NR 505 WEEK 1 QUIZ
1. The ‘conflict of mission’ in research refers to the potential conflict between:
1. preventing harm to an individual, and 2. gaining scientific k…
True Your correct answer
False
2. Which of the following should not be included as part of the research
protocol and submitted to the REC (ERC)?
The budget, including sources of funding
Curricula vitae of the Principal Investigator and the core research
team
The information sheet and consent form that potential participants will
be asked to sign
A section on the ethical aspects of the protocol, and how the
investigators are planning to deal with the ethical issues that may arise
If the protocol has also been reviewed elsewhere, a list of the ethics
committee members who reviewed the protocol Your correct answer
A description of how data will be kept confidential and private
3. The Secretariat of an ethics committee can overturn the decision of a
committee if they find it unreasonable
True
False Your correct answer
, 4. Following an animated discussion and after much debate, an REC has
decided not to approve a research study that is utilizing a placebo control
desi…
Explain the Committee’s rationale, and share the detailed comments
made by members of the Committee in order to diffuse the situation
and provide a better understanding of the REC functioning
Refuse to enter into any discussion with the PI but invite him to share
their views with the REC Secretariat, citing confidentiality as a
rationale Your correct answer
5. Ethics committee members should consider the following issues when
reviewing a protocol:
have research risks have been minimised?
is appropriate information being provided to participants in a
comprehensible way?
are there appropriate provisions to protect privacy and confidentiality?
are the proposed inducements for participants to take part in research
appropriate?
all of the above Your correct answer
6. It is often said that 'bad science is unethical'. Please choose the best follow-
up sentence.
However, research ethics committees are not qualified to judge the
science of a protocol and should therefore not consider the science in
their protocol review
However, if the protocol has been reviewed and 'approved' by a
scientific or technical committee prior to ethical review, the ethics
committee should set aside their doubts as experts have already
provided input
1. The ‘conflict of mission’ in research refers to the potential conflict between:
1. preventing harm to an individual, and 2. gaining scientific k…
True Your correct answer
False
2. Which of the following should not be included as part of the research
protocol and submitted to the REC (ERC)?
The budget, including sources of funding
Curricula vitae of the Principal Investigator and the core research
team
The information sheet and consent form that potential participants will
be asked to sign
A section on the ethical aspects of the protocol, and how the
investigators are planning to deal with the ethical issues that may arise
If the protocol has also been reviewed elsewhere, a list of the ethics
committee members who reviewed the protocol Your correct answer
A description of how data will be kept confidential and private
3. The Secretariat of an ethics committee can overturn the decision of a
committee if they find it unreasonable
True
False Your correct answer
, 4. Following an animated discussion and after much debate, an REC has
decided not to approve a research study that is utilizing a placebo control
desi…
Explain the Committee’s rationale, and share the detailed comments
made by members of the Committee in order to diffuse the situation
and provide a better understanding of the REC functioning
Refuse to enter into any discussion with the PI but invite him to share
their views with the REC Secretariat, citing confidentiality as a
rationale Your correct answer
5. Ethics committee members should consider the following issues when
reviewing a protocol:
have research risks have been minimised?
is appropriate information being provided to participants in a
comprehensible way?
are there appropriate provisions to protect privacy and confidentiality?
are the proposed inducements for participants to take part in research
appropriate?
all of the above Your correct answer
6. It is often said that 'bad science is unethical'. Please choose the best follow-
up sentence.
However, research ethics committees are not qualified to judge the
science of a protocol and should therefore not consider the science in
their protocol review
However, if the protocol has been reviewed and 'approved' by a
scientific or technical committee prior to ethical review, the ethics
committee should set aside their doubts as experts have already
provided input
