privileged email. Under a Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) order, what generally happens?

The producing party can typically claw back the document without waiver (Correct answer)
Privilege is waived for all related documents
The admin must delete the produced copy from opposing counsel's system
The case must be dismissed

Correct answer: The producing party can typically claw back the document without waiver

A 502(d) order generally means disclosure in the litigation does not waive privilege, so the document can be clawed back.

Question 51: Which scenario would require using a 'Lock Document' workflow action?

Hiding documents from search results during active processing
Encrypting document content before export
Restricting analytics indexing on privileged documents
Preventing reviewers from editing documents that have been finalized or approved (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Preventing reviewers from editing documents that have been finalized or approved

The Lock Document action prevents further edits to documents that have reached a finalized state, protecting the integrity of completed review decisions.

Question 52: How does risk management apply to daily practice in Quality Assurance Programs for Relativity Certified Administrator professionals?

Through proactive identification of potential hazards and implementation of preventive measures (Correct answer)
Through annual safety audits exclusively
Only through responding to incidents after they occur
By avoiding high-risk situations entirely

Correct answer: Through proactive identification of potential hazards and implementation of preventive measures

Effective risk management in Quality Assurance Programs requires proactive hazard identification and preventive measures, not just reactive responses. This approach reduces incidents, improves outcomes, and protects both professionals and clients.

Question 53: A Relativity administrator notices that a reviewer's QC overturn rate is 35% over 200 sampled documents. What is the most appropriate immediate action?

Do nothing until the full batch is complete
Promote the reviewer to QC status
Increase the reviewer's batch size to give them more practice
Remove the reviewer from active batches and escalate to the project manager for retraining (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Remove the reviewer from active batches and escalate to the project manager for retraining

A 35% overturn rate far exceeds acceptable thresholds, requiring immediate removal from production batches and escalation for retraining before further damage occurs.

Question 54: Which approach is most defensible when using technology-assisted review (TAR) under current US case law?

Using TAR without any validation since courts accept it automatically
Keeping all TAR methodology secret even when challenged
Using a transparent, validated process with statistical measures such as recall estimates (Correct answer)
Relying solely on keyword search because TAR is prohibited

Correct answer: Using a transparent, validated process with statistical measures such as recall estimates

Courts since Da Silva Moore have accepted TAR when the process is reasonable and validated.

Question 55: Which Windows service account permission is required for the Relativity service account to access the file repository share?

Modify (no Delete)
Read only
Full Control
Read and Write (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Read and Write

The Relativity service account requires Read and Write permissions on the file repository share to store and retrieve documents.

Question 56: What ethical consideration is most relevant to professional standards & ethics in RCA practice?

Following only those rules that are convenient
Prioritizing personal advancement over professional duties
Avoiding all professional development activities
Maintaining confidentiality and acting in the best interest of stakeholders (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Maintaining confidentiality and acting in the best interest of stakeholders

Maintaining confidentiality and acting in the best interest of stakeholders is the cornerstone ethical consideration for professional standards & ethics in professional practice.

Question 57: Under FRCP 34(b)(2)(E), if a request does not specify a form for producing ESI, how must a party produce it?

In a form in which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form (Correct answer)
In whatever form is cheapest for the producing party regardless of usability
Only as native files with no load file
Only as paper printouts

Correct answer: In a form in which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form

Absent a specified form, ESI must be produced as ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form.

Question 58: When configuring OCR in a Relativity Processing profile, which document condition triggers OCR to run?

Documents where no extracted text was produced during standard text extraction (Correct answer)
All documents regardless of whether extracted text exists
Only image-based PDFs identified during the inventory step
Any document larger than 10 MB

Correct answer: Documents where no extracted text was produced during standard text extraction

OCR is typically triggered for documents where standard text extraction yields no text content, such as scanned image PDFs or image-only files.

Question 59: What is the main benefit of running a post-production QC of the produced Bates range?

It resets the document coding
It removes the production from the workspace
It rebuilds the analytics index
It confirms the right documents, redactions, and numbering went out before delivery (Correct answer)

Correct answer: It confirms the right documents, redactions, and numbering went out before delivery

Post-production QC catches numbering gaps, missing redactions, or wrong documents before delivery.

Question 60: What is the purpose of the 'User Has No Password' option on a Relativity user profile?

It forces the user to authenticate using only multi-factor authentication
It disables the account until a System Admin sets a password
It is used for service accounts that authenticate via API keys or integrated authentication instead of a password (Correct answer)
It grants the user a temporary guest access token

Correct answer: It is used for service accounts that authenticate via API keys or integrated authentication instead of a password

'User Has No Password' is intended for service accounts or integrations that use Relativity's API or RSA token authentication rather than a standard username/password login.

Question 61: Which log file contains errors related to agent activity in Relativity?

