Exam Details
Subject | Bioethics And Law | |
Paper | ||
Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma In Bioethics | |
Department | School of Health Science (SOHS) | |
Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
Position | ||
Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. The Statement of Hippocratic Oath is
"I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel."
"I will maintain the utmost respect for human life."
"A physician shall always bear in mind the obligation to respect human life."
All of the above.
2. Which of the following is concerned with article 21 of Constitution of India?
Right to Education
Right to Information
Right to Freedom
Right to Life
3. Physician-assisted suicide is
euthanasia
mercy killing
at the request and with the consent of the patient
at the request and without consent of the patient
4. Which of the following term is coined by Fritz Jahr
Bioethics
Euthanasia
Assisted Suicide
Biopiracy
5. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was redesignated in the year:
1949
1965
1956
1975
6. Declaration of Helsinki is a set of ethical principles regarding:
Animal experimentation
Biotechnology experimentation
Microbiology experimentation
Human experimentation
7. Belmont Report explains three Fundamental ethical principles except:
Respect for persons
Beneficence
Justice
Insurance of participants
8. An Institutional Review Board designated to approve, monitor and review:
Biomedical and behavioural research involving humans
Biomedical and behavioural research involving animal subjects
Biomedical research involving micro-organisms
All of these
9. Conflict of interest is not applicable to
Authors
Editor
Revivers
Readers
10. Which schedule of Drugs and Cosmetics Act gives a list of poisonous substances under Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Systems of medicines?
Schedule -C1
Schedule -F1
Schedule -E1
Schedule -M1
11. Which of the following act was passed in year 1916
Indian medical degree act
Indian drug and cosmetic act
Indian medical council act
Employee state insurance act
12. The responsibilities of an Institute Ethic Committee can be defined as follows:
To protect the dignity, rights and well being of the potential research participants.
To ensure that universal ethical values and international scientific standards are expressed in terms of local community values and customs.
To assist in the development and the education of a research community responsive to local health care requirements.
All of the above.
13. Drugs and Cosmetics Act was passed in the year:
1930
1940
1950
1960
14. Essential information for prospective research participants:
the aims and methods of the research
the expected duration of the participation
the benefits that might reasonably be expected as an outcome of research to the participant or community or to others
All of the above
15. The historically first international guideline pertaining to research involving human participants was the
Declaration of Helsinki
Declaration of Japan
Nuremberg Code
WHO Ethical Guideline
16. The Information Technology Act was passed in the year:
1995
2007
2015
2000
17. Informed consent is important because:
It enables the participants to understand vital information on the proposed trial
It provides the participant with all the information regarding remote risks
It enables the investigator to recruit participants of his choice
It promotes clinical research
18. Informed consent refers to
Principle of autonomy
Voluntary but uninformed decision-making
A voluntary decision to participate in research, by a competent individual who has received and understood the necessary information
Permission to participate in research
19. Capacity to consent to trial participation may not be diminished by
Poverty
Source of research funding
Lack of understanding
Cultural barriers
20. Who cannot consent to trial participation?
Healthy but poverty stricken volunteers
Healthy volunteers below the age of 18
Mentally stable but sick adults
Medical students
21. Plagiarism refers to which of the following?
Copying verbatim and without citing the source
Stealing the intellectual property of someone else without citing the source
Using the examples from another paper but mixing up the order so it is unrecognisable
All of the above
22. Can the requirement for informed consent be waived
Yes, at the discretion of the investigator
No, unless a designated ethics review committee approves
Never
Yes, with the consent of the participant
23. Researchers have a duty to avoid, prevent or minimise risk to study participants. This is based on the principle of
Non -maleficence
Beneficence
Human rights
Justice
24. Which of the following is correct if a participant wishes to withdraw from a study?
Participation is voluntary and they can withdraw at any time
They must continue to participate as they have signed the consent form
Withdrawal from the study has to occur through the ethics committee
They may be able to withdraw if they negotiate with the research team
25. Researchers must seek approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee if they intend to:
Collect data from people by interview or survey
Collect data by observation of people
Perform an intervention/treatment
All of the above
26. The principle underpinning of voluntary and informed consent is
Beneficence
Autonomy
Non-maleficence
Respect
27. Assisted suicide is illegal in all except:
Australia
Denmark
Canada
Netherland
28. All are true regarding Biodiversity except:
It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems.
Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be highest near the equator.
Biodiversity is distributed evenly on Earth.
It is the richest in the tropics.
