IRB – Law Practice Exam Questions
Answers.
Which of the following are the three principles discussed in the Belmont Report?
A. IRB review, Federal regulations, Declaration of Helsinki.
B. Informed Consent, Institutional Assurance, Researcher responsibility.
C. Privacy, Confidentiality, Equitable selection of subjects.
D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice. - CORRECT ANSWER D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence,
Justice.
Which of the following is an example of how the Principle of Beneficence can be applied to a study
employing human subjects?
A. Providing detailed information about the study and obtaining the subject's consent to participate.
B. Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks.
C. Ensuring that the selection of subjects includes people from all segments of the population.
D. Ensuring that persons with diminished autonomy are protected. - CORRECT ANSWER B. Determining
that the study has a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks.
All of the following are true regarding the Belmont Report, EXCEPT:
A. The Belmont Report describes the need to carefully consider how research discoveries and risks will
be fairly distributed in the society.
B. The Belmont Report describes the concept of "Respect for Persons".
C. The Belmont Report defines and delineates the differences between "Practice" and "Research".
D. The Belmont Report indicates that it is necessary to rigorously avoid conflicts - CORRECT ANSWER D.
The Belmont Report indicates that it is necessary to rigorously avoid conflicts
Which of the following studies is linked most directly to the establishment of the National Research Act
in 1974 and ultimately to the Belmont Report and Federal regulations for human subject protection?
A. The Public Health Service Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.
B. Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo).
, C. The Harvard T3 study.
D. Tearoom Trade Study (Humphreys). - CORRECT ANSWER A. The Public Health Service Tuskegee Study
of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.
The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that:
A. Subjects derive individual benefit from study participation.
B. Potential benefits justify the risks of harm.
C. The study makes a significant contribution to generalizable knowledge.
D. Risks are managed so that they are no more than minimal. - CORRECT ANSWER B. Potential benefits
justify the risks of harm.
Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the pretense that he was a lookout is an
example of a violation of the principle of:
A. Respect for persons.
B. Justice.
C. Beneficence. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Respect for persons.
According to the Belmont Report, the moral requirement that there be fair outcomes in the selection of
research subjects, expresses the principle of:
A. Beneficence.
B. Respect for persons.
C. Justice. - CORRECT ANSWER C. Justice.
Which of the following is an example of how the principle of beneficence is applied to a study involving
human subjects?
A. Ensuring that subjects understand that participation is voluntary.
B. Ensuring that the selection of subjects is fair.
C. Providing detailed information about the study to potential subjects.
D. Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits.
Answers.
Which of the following are the three principles discussed in the Belmont Report?
A. IRB review, Federal regulations, Declaration of Helsinki.
B. Informed Consent, Institutional Assurance, Researcher responsibility.
C. Privacy, Confidentiality, Equitable selection of subjects.
D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence, Justice. - CORRECT ANSWER D. Respect for Persons, Beneficence,
Justice.
Which of the following is an example of how the Principle of Beneficence can be applied to a study
employing human subjects?
A. Providing detailed information about the study and obtaining the subject's consent to participate.
B. Determining that the study has a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks.
C. Ensuring that the selection of subjects includes people from all segments of the population.
D. Ensuring that persons with diminished autonomy are protected. - CORRECT ANSWER B. Determining
that the study has a maximization of benefits and a minimization of risks.
All of the following are true regarding the Belmont Report, EXCEPT:
A. The Belmont Report describes the need to carefully consider how research discoveries and risks will
be fairly distributed in the society.
B. The Belmont Report describes the concept of "Respect for Persons".
C. The Belmont Report defines and delineates the differences between "Practice" and "Research".
D. The Belmont Report indicates that it is necessary to rigorously avoid conflicts - CORRECT ANSWER D.
The Belmont Report indicates that it is necessary to rigorously avoid conflicts
Which of the following studies is linked most directly to the establishment of the National Research Act
in 1974 and ultimately to the Belmont Report and Federal regulations for human subject protection?
A. The Public Health Service Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.
B. Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo).
, C. The Harvard T3 study.
D. Tearoom Trade Study (Humphreys). - CORRECT ANSWER A. The Public Health Service Tuskegee Study
of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.
The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that:
A. Subjects derive individual benefit from study participation.
B. Potential benefits justify the risks of harm.
C. The study makes a significant contribution to generalizable knowledge.
D. Risks are managed so that they are no more than minimal. - CORRECT ANSWER B. Potential benefits
justify the risks of harm.
Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the pretense that he was a lookout is an
example of a violation of the principle of:
A. Respect for persons.
B. Justice.
C. Beneficence. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Respect for persons.
According to the Belmont Report, the moral requirement that there be fair outcomes in the selection of
research subjects, expresses the principle of:
A. Beneficence.
B. Respect for persons.
C. Justice. - CORRECT ANSWER C. Justice.
Which of the following is an example of how the principle of beneficence is applied to a study involving
human subjects?
A. Ensuring that subjects understand that participation is voluntary.
B. Ensuring that the selection of subjects is fair.
C. Providing detailed information about the study to potential subjects.
D. Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits. - CORRECT ANSWER D.
Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits.
