RCA Security and Permissions 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary mechanism for controlling user access to specific features within a Relativity workspace?
- System Groups
- Permission Groups (Correct answer)
- Instance Roles
- Security Profiles
Correct answer: Permission Groups
Permission Groups are the core unit for defining what users can see and do inside a Relativity workspace.
Question 2: Which permission category controls whether a user can view, add, edit, or delete specific object types in Relativity?
- Tab Security
- Field-level Security
- Object Security (Correct answer)
- Browser Security
Correct answer: Object Security
Object Security governs CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) rights for each object type such as Documents, Saved Searches, and custom objects.
Question 3: When a user belongs to multiple Permission Groups in a Relativity workspace, how are conflicting permissions resolved?
- The most restrictive permissions always apply
- The most permissive permissions apply (union of all groups) (Correct answer)
- The first group assigned takes priority
- Permissions must be manually reconciled by an admin
Correct answer: The most permissive permissions apply (union of all groups)
Relativity uses an additive (union) model — if any Permission Group grants a right, the user has it regardless of other groups denying it.
Question 4: What does enabling 'Secure User Visibility' in a Relativity workspace accomplish?
- Prevents users from seeing each other's document annotations
- Restricts users from seeing other users not in their Permission Groups (Correct answer)
- Hides user names from audit logs
- Prevents non-admins from viewing group assignments
Correct answer: Restricts users from seeing other users not in their Permission Groups
When Secure User Visibility is on, users can only see accounts of other users who share at least one Permission Group with them.
Question 5: Which level of Relativity administration grants the ability to create new workspaces, manage agents, and configure instance-wide settings?
- Workspace Admin
- Matter Admin
- System Admin (Correct answer)
- Group Admin
Correct answer: System Admin
System Admins have full control over the Relativity instance, including workspace creation, agent management, and global configuration.
Question 6: In Relativity, which permission category controls access to bulk actions such as mass edit, mass delete, and mass move?
- Object Security
- Admin Operations
- Mass Operations (Correct answer)
- Tab Visibility
Correct answer: Mass Operations
The Mass Operations permission category specifically governs which bulk/mass actions are available to users in a workspace.
Question 7: What happens to a user's workspace access when they are removed from all Permission Groups in that workspace?
- They retain read-only access to documents
- They lose all access to the workspace (Correct answer)
- They automatically inherit System Admin permissions
- They are reassigned to the Default group
Correct answer: They lose all access to the workspace
Without membership in at least one Permission Group, a user has no access to the workspace at all.
RCA Security and Permissions 1
What is the primary mechanism for controlling user access to specific features within a Relativity workspace?