Module Four: Test Your Understanding note: Like all academic activities, the JMU Honor Code applies to this exercise.
You have reached the end of the instruction on informed consent. Below are 20 true/false and multiple choice questions to help check your understanding of the process. After you have answered these questions, you will be asked to enter information that will permit you to send your results to an e-mail address.
Click on the dot next to the best answer for each question.
1. If the study does not have any benefits, this should be clearly stated to the participants.
2. Beneficence means that the research must protect participants from harm, as well as ensure that they experience the possible benefits of their involvement.
3. Autonomy (in terms of human research) means attempting at all times to distribute the risks and benefits to the human subjects fairly and without bias.
4. Adverse events should be reported to the IRB
5. A participant who is not of legal age can consent to be in a study.
6. Justice means that participants should be protected from harm.
7. The purpose of continuing review is to determine if the risks and benefits:
8. ____________signify developments that might require a revised consent form.
9. When listing risks, you do not need to list "soft" risks such as embarrassment.
10. You will know the terms of continued review when you receive approval from the IRB.
11. The consent document should be presented to the participant after they have completed their survey or interview.
12. The researcher will gain a fuller understanding of the risks and benefits to subjects only after the research has begun.
13. A consent document should generally be written to a/an ________ grade reading level.
14. The participant can __________ withdraw from the study without penalty.
15. ____________ is/are not important factor(s) when asking and answering questions to ensure participants understand their role in the research.
16. Research projects conducted at other sites do not need to be reviewed by the JMU IRB if they already have approval from the other institution's IRB.
17. The ________________ relationship is not a potentially troublesome one during participant selection.
18. No further review is required once the IRB has reviewed a project.
19. Researchers with financial interests in the research are not obligated to inform their participants.
20. The James Madison University's IRB reviews only federally funded research.
Please complete the information in the following fields provided. After you have entered all of the correct information, click the Send Information button in order to process your test. (* Indicates a required field.)
*Name of person taking the test:
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note: The IRB and your faculty advisor will be automatically notified of your pass/fail status on this test. Students failing the exam must wait 2 hours to re-take the test. Any submissions prior to the 2 hour window will not be scored. Any student receiving 2 failing scores must obtain prior consent from their advisor before retaking the exam a third time.
In submitting this test, I certify that I have complied with all aspects of the JMU Honor Code.
