CIT 594 EXAM PREP 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
●● During an Institutional Review Board (IRB) meeting, an IRB
member who may have a potential COI with a study under review
should:
Answer: Disclose their potential COI and may answer questions, but
recuse themselves from voting
●● The COI management plan aims to:
Answer: Provide procedures or extras steps to be taken to minimize the
risk of bias when a COI is disclosed
●● What is the term for management controls that are build in to a
research study (for example, independent data analysis)?
Answer: Inherent controls
●● A researcher calls you stating that he plans to submit a proposal to
the NIH for a human subjects research study. He wants to know at what
point he and his study team must submit COI disclosures to comply with
the PHS regulation.
Answer: No later than the time of proposal submission
●● An example of a COI is:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
●● During an Institutional Review Board (IRB) meeting, an IRB
member who may have a potential COI with a study under review
should:
Answer: Disclose their potential COI and may answer questions, but
recuse themselves from voting
●● The COI management plan aims to:
Answer: Provide procedures or extras steps to be taken to minimize the
risk of bias when a COI is disclosed
●● What is the term for management controls that are build in to a
research study (for example, independent data analysis)?
Answer: Inherent controls
●● A researcher calls you stating that he plans to submit a proposal to
the NIH for a human subjects research study. He wants to know at what
point he and his study team must submit COI disclosures to comply with
the PHS regulation.
Answer: No later than the time of proposal submission
●● An example of a COI is:
