COMM 201 Small Group Communication
PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Advantages to collaborative work. Answer: More resources, better
understanding of concepts, diversity of opinions, more creative
● Drawbacks to collaborative work. Answer: less efficient work, social
loafing, conflict, miss behavior
● Minimum # of people. Answer: 3
● Maximum # of people. Answer: 15
● Interdependence. Answer: All members are reliant on others members
of the group in order to function (machine like)
● Task. Answer: Activity in which no externally correct decision exists
and whose completion depends on member acceptance
● Additive Task. Answer: Group members working individually on their
own tasks. At the deadline they are all compiled to make a final product.
(most popular)
, ● Conjunctive Task. Answer: Constantly working together as a group on
task to produce a final product
● Consideration for Group Work. Answer: All group members should
participate, ensure all members understand task at hand, interest may not
be equal or mutual, after the task is over group ends
● Norms. Answer: Socially acceptable behavior
● 3 types of Norms. Answer: Task, Procedural and Social
● Task (Norms). Answer: Rules that allow the group to accomplish their
task
● Procedural (norms). Answer: Regulations that the group will abide by
● Social (norms). Answer: Interpersonal comm. rules
● Identity. Answer: Physiological or physical boundaries that
distinguish a group member from a non- member
● Grouptyping. Answer: judging based on group identity
PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Advantages to collaborative work. Answer: More resources, better
understanding of concepts, diversity of opinions, more creative
● Drawbacks to collaborative work. Answer: less efficient work, social
loafing, conflict, miss behavior
● Minimum # of people. Answer: 3
● Maximum # of people. Answer: 15
● Interdependence. Answer: All members are reliant on others members
of the group in order to function (machine like)
● Task. Answer: Activity in which no externally correct decision exists
and whose completion depends on member acceptance
● Additive Task. Answer: Group members working individually on their
own tasks. At the deadline they are all compiled to make a final product.
(most popular)
, ● Conjunctive Task. Answer: Constantly working together as a group on
task to produce a final product
● Consideration for Group Work. Answer: All group members should
participate, ensure all members understand task at hand, interest may not
be equal or mutual, after the task is over group ends
● Norms. Answer: Socially acceptable behavior
● 3 types of Norms. Answer: Task, Procedural and Social
● Task (Norms). Answer: Rules that allow the group to accomplish their
task
● Procedural (norms). Answer: Regulations that the group will abide by
● Social (norms). Answer: Interpersonal comm. rules
● Identity. Answer: Physiological or physical boundaries that
distinguish a group member from a non- member
● Grouptyping. Answer: judging based on group identity
