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WorksheetsResearch Ethics Quiz PART 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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.
Informed consent requires which of the following?
Participants understand the risks and benefits before agreeing to participate.
Participants are told only the positive outcomes of the study.
Consent is obtained verbally, without any documentation.
Participants must complete the study regardless of any changes in their situation.
A researcher ensures that the tools used in the study are valid and reliable. This demonstrates:
Non-maleficence
Justice
Scientific soundness
Beneficence
Which of the following is an example of invasion of privacy in a research study?
Participants are asked about their dietary habits.
Researchers publish participants' private medical information without consent.
Participants are required to sign a consent form.
Participants are given the right to withdraw from the study.
What is a key characteristic of non-maleficence in research?
Doing good for the participants
Providing fair compensation
Avoiding harm to the participants
Ensuring the study is published
If a research project involves participants with a higher risk of harm, the researcher must:
Avoid obtaining informed consent.
Minimize the risks and monitor participants closely.
Allow the participants to take on any risk.
Only involve participants who cannot refuse to participate.
