Question 1

Hackman,in his real team's model,stresses one quality as critical for turning a run-of-the-mill team into a real team.That quality is:

Accepted Answer

A) a compelling purpose that ties each members' outcomes to the team's outcomes. 
B) a strong leader who organizes the team. 
C) members who are willing to engage in backup behaviors. 
D) a shared mental model. 
E) a high level of psychological safety.

Question 2

Which factor did Hackman NOT identify as one of the criteria to apply when judging the effectiveness of teams?

Accepted Answer

A) quality of task performance 
B) morale of the group members 
C) adaptive growth of the team as a whole 
D) individual development of each team member

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Most Fortune 500 companies use teams,but nonprofit organizations are less team oriented. 
B) Teams gained popularity in response to calls for greater worker autonomy and participation in decision making. 
C) After peaking in the mid-1950s,team approaches have been declining in popularity. 
D) The word "team" was first used to describe military squads within the Roman legions.

Question 4

Quality circles emphasized

Accepted Answer

A) avoiding failure. 
B) psychological safety. 
C) employee involvement in making decisions and evaluating procedures. 
D) inspection systems that increase quality control.

Question 5

Teams have collective goals;to some degree,success and failure occurs at the group level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

You are the supervisor of a division in your organization.Your boss assigns you to a new team composed of representatives from many of the organization's divisions.The team is tasked with identifying ways to improve collaboration.Lucky you: you are now a member of a ___ team.

Accepted Answer

A) work 
B) cross-functional 
C) project 
D) management 
E) holacracy

Question 7

Teams composed of only men routinely outperform teams composed of only women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Research suggests that performance on additive tasks is predicted by ___,but performance on conjunctive tasks is predicted by ___.

Accepted Answer

A) emotional stability;extraversion 
B) conscientiousness;agreeableness 
C) agreeableness;extraversion 
D) extraversion;emotional stability 
E) conscientiousness;openness to experience

Question 9

Most Fortune 500 companies use teams,but nonprofit organizations rarely do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

I believe that a team is,in many respects,like a complex organism in that it takes in inputs from the environment,processes those inputs,and then generates outputs in a continuous,recursive process.I am a(n)___ theorist in my approach to teams.

Accepted Answer

A) motivational 
B) systems 
C) behavioral 
D) cognitive 
E) organizational

Question 11

How would you measure the intelligence of a group (collective intelligence)?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How would you measure the intelligence of...

Question 12

You are planning a mission to explore the planet Mars.When you create the team that you will send,what types of diversity will you build into the group and why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of You are planning a mission to explore...

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of the core components of coordinated team action,as conceptualized by Marks,Mathieu,and Zaccaro?

Accepted Answer

A) transitioning 
B) communication 
C) acting 
D) managing interpersonal relations

Question 14

Drawing on Hackman's authority matrix,quality circles were usually ___ teams.

Accepted Answer

A) manager-led 
B) self-managing 
C) self-designing 
D) self-governing

Question 15

Which one is an essential component of a systems approach to teams?

Accepted Answer

A) accountability 
B) leadership 
C) structure 
D) interaction 
E) feedback

Question 16

You and your teammates are busy defining your team's mission,clarifying and prioritizing goals,and developing strategies and alternative courses of action to reach those goals.Marks,Mathieu,and Zaccaro would label this element of your group's coordinated action ___ processing.

Accepted Answer

A) interpersonal 
B) action 
C) transition 
D) planning

Question 17

Their __ is the primary advantage of homogenous teams relative to diverse teams.

Accepted Answer

A) creativity 
B) efficiency 
C) cohesiveness 
D) skill levels 
E) resourcefulness

Question 18

Cultural diversity

Accepted Answer

A) unlike other forms of diversity,usually increases a group's cohesion. 
B) is a form of deep diversity,since it is usually associated with differences in language,experiences,ideology,and values. 
C) was minimized in the astronaut crews at the International Space Station. 
D) is not related to team performance.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a quality that is characteristic of highly effective teams?

Accepted Answer

A) Teams have leaders who assign tasks to members. 
B) Team member actions are coordinated. 
C) Teams have collective goals,meaning that success and failure occurs at the group level. 
D) Team members are highly interdependent rather than self-sufficient. 
E) Teams tend to be well structured,in that roles,norms,and relations are stable.

Question 20

Team effectiveness is most closely associated with extraversion and emotional stability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Teams

Hackman,in his real team's model,stresses one quality as critical for turning a run-of-the-mill team into a real team.That quality is:

Which factor did Hackman NOT identify as one of the criteria to apply when judging the effectiveness of teams?

Which of the following statements is true?

Quality circles emphasized

Teams have collective goals;to some degree,success and failure occurs at the group level.

You are the supervisor of a division in your organization.Your boss assigns you to a new team composed of representatives from many of the organization's divisions.The team is tasked with identifying ways to improve collaboration.Lucky you: you are now a member of a ___ team.

Teams composed of only men routinely outperform teams composed of only women.

Research suggests that performance on additive tasks is predicted by _,but performance on conjunctive tasks is predicted by _.

Most Fortune 500 companies use teams,but nonprofit organizations rarely do.

I believe that a team is,in many respects,like a complex organism in that it takes in inputs from the environment,processes those inputs,and then generates outputs in a continuous,recursive process.I am a(n) ___ theorist in my approach to teams.

How would you measure the intelligence of a group (collective intelligence)?

You are planning a mission to explore the planet Mars.When you create the team that you will send,what types of diversity will you build into the group and why?

Which of the following is NOT one of the core components of coordinated team action,as conceptualized by Marks,Mathieu,and Zaccaro?

Drawing on Hackman's authority matrix,quality circles were usually ___ teams.

Which one is an essential component of a systems approach to teams?

You and your teammates are busy defining your team's mission,clarifying and prioritizing goals,and developing strategies and alternative courses of action to reach those goals.Marks,Mathieu,and Zaccaro would label this element of your group's coordinated action ___ processing.

Their __ is the primary advantage of homogenous teams relative to diverse teams.

Cultural diversity

Which of the following is NOT a quality that is characteristic of highly effective teams?

Team effectiveness is most closely associated with extraversion and emotional stability.