CCRP Exam Questions Bank | 273
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How many days does a sponsor have to report an emergency use of an IP to the FDA? Correct
Answer: 5 working days
How many members must sit on an IRB? Correct Answer: 5
How long must an IRB retain records per 21 CFR 56? Correct Answer: 3 years after completion
of research
What are the criteria for IRB approval of research? (7) Correct Answer: 1. Risks to subjects are
minimized
2. Risks are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits
3. Selection of subjects is equitable
4. Informed consent will be sought from subjects or LARs
5. Informed consent will be documented
6. There is adequate provision of monitoring
7. There is adequate provision to protect the privacy of subjects
How many days does an IRB have to report a change in registration information due to a change
in chairperson or contact? Correct Answer: 90 days
How many days does an IRB have to inform the FDA that it is reviewing different types of FDA
products? Correct Answer: 30 days
How often must an IRB renew it's registration? Correct Answer: 3 years
What are the 8 basic elements of informed consent per FDA guidelines? Correct Answer: 1.
Statement that the study involves research, purpose and expected duration, description of
experimental procedures
2. Description of reasonably foreseeable risks
3. Benefits
4. Disclosure of alternative procedures or courses of treatment
5. Confidentiality measures
6. Compensation and treatments available if injury occurs
7. contact information
8. Participation is voluntary and subject may discontinue at any time
What are the criteria for involving children in minimal risk research? (2) Correct Answer: 1. No
greater than minimal risk
2. Assent from kid + consent from parent obtained
,What are the criteria for involving children in greater than minimal risk research with prospect of
benefit? (3) Correct Answer: 1. Risks are justified by benefits
2. Relation of anticipated benefit is at least as favorable as that presented by alternative
approaches
3. Assent + consent
What are the criteria for involving children in greater than minimal risk research with no direct
benefit? (4) Correct Answer: 1. Risks are minor increase over minimal risk
2. Intervention presents experiences that are reasonable commensurate with normal medical and
living situations
3. Intervention is likely to yield generalizable knowledge that is vital
4. Assent + consent
Sponsors must report SAEs to the FDA within how many days of discovering the event? Correct
Answer: 15 calendar days (21 CFR 312.32)
Investigators must report SAEs to a sponsor within how many days of discovering the event?
Correct Answer: Immediately (21 CFR 312.64)
Sponsors must report what kind of serious events to the FDA within 15 calendar days? (4)
Correct Answer: 1) Serious and unexpected suspected adverse reactions
2) Findings from other studies that suggest a significant risk in humans
3) Findings from animal or in-vitro testing that suggest risks to humans
4) Increased rate of occurrence of serious suspected adverse reactions
Sponsors must submit Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects to the FDA within how many days?
Correct Answer: 10 working days (21 CFR 812.15)
Investigators must submit Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects to the FDA within how many
days? Correct Answer: 10 working days (21 CFR 812.15)
When was the Nuremberg Code issued? Correct Answer: 1947
What are the 10 points made in the Nuremberg Code? Correct Answer: 1) Voluntary informed
consent should be obtained
2) Research should yield benefit to society
3) Research should be based on animal work
4) Avoid unnecessary suffering
5) Don't do research resulting in death or disabling injury
6) Risks should be justified by benefits
7) Proper prep and adequate facilities should be used
8) Conducted by scientifically qualified people
9) Subject can withdraw whenever
10) Researchers can end the study if risks are too great
When was the Declaration of Helsinki released? Correct Answer: 1964
, Who developed the Declaration of Helsinki? Correct Answer: World Medical Association
(WMA)
What is the Declaration of Helsinki? Correct Answer: Document that laid out general principles
physicians should follow to conduct research with humans, based on Nuremberg Code. First
effort of medical community to regulate itself
When was the Belmont Report released? Correct Answer: 1979
Who created the Belmont Report? Correct Answer: National Commission for the Protection of
Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (at direction of National Research Act
1974)
What are the 3 principles in the Belmont Report? Correct Answer: 1) Respect for Persons:
informed consent required and individuals with diminished autonomy get special protections
2) Beneficence: maximize benefit to research while minimizing risk to subjects
3) Justice: one group of people shouldn't assume risks for the benefit of another (equality and
diversity of participants)
In what order were historical declarations for human subjects protection released? Correct
Answer: Nuremberg Code > Declaration of Helsinki > Belmont Report
At what reading level should ICFs be written? Correct Answer: 6th-8th grade
What FDA guideline lists the basic elements of informed consent? Correct Answer: 21 CFR 50
(50.25)
What are the additional elements of informed consent per FDA guidelines? (7) Correct Answer:
1) Statement that treatment may involve unforseeable risks
2) Circumstances in which subject participation may be terminated
3) Additional costs to subject
4) Consequences of subject's decision to withdraw
5) Statement that new findings will be provided to subject
6) # of subjects in study
7) clinicaltrials.gov statement (as applicable)
Who ultimately approves an ICF? Correct Answer: IRB - sponsor can provide sample form
Describe the 2 most important points to consider when consenting patients (per 21 CFR 50)
Correct Answer: 1) No person can participate without their or LAR consent (50.20)
2) Documentation of informed consent is required (50.27)
What are the 4 components of the consent process using a short form? Correct Answer: 1) Short
form consent document stating all elements of ICF have been presented orally to pt/LAR
2) Oral presentation of required elements
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
How many days does a sponsor have to report an emergency use of an IP to the FDA? Correct
Answer: 5 working days
How many members must sit on an IRB? Correct Answer: 5
How long must an IRB retain records per 21 CFR 56? Correct Answer: 3 years after completion
of research
What are the criteria for IRB approval of research? (7) Correct Answer: 1. Risks to subjects are
minimized
2. Risks are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits
3. Selection of subjects is equitable
4. Informed consent will be sought from subjects or LARs
5. Informed consent will be documented
6. There is adequate provision of monitoring
7. There is adequate provision to protect the privacy of subjects
How many days does an IRB have to report a change in registration information due to a change
in chairperson or contact? Correct Answer: 90 days
How many days does an IRB have to inform the FDA that it is reviewing different types of FDA
products? Correct Answer: 30 days
How often must an IRB renew it's registration? Correct Answer: 3 years
What are the 8 basic elements of informed consent per FDA guidelines? Correct Answer: 1.
