RCA Exam Guide
This RCA exam focuses on practical knowledge and exam application scenarios related to the subject area. It evaluates your ability to understand core concepts, apply best practices, and make informed decisions in realistic situations rather than relying solely on memorization.
This page provides a structured exam guide, including exam focus areas, skills measured, preparation recommendations, and practice questions with explanations to support effective learning.
Exam Overview
The RCA exam typically emphasizes how concepts are used in professional environments, testing both theoretical understanding and practical problem-solving skills.
Skills Measured
- Understanding of core concepts and terminology
- Ability to apply knowledge to practical scenarios
- Analysis and evaluation of solution options
- Identification of best practices and common use cases
Preparation Tips
Successful candidates combine conceptual understanding with hands-on practice. Reviewing measured skills and working through scenario-based questions is strongly recommended.
Practice Questions for RCA Exam
The following practice questions are designed to reinforce key RCA exam concepts and reflect common scenario-based decision points tested in the certification.
Question#2
What is true when transferring images from one workspace to another using Relativity Integration Points RIP?
A. The field mapping section is disabled because only the control number is needed.
B. The native file used to create the images must be included in the transfer.
C. The RIP application must be installed in the destination workspace.
D. The metadata fields from your data source will be auto-mapped and migrated.
Explanation:
The correct answer is A. The field mapping section is disabled because only the control number is needed. Relativity’s official Integration Points documentation for promoting data between workspaces states that when you select Copy Images, the field mapping section is disabled because only the control number is required and available in this scenario. It further notes that if you want to transfer other field metadata, you must create a separate integration point without choosing to copy images.
That directly rules out the other options. Relativity does not state that the native file must be included to transfer images in this scenario. It also specifically notes that you are not required to have Integration Points installed on the destination workspace, so option C is incorrect.
Option D is wrong because metadata is not automatically mapped and migrated in the Copy Images path; in fact, field mapping is disabled in that configuration.
From an RCA and data-movement perspective, this is a common distinction: image promotion through Integration Points is streamlined and relies on control number matching, not standard metadata field mapping .
Therefore, the true statement is A.
Question#4
How is a Relativity Short Message Format RSMF file created?
A. Relativity creates it on-the-fly for all non-document data.
B. By using the processing profile option to automatically convert XML from a messaging platform into RSM
C. Files must be generated using the RSMF specifications before they are imported into Relativity.
D. By using the mass operation on the document list to convert a conversation into RSM
Explanation:
The correct answer is C. Files must be generated using the RSMF specifications before they are imported into Relativity. Relativity’s official Short Message Format documentation explains that to use the Short Message Viewer, you first need to create an RSMF file, and the example/specification pages describe the required structure and header information that must be present before ingestion using Processing. Relativity also states that Processing is the recommended method of importing RSMF files into Relativity, which means the RSMF file already exists when Processing begins.
This rules out the other options. Relativity does not say that it automatically creates RSMF on-the-fly for all non-document data. It also does not describe a processing-profile feature that converts arbitrary XML from chat platforms into RSMF during import. Nor is there a document-list mass operation that converts conversations into RSMF. Instead, RSMF is a defined external format that must be constructed according to Relativity’s published specifications, then imported and processed to preserve message metadata, attachments, and near-native review behavior .
Therefore, the correct answer is C.
Question#5
A reviewer cannot find a specific document using dtSearch.
Why might this be?
A. The document's parent email is in a secured folder that the reviewer’s group does not have access to.
B. An incremental build of the dtSearch index is in progress.
C. The fields returned by the Searchable Set saved search are all empty for this document.
D. The document is in a Review Center queue the reviewer's group is not assigned to.
Explanation:
The correct answer is C. The fields returned by the Searchable Set saved search are all empty for this document. Relativity documents that dtSearch indexes are built against a Searchable Set, and administrators must manually update those indexes when the underlying document search sets change. Relativity also describes dtSearch as indexing the content made available through the configured search/index setup rather than magically finding text that is not present in the indexed fields. If the document is part of the saved search but the fields being indexed for that document are empty, there is effectively no searchable text for dtSearch to return for that record.
Option B is not the best answer because an incremental build is a maintenance activity for adding new documents, not the documented reason a single already-known document cannot be found. Relativity notes that incremental builds look for new documents in the searchable set and do not re-index previously indexed records with changed content, which is a different issue.
Option D is unrelated because Review Center queue assignment does not control whether a document is searchable through a dtSearch index.
Option A is also not the best explanation for this question; dtSearch availability is driven by index/searchable-set configuration and accessible indexed text, not by parent-email folder access in the way the option suggests. So the best RCA-aligned answer is that the document has no indexed searchable content in the fields returned by the searchable set.
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