CFCI STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2026 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ According to the Belmont Report, the requirement that the benefits
and burdens of the research are equitably distributed, expresses the
principle of: Answer: justice
⩥ The researcher's failure to protect research subjects from deductive
disclosure of identity (that is, the re-identification of subjects by other
researchers) is the primary ethical violation in which of the following
studies? Answer: "Tastes, Ties, and Time (T3)" study
⩥ Humphreys' collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the
pretense that he was a lookout is an example of a violation of the
principle of: Answer: respect for persons
⩥ Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence is applied to a study involving human subjects? Answer:
Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits
⩥ A researcher is interested in assessing risk-taking by individuals. The
researcher is sitting on a bench near a busy four-way stop intersection.
She plans on recording the number of bike riders wearing a safety
helmet and whether they stop at the intersection before proceeding in
, order to correlate use of safety apparel with risk-taking. This collection
of information is an example of: Answer: Public behavior
⩥ According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies
meets the definition of research with human subjects? Answer: A study
of twenty 4th grade classrooms in which researchers ask the schools to
systematically vary the time of day reading is taught, and collect weekly
assessments of reading comprehension for each child over a three-month
period.
⩥ A census is a regularly-occurring and official count of a particular
population. Census data available at the United States Census Bureau
website are an example of: Answer: public information
⩥ According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies
meets the definition of research with human subjects? Answer: A
developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of
toddlers and their caregivers to determine which intervention methods
most effectively manage aggression.
⩥ A professor at Big State University is writing a biography about Bill
Gates and conducting oral histories with all of Bill Gates' friends, family
members, and business acquaintances. The researcher submits the
research proposal to the institution's IRB. What action can he expect by
the IRB? Answer: the IRB will not review this study because it is not
research as defined by the federal regulations.
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ According to the Belmont Report, the requirement that the benefits
and burdens of the research are equitably distributed, expresses the
principle of: Answer: justice
⩥ The researcher's failure to protect research subjects from deductive
disclosure of identity (that is, the re-identification of subjects by other
researchers) is the primary ethical violation in which of the following
studies? Answer: "Tastes, Ties, and Time (T3)" study
⩥ Humphreys' collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the
pretense that he was a lookout is an example of a violation of the
principle of: Answer: respect for persons
⩥ Which of the following is an example of how the principle of
beneficence is applied to a study involving human subjects? Answer:
Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits
⩥ A researcher is interested in assessing risk-taking by individuals. The
researcher is sitting on a bench near a busy four-way stop intersection.
She plans on recording the number of bike riders wearing a safety
helmet and whether they stop at the intersection before proceeding in
, order to correlate use of safety apparel with risk-taking. This collection
of information is an example of: Answer: Public behavior
⩥ According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies
meets the definition of research with human subjects? Answer: A study
of twenty 4th grade classrooms in which researchers ask the schools to
systematically vary the time of day reading is taught, and collect weekly
assessments of reading comprehension for each child over a three-month
period.
⩥ A census is a regularly-occurring and official count of a particular
population. Census data available at the United States Census Bureau
website are an example of: Answer: public information
⩥ According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies
meets the definition of research with human subjects? Answer: A
developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of
toddlers and their caregivers to determine which intervention methods
most effectively manage aggression.
⩥ A professor at Big State University is writing a biography about Bill
Gates and conducting oral histories with all of Bill Gates' friends, family
members, and business acquaintances. The researcher submits the
research proposal to the institution's IRB. What action can he expect by
the IRB? Answer: the IRB will not review this study because it is not
research as defined by the federal regulations.
