QUESTION 1

Placebo studies of new HIV therapies in Africa:

a. were declared illegal by the WHO in 1994

b. have been compared to the Tuskegee trials

c. depend on donations from rich sponsors

d. have proved effective

QUESTION 2

Women who enroll in HIV studies:

a. are counseled about the meaning of placebos

b. do not understand that their treatment may not be effective

c. are given a consent form in the local language

d. need their husbands' permission to participate

QUESTION 3

Some critics of placebos consider them unethical because:

a. they are supported by the WHO, which has a hidden agenda

b. they use developing world people as guinea pigs to test drugs that will only be affordable for first world inhabitants

c. they save future lives at the expense of present lives

d. they are too expensive

QUESTION 4

One defense of placebo-controlled studies is:

a. A placebo may be useful for psychosomatic illnesses

b. standard of care in the test country and sponsoring country should be the same

c. subjects are treated according to the standard of care in their own countries

d. Placebo-controlled trials lead to many deaths

QUESTION 5

All of the following are reasons for not using the ACT 076 protocol in Uganda except:

a. The formula requires access to clean water, which can be a huge challenge in Uganda

b. It's too expensive

c. Mothers must not breastfeed

d. Critics in the U.S. dislike placebos

QUESTION 6

Many research experiments from the 1930's to 1950's were carried out by:

a. The President of the United States

b. the military

c. Specialized hospitals

d. The Manhattan Project

QUESTION 7

The first principle of the Nuremberg Code guarantees:

a. All researchers must be in a state of equipoise

b. War crimes will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

c. No research will be carried out on subjects without voluntary consent

d. Research subjects must be compensated adequately

QUESTION 8

President Clinton did all but the following:

a. Sign an order mandating informed consent for all research subjects

b. Dismantle all secret trials

c. Apologize to families of victims

d. Allow investigative journalists the right to publish on research studies

QUESTION 9

A lot of the research carried out was done

a. on volunteers

b. in order to strenghten the general population's immune system

c. from fear of biological and chemical attacks by foreign powers

d. in foreign countries

QUESTION 10

All of the following were test sites except for:

a. a school

b. the subway

c. The Nevada Desert

d. a church