Agent log file (Correct answer)
SQL profiler logs
Load file log
Web server logs

Correct answer: Agent log file

Each Relativity Agent generates its own specific log files, which meticulously record its activities, status, and any errors encountered during its operations. These agent log files are indispensable for diagnosing and troubleshooting issues related to background tasks performed by agents, such as processing, indexing, or analytics. They provide detailed insights into agent behavior and failures.

Question 62: Which dtSearch syntax searches for numeric values between 100 and 500?

[100,500]
100 to 500
100-500
100~~500 (Correct answer)

Correct answer: 100~~500

The double tilde between two numbers is dtSearch's numeric range syntax.

Question 63: How can administrators reduce review time across large document sets?

Disable deduplication
Increase SQL server memory
Enable background processing
Use the batching feature (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Use the batching feature

The batching feature in Relativity allows administrators to divide large document sets into smaller, manageable groups called batches. These batches can then be assigned to multiple reviewers, enabling concurrent review and significantly accelerating the overall review process. This parallel workflow is crucial for efficiently managing large-scale e-discovery projects and reducing review time.

Question 64: Which documentation practice is most important for regulatory compliance & legal framework in the RCA field?

Maintaining complete, accurate, and timely records (Correct answer)
Using informal notes instead of official records
Documenting only when legally required
Recording only successful outcomes

Correct answer: Maintaining complete, accurate, and timely records

Maintaining complete, accurate, and timely records is crucial for accountability, quality assurance, and legal compliance in regulatory compliance & legal framework.

Question 65: What is the function of a group in Relativity?

Store audit history
Manage data imports
Group users for permissions management (Correct answer)
Define user interface layout

Correct answer: Group users for permissions management

In Relativity, groups are fundamental for managing user permissions and access control. By assigning users to specific groups, administrators can efficiently grant or restrict access to workspaces, tabs, objects, and fields. This ensures that users only have the necessary privileges to perform their tasks, maintaining security and data integrity.

Question 66: What happens when you click 'Apply to Associated Groups' while editing workspace-level object permissions in Relativity?

The permission changes are applied to all groups currently added to that workspace (Correct answer)
The permission changes are applied only to child groups of the selected group
The permission changes are pushed to all groups within the Relativity instance
The permissions are locked and cannot be changed by workspace admins

Correct answer: The permission changes are applied to all groups currently added to that workspace

'Apply to Associated Groups' propagates the current object security settings to every group that has been added to that specific workspace.

Question 67: What is the recommended practice for Relativity administrators when handling personally identifiable information (PII) exposed during a security emergency?

Archive PII data to a public file share
Follow the organization's incident response plan and notify affected parties per applicable regulations (Correct answer)
Delete all PII data immediately to contain the breach
Share the PII data with all stakeholders for transparency

Correct answer: Follow the organization's incident response plan and notify affected parties per applicable regulations

Administrators must follow the organizational incident response plan and comply with applicable data breach notification regulations when PII is exposed.

Question 68: A legal operations team must comply with a court's clawback order (FRE 502(d)) and retrieve privileged documents already produced. Which Relativity workflow supports this process?

Use the Production module to identify the produced documents, then coordinate with opposing counsel and update coding to reflect privilege (Correct answer)
Re-index the workspace and rerun email threading
Delete the documents from the workspace permanently
Run a new Active Learning model to reclassify the documents

Correct answer: Use the Production module to identify the produced documents, then coordinate with opposing counsel and update coding to reflect privilege

Complying with an FRE 502(d) clawback requires identifying the produced privileged documents in the Production module, notifying opposing counsel, and updating document coding to reflect their privileged status.

Question 69: What documentation practice is considered essential in Resident Rights & Advocacy within the Relativity Certified Administrator field?

Using shorthand notes that can be expanded later if needed
Completing all documentation at the end of the workday
Recording actions, observations, and outcomes in real-time or as close to the event as possible (Correct answer)
Only documenting unusual events or complications

Correct answer: Recording actions, observations, and outcomes in real-time or as close to the event as possible

Real-time or near-real-time documentation in Resident Rights & Advocacy ensures accuracy, provides a contemporaneous record, and is considered the gold standard for professional accountability and legal defensibility.

Question 70: In a multi-rule workflow, rules are ordered 1 through 5. If Rule 2 sets a field that Rule 4 evaluates, what must be confirmed about the execution model?

Rule 4 must use a separate workflow to read Rule 2's output
The Workflow Agent processes lower-order rules in a later cycle
Rules execute sequentially by order number within the same agent run (Correct answer)
Rules execute in parallel, so the order is irrelevant

Correct answer: Rules execute sequentially by order number within the same agent run

Workflow rules with lower order numbers execute first within the same agent cycle, so Rule 2's field update is available to Rule 4.

Question 71: Which index type is used to run Active Learning projects instead of a conceptual index?

