Practise Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) Exam with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), through the Council for Certification of IRB Professionals (CIP Council) · Current officially linked CIP Body of Knowledge/Content Outline, filename labeled 2025; no separate effective date stated in the outline. Cross-checked against the currently linked Candidate Handbook dated June 12, 2025, and Exam References and Resources updated September 23, 2025. Verified October 12, 2026. The workbook label 'Institutional Review Board (IRB) Professional Certification (CIP)' maps to PRIM&R's Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) Exam; the assigned slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) Exam
- About the CIP® Council
- CIP® Exam Resources
- CIP® Exam Body of Knowledge/Content Outline
- Certification Examination for IRB Professionals: Candidate Handbook
- CIP® Exam References and Resources
- Read the Belmont Report
- Nuremberg Code: Directives for Human Experimentation
- 45 CFR 46.102: Definitions
- 45 CFR 46.104: Exempt research
- 45 CFR 46.107: IRB membership
- 45 CFR 46.109: IRB review of research
- 45 CFR 46.110: Expedited review procedures
- 45 CFR 46.111: Criteria for IRB approval of research
- 45 CFR 46.114: Cooperative research
- 45 CFR 46.115: IRB records
- 45 CFR 46.116: General requirements for informed consent
- 45 CFR 46.117: Documentation of informed consent
- 45 CFR 46
- Subpart A of 45 CFR Part 46: Basic HHS Policy for Protection of Human Subjects
- Minutes of Institutional Review Board (IRB) Meetings
- IDE Institutional Review Boards (IRB)
- HIPAA and Research
- Subpart C: Additional Protections for Research Involving Prisoners
- Subpart D: Additional Protections for Children Involved as Subjects in Research
- Reviewing and Reporting Unanticipated Problems and Adverse Events: OHRP Guidance
- 45 CFR Part 46: Protection of Human Subjects
- Subpart B: Additional Protections for Pregnant Women, Human Fetuses and Neonates Involved in Research
Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) Exam
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Which research practice most directly addresses the Belmont principle of justice?
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Human Subjects Protection
Research Ethics: Belmont Principles—respect for persons
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