Question 1
Question The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that:
Your Answer Potential benefits justify the risks of harm.
Result
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Comment The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that potential benefits
justify the risks of harm.
Question 2
Question Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence is applied to a study involving human subjects?
Your Answer Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated
benefits
Result Correct
Comment The principle of beneficence requires that risks are reasonable in
relationship to anticipated benefits. The principle of respect for
persons requires that subjects understand that participation is
voluntary and that they are provided detailed information about the
study before giving consent to participate. The principle of justice
requires that the selection of subjects is fair.
Question 3
Question Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the
pretense that he was a lookout is an example of a violation of the
principle of:
Your Answer Respect for persons
Result Correct
Comment Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study while posing
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as a lookout is an example of a violation of the principle of respect
for persons. Respect for persons requires that subjects freely choose
to participate in research (voluntariness) and that they are
adequately informed about a study (informed consent).
Question 4
Question The researcher’s failure to protect research subjects from
deductive disclosure is the primary ethical violation in which of the
following studies?
Your Answer The Tuskegee study
Result Incorrect
Correct Answer "Tastes, Ties, and Time (T3)" study (2006-2009)
Comment Although no students were identified by name in the T3 study,
some data were specific enough to allow for re-identification of
students by an outside researcher. This is an example of the
failure to protect subjects from deductive disclosure of their
identities. The primary ethical problems of the other studies
include physical harms and unanticipated psychological harm.
Question 5
Question Which of the following studies is linked most directly to the
establishment of the National Research Act in 1974 and ultimately
to the Belmont Report and federal regulations for human subject
protection?
Your Answer Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo)
Result Incorrect
Correct Answer The Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis
Comment The Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis is linked
most directly to the establishment of the National Research Act in
1974 and ultimately to the Belmont Report and federal regulations
for human subject protection.
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