Deck 3: Ethical Standards and Practice for Public Health Research

Question 1

Internal review boards (IRBs) are governed by:

A) state legislators.
B) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
C) the Office for Human Research Protections.
D) the sponsoring university.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Chapter 3 provides a history lesson regarding Tuskegee. Why is this important?

A) This tragedy was a main impetus for federal oversight of research with humans.
B) It reminds us that racial inequities still exist in the United States.
C) Tuskegee is important because it revealed corruption and immorality in research.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Deception in human research studies is no longer allowed, under any conditions.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

You have proposed a research study to an IRB. It provides $100 to people who agree to complete a 30-minute, anonymous survey about their health history. What is potentially unethical here?

A) The amount of compensation could be considered coercive.
B) Personal health information is protected under federal law.
C) Surveys, by definition, are never anonymous.

Question 5

The concept of a placebo effect relates to which ethical concern described in Chapter 3?

A) Social media
B) Deception
C) Fraudulent identity use
D) Coercion

Question 6

A key advantage of using social media platforms for survey research is that the use of this method ensures complete anonymity.

Question 7

Which principle of the Belmont Report applies to using study populations for research when those populations are unlikely to directly benefit from the research findings?

A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
C) Scrutiny
D) Justice

Question 8

People have the right to make fully informed decisions about whether they want to participate in a research study. This forms the basis for:

A) autonomy.
B) beneficence.
C) scrutiny.
D) justice.

Question 9

Which of the following phrases best relates to the concept of beneficence?

A) The study will not exclude women who have a history of substance use.
B) Deception will not be used.
C) Taking part in this study may provide you with information about smoking cessation that proves useful in your future attempts to quit tobacco use.

Question 10

The inadvertent disclosure of a study volunteer's participation is an example of an ethical violation based on the principle of:

A) autonomy.
B) beneficence.
C) scrutiny.
D) justice.