CITI Certification Quiz Bank 2022 with complete solution
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:
Public information
A researcher is interested in assessing risk-taking by individuals. The researcher
is sitting on a bench near a busy four-way stop intersection. She plans on
recording the number of bike riders wearing a safety helmet and whether they
stop at the intersection before proceeding in order to correlate use of safety
apparel with risk-taking. This collection of information is an example of:
Public behavior
A medical record is an example of:
private information
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the
definition of research with human subjects?
A study of twenty 4th grade classrooms in which researchers ask the 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:
Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates identifiable private information.
In addition to pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates, another subpart of the
HHS regulations provides additional protections for which of the following
vulnerable populations?
prisoners
According to the federal regulations, research is eligible for exemption, if:
The research falls into one of eight categories of research activity described in the
regulations.
Which of the following statements about the relationship between an institution
and the institution's IRB(s) is correct?
Officials of the institution may overrule an IRB approval.
Continuing review of an approved and ongoing study posing more than minimal
risk that was initially approved by a convened IRB:
Must occur within 12 months of the approval date.
According to federal regulations, the expedited review process may be used
when the study procedures pose:
No more than minimal risk and the research activities fall within regulatory categories
identified as eligible.
A researcher wishes to study generational differences in coping mechanisms
among adults who experienced abuse as children. Adequate measures will be
instituted to obtain informed consent and ensure that there is no breach of
confidentiality. The most likely additional risk is that some subjects may:
Experience emotional or psychological distress.
, Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm
in a research study:
Asking women if they have had an abortion
The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to:
Protect identifiable research information from compelled disclosure.
A researcher wants to do a web-based survey of college students to collect
information about their sexual behavior and drug use. Direct identifiers will not be
collected; however, IP addresses may be present in the data set. Risk of harm
should be evaluated by:
Both the magnitude (or severity) and the probability (or likelihood) of harm.
If disclosure of a subject's involvement in a specific research study can be
potentially harmful to the subject, and the consent form is the only record linking
the subject to the research, which of the following would be most helpful:
Obtain a waiver of documentation of informed consent.
A therapist at a free university clinic treats elementary school children with
behavior problems who are referred by a social service agency. She is also a
doctoral candidate who proposes using data she has and will collect about the
children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements
about parental permission is correct?
The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use
their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children.
A general requirement for informed consent is that no informed consent may
include any exculpatory language. Exculpatory language is that which waives or
appears to waive any of the subject's legal rights or releases or appears to
release those conducting the research from liability for negligence. Which of the
following statements in a consent form is an example of exculpatory language?
Taking part in the research is voluntary, but if you choose to take part, you waive the
right to legal redress for any research-related injuries.
A criterion for waiving informed consent is that, when appropriate, subjects are
provided additional pertinent information after the study. In which of the following
studies would it NOT be appropriate to provide subjects with information about
missing elements of consent:
A study in which subjects were assigned to study activities based on an undesirable or
unflattering physical characteristic as assessed by members of the research team.
A waiver of the requirement for documentation of informed consent may be
granted when:
The only record linking the subject and the research is the consent document and the
principal risk is a breach of confidentiality.
As part of the consent process, the federal regulations require researchers to:
Provide potential subjects with information at the appropriate reading comprehension
level.
Data are made anonymous by
Destroying all identifiers connected to the data.
When a focus group deals with a potentially sensitive topic, which of the
following statements about providing confidentiality to focus group participants
is correct?
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:
Public information
A researcher is interested in assessing risk-taking by individuals. The researcher
is sitting on a bench near a busy four-way stop intersection. She plans on
recording the number of bike riders wearing a safety helmet and whether they
stop at the intersection before proceeding in order to correlate use of safety
apparel with risk-taking. This collection of information is an example of:
Public behavior
A medical record is an example of:
private information
According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the
definition of research with human subjects?
A study of twenty 4th grade classrooms in which researchers ask the 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:
Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes, or generates identifiable private information.
In addition to pregnant women, fetuses, and neonates, another subpart of the
HHS regulations provides additional protections for which of the following
vulnerable populations?
prisoners
According to the federal regulations, research is eligible for exemption, if:
The research falls into one of eight categories of research activity described in the
regulations.
Which of the following statements about the relationship between an institution
and the institution's IRB(s) is correct?
Officials of the institution may overrule an IRB approval.
Continuing review of an approved and ongoing study posing more than minimal
risk that was initially approved by a convened IRB:
Must occur within 12 months of the approval date.
According to federal regulations, the expedited review process may be used
when the study procedures pose:
No more than minimal risk and the research activities fall within regulatory categories
identified as eligible.
A researcher wishes to study generational differences in coping mechanisms
among adults who experienced abuse as children. Adequate measures will be
instituted to obtain informed consent and ensure that there is no breach of
confidentiality. The most likely additional risk is that some subjects may:
Experience emotional or psychological distress.
, Identify the example of when situation and time are key to assessing risk of harm
in a research study:
Asking women if they have had an abortion
The primary purpose of a Certificate of Confidentiality is to:
Protect identifiable research information from compelled disclosure.
A researcher wants to do a web-based survey of college students to collect
information about their sexual behavior and drug use. Direct identifiers will not be
collected; however, IP addresses may be present in the data set. Risk of harm
should be evaluated by:
Both the magnitude (or severity) and the probability (or likelihood) of harm.
If disclosure of a subject's involvement in a specific research study can be
potentially harmful to the subject, and the consent form is the only record linking
the subject to the research, which of the following would be most helpful:
Obtain a waiver of documentation of informed consent.
A therapist at a free university clinic treats elementary school children with
behavior problems who are referred by a social service agency. She is also a
doctoral candidate who proposes using data she has and will collect about the
children for a case-based research project. Which of the following statements
about parental permission is correct?
The parents of the children might feel pressure to give permission to the therapist to use
their children's data so that she will continue to provide services to their children.
A general requirement for informed consent is that no informed consent may
include any exculpatory language. Exculpatory language is that which waives or
appears to waive any of the subject's legal rights or releases or appears to
release those conducting the research from liability for negligence. Which of the
following statements in a consent form is an example of exculpatory language?
Taking part in the research is voluntary, but if you choose to take part, you waive the
right to legal redress for any research-related injuries.
A criterion for waiving informed consent is that, when appropriate, subjects are
provided additional pertinent information after the study. In which of the following
studies would it NOT be appropriate to provide subjects with information about
missing elements of consent:
A study in which subjects were assigned to study activities based on an undesirable or
unflattering physical characteristic as assessed by members of the research team.
A waiver of the requirement for documentation of informed consent may be
granted when:
The only record linking the subject and the research is the consent document and the
principal risk is a breach of confidentiality.
As part of the consent process, the federal regulations require researchers to:
Provide potential subjects with information at the appropriate reading comprehension
level.
Data are made anonymous by
Destroying all identifiers connected to the data.
When a focus group deals with a potentially sensitive topic, which of the
following statements about providing confidentiality to focus group participants
is correct?
