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 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
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research
with human subjects? - (ANSWER)A study of twenty 4th grade classrooms in which researchers ask the
, CITI TRAINING EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
schools to systematically vary the time of day reading is taught, and collect weekly assessments of
reading comprehension for each child over a three-month period.
According to the federal regulations, human subjects are living individuals about whom an investigator
conducting research obtains information through interaction or intervention with the individual, and
uses, studies, or analyzes the information; or: - (ANSWER)Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates
identifiable private information.
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research
with human subjects? - (ANSWER)A developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between
groups of toddlers and their caregivers to determine which intervention methods most effectively
manage aggression.
IRB= - (ANSWER)Institutional Review Board
a systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed to devlop
or contribute to generalizable knowledge - (ANSWER)research
a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research -
(ANSWER)human subject
a biospecimen for which the identity of the subject is or may readily be ascertained by the investigator
or associated with the biospecimen - (ANSWER)identifiable biospecimen
any experiment that involves a test article and one or more human subjects - (ANSWER)clinical
investigation
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 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
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research
with human subjects? - (ANSWER)A study of twenty 4th grade classrooms in which researchers ask the
, CITI TRAINING EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
schools to systematically vary the time of day reading is taught, and collect weekly assessments of
reading comprehension for each child over a three-month period.
According to the federal regulations, human subjects are living individuals about whom an investigator
conducting research obtains information through interaction or intervention with the individual, and
uses, studies, or analyzes the information; or: - (ANSWER)Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates
identifiable private information.
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research
with human subjects? - (ANSWER)A developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between
groups of toddlers and their caregivers to determine which intervention methods most effectively
manage aggression.
IRB= - (ANSWER)Institutional Review Board
a systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed to devlop
or contribute to generalizable knowledge - (ANSWER)research
a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research -
(ANSWER)human subject
a biospecimen for which the identity of the subject is or may readily be ascertained by the investigator
or associated with the biospecimen - (ANSWER)identifiable biospecimen
any experiment that involves a test article and one or more human subjects - (ANSWER)clinical
investigation
