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.


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Subjects

  • Bioethics And Law
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Educational Technology And Communication
  • Introduction To Bioethics
  • Research Ethics - I
  • Research Ethics-Ii
  • Research Methodology
  • Social Science Research Related To Health
  • Special Issues In Research Ethics