Research Ethics Quiz PART 2

What is the main purpose of a research ethics committee (REC) approval?

• To provide financial compensation to participants

• To approve a researcher's qualifications

• To ensure the research is ethically sound and minimizes risk to participants

• To promote the researcher's work internationally

What is a key feature of beneficence in research ethics?

• Ensuring the research meets the researcher's personal goals

• Balancing the benefits and risks of the study

• Making participants pay for their participation

• Excluding vulnerable populations from participation

A researcher must obtain permission from a participant's guardian for which population?

• Adult individuals capable of providing consent

• Prisoners

• Elderly individuals living independently

• Minors

Which of the following best describes 'more than minimal risk' in research?

• Risk is equivalent to daily life experiences.

• The risk is greater than that encountered in everyday life, but not likely to cause serious harm.

• There is no risk involved in the study.

• The research poses a life-threatening risk.

A participant begins to experience stress while answering questions about past traumatic events. This is an example of what type of risk?

• Physical risk

• Psychological risk

• Economic risk

• Social risk

In a research study involving patients with cognitive impairment, the researcher must ensure:

• Only the caregiver’s consent is obtained.

• The participants can fully understand and consent to the study.

• The participants are forced to participate.

• Participants receive no information about the study.

A study involves the risk of participants facing stigma or criminal prosecution due to the sensitive nature of the research. What type of risk is this?

• Social risk

• Physical risk

• Economic risk

• Psychological risk

A researcher plans to exclude participants with disabilities to avoid complicating the study. This violates which ethical principle?

• Autonomy

• Justice

• Beneficence

• Non-maleficence

The right to withdraw from a study at any time without penalty is an example of which principle?

• Beneficence

• Justice

• Autonomy

• Non-maleficence

Offering a small incentive to research participants is:

• A violation of informed consent.

• Ethical as long as it does not coerce participants.

• Required in all studies.

• A violation of the principle of justice.