Question 1

Which of the following statements about leader-staff teams is false?

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A)  The members are bound to follow their duties and do not have any scope for improving their performance.
B)  The responsibilities of the leader and the rest of the team are distinct.
C)  The leader makes decisions for the team and provides direction and control over members.
D)  The members perform assigned tasks and cannot choose their own tasks.
E)  The members have some latitude with respect to the behaviors they exhibit.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Individualistic role behaviors:

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A)  directly facilitate the accomplishment of team tasks.
B)  focus on activities that benefit the team as a whole rather than the separate team members.
C)  include the roles of harmonizer and the encourager.
D)  foster negative feelings among team members and hinder a team's ability to perform effectively.
E)  are particularly important in team contexts in which decisions are "high stakes" in naturE.Individualistic roles reflect behaviors that benefit the individual at the expense of the team.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 3

Member 1 → Member 2 → Member 3 → Member 4 → Output Which type of interdependence is represented by this diagram?

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A)  Pooled
B)  Reciprocal
C)  Response
D)  Comprehensive
E)  SequentialF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

The effects of team diversity on team performance are independent of the nature of the team or the organizational context.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Dan, Tom, and Philip work in different teams at Leo Motors.Tom's team ensures that all the raw materials, machinery, tools and other production equipments are available for the employees round the clock.Any procurement needs have to be addressed to Tom, who also takes a call on the strategic decisions regarding the number of units to be produced, exported, etc.Dan works in a team of eight members who concentrate on the day-to-day production.They also ensure the quality checks are done and inspect each other's work.Philip is the operation manager, who works for five hours in the production department and then heads off to assist the management.His feedback is very crucial in improving the production process.Philip works in the _____ team.

Accepted Answer

A)  work
B)  management
C)  parallel
D)  action
E)  projectF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

A high degree of outcome interdependence exists when team members share in the rewards that the team earns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 7

All of the following are metrics for measuring team performance except _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  team viability
B)  quantity of goods or services produced
C)  quality of goods or services produced
D)  customer satisfaction
E)  effectiveness and accuracy of decisionsF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

Leo Motors utilizes the classic assembly line in manufacturing its automobile products.Which type of interdependence is depicted?

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A)  Pooled
B)  Reciprocal
C)  Response
D)  Comprehensive
E)  SequentialF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

Jackson High School formed several teams to plan and execute the 150th anniversary celebrations of the school.Over a period of two months, the teams organized events, oversaw logistics and coordinated student activities.The events that were planned were on a large scale and required a lot of input from the teachers and students.This is an example of a(n)  _____ team.

Accepted Answer

A)  project
B)  management
C)  work
D)  action
E)  parallelF) B) and C)
G) A) and E) A

Question 10

Deep-level diversity has positive effects on team creativity when ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  team members are instructed to take the perspective of their teammates
B)  team members are all highly conscientious
C)  When there are no team members exhibiting individualistic roles
D)  when team size is over 15
E)  when there are less than three fault lines in the teamF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

_____ means that members receive rewards that are dependent on both their team's performance and how well they perform as individuals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Task interdependence
B)  Hybrid outcome interdependence
C)  Goal interdependence
D)  Member ability
E)  Member personalityF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

James participated in a problem-solving quiz competition with his friends.As Mark was the most familiar with the types of problems on the quiz, the team's performance depended entirely on Mark's performance.This type of task is called a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)  disjunctive task.
B)  multiplicative task.
C)  surface-level task.
D)  conjunctive task.
E)  additive task.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

In _____ interdependence, members interact with a subset of other members to complete the team's work.

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A)  pooled
B)  reciprocal
C)  response
D)  comprehensive
E)  sequentialF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

High-performing employees often feel the low-performing employees are rewarded more than they deserve in teams with high outcome interdependence.What could be a possible solution for designing a reward system which will keep all employees happy?

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A reward system which will keep all employees happy is the hybrid outcome interdependence, which means that members receive rewards that are dependent on both their team's performance and how well they perform as individuals.In fact, the majority of organizations that use teams use some sort of hybrid outcome interdependence.But it is difficult to answer what percentage of team members' pay is typically based on team performance, because there are so many different types of teams doing so many different types of tasks, and also because organizations vary dramatically in their approaches to rewarding their employees.

Question 15

Which of the following is a team task role?

Accepted Answer

A)  Encourager
B)  Blocker
C)  Energizer
D)  Follower
E)  CompromiserF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

According to the value in diversity problem-solving approach:

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A)  diversity in teams is beneficial because it provides for a larger pool of knowledge from which a team can draw as it carries out its work.
B)  diversity in teams is not beneficial if the problems to be solved are unfamiliar to the team members.
C)  surface-level diversity is less likely to lead to team cohesion than deep-level density is.
D)  deep-level diversity in teams is less likely to lead to productive outcomes than surface-level diversity is.
E)  diversity in teams is beneficial because it allows the individual team members to accept differences between people and work together.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

Identify and briefly describe the five aspects of team composition.

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Question 18

A high degree of _____ interdependence exists when team members share in the rewards that the team earns.

Accepted Answer

A)  task
B)  goal
C)  sequential
D)  outcome
E)  reciprocalF) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

Which of the following is most likely to be categorized as a work team?

Accepted Answer

A)  A team that oversees the functioning of all the teams in an organization and coordinates activities between teams
B)  A team comprising interior designers, architects, and builders involved in designing and creating the layout of a new hotel
C)  A quality control team at a factory which oversees the quality of products and recommends changes in production techniques
D)  A band travelling around the country playing shows at different venues for six months
E)  A group of four workers making a specific part on the production line of an automobile factoryF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 20

Differentiate between goal interdependence and outcome interdependence.Provide an example of each.

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Exam 11: Teams: Characteristics and Diversity

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Individualistic role behaviors:

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Member 1 → Member 2 → Member 3 → Member 4 → Output Which type of interdependence is represented by this diagram?

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The effects of team diversity on team performance are independent of the nature of the team or the organizational context.

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A high degree of outcome interdependence exists when team members share in the rewards that the team earns.

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In _____ interdependence, members interact with a subset of other members to complete the team's work.

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High-performing employees often feel the low-performing employees are rewarded more than they deserve in teams with high outcome interdependence.What could be a possible solution for designing a reward system which will keep all employees happy?

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In _____ interdependence, members interact with a subset of other members to complete the team's work.

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