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CITI TRAINING EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Which of the following methods could be considered a "best
practice" in terms of informing respondents how their
ANSWERs to an on-line survey about personal information will
be protected? - ANSWER-the investigator uses the informed
consent process to explain how respondent data will be
transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without
ever recording respondents' IP addresses, but explains that on
the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed
Researchers endeavoring to conduct an on-line study should
consider that there are some potential risks of harm to subjects
unique to internet-based research. One of these risks is: -
ANSWER-Individuals may post private identifiable information
about themselves on-line without intending it to be public and
available to researchers.
Which of the following examples of using the internet to
conduct research meets the federal definition of research with
human subjects? - ANSWER-Conducting an on-line focus
group with cancer survivors to determine familial support
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systems. The researcher also invites subjects' significant others
to be a part of the focus group.
Researchers designing online studies should consider the
following with respect to participant protections. - ANSWER-Re-
identification methods are unique to internet-based research.
Revelations about the Facebook Emotional Contagion study
highlights what key ethical consideration to conducting
research using social media? - ANSWER-Users of social media
sites, like Facebook, may not fully understand all of the terms to
which they are agreeing to when accepting a sites' terms of
use.
A medical record is an example of: - ANSWER-Private
information
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
CITI TRAINING EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Which of the following methods could be considered a "best
practice" in terms of informing respondents how their
ANSWERs to an on-line survey about personal information will
be protected? - ANSWER-the investigator uses the informed
consent process to explain how respondent data will be
transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without
ever recording respondents' IP addresses, but explains that on
the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed
Researchers endeavoring to conduct an on-line study should
consider that there are some potential risks of harm to subjects
unique to internet-based research. One of these risks is: -
ANSWER-Individuals may post private identifiable information
about themselves on-line without intending it to be public and
available to researchers.
Which of the following examples of using the internet to
conduct research meets the federal definition of research with
human subjects? - ANSWER-Conducting an on-line focus
group with cancer survivors to determine familial support
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systems. The researcher also invites subjects' significant others
to be a part of the focus group.
Researchers designing online studies should consider the
following with respect to participant protections. - ANSWER-Re-
identification methods are unique to internet-based research.
Revelations about the Facebook Emotional Contagion study
highlights what key ethical consideration to conducting
research using social media? - ANSWER-Users of social media
sites, like Facebook, may not fully understand all of the terms to
which they are agreeing to when accepting a sites' terms of
use.
A medical record is an example of: - ANSWER-Private
information
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
