Question #1: Which committee is appointed by the Institutional Official to review research involving human participants for compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations?
a) The Faculty Senate
b) The University Isotopes Committee
c) The Institutional Review Board
d) Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
e) Institutional Biosafety Committee

Question #2: Risks, benefits, and associated discomforts for a child/minor participant may require the signature of both parents unless -
a) one parent is deceased
b) one parent is unknown
c) one parent is incompetent
d) one parent is not reasonably available
e) all of the above

Question #3: Submissions to the IRB must include copies of all documents (surveys, interview outlines, advertisements, telephone screening interviews, etc.) that directly effect the human participant.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Question #4: Which of the following is/are IRB Guideline(s)?
a) International Research Involving Human Participants
b) Research Using Penn State Students as Participants
c) Research Involving the Consumption of Alcohol by Human Research Participants
d) Classroom Research Projects
e) All of the above

Question #5: For a collection of a blood sample in a healthy adult to qualify for an expedited review, the following must apply -
a) the participant cannot be pregnant
b) the weight must be at least 110 lbs.
c) the amount of blood drawn may not exceed 550 ml in an eight-week period
d) collection of blood may not occur more frequently than two times per week
e) all of the above

Question #6: Will benefits to participants always be immediate to the individual participant?
a) Yes
b) No
c)
d)

Question #7: Is the Informed Consent Form to clearly inform participants that their participation is voluntary, they may withdraw their participation at anytime, and they may decline to answer specific questions?
a) Yes
b) No
c)
d)

Question #8: The primary Federal law that governs the use of human participant in research is -
a) the Belmont Report
b) the Public Health Service Policy
c) the Code of Federal Regulations 45 CFR 46
d) Penn State's institutional policies on research
e) all of the above

Question #9: Which of the following statements is NOT true about the IRB review process for studies that involve human participants?
a) Only tenure-track faculty who are using human participants for their research are required to submit an application to the IRB
b) All faculty who are using human participants for their research are required to submit an application to the IRB
c) All undergraduate students who are using human participants for their research are required to submit an application to the IRB
d) All graduate students who are using human participants for their dissertation research are required to submit an application to the IRB

Question #10: Once a research participant has signed the Informed Consent Form, he/she is obligated to complete the study.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)