29. The different methods, used in detecting the status of inbred strains for their homogenicity includes
Histocompatibility or skin grafting
Electrophoresis or Biochemical Markers
Immunological Marker
All of the above
30. In which year Indian Evidence Act was passed?
1906
1872
1956
1948
31. Medical termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in the year:
2001
1961
1971
1984
32. All of the following situations where delayed consent may be needed except:
At the roadside in the event of an accident
At a cardiac arrest
During the early stages of a patient's emergency admission to an accident and emergency department
Chronic Lung Disease Patient
33. Participation in research can have a number of perceived benefits for patients including:
Access to experimental treatments that may give better outcomes than standard treatments
Increased access to members of the multidisciplinary team
Extra investigations
All of the above
34. Any research using the human beings as participants shall follow the principles given below except
Principle of Essentiality
Principle of Compliance
Principle of Non-exploitation
All of the above
35. Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on
10 December
25 March
15 September
8 July
36. Which type of container is used for disposal of bio-medical wastes of category 1
Red
Blue
Yellow
Black
37. The Declaration was originally adopted in Helsinki, Finland in the year:
1964
1947
1985
1955
38. Action of proving; in accordance with the principles of Good Clinical Practice, that any procedure, process, equipment material, activity or system actually leads to the expected results:
Standard Operating Procedures
Validation
Verification
Monitoring
39. Declaration of MALTA adopted by World Medical Association is related to:
Death Sentence
Hunger Strike
Human rights in clinical trials
Good Clinical Practice
40. The chairperson of a National Human Rights Commission is
The President
Member who is or has been, a Judge of the Supreme Court
The person who has been a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Member who is, or has been, the Chief Justice of a High Court
41. For living donation; all can donate human organs without any legal formalities except:
Father
Brothers
Spouse
Cousins
42. Who is responsible in relation to health hazards in a Factory?
Employee
State
Occupier
Appraisal Committee
43. The recent amendment in Indian Factory Act was done in the year:
2008
2005
2011
2014
44. Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred in the year:
1980
1984
1990
1976
45. Which type of euthanasia is legal in India?
Active euthanasia
Passive euthanasia
Both
None
46. Which of the following act was passed in the year 1969
Registration of birth and death act
Indian evidence act
Drug and cosmetic act
Transplant of human organ act
47. Which of the following is accepted as documentary evidence without oral evidence
Dying declaration
Medical certificates
Evidence of injury recorded by doctor
All of the above
48. In which year the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, were framed?
1985
1998
2004
2011
49. Chemical waste is included in which of the following category of biomedical waste:
Category 1
Category 3
Category 7
Category 10
50. A 25 year old person sustained injury in right eye. He developed right corneal opacity following the injury. Left eye was already having poor vision. Corneaplasty of right eye was done and vision was restored. Medicolegally such injury is labelled as
Grievous
Simple
Dangerous
Write short notes on any four of the following in about 200 -300 words
51. Research Ethics.
52. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
53. Types of Consent
54. Plagiarism
55. Euthanasia
56. Issues in Internet based education.
"I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel."
"I will maintain the utmost respect for human life."
"A physician shall always bear in mind the obligation to respect human life."
All of the above.
2. Which of the following is concerned with article 21 of Constitution of India?
Right to Education
Right to Information
Right to Freedom
Right to Life
3. Physician-assisted suicide is
euthanasia
mercy killing
at the request and with the consent of the patient
at the request and without consent of the patient
4. Which of the following term is coined by Fritz Jahr
Bioethics
Euthanasia
Assisted Suicide
Biopiracy
5. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was redesignated in the year:
1949
1965
1956
1975
6. Declaration of Helsinki is a set of ethical principles regarding:
Animal experimentation
Biotechnology experimentation
Microbiology experimentation
Human experimentation
7. Belmont Report explains three Fundamental ethical principles except:
Respect for persons
Beneficence
Justice
Insurance of participants
8. An Institutional Review Board designated to approve, monitor and review:
Biomedical and behavioural research involving humans
Biomedical and behavioural research involving animal subjects
Biomedical research involving micro-organisms
All of these
9. Conflict of interest is not applicable to
Authors
Editor
Revivers
Readers
10. Which schedule of Drugs and Cosmetics Act gives a list of poisonous substances under Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani Systems of medicines?
Schedule -C1
Schedule -F1
Schedule -E1
Schedule -M1
11. Which of the following act was passed in year 1916
Indian medical degree act
Indian drug and cosmetic act
Indian medical council act
Employee state insurance act
12. The responsibilities of an Institute Ethic Committee can be defined as follows:
To protect the dignity, rights and well being of the potential research participants.
To ensure that universal ethical values and international scientific standards are expressed in terms of local community values and customs.
To assist in the development and the education of a research community responsive to local health care requirements.
All of the above.
