Question 1

Quality circles and advisory councils are specific examples of which of these teams?

Accepted Answer

A) Project 
B) Management 
C) Work 
D) Action 
E) Parallel

Question 2

Which three specific factors account for a team's ability to make effective decisions?

Accepted Answer

A) Groupthink,social loafing,and process rotation 
B) Decision informity,staff validity,and hierarchical sensitivity 
C) Transactive memory,transformative memory,and decision memory 
D) Individual effort,team effort,and boundary spanning effort 
E) Decision redundancy,social facilitation and transactive memory

Question 3

Team motivational loss is also known as a loss in team productivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Red Teams at Mints International is an example of which of these teams?

Accepted Answer

A) Project 
B) Management 
C) Work 
D) Action 
E) Parallel

Question 5

Define task interdependence.Briefly describe the four primary types of task interdependence.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Define task interdependence.Briefly describe the four primary...

Question 6

Research suggests that the _______ may be as important to determining team success as the processes that occur entirely within the team.

Accepted Answer

A) groupthink 
B) process gain 
C) hierarchical sensitivity 
D) boundary-spanning activities 
E) staff validity

Question 7

A theory that has been used widely to explain why diversity may have negative effects is called the:

Accepted Answer

A) disjunctive approach 
B) similarity-attraction approach 
C) surface-level approach 
D) conjunctive approach 
E) additive approach

Question 8

Tom's action would contribute to which factor in effective decision making at BGI?

Accepted Answer

A) Production blocking 
B) Staff validity 
C) Hierarchical sensitivity 
D) Decision informity 
E) Transactive memory

Question 9

According to the most well-known theory of team development,teams go through a progression of all of the following stages,except?

Accepted Answer

A) Performing 
B) Forming 
C) Norming 
D) Worming 
E) Storming

Question 10

The team's high level of common understanding refers to which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) Potency 
B) Cohesion 
C) Transactive memory 
D) Mental models 
E) Boundary spanning

Question 11

Synchronizing team members' activities in a way that makes them mesh effectively and seamlessly refers to _______ and is an example of a(n)_______ process.

Accepted Answer

A) scout activity;brainstorming 
B) coordination;action 
C) goal specification;transition 
D) boundary spanning;transition 
E) staff validity;interpersonal

Question 12

Transition processes is relevant when teams first begin their work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

At Healthy Products,Inc. ,Rebecca,a member of the marketing team,recently met with George from manufacturing to explore how new product samples and their coupons can be incorporated in the packaged consumer goods.This is an example of which of these boundary spanning activities?

Accepted Answer

A) Decision informity 
B) Task coordinator 
C) Hierarchical sensitivity 
D) Scout 
E) Ambassador

Question 14

In performing the boundary spanning role in a team,members who engage in ambassador activities typically communicate with people who are

Accepted Answer

A) Higher up in the organization 
B) Vendors and distributors of the organization 
C) Front line production supervisors in the industry 
D) Board of directors only 
E) Peers and those below the team's level in the organization

Question 15

Team training that involves helping people develop general teamwork competencies that they can transport from one team context to another is called:

Accepted Answer

A) task interdependence 
B) hybrid outcome interdependence 
C) transportable teamwork competencies 
D) cross-training 
E) team process training

Question 16

In groups with _______ interdependence,each member has a great deal of discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact in the course of the collaboration involved in accomplishing the team's work.

Accepted Answer

A) sequential 
B) response 
C) pooled 
D) reciprocal 
E) comprehensive

Question 17

Differentiate between surface-level diversity and deep-level diversity.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Differentiate between surface-level diversity and deep-level diversity....

Question 18

_______ in task interdependence _______ the ability of the team to adapt to new situations.

Accepted Answer

A) Increases;increase 
B) Increases;decrease 
C) Decreases;increase 
D) Decreases;decrease 
E) Fall;reduces

Question 19

The relationship between task interdependence and team performance is:

Accepted Answer

A) weakly positive 
B) weakly negative 
C) moderately positive 
D) strongly negative 
E) strongly positive

Question 20

The interpersonal activities that facilitate the accomplishment of the team's work but do not directly involve task accomplishment itself refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) boundary spanning activities 
B) teamwork processes 
C) staff validity 
D) scout activities 
E) decision informity

Exam 11: Team Characteristics and Processes

Quality circles and advisory councils are specific examples of which of these teams?

Which three specific factors account for a team's ability to make effective decisions?

Team motivational loss is also known as a loss in team productivity.

Red Teams at Mints International is an example of which of these teams?

Define task interdependence.Briefly describe the four primary types of task interdependence.

Research suggests that the _______ may be as important to determining team success as the processes that occur entirely within the team.

A theory that has been used widely to explain why diversity may have negative effects is called the:

Tom's action would contribute to which factor in effective decision making at BGI?

According to the most well-known theory of team development,teams go through a progression of all of the following stages,except?

The team's high level of common understanding refers to which of these?

Synchronizing team members' activities in a way that makes them mesh effectively and seamlessly refers to _ and is an example of a(n) _ process.

Transition processes is relevant when teams first begin their work.

At Healthy Products,Inc. ,Rebecca,a member of the marketing team,recently met with George from manufacturing to explore how new product samples and their coupons can be incorporated in the packaged consumer goods.This is an example of which of these boundary spanning activities?

In performing the boundary spanning role in a team,members who engage in ambassador activities typically communicate with people who are

Team training that involves helping people develop general teamwork competencies that they can transport from one team context to another is called:

In groups with _______ interdependence,each member has a great deal of discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact in the course of the collaboration involved in accomplishing the team's work.

Differentiate between surface-level diversity and deep-level diversity.

_ in task interdependence _ the ability of the team to adapt to new situations.

The relationship between task interdependence and team performance is:

The interpersonal activities that facilitate the accomplishment of the team's work but do not directly involve task accomplishment itself refers to:

Exam 11: Team Characteristics and Processes

Quality circles and advisory councils are specific examples of which of these teams?

Which three specific factors account for a team's ability to make effective decisions?

Team motivational loss is also known as a loss in team productivity.

Red Teams at Mints International is an example of which of these teams?

Define task interdependence.Briefly describe the four primary types of task interdependence.

Research suggests that the _______ may be as important to determining team success as the processes that occur entirely within the team.

A theory that has been used widely to explain why diversity may have negative effects is called the:

Tom's action would contribute to which factor in effective decision making at BGI?

According to the most well-known theory of team development,teams go through a progression of all of the following stages,except?

The team's high level of common understanding refers to which of these?

Synchronizing team members' activities in a way that makes them mesh effectively and seamlessly refers to _______ and is an example of a(n) _______ process.

Transition processes is relevant when teams first begin their work.

At Healthy Products,Inc. ,Rebecca,a member of the marketing team,recently met with George from manufacturing to explore how new product samples and their coupons can be incorporated in the packaged consumer goods.This is an example of which of these boundary spanning activities?

In performing the boundary spanning role in a team,members who engage in ambassador activities typically communicate with people who are

Team training that involves helping people develop general teamwork competencies that they can transport from one team context to another is called:

In groups with _______ interdependence,each member has a great deal of discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact in the course of the collaboration involved in accomplishing the team's work.

Differentiate between surface-level diversity and deep-level diversity.

_______ in task interdependence _______ the ability of the team to adapt to new situations.

The relationship between task interdependence and team performance is:

The interpersonal activities that facilitate the accomplishment of the team's work but do not directly involve task accomplishment itself refers to:

Synchronizing team members' activities in a way that makes them mesh effectively and seamlessly refers to _ and is an example of a(n) _ process.

_ in task interdependence _ the ability of the team to adapt to new situations.