Statement that the study involves research, purpose and expected duration, description of
experimental procedures
2. Description of reasonably foreseeable risks
3. Benefits
4. Disclosure of alternative procedures or courses of treatment
5. Confidentiality measures
6. Compensation and treatments available if injury occurs
7. contact information
8. Participation is voluntary and subject may discontinue at any time
What are the criteria for involving children in minimal risk research? (2) Correct Answer: 1. No
greater than minimal risk
2. Assent from kid + consent from parent obtained
,What are the criteria for involving children in greater than minimal risk research with prospect of
benefit? (3) Correct Answer: 1. Risks are justified by benefits
2. Relation of anticipated benefit is at least as favorable as that presented by alternative
approaches
3. Assent + consent
What are the criteria for involving children in greater than minimal risk research with no direct
benefit? (4) Correct Answer: 1. Risks are minor increase over minimal risk
2. Intervention presents experiences that are reasonable commensurate with normal medical and
living situations
3. Intervention is likely to yield generalizable knowledge that is vital
4. Assent + consent
Sponsors must report SAEs to the FDA within how many days of discovering the event? Correct
Answer: 15 calendar days (21 CFR 312.32)
Investigators must report SAEs to a sponsor within how many days of discovering the event?
Correct Answer: Immediately (21 CFR 312.64)
Sponsors must report what kind of serious events to the FDA within 15 calendar days? (4)
Correct Answer: 1) Serious and unexpected suspected adverse reactions
2) Findings from other studies that suggest a significant risk in humans
3) Findings from animal or in-vitro testing that suggest risks to humans
4) Increased rate of occurrence of serious suspected adverse reactions
Sponsors must submit Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects to the FDA within how many days?
Correct Answer: 10 working days (21 CFR 812.15)
Investigators must submit Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects to the FDA within how many
days? Correct Answer: 10 working days (21 CFR 812.15)
When was the Nuremberg Code issued? Correct Answer: 1947
What are the 10 points made in the Nuremberg Code? Correct Answer: 1) Voluntary informed
consent should be obtained
2) Research should yield benefit to society
3) Research should be based on animal work
4) Avoid unnecessary suffering
5) Don't do research resulting in death or disabling injury
6) Risks should be justified by benefits
7) Proper prep and adequate facilities should be used
8) Conducted by scientifically qualified people
9) Subject can withdraw whenever
10) Researchers can end the study if risks are too great
When was the Declaration of Helsinki released? Correct Answer: 1964
, Who developed the Declaration of Helsinki? Correct Answer: World Medical Association
(WMA)
What is the Declaration of Helsinki? Correct Answer: Document that laid out general principles
physicians should follow to conduct research with humans, based on Nuremberg Code. First
effort of medical community to regulate itself
When was the Belmont Report released? Correct Answer: 1979
Who created the Belmont Report? Correct Answer: National Commission for the Protection of
Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (at direction of National Research Act
1974)
What are the 3 principles in the Belmont Report? Correct Answer: 1) Respect for Persons:
informed consent required and individuals with diminished autonomy get special protections
2) Beneficence: maximize benefit to research while minimizing risk to subjects
3) Justice: one group of people shouldn't assume risks for the benefit of another (equality and
diversity of participants)
In what order were historical declarations for human subjects protection released? Correct
Answer: Nuremberg Code > Declaration of Helsinki > Belmont Report
At what reading level should ICFs be written? Correct Answer: 6th-8th grade
What FDA guideline lists the basic elements of informed consent? Correct Answer: 21 CFR 50
(50.25)
What are the additional elements of informed consent per FDA guidelines? (7) Correct Answer:
1) Statement that treatment may involve unforseeable risks
2) Circumstances in which subject participation may be terminated
3) Additional costs to subject
4) Consequences of subject's decision to withdraw
5) Statement that new findings will be provided to subject
6) # of subjects in study
7) clinicaltrials.gov statement (as applicable)
Who ultimately approves an ICF? Correct Answer: IRB - sponsor can provide sample form
Describe the 2 most important points to consider when consenting patients (per 21 CFR 50)
Correct Answer: 1) No person can participate without their or LAR consent (50.20)
2) Documentation of informed consent is required (50.27)
What are the 4 components of the consent process using a short form? Correct Answer: 1) Short
form consent document stating all elements of ICF have been presented orally to pt/LAR
2) Oral presentation of required elements