13. Drugs and Cosmetics Act was passed in the year:
1930
1940
1950
1960
14. Essential information for prospective research participants:
the aims and methods of the research
the expected duration of the participation
the benefits that might reasonably be expected as an outcome of research to the participant or community or to others
All of the above
15. The historically first international guideline pertaining to research involving human participants was the
Declaration of Helsinki
Declaration of Japan
Nuremberg Code
WHO Ethical Guideline
16. The Information Technology Act was passed in the year:
1995
2007
2015
2000
17. Informed consent is important because:
It enables the participants to understand vital information on the proposed trial
It provides the participant with all the information regarding remote risks
It enables the investigator to recruit participants of his choice
It promotes clinical research
18. Informed consent refers to
Principle of autonomy
Voluntary but uninformed decision-making
A voluntary decision to participate in research, by a competent individual who has received and understood the necessary information
Permission to participate in research
19. Capacity to consent to trial participation may not be diminished by
Poverty
Source of research funding
Lack of understanding
Cultural barriers
20. Who cannot consent to trial participation?
Healthy but poverty stricken volunteers
Healthy volunteers below the age of 18
Mentally stable but sick adults
Medical students
21. Plagiarism refers to which of the following?
Copying verbatim and without citing the source
Stealing the intellectual property of someone else without citing the source
Using the examples from another paper but mixing up the order so it is unrecognisable
All of the above
22. Can the requirement for informed consent be waived
Yes, at the discretion of the investigator
No, unless a designated ethics review committee approves
Never
Yes, with the consent of the participant
23. Researchers have a duty to avoid, prevent or minimise risk to study participants. This is based on the principle of
Non -maleficence
Beneficence
Human rights
Justice
24. Which of the following is correct if a participant wishes to withdraw from a study?
Participation is voluntary and they can withdraw at any time
They must continue to participate as they have signed the consent form
Withdrawal from the study has to occur through the ethics committee
They may be able to withdraw if they negotiate with the research team
25. Researchers must seek approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee if they intend to:
Collect data from people by interview or survey
Collect data by observation of people
Perform an intervention/treatment
All of the above
26. The principle underpinning of voluntary and informed consent is
Beneficence
Autonomy
Non-maleficence
Respect
27. Assisted suicide is illegal in all except:
Australia
Denmark
Canada
Netherland
28. All are true regarding Biodiversity except:
It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems.
Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be highest near the equator.
Biodiversity is distributed evenly on Earth.
It is the richest in the tropics.
29. The different methods, used in detecting the status of inbred strains for their homogenicity includes
Histocompatibility or skin grafting
Electrophoresis or Biochemical Markers
Immunological Marker
All of the above
30. In which year Indian Evidence Act was passed?
1906
1872
1956
1948
31. Medical termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in the year:
2001
1961
1971
1984
32. All of the following situations where delayed consent may be needed except:
At the roadside in the event of an accident
At a cardiac arrest
During the early stages of a patient's emergency admission to an accident and emergency department
Chronic Lung Disease Patient
33. Participation in research can have a number of perceived benefits for patients including:
Access to experimental treatments that may give better outcomes than standard treatments
Increased access to members of the multidisciplinary team
Extra investigations
All of the above
34. Any research using the human beings as participants shall follow the principles given below except
Principle of Essentiality
Principle of Compliance
Principle of Non-exploitation
All of the above
35. Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on
10 December
25 March
15 September
8 July
36. Which type of container is used for disposal of bio-medical wastes of category 1
Red
Blue
Yellow
Black
37. The Declaration was originally adopted in Helsinki, Finland in the year:
1964
1947
1985
1955
38. Action of proving; in accordance with the principles of Good Clinical Practice, that any procedure, process, equipment material, activity or system actually leads to the expected results:
Standard Operating Procedures
Validation
Verification
Monitoring
39. Declaration of MALTA adopted by World Medical Association is related to:
Death Sentence
Hunger Strike
Human rights in clinical trials
Good Clinical Practice
40. The chairperson of a National Human Rights Commission is
The President
Member who is or has been, a Judge of the Supreme Court
The person who has been a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Member who is, or has been, the Chief Justice of a High Court
41. For living donation; all can donate human organs without any legal formalities except:
Father
Brothers
Spouse
Cousins
42. Who is responsible in relation to health hazards in a Factory?
Employee
State
Occupier
Appraisal Committee
43. The recent amendment in Indian Factory Act was done in the year:
2008
2005
2011
2014
44. Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred in the year:
1980
1984
1990
1976
45. Which type of euthanasia is legal in India?
Active euthanasia
Passive euthanasia
Both
None
46. Which of the following act was passed in the year 1969
Registration of birth and death act
Indian evidence act
Drug and cosmetic act
Transplant of human organ act
47. Which of the following is accepted as documentary evidence without oral evidence
Dying declaration
Medical certificates
Evidence of injury recorded by doctor
All of the above
48. In which year the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, were framed?
1985
1998
2004
2011
49. Chemical waste is included in which of the following category of biomedical waste:
Category 1
Category 3
Category 7
Category 10
50. A 25 year old person sustained injury in right eye. He developed right corneal opacity following the injury. Left eye was already having poor vision. Corneaplasty of right eye was done and vision was restored. Medicolegally such injury is labelled as
Grievous
Simple
Dangerous
Write short notes on any four of the following in about 200 -300 words
51. Research Ethics.
52. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
53. Types of Consent
54. Plagiarism
55. Euthanasia
56. Issues in Internet based education.
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