Classification index (Correct answer)
Keyword index
dtSearch index
Structured analytics set

Correct answer: Classification index

Active Learning uses a classification-type analytics index that learns from reviewer coding decisions.

Question 72: A user is removed from the only group that had access to a workspace. What can the user now do in that workspace?

They lose all access and cannot see or enter the workspace (Correct answer)
They can still access documents they personally coded
They retain read-only access until a System Admin removes them manually
They are automatically assigned to the default 'Everyone' group for that workspace

Correct answer: They lose all access and cannot see or enter the workspace

Without membership in any group associated with a workspace, a user has no access whatsoever — they cannot log in to or view anything in that workspace.

Question 73: Which tells you which emails belong to the same conversation after email threading runs?

Language identification primary language
Email Thread Group (Correct answer)
Textual Near Duplicate Group
Cluster name

Correct answer: Email Thread Group

The Email Thread Group field groups all emails and attachments that belong to the same conversation.

Question 74: Which of the following best describes a key competency required for quality assurance & continuous improvement in RCA certification?

Memorization of all relevant regulations verbatim
Delegation of all complex tasks to supervisors
Critical thinking and evidence-based decision making (Correct answer)
Ability to work independently without any oversight

Correct answer: Critical thinking and evidence-based decision making

Critical thinking and evidence-based decision making is essential for quality assurance & continuous improvement, as professionals must analyze situations and apply knowledge appropriately.

Question 75: Which Relativity agent is primarily responsible for processing active workflow rules?

Analytics Index Agent
Branding Agent
Workflow Agent (Correct answer)
Case Statistics Agent

Correct answer: Workflow Agent

The Workflow Agent polls for documents that meet workflow rule conditions and processes the associated actions.

Question 76: When a processing job is stuck in 'Publishing' status and no progress is occurring, what is the most likely first troubleshooting step?

Delete the Processing Set and recreate it from scratch
Increase the OCR memory allocation in the Relativity instance configuration
Restart the SQL Server service to clear any blocking queries
Check that the Processing Worker Agents and Manager Agents are running and not in an error state (Correct answer)

Correct answer: Check that the Processing Worker Agents and Manager Agents are running and not in an error state

Stalled publishing is most commonly caused by stopped or errored Processing agents — verifying agent health and restarting them is the first diagnostic step.

Question 77: Under FRCP 26(b)(5)(B), after a producing party notifies the receiving party of inadvertently produced privileged material, what must the receiving party do?

Share it with co-counsel to evaluate the privilege claim
Promptly return, sequester, or destroy the information and not use or disclose it until the claim is resolved (Correct answer)
Immediately file it with the court as an exhibit
Keep using it until the court rules on waiver

Correct answer: Promptly return, sequester, or destroy the information and not use or disclose it until the claim is resolved

Rule 26(b)(5)(B) sets the clawback procedure requiring return, sequestration, or destruction pending resolution.

Question 78: A Relativity environment uses network load balancing across three web servers. What must be configured identically on all three servers?

Local Windows user accounts
IIS application pool identity and Relativity configuration encryption keys (Correct answer)
Windows Update patch levels
Server hostname and static IP addresses

Correct answer: IIS application pool identity and Relativity configuration encryption keys

All web servers in a load-balanced Relativity environment must share identical IIS application pool identities and configuration encryption keys to enable session sharing.

Question 79: When an administrator purges a workspace in Relativity, what financial implication should they communicate to the client?

User seat licenses will be automatically reclaimed
Processing charges will be retroactively reversed
Storage costs will cease for that workspace's data (Correct answer)
Billing codes associated with the workspace are archived

Correct answer: Storage costs will cease for that workspace's data

Purging a workspace removes its data from storage, eliminating ongoing storage charges for that matter.

Question 80: Where can you change a user’s password in Relativity?

Group settings
Search index window
Audit History tab
User details page (Correct answer)

Correct answer: User details page

In Relativity, an administrator can change a user's password directly from their individual user details page. This page provides comprehensive settings for a specific user, including their login credentials, group memberships, and other personal information. This allows for direct password resets or modifications, ensuring account security and management.

Question 81: What is the primary difference between 'pre-production QC' and 'post-production QC' in an eDiscovery workflow?

Pre-production QC happens after documents are handed to opposing counsel
Pre-production QC catches errors before delivery; post-production QC audits what was already produced (Correct answer)
There is no meaningful difference between the two
Post-production QC is faster because it uses automation

Correct answer: Pre-production QC catches errors before delivery; post-production QC audits what was already produced

Pre-production QC is a quality gate before delivery, while post-production QC reviews what has already been sent, making it harder to correct errors without formal disclosures.

Relativity Certified Administrator Exam

The Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) exam validates proficiency in administering Relativity environments, including workspace management, data loading, processing, user administration, and workflow optimization for e-discovery.

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