CITI CERTIFICATION EXAM 2025 |
COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
GUARANTEED PASS
A researcher wishes to study generational differences in coping mechanisms
among adults who experienced abuse as children. Adequate measures will be
instituted to obtain informed consent and ensure that there is no breach of
confidentiality. The most likely additional risk is that some subjects may: - correct-
answer-Experience emotional or psychological distress.
Risk of harm in social and behavioral sciences generally fall in three categories,
which are: - correct-answer-invasion of privacy, breach of confidentiality, and
study procedures
A therapist at a free university clinic treats elementary school children with
behavior problems who are referred by a social service agency. She is also a
doctoral candidate who proposes using data she has and will collect about the
children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements
about parental permission is correct? - correct-answer-The parents of the children
might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use their children's data
so that she will continue to provide services to their children.
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A general requirement for informed consent is that no informed consent may
include any exculpatory language. Exculpatory language is that which waives or
appears to waive any of the subject's legal rights or releases or appears to release
those conducting the research from liability for negligence. Which of the following
statements in a consent form is an example of exculpatory language? - correct-
answer-Taking part in the research is voluntary, but if you choose to take part, you
waive the right to legal redress for any research-related injuries.
A criterion for waiving informed consent is that, when appropriate, subjects are
provided additional pertinent information after the study. In which of the
following studies would it NOT be appropriate to provide subjects with
information about missing elements of consent: - correct-answer-A study in which
subjects were assigned to study activities based on an undesirable or unflattering
physical characteristic as assessed by members of the research team.
A waiver of the requirement for documentation of informed consent may be
granted when: - correct-answer-The only record linking the subject and the
research is the consent document and the principal risk is a breach of
confidentiality.
As part of the consent process, the federal regulations require researchers to: -
correct-answer-Provide potential subjects with information at the appropriate
reading comprehension level.