AI Research-Data Secondary-Use Narrative: Drafting Reuse-Justification Memos

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1. What is the primary function of a secondary-use justification narrative in research data ethics?

   1. To grant the data steward authority to share data freely
   2. To obtain initial participant consent for a new study
   3. To replace the IRB review process entirely
   4. To document why reusing existing data aligns with original consent terms

2. In the context of secondary data use, what does the 'original consent scope' represent?

   1. The specific laboratory equipment used to collect the original data
   2. The boundaries of what participants agreed to when their data was first collected
   3. The date when data collection began and ended
   4. The institutional budget allocated for the initial study

3. What is the role of a data steward in the secondary-use approval process?

   1. To evaluate whether proposed reuse complies with institutional policies and data governance
   2. To write the entire secondary-use justification narrative
   3. To collect new data from research participants
   4. To perform the laboratory genomic analysis

4. What does a gap analysis in a secondary-use justification memo accomplish?

   1. It determines the cost of data storage
   2. It selects which participants to include in the study
   3. It calculates the statistical power of the proposed study
   4. It identifies differences between original consent scope and proposed new use

5. Why must the IRB review remain a human responsibility even when AI assists with documentation?

   1. AI lacks the legal authority to make binding ethical decisions about human subjects
   2. Researchers are required to submit only paper documents
   3. IRBs prefer working with human-drafted documents
   4. IRBs are too slow to review AI-generated drafts

6. When an AI drafts a secondary-use justification memo, what remains the 'wall' that reuse must clear?

   1. The length of the memo itself
   2. The original consent scope agreed to by participants
   3. The number of biospecimens available
   4. The data steward's office hours

7. What would happen if a proposed genomic substudy exceeded the original consent scope?

   1. The AI would automatically reject the proposal
   2. The study could proceed automatically since IRB exists
   3. The data would be deleted immediately
   4. Additional review would be required and possibly new consent sought

8. What distinguishes the AI's role from human reviewers in secondary-use decisions?

   1. AI structures the analysis while humans make the final ethical judgment
   2. AI publishes the results while humans design the study
   3. AI collects the data while humans store it
   4. AI makes binding decisions while humans provide advice

9. What is 'consent reuse' in research ethics?

   1. Using consent forms from one study in another study without modification
   2. Applying previously collected participant consent to a new research purpose
   3. Destroying consent forms after data collection
   4. Requiring participants to consent multiple times for the same study

10. What is the primary limitation of using AI to draft secondary-use justification narratives?

    1. AI cannot write in complete sentences
    2. AI cannot generate enough text to be useful
    3. AI cannot approve or authorize the secondary use itself
    4. AI cannot access any information about the original study

11. When might a genomic substudy require new consent from original cohort participants?

    1. When the data steward approves the request
    2. When the proposed use goes beyond what participants originally agreed to
    3. When the proposed use falls entirely within original consent scope
    4. When participants are still actively enrolled in the original study

12. What does it mean to 'mirror the institutional data-steward framework' in a memo?

    1. To store the memo in the data steward's personal files
    2. To copy the data steward's personal writing style
    3. To structure the memo according to the institution's required format and policy considerations
    4. To replace the data steward's signature with an AI signature

13. What type of information should a well-structured secondary-use justification memo include?

    1. The original consent scope, proposed use, gap analysis, and decision frame
    2. Only the names of the research team members
    3. The total funding amount for the project
    4. A list of other studies that were rejected

14. What is the relationship between the IRB and data steward in secondary-use review?

    1. They are the same role with different titles
    2. The IRB works for the data steward
    3. They perform overlapping but distinct functions in evaluating secondary use
    4. The data steward outranks the IRB

15. Why is it important to document the original-consent versus proposed-use comparison crisply?

    1. Because longer documents get rejected
    2. Because it clearly shows where the proposed use fits within or exceeds original consent
    3. Because IRBs prefer short documents
    4. Because participants read these memos