CITI - Privacy and Confidentiality
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Additional protections researchers can include in their practice to protect subject privacy
and data confidentiality include:—ANSWER-All of the above
When a focus group deals with a potentially sensitive topic, which of the following
statements about providing confidentiality to focus group participants is correct?—ANSWER-
The researcher cannot control what participants repeat about others outside the group.
A researcher leaves a research file in her car while she attends a concert and her car is
stolen. The file contains charts of aggregated numerical data from a research study with
human subjects, but no other documents. The consent form said that no identifying
information would be retained, and the researcher adhered to that component. Which of
the following statements best characterizes what occurred?—ANSWER-There was neither a
violation of privacy nor a breach of confidentiality.
Which of the following constitutes both a breach of confidentiality (the research data have
been disclosed, counter to the agreement between researcher and subjects) and a violation
of subjects' privacy (the right of the individuals to be protected against intrusion into their
personal lives or affairs)?—ANSWER-A faculty member makes identifiable data about sexual
– SBE Exam Questions and
Answers 100% PASS
Additional protections researchers can include in their practice to protect subject privacy
and data confidentiality include:—ANSWER-All of the above
When a focus group deals with a potentially sensitive topic, which of the following
statements about providing confidentiality to focus group participants is correct?—ANSWER-
The researcher cannot control what participants repeat about others outside the group.
A researcher leaves a research file in her car while she attends a concert and her car is
stolen. The file contains charts of aggregated numerical data from a research study with
human subjects, but no other documents. The consent form said that no identifying
information would be retained, and the researcher adhered to that component. Which of
the following statements best characterizes what occurred?—ANSWER-There was neither a
violation of privacy nor a breach of confidentiality.
Which of the following constitutes both a breach of confidentiality (the research data have
been disclosed, counter to the agreement between researcher and subjects) and a violation
of subjects' privacy (the right of the individuals to be protected against intrusion into their
personal lives or affairs)?—ANSWER-A faculty member makes identifiable data about sexual
