CITI TRAINING QUIZ COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence can be applied to a study employing human subjects?
A. Ensuring that persons with diminished autonomy are protected.
B. Providing detailed information about the study and obtaining the
subject's consent to participate.
C. Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a
minimization of risks.
D. Ensuring that the selection of subjects includes people from all
segments of the population.
Answer: C. 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?
A. IRB Review, Federal Regulations, Declaration of Helsinki
B. Privacy, Confidentiality, Equitable Selection of Subjects
C. Informed Consent, Institutional Assurance, Researcher
Responsibility
D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice
Answer: D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice
,◉ When an IRB is reviewing a research study and they are
considering if a potential subject population is vulnerable, they
should consider:
A. Are there adequate resources to conduct the study?
B. Is there a power differential between researchers and subjects?
C. Has the researcher completed required training?
D. Are the research procedures greater than minimal risk of harm?
Answer: B. Is there a power differential between researchers and
subjects?
◉ Which is an example of a situation where deferential vulnerability
might be a factor?
A. An army medical officer recruiting subjects among lower ranks
B. A college professor recruiting among their students
C. A physician recruiting patients to be subjects
D. An employer recruiting among persons who directly report to
them
Answer: C. A physician recruiting patients to be subjects
◉ In considering NBAC's analytic approach, an otherwise competent
person who is acutely ill might be considered at especially high risk
of harm for:
A. Economic vulnerability
,B. Situational cognitive vulnerability
C. Capacity-related cognitive vulnerability
D. Communicative vulnerability
Answer: B. Situational cognitive vulnerability
◉ Identify the following groups that are protected in the federal
regulations (45 CFR 46), specifically in Subparts B, C, and D with
additional protections:
A. Pregnant women, prisoners, and mentally disabled
B. Children, prisoners, and terminally ill
C. Prisoners, children, and elderly
D. Pregnant women, prisoners, children
Answer: D. Pregnant women, prisoners, children
◉ 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:
A. Institutional vulnerability
B. Cognitive or communicative vulnerability
C. Physical vulnerability
, D. Economic or social vulnerability
Answer: B. Cognitive or communicative vulnerability
◉ The use of prisoners in research is a concern under the Belmont
principle of Justice because:
A. Prisoners are less educated that the general population and have
difficulty understanding research
B. Prisoners may not be used to conduct research that only benefits
the larger society
C. Prisoners are not a representative sample of the general
population
D. Prisoners are not free to say no
Answer: B. Prisoners may not be used to conduct research that only
benefits the larger society
◉ Which of the following is included in the Nuremberg Code:
A. Additional protection for vulnerable subjects
B. Equitable selection of subjects
C. Confidentiality of data
D. Voluntary consent
Answer: D. Voluntary consent
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence can be applied to a study employing human subjects?
A. Ensuring that persons with diminished autonomy are protected.
B. Providing detailed information about the study and obtaining the
subject's consent to participate.
C. Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a
minimization of risks.
D. Ensuring that the selection of subjects includes people from all
segments of the population.
Answer: C. 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?
A. IRB Review, Federal Regulations, Declaration of Helsinki
B. Privacy, Confidentiality, Equitable Selection of Subjects
C. Informed Consent, Institutional Assurance, Researcher
Responsibility
D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice
Answer: D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice
,◉ When an IRB is reviewing a research study and they are
considering if a potential subject population is vulnerable, they
should consider:
A. Are there adequate resources to conduct the study?
B. Is there a power differential between researchers and subjects?
C. Has the researcher completed required training?
D. Are the research procedures greater than minimal risk of harm?
Answer: B. Is there a power differential between researchers and
subjects?
◉ Which is an example of a situation where deferential vulnerability
might be a factor?
A. An army medical officer recruiting subjects among lower ranks
B. A college professor recruiting among their students
C. A physician recruiting patients to be subjects
D. An employer recruiting among persons who directly report to
them
Answer: C. A physician recruiting patients to be subjects
◉ In considering NBAC's analytic approach, an otherwise competent
person who is acutely ill might be considered at especially high risk
of harm for:
A. Economic vulnerability
,B. Situational cognitive vulnerability
C. Capacity-related cognitive vulnerability
D. Communicative vulnerability
Answer: B. Situational cognitive vulnerability
◉ Identify the following groups that are protected in the federal
regulations (45 CFR 46), specifically in Subparts B, C, and D with
additional protections:
A. Pregnant women, prisoners, and mentally disabled
B. Children, prisoners, and terminally ill
C. Prisoners, children, and elderly
D. Pregnant women, prisoners, children
Answer: D. Pregnant women, prisoners, children
◉ 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:
A. Institutional vulnerability
B. Cognitive or communicative vulnerability
C. Physical vulnerability
, D. Economic or social vulnerability
Answer: B. Cognitive or communicative vulnerability
◉ The use of prisoners in research is a concern under the Belmont
principle of Justice because:
A. Prisoners are less educated that the general population and have
difficulty understanding research
B. Prisoners may not be used to conduct research that only benefits
the larger society
C. Prisoners are not a representative sample of the general
population
D. Prisoners are not free to say no
Answer: B. Prisoners may not be used to conduct research that only
benefits the larger society
◉ Which of the following is included in the Nuremberg Code:
A. Additional protection for vulnerable subjects
B. Equitable selection of subjects
C. Confidentiality of data
D. Voluntary consent
Answer: D. Voluntary consent
