IRB Quiz Troy University Questions with
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The major function of the Institutional Review Board is to: - ✔✔ensure protection of the rights of human
subjects who participate in research endeavors by TROY faculty, professional staff, and students.
Are researchers required to submit IRB applications for Pilot Studies? - ✔✔Yes
Are researchers required to submit IRB applications for studies that are being conducted solely for
instructional or institutional improvement purposes and the results will not be accessible to the public? -
✔✔No
The federal government established regulations for human subject research because _______________ -
✔✔there were several cases of research studies where the participants were harmed while participating
in the research
The federal document that identifies the ethical principles and guidelines for conducting research with
human participants is called the - ✔✔Belmont report
The major three principles outlined in the Belmont report are - ✔✔Beneficence, Respect for Persons,
Justice
Which of the following scenarios does not adhere to the principle of Respect for Persons - ✔✔c. As part
of her class assignment, an instructor has students keep a journal of their thoughts about the readings
for the semester. At the end of the semester, the instructor decides that she could develop a good
research study based on the journal entries. Because it was a required assignment and she is going to
remove the student's names from the journal, she does not ask the students for permission to use their
journals in her study.
An informed consent document is NOT required for - ✔✔All of the above require informed consent
documents
, For a study where participants are members of the general population, the informed consent documents
should be written at a(n) - ✔✔8th grade level
Once a participant signs an informed consent document they - ✔✔d. may decide to stop participating at
any time, and the researcher may have to destroy data that they have already collected on the
participant.
Which of the following statements are true? - ✔✔b. Instructors are discouraged from involving their own
students as participants in their own research studies.
Behavioral research may contain which type of risk: - ✔✔All of the above.
13. A researcher who is a nurse at a hospital wants to study his fellow nurses' attitudes towards their
work. He develops an anonymous survey on attitudes towards the workplace, which asks participants to
rate how much they agree with statements such as, "I hate my work," and "My supervisor is very unfair."
He also asks for standard demographic information such as race, age, rank, number of years working,
specific unit working in, etc. How should the researcher describe the risks of participating in this research
in the informed consent document? - ✔✔b. He needs to state that if the individual's responses were
seen by those outside the research team that the there might be harm to the individual's employability
and reputation.
14. Sometimes, in order to get valid data, behavioral researchers give participants false information
concerning the purpose of the study or what they are measuring. If a researcher does engage in this
practice of "deception," what does she need to do after a person participates in her study? - ✔✔d.
Always provide the participants with a "debriefing statement," and give the participant the opportunity
to withdraw from the study.
15. A correct application of the "justice" principle of the Belmont report is reflected in which of the
following studies? - ✔✔Neither of the above reflect the justice principle
Researchers who want to conduct research outside the United States, must - ✔✔always obtain approval
from the country where they want to conduct the research
100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
2024 | Verified
The major function of the Institutional Review Board is to: - ✔✔ensure protection of the rights of human
subjects who participate in research endeavors by TROY faculty, professional staff, and students.
Are researchers required to submit IRB applications for Pilot Studies? - ✔✔Yes
Are researchers required to submit IRB applications for studies that are being conducted solely for
instructional or institutional improvement purposes and the results will not be accessible to the public? -
✔✔No
The federal government established regulations for human subject research because _______________ -
✔✔there were several cases of research studies where the participants were harmed while participating
in the research
The federal document that identifies the ethical principles and guidelines for conducting research with
human participants is called the - ✔✔Belmont report
The major three principles outlined in the Belmont report are - ✔✔Beneficence, Respect for Persons,
Justice
Which of the following scenarios does not adhere to the principle of Respect for Persons - ✔✔c. As part
of her class assignment, an instructor has students keep a journal of their thoughts about the readings
for the semester. At the end of the semester, the instructor decides that she could develop a good
research study based on the journal entries. Because it was a required assignment and she is going to
remove the student's names from the journal, she does not ask the students for permission to use their
journals in her study.
An informed consent document is NOT required for - ✔✔All of the above require informed consent
documents
, For a study where participants are members of the general population, the informed consent documents
should be written at a(n) - ✔✔8th grade level
Once a participant signs an informed consent document they - ✔✔d. may decide to stop participating at
any time, and the researcher may have to destroy data that they have already collected on the
participant.
Which of the following statements are true? - ✔✔b. Instructors are discouraged from involving their own
students as participants in their own research studies.
Behavioral research may contain which type of risk: - ✔✔All of the above.
13. A researcher who is a nurse at a hospital wants to study his fellow nurses' attitudes towards their
work. He develops an anonymous survey on attitudes towards the workplace, which asks participants to
rate how much they agree with statements such as, "I hate my work," and "My supervisor is very unfair."
He also asks for standard demographic information such as race, age, rank, number of years working,
specific unit working in, etc. How should the researcher describe the risks of participating in this research
in the informed consent document? - ✔✔b. He needs to state that if the individual's responses were
seen by those outside the research team that the there might be harm to the individual's employability
and reputation.
14. Sometimes, in order to get valid data, behavioral researchers give participants false information
concerning the purpose of the study or what they are measuring. If a researcher does engage in this
practice of "deception," what does she need to do after a person participates in her study? - ✔✔d.
Always provide the participants with a "debriefing statement," and give the participant the opportunity
to withdraw from the study.
15. A correct application of the "justice" principle of the Belmont report is reflected in which of the
following studies? - ✔✔Neither of the above reflect the justice principle
Researchers who want to conduct research outside the United States, must - ✔✔always obtain approval
from the country where they want to conduct the research
