Institutional Responsibilities as They Affect Investigators (COI-Basic)

Which of the following statements most accurately describes a mitigation report? A. A report from an institution telling the U.S. Public Health Service how bias will be minimized before a research project begins. B. A report to the U.S. Public Health Service of efforts that will be taken by the institution to deal with any bias that was found in research conducted while there was an unreported financial conflict of interest. C. A report from the U.S. Public Health Service to an institution of what must be done to deal with financial conflicts of interest of its PHS-funded researchers. D. An annual report to the U.S. Public Health Service of all the significant financial interests of the institution's PHS-funded researchers.

B. A report to the U.S. Public Health Service of efforts that will be taken by the institution to deal with any bias that was found in research conducted while there was an unreported financial conflict of interest.

Institutions are required by the U.S. Public Health Service to do which of the following: A. Update their financial conflict of interest policy every four years. B. Eliminate any and all conflicts of interest. C. Evaluate whether a significant financial interest is related to an investigator's research and constitutes a financial conflict of interest. D. Apply the same financial conflict of interest policy to all researchers regardless of their funding source.

C. Evaluate whether a significant financial interest is related to an investigator's research and constitutes a financial conflict of interest.

Which of the following financial conflict of interest information must be made available by institutions on a public website or within five business days upon request? A. The financial interests of all faculty at an academic center. B. The conflicts of commitment of researchers funded by the U.S. Public Health Service. C. The financial conflicts of interest of senior/key personnel on projects funded by the U.S. Public Health Service. D. The financial interests of all research administrators at an academic center.

C. The financial conflicts of interest of senior/key personnel on projects funded by the U.S. Public Health Service.

The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) requires institutions to: A. Collect information about the significant financial interests of all faculty and staff. B. Post the significant financial interests of all researchers to a publicly available website. C. Block faculty from owning any equity interest in a company that sponsors research. D. Disclose their investigators' new financial conflicts of interest to the PHS awarding component within 60 days of discovering them.

D. Disclose their investigators' new financial conflicts of interest to the PHS awarding component within 60 days of discovering them.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the reporting of outside interests and the management of conflicts? A. Investigators are responsible for developing their own management plans for significant financial interests. B. Investigators must disclose all of their financial interests regardless of whether they are related to a research project. C. The institution must report identified financial conflicts of interest to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity. D. Investigators must disclose their significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities and not just those related to a particular project.

D. Investigators must disclose their significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities and not just those related to a particular project.