Question 1

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 organizationF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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 memoryF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Transition processes is relevant when teams first begin their work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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)  AmbassadorF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Task interdependence refers to the degre...

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Surface-level diversity refers to divers...

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Project
B)  Management
C)  Work
D)  Action
E)  ParallelF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

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;interpersonalF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

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 informityF) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

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 spanningF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

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 positiveF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

_______ 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;reducesF) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

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 validityF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

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)  comprehensiveF) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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 memoryF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

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 trainingF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Project
B)  Management
C)  Work
D)  Action
E)  ParallelF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

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)  StormingF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

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 approachF) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Exam 11: Team Characteristics and Processes

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

Correct AnswerverifiedTask interdependence refers to the degre...View AnswerShow Answer

Transition processes is relevant when teams first begin their work.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The relationship between task interdependence and team performance is:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedSurface-level diversity refers to divers...View AnswerShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

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

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified
Task interdependence refers to the degre...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

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

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

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

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
Surface-level diversity refers to divers...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified