CITI TRAINING EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or False: The specific U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
regulations that apply to research with children are known as Subpart D: Additional
Protections for Children Involved as Subjects in Research. - ....ANSWER ...-True
According to Subpart D, research with children may be eligible for exemption under
Category 2 when: - ....ANSWER ...-The research involves the use of educational
tests
A study that involves interviews of adults is eligible for expedited review. The researcher
wants to add an adolescent population (aged 12 to 17) to the study and has designed a
parental permission and assent process. No additional changes are planned. Which of
the following statements about review of the revised protocol is accurate? -
....ANSWER ...-Unless the nature of the questions would raise the level of risk to
more than minimal for adolescents, the research would still qualify for expedited review.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the requirement for the
documentation of minors' assent to participate in research? - ....ANSWER ...-
Federal regulations do not require the documentation of minors' assent.
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, According to federal regulations, "children" are defined as: - ....ANSWER ...-
Persons who have not yet attained the legal age of consent under the applicable laws in
the jurisdiction in which the research will be conducted.
If the research is subject to Subpart D, which of the following research activities with
children would qualify for an exemption under Category 2 (research that includes
educational tests, surveys, interviews, observation)? - ....ANSWER ...-Research
about aptitude testing
Which federal regulation or law governs how researchers can obtain data about subjects'
disciplinary status in school from academic records? - ....ANSWER ...-The Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Which of the following types of information may schools disclose without consent from
the parent or student to a researcher at a local university? - ....ANSWER ...-
Directory information.
The purpose of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is to: -
....ANSWER ...-Provide parents certain rights over their children's educational
records.
In addition to the general provisions of the Common Rule (the federal regulations for
protecting research subjects), the following regulations also govern research in the
public schools: - ....ANSWER ...-FERPA, PPRA, and Subpart D of the federal
regulations
A professor at Big State University proposes to study attitudes about obesity in Chile by
giving subjects in Chile surveys to complete. Which is a question that the Big State
University IRB should ask the researcher in order to determine if this study should be
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or False: The specific U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
regulations that apply to research with children are known as Subpart D: Additional
Protections for Children Involved as Subjects in Research. - ....ANSWER ...-True
According to Subpart D, research with children may be eligible for exemption under
Category 2 when: - ....ANSWER ...-The research involves the use of educational
tests
A study that involves interviews of adults is eligible for expedited review. The researcher
wants to add an adolescent population (aged 12 to 17) to the study and has designed a
parental permission and assent process. No additional changes are planned. Which of
the following statements about review of the revised protocol is accurate? -
....ANSWER ...-Unless the nature of the questions would raise the level of risk to
more than minimal for adolescents, the research would still qualify for expedited review.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the requirement for the
documentation of minors' assent to participate in research? - ....ANSWER ...-
Federal regulations do not require the documentation of minors' assent.
...©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, According to federal regulations, "children" are defined as: - ....ANSWER ...-
Persons who have not yet attained the legal age of consent under the applicable laws in
the jurisdiction in which the research will be conducted.
If the research is subject to Subpart D, which of the following research activities with
children would qualify for an exemption under Category 2 (research that includes
educational tests, surveys, interviews, observation)? - ....ANSWER ...-Research
about aptitude testing
Which federal regulation or law governs how researchers can obtain data about subjects'
disciplinary status in school from academic records? - ....ANSWER ...-The Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Which of the following types of information may schools disclose without consent from
the parent or student to a researcher at a local university? - ....ANSWER ...-
Directory information.
The purpose of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is to: -
....ANSWER ...-Provide parents certain rights over their children's educational
records.
In addition to the general provisions of the Common Rule (the federal regulations for
protecting research subjects), the following regulations also govern research in the
public schools: - ....ANSWER ...-FERPA, PPRA, and Subpart D of the federal
regulations
A professor at Big State University proposes to study attitudes about obesity in Chile by
giving subjects in Chile surveys to complete. Which is a question that the Big State
University IRB should ask the researcher in order to determine if this study should be
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