CITI social and behavioral research Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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CITI social and behavioral research
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers

Question: Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence can be applied to a study employing human subjects?


Ans: Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a
minimization of risks.


Question: 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:


Ans: Persons with diminished autonomy are entitled to protection.


Question: Which of the following are the three principles discussed in the
Belmont Report?


Ans: Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice


Question: A study was submitted to the IRB designed to evaluate the effect
of background noise on an individual's ability to concentrate and answer
questions. The IRB approved the study and consent form. The consent form
includes all the required information. The use of a consent form is an example
of the Belmont principle of:

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Ans: Respect for persons


Question: A researcher submits a study to the IRB that proposes to evaluate a
new after-school on-line tutoring program for middle-school students in a
local school district examining the effect on student grades. She proposes to
perform this assessment at the school that her children attend, because she is
familiar with the school district. Students may use either their personal
smartphone or computer to participate in the program. This study might be
determined to be violating which principle of the Belmont Report?


Ans: Justice


Question: Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence is applied to a study involving human subjects?


Ans: Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits


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:


Ans: Respect for persons


Question: The researcher's failure to protect research subjects from
deductive disclosure of identity (that is, the re-identification of subjects by
other researchers) is the primary ethical violation in which of the following
studies?

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Ans: "Tastes, Ties, and Time (T3)" study


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?


Ans: PHS Tuskegee Study


Question: According to the Belmont Report, the requirement that the
benefits and burdens of the research are equitably distributed, expresses the
principle of:


Ans: Justice


Question: An example cited in the Belmont Report (The National
Commission 1979) stated that "During the 19th and early 20th centuries the
burdens of serving as research subjects fell largely upon poor ward patients,
while the benefits of improved medical care flowed primarily to private
patients." This is an example of a violation of which Belmont principle?


Ans: Justice


Question: The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that:


Ans: Risks to subjects are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits.


Question: A medical record is an example of: