NR 505 Week 1 Quiz, 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Introduction to Research Ethics quiz

Summary

Score for this module: 100%

1. The ‘conflict of mission’ in research refers to the potential conflict between: 1. 

preventing harm to an individual, and 2. gaining scientific k…

ï‚· True Your correct answer

ï‚· False

2. Which of the following should not be included as part of the research protocol and 

submitted to the REC (ERC)?

ï‚· The budget, including sources of funding

ï‚· Curricula vitae of the Principal Investigator and the core research team

 The information sheet and consent form that potential participants will be asked 

to sign

 A section on the ethical aspects of the protocol, and how the investigators are 

planning to deal with the ethical issues that may arise

 If the protocol has also been reviewed elsewhere, a list of the ethics committee 

members who reviewed the protocol Your correct answer

ï‚· A description of how data will be kept confidential and private

3. The Secretariat of an ethics committee can overturn the decision of a committee if they 

find it unreasonable

ï‚· True

ï‚· False Your correct answer

4. Following an animated discussion and after much debate, an REC has decided not to 

approve a research study that is utilizing a placebo control desi…

 Explain the Committee’s rationale, and share the detailed comments made by 

members of the Committee in order to diffuse the situation and provide a better 

understanding of the REC functioning

 Refuse to enter into any discussion with the PI but invite him to share their views 

with the REC Secretariat, citing confidentiality as a rationale Your correct answer

5. Ethics committee members should consider the following issues when reviewing a 

protocol:

ï‚· have research risks have been minimised?

 is appropriate information being provided to participants in a comprehensible 

way?

ï‚· are there appropriate provisions to protect privacy and confidentiality?

 are the proposed inducements for participants to take part in research 

appropriate?

ï‚· all of the above Your correct answer

6. It is often said that 'bad science is unethical'. Please choose the best follow-up sentence.

 However, research ethics committees are not qualified to judge the science of a 

protocol and should therefore not consider the science in their protocol review

 However, if the protocol has been reviewed and 'approved' by a scientific or 

technical committee prior to ethical review, the ethics committee should set 

aside their doubts as experts have already provided input

 Ethics review committees should, therefore, consider the science of the protocol 

where it has an impact on the ethics of the study Your correct answer

 However, this statement is false. Science and ethics are completely separate 

issues and should never be considered by the same committee. This is supported 

by all WHO guidance