Question 1

Which of the following is not a key team input?

Accepted Answer

A)  The nature of the task 
B)  Goals, rewards, and resources 
C)  Team composition 
D)  Member satisfaction 
E)  Team size

Question 2

When a team achieves its performance goals regarding quantity, quality, and timeliness of work results, what characteristic of team effectiveness is being demonstrated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Task performance 
B)  Member satisfaction 
C)  Team viability 
D)  Team changeability 
E)  Team excellence

Question 3

Which of these teams achieve high levels of task performance, member satisfaction, and team viability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Functional teams 
B)  Serviceable teams 
C)  Operative teams 
D)  Effective teams 
E)  Practical teams

Question 4

A quality circle is a small team of persons who meet periodically to discuss and make proposals for ways to improve quality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of these applies to a wide variety of teams whose members meet regularly to collectively examine important workplace issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Employee functional team 
B)  Cross-border team 
C)  Informal team 
D)  Employee circle team 
E)  Employee involvement team

Question 6

The potential benefits of self-managing teams include productivity and quality improvements, production flexibility, and faster response to technological change, but not reduced absenteeism and turnover or improved work attitudes and quality of work life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A potential advantage of virtual teams is that members have very little, if any, direct personal contact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Social loafing, also known as the "Ringlemann effect," occurs when people work less hard in a group than they would individually.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

It is interesting to note that a heart surgeon has higher death rates for similar procedures when performed in hospitals where they do more operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which demands of a team's task involve relationships, ego involvement, controversies over means and ends, and the like?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive demands 
B)  Mechanical demands 
C)  Social demands 
D)  Technical demands 
E)  Psychological demands

Question 11

Tasks that are complex in __________ require unique solutions and more information processing than other tasks.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive demands 
B)  mechanical demands 
C)  social demands 
D)  technical demands 
E)  psychological demands

Question 12

Members of ______ work together through computer mediation.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

In the norming stage of team development, holding the team together may become more important to some members than working on the team's tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Teams run that things typically work with a target completion date and disband once their purpose has been fulfilled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Tasks that are complex in social demands require unique solutions and more information processing, whereas task that are complex in technical demands involve difficulties in reaching agreement on goals or methods for accomplishing them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Homogeneous teams have members who are diverse in demography, experiences, life styles, and cultures, among other variables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In general, social facilitation theory indicates that working in the presence of others creates an emotional arousal or excitement that stimulates behavior and therefore affects performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The potential advantages of virtual teams include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  virtual teams bring cost effectiveness to teamwork where members are unable to meet easily face-to-face. 
B)  virtual teams can bring speed to teamwork where members are unable to meet easily face-to-face. 
C)  virtual teams bring the power of the computer to bear on typical team needs for information processing and decision making. 
D)  virtual team members may have very little, if any, direct personal contact. 
E)  computer mediation focuses interaction and decision making on facts and objective information rather than on emotional considerations.

Question 19

Which of these occurs when members of functional units stay focused on matters internal to the function and minimize their interactions with members of other functions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Limited perspective problem 
B)  Restriction of perspective problem 
C)  Functional niche problem 
D)  Functional silos problem 
E)  Limited vision problem

Question 20

Multiskilling occurs when team members are trained in performing more than one job on the team.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: The Nature of Teams

Which of the following is not a key team input?

When a team achieves its performance goals regarding quantity, quality, and timeliness of work results, what characteristic of team effectiveness is being demonstrated?

Which of these teams achieve high levels of task performance, member satisfaction, and team viability?

A quality circle is a small team of persons who meet periodically to discuss and make proposals for ways to improve quality.

Which of these applies to a wide variety of teams whose members meet regularly to collectively examine important workplace issues?

The potential benefits of self-managing teams include productivity and quality improvements, production flexibility, and faster response to technological change, but not reduced absenteeism and turnover or improved work attitudes and quality of work life.

A potential advantage of virtual teams is that members have very little, if any, direct personal contact.

Social loafing, also known as the "Ringlemann effect," occurs when people work less hard in a group than they would individually.

It is interesting to note that a heart surgeon has higher death rates for similar procedures when performed in hospitals where they do more operations.

Which demands of a team's task involve relationships, ego involvement, controversies over means and ends, and the like?

Tasks that are complex in __________ require unique solutions and more information processing than other tasks.

Members of ______ work together through computer mediation.

In the norming stage of team development, holding the team together may become more important to some members than working on the team's tasks.

Teams run that things typically work with a target completion date and disband once their purpose has been fulfilled.

Tasks that are complex in social demands require unique solutions and more information processing, whereas task that are complex in technical demands involve difficulties in reaching agreement on goals or methods for accomplishing them.

Homogeneous teams have members who are diverse in demography, experiences, life styles, and cultures, among other variables.

In general, social facilitation theory indicates that working in the presence of others creates an emotional arousal or excitement that stimulates behavior and therefore affects performance.

The potential advantages of virtual teams include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of these occurs when members of functional units stay focused on matters internal to the function and minimize their interactions with members of other functions?

Multiskilling occurs when team members are trained in performing more than one job on the team.