CITI CERTIFICATION EXAM VERSION 2/200 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS/A+ GRADE/2023 VERSION
Which of the following is an example of how the
... [Show More] principle of beneficence can be applied
to a study employing human subjects? - correct answer Determining that the study has
a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks.
Which of the following are the three principles discussed in the Belmont Report? -
correct answer Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice
The Belmont Report's principle of respect for persons incorporates at least two ethical
convictions: first, that individuals should be treated as autonomous agents, and second,
that: - correct answer Persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection.
According to the authors, there are four common abuses that historically are described
as giving rise to vulnerability. Which response below contains the correct four? - correct
answer Physical control, coercion, undue influence, and manipulation
When an IRB is reviewing a research study and they are considering if a potential
subject population is vulnerable, they should consider: - correct answer Is there a power
differential between researchers and subjects?
Subjects with a serious illness may be at risk for exploitation because they may be
desperate for a possible cure. This is an example of: - correct answer Medical
vulnerability
The NBAC looks at characteristics individuals might have that would prevent them from
being able to provide voluntary informed consent. The traits may be thought of as falling
into six broad areas: cognitive or communicative, institutional, deferential, medical,
economic, and social. Prospective research subjects who are not able to comprehend
information, deliberate, and make decisions about participation in a proposed research
study have a: - correct answer Cognitive or communicative vulnerability
Which is an example of a situation where deferential vulnerability might be a factor? -
correct answer A physician recruiting patients to be subjects
An example of an individual financial COI is: - correct answer A researcher's spouse
holds equity in a publicly traded pharmaceutical company that is also the sponsor of the
researcher's study.
A researcher's membership on an advisory board with an organization sponsoring
research can create a COI because: - correct answer It may be difficult for the
researcher to appear neutral, as the researcher may have an interest in the research's
success
The COI management plan aims to: - correct answer Provide procedures or extras
steps to be taken to minimize the risk of bias when a COI is disclosed
CITI CERTIFICATION EXAM VERSION 2/200 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS/A+ GRADE/2023 VERSION
The peer review process can create conflicts of interest because the choice of who
reviews a potentially publishable project may show: - correct answer There may be bias
by the peer reviewer as to the area of research
A researcher calls you stating that he plans to submit a proposal to the NIH for a human
subjects research study. He wants to know at what point he and his study team must
submit COI disclosures to comply with the PHS regulation. - correct answer No later
than the time of proposal submission
Which of the following is an example of how the principle of beneficence is applied to a
study involving human subjects? - correct answer Ensuring that risks are reasonable in
relationship to anticipated benefits
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: - correct answer Respect for
persons
The researcher's failure to protect research subjects from deductive disclosure is the
primary ethical violation in which of the following studies? - correct answer "Tastes,
Ties, and Time (T3)" study (2006-2009)
The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that: - correct answer Potential benefits
justify the risks of harm.
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? - correct answer The Public Health Service Study of
Untreated Syphilis
A professor at Big State University is writing a biography about Bill Gates and
conducting oral histories with all of Bill Gates' friends, family members, and business
acquaintances. The researcher submits the research proposal to the institution's IRB.
What action can he expect by the IRB? - correct answer T [Show Less]