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AP Research Ethics Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any participants to any research activity must not be forced to take part in the study.

a)

Voluntary Participation

b)

Informed Consent

c)

Risk of Harm

d)

Social Responsibility

2.

Informed consent for a participant is best exemplified in which of the following actions?

a)

talking to him or her privately

b)

surprising him or her with a questionnaire

c)

writing him or her a letter

d)

sending a WeChat

3.

What is informed consent?

a)

when people involved in your research are told

b)

when people involved in your research are not told

c)

when people involved in your research are paid

d)

when people involved in your research are not paid

4.

What is anonymity?

a)

Not telling someone you are researching them

b)

Keeping someone’s identity secret.

c)

Not putting your name on your research

d)

Telling all of the names

e)

All of the above

5.

Does a reason have to be given to withdraw from a study?

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

Is it ok to talk about your findings with people that are interested in the results

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. It burns their skin and leaves permanent scarring. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?

a)

informed consent

b)

cause no harm

c)

right to withdraw

d)

confidentiality

e)

deceptive practices

8.

Once participants have started the research study they cannot withdraw unless the researcher gives permission.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Depending on the situation, if it is government-funded research, it's not possible to leave the study.

9.

Who typically makes decisions and has the final say about research ethics issues?

a)

Ethical Committees

b)

DAA or school administration

c)

Individual Researchers

d)

None of the above

10.

An IRB should safeguard the rights, safety, and well-being of all trial subjects

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This cites factors or variables that are not included and the boundary in terms of time frame, the number of subjects, participants, or respondents who are excluded.

a)

Scope of the Study

b)

Delimitation of the Study

c)

Limitation of the Study

d)

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

12.

The purpose of ethical guidelines are

a)

To ensure participants are safe

b)

To ensure participants are paid for their time

c)

To ensure the study gets valid responses

d)

To ensure researchers do what they like

13.

What part of the introduction of a research paper sets the boundaries and parameters of the study?

a)

Parametric Limits

b)

Study Area Coverage

c)

Scope and Delimitation

d)

Limitation of the study

14.

Which of these are non-negotiables when conducting research?

a)

voluntary participation

b)

informed consent

c)

anonymity

d)

confidentiality

e)

All of the above

15.

Manipulating by changing, omitting, or adding data

a)

falsification

b)

fabrication

c)

plagiarism

d)

photo manipulation

16.

Owning someone else's work without giving appropriate credit.

a)

falsification

b)

fabrication

c)

plagiarism

d)

photo manipulation

17.

Making up results and reporting them as real data

a)

falsification

b)

fabrication

c)

plagiarism

d)

photo manipulation

18.

_______________________can roughly be understood to means "of research participants in mind." The principle of __________________ is behind efforts by researchers to minimize risks to participants and maximize benefits to participants and society

a)

non-maleficence

b)

non-biased

c)

benefice

d)

ethical consideration

19.

Non-maleficence means:

a)

Do little harm

b)

Do not harm

c)

Do maximal harm

d)

Hurt Dean

20.

Procrastination (best choice) means

a)

The action of delaying or postponing something

b)

Spending time in the dark playground

c)

Doing something in a timely fashion and ignoring the playful monkey

d)

Panicking!