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• According to the U.S. Public Health Service regulations, investigators are
required to disclose travel sponsored or reimbursed by: -✓✓A publicly traded
company
Exp: Travel sponsored or reimbursed by a publicly traded company has to be
disclosed.
• An investigator received $4,000 of consulting income from a publicly traded drug
company over the past 12 months. The investigator also owns stock in that
company valued at $2,000. The investigator is submitting a grant to the National
Institutes of Health that involves evaluating the effectiveness of a drug produced
by the same drug company. Which of the following is true? -✓✓The aggregate of
the consulting income and the stock exceeds $5,000 and therefore is a significant
financial interest.
Exp: With regard to any publicly traded entity, a significant financial interest exists
if the value of remuneration and the value of equity interest when aggregated
exceed $5,000.
• Within how many days of acquiring or discovering a significant financial interest
is the investigator required to submit an updated disclosure to the institution? -
✓✓30 days.
Exp: An investigator must submit an updated disclosure of significant financial
interests within 30 days of discovering or acquiring a new significant financial
interest.
• At a minimum, how often are investigators funded by the U.S. National Institutes
of Health required to receive conflict of interest training under Public Health
Service policy? -✓✓Every four years
Exp: At a minimum, NIH-funded investigators are required to receive conflict of
interest training every four years. In some cases, investigators must receive the
training more frequently
,• Which of the following financial conflict of interest information must be made
available by institutions on a public website or within five business days upon
request? -✓✓The financial conflicts of interest of senior/key personnel on projects
funded by the U.S. Public Health Service.
Exp: The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) regulations require that institutions
make publicly accessible certain information regarding the identified financial
conflicts of interest of senior/key personnel on PHS funded projects. The
information should include the investigator's name, the conflicted investigator's
title and role, the name of the entities in which the investigator has a significant
financial interest, the nature of the interest, and the annual dollar value in specified
ranges
• The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) requires institutions to: -✓✓Disclose their
investigators' new financial conflicts of interest to the PHS awarding component
within 60 days of discovering them.
• Institutions are required by the U.S. Public Health Service to do which of the
following: -✓✓Evaluate whether a significant financial interest is related to an
investigator's research and constitutes a financial conflict of interest.
• Which of the following statements most accurately describes a mitigation report?
-✓✓A report to the U.S. Public Health Service of efforts that will be taken by the
institution to deal with any bias that was found in research conducted while there
was an unreported financial conflict of interest
• Which of the following statements is true regarding the reporting of outside
interests and the management of conflicts? -✓✓Investigators must disclose their
significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities and not
just those related to a particular project.
• Which of the following most accurately describes U.S. federal policy related to
RCR instruction? -✓✓Some federal agencies have RCR policies but they differ in
terms of the particular format of training that is required.
• Which of the following most accurately describes the main goal of RCR
education and training? -✓✓To promote greater awareness of proper research
practice and research ethics.
, • Within the context of RCR, compliance primarily refers to: -✓✓The obligation to
follow specific directives, such as laws and regulations, that govern a research
activity.
• Which of the following is a responsibility of each author? -✓✓Confirming that
data have been accurately presented in the paper.
• Which of the following represents plagiarism? -✓✓Presenting someone else's
ideas or words and claiming them as one's own.
• Which of the following is true regarding an acknowledgments section? -✓✓The
contributions of technicians and other researchers are often listed in the
acknowledgments section if they do not meet all of the criteria for authorship.
• Which of the following statements is true regarding authorship practices? -
✓✓Both within and between disciplines, practices differ with regard to who should
be included as an author, and in what order they should be listed
• Which of the following statements is true regarding the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines? -✓✓Individuals who do not meet
the criteria for authorship but who have made a noteworthy contribution are
normally listed in the acknowledgments section.
• Which of the following is true regarding industry-sponsored research? -
✓✓Industry sponsors of research may seek to place restrictions on the disclosure
of research results.
• Which of the following is true regarding academic-industry collaborations? -
✓✓The industry sponsor typically owns the data from research that it funds.
• The most important factor in determining whether a research collaboration will
be successful is: -✓✓Whether there is ongoing communication among the team
members about their goals and responsibilities.
• Which of the following statements is true regarding the regulations that govern
research? -✓✓U.S. funded research collaborations are often governed by U.S.
regulations no matter where the research takes place.