IRB Training 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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Vulnerable subjects - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔persons who "have difficulty providing
voluntary, informed consent arising from limitations in decision-making
capacity ... or situational circumstances ..., or because they are especially
at risk for exploitation."
What is the first question when thinking about conducting research on
vulnerable subjects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To ask whether the research could
include a less vulnerable population instead, and still answer the research
question
Vulnerable Populations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pregnant women, human fetuses,
neonates, prisoners, children, individuals with physical disabilities,
individuals with mental disabilities or cognitive impairments, economically
disadvantaged, socially disadvantaged, terminally ill or very sick, racial or
ethnic minorities, institutionalized persons (correctional facilities, nursing
homes, mental health facilities)
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, Physical control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔subjects who are physically forced to
participate in research
Coercion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The use of a credible threat of harm or force to
control another person
Undue influence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The misuse of a position of confidence or
power to lead or influence others to make a decision they would not
otherwise make
Manipulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The deliberate design and management of
conditions or information intended to lead subjects to make decision they
would not otherwise make (lying, withholding information, exaggerating)
Exploitation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the action of treating someone unfairly in
order to benefit from them in some way
What does vulnerability arise from? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intrinsic factors,
characteristics, or attributes of the individual
Capacity-related cognitive vulnerability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔subjects to some
extent lack capacity to make informed choices
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and Answers | A+ Score Assured
Vulnerable subjects - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔persons who "have difficulty providing
voluntary, informed consent arising from limitations in decision-making
capacity ... or situational circumstances ..., or because they are especially
at risk for exploitation."
What is the first question when thinking about conducting research on
vulnerable subjects? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To ask whether the research could
include a less vulnerable population instead, and still answer the research
question
Vulnerable Populations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pregnant women, human fetuses,
neonates, prisoners, children, individuals with physical disabilities,
individuals with mental disabilities or cognitive impairments, economically
disadvantaged, socially disadvantaged, terminally ill or very sick, racial or
ethnic minorities, institutionalized persons (correctional facilities, nursing
homes, mental health facilities)
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER:
619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Physical control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔subjects who are physically forced to
participate in research
Coercion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The use of a credible threat of harm or force to
control another person
Undue influence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The misuse of a position of confidence or
power to lead or influence others to make a decision they would not
otherwise make
Manipulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The deliberate design and management of
conditions or information intended to lead subjects to make decision they
would not otherwise make (lying, withholding information, exaggerating)
Exploitation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the action of treating someone unfairly in
order to benefit from them in some way
What does vulnerability arise from? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intrinsic factors,
characteristics, or attributes of the individual
Capacity-related cognitive vulnerability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔subjects to some
extent lack capacity to make informed choices
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