MAN 4046: TEAM DYNAMICS & GROUP EFFECTIVENESS
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 430+ COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Which of the following is not one of the three essential conditions
for team success as presented in the text?
A. Trust
B. Time management
C. Group identity
D. Group efficacy
[B]
2. When team members are willing to rely upon each other, they
have established:
A. Trust
B. Group identity
C. Team coordination
D. Task integration
[A]
3. Which of the following characteristics of members is not related to
their trustworthiness?
A. Competence
B. Benevolence
C. Integrity
, D. Competitiveness
[D]
4. What is the most important factor that determines whether a
group will have high group efficacy for a given task?
A. The leader must feel the group is capable of success.
B. Group members must feel they have what it takes to succeed in
the task.
C. Group members must be generally optimistic.
D. Members must form interpersonal bonds outside of the task
group.
[B]
5. As the team leader, Janice used meeting agendas and made sure
each member knew what was expected of them. In addition, she
created a list of all the major tasks for the project and assigned
roles to each of her team members. What aspect of creating an
ideal team climate best describes Janice's actions?
A. Shared vision
B. Task orientation
C. Open communication
D. Support for innovation
[B]
6. Teams that are committed to the effective use of meeting time are
demonstrating which of the characteristics of an ideal team
climate?
A. Open communication
B. Task orientation
C. Shared vision
, D. Support for innovation
[B]
7. Which of the following aspects of team climate is related to
participative safety?
A. Members feel free to participate in group discussions and
decisions.
B. Team members are not afraid of being fired from the group.
C. The room that the team meets is locked and secure.
D. The leader shares power with the team.
[A]
8. Group norms such as the way meetings are run, how people
perform their task roles, and how members communicate with
each other are refined during the __________ stage of
development.
A. Forming
B. Storming
C. Norming
D. Performing
[C]
9. According to Tuckman's stages of group development, the
beginning stage of a group is known as ________ and the ending
stage is ________.
A. Forming and norming B. Adjourning and storming
C. Norming and performing
D. Forming and adjourning
[D]
, 10. For Gersick's model of group development, in what stage of
group development would she see the most stability?
A. Dependency and Inclusion
B. Norming
C. Trust and Structure
D. All of the Above
[A]
11. According to Wheelan model of group development, which
stage could be most closely associated with the forming stage of
Tuckman's group development stage theory?
A. Trust and Structure
B. Counterdependency and Fight
C. Dependency and Inclusion
D. Work and Productivity
[A]
12. In Gersick's model of group development, after the first
meeting teams remain fairly stable until:
A. The third meeting
B. The midpoint of the project
C. The end of the project
D. None of the above
[B]
13. Mackenzie's team is meeting after a pretty bad fight
between two team members. Since then, the two team members
have apologized to one another, made amends, and a few
compromises have been made to adjust the team structure and
reorient the team in the direction of team goals. Mackenzie's
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 430+ COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Which of the following is not one of the three essential conditions
for team success as presented in the text?
A. Trust
B. Time management
C. Group identity
D. Group efficacy
[B]
2. When team members are willing to rely upon each other, they
have established:
A. Trust
B. Group identity
C. Team coordination
D. Task integration
[A]
3. Which of the following characteristics of members is not related to
their trustworthiness?
A. Competence
B. Benevolence
C. Integrity
, D. Competitiveness
[D]
4. What is the most important factor that determines whether a
group will have high group efficacy for a given task?
A. The leader must feel the group is capable of success.
B. Group members must feel they have what it takes to succeed in
the task.
C. Group members must be generally optimistic.
D. Members must form interpersonal bonds outside of the task
group.
[B]
5. As the team leader, Janice used meeting agendas and made sure
each member knew what was expected of them. In addition, she
created a list of all the major tasks for the project and assigned
roles to each of her team members. What aspect of creating an
ideal team climate best describes Janice's actions?
A. Shared vision
B. Task orientation
C. Open communication
D. Support for innovation
[B]
6. Teams that are committed to the effective use of meeting time are
demonstrating which of the characteristics of an ideal team
climate?
A. Open communication
B. Task orientation
C. Shared vision
, D. Support for innovation
[B]
7. Which of the following aspects of team climate is related to
participative safety?
A. Members feel free to participate in group discussions and
decisions.
B. Team members are not afraid of being fired from the group.
C. The room that the team meets is locked and secure.
D. The leader shares power with the team.
[A]
8. Group norms such as the way meetings are run, how people
perform their task roles, and how members communicate with
each other are refined during the __________ stage of
development.
A. Forming
B. Storming
C. Norming
D. Performing
[C]
9. According to Tuckman's stages of group development, the
beginning stage of a group is known as ________ and the ending
stage is ________.
A. Forming and norming B. Adjourning and storming
C. Norming and performing
D. Forming and adjourning
[D]
, 10. For Gersick's model of group development, in what stage of
group development would she see the most stability?
A. Dependency and Inclusion
B. Norming
C. Trust and Structure
D. All of the Above
[A]
11. According to Wheelan model of group development, which
stage could be most closely associated with the forming stage of
Tuckman's group development stage theory?
A. Trust and Structure
B. Counterdependency and Fight
C. Dependency and Inclusion
D. Work and Productivity
[A]
12. In Gersick's model of group development, after the first
meeting teams remain fairly stable until:
A. The third meeting
B. The midpoint of the project
C. The end of the project
D. None of the above
[B]
13. Mackenzie's team is meeting after a pretty bad fight
between two team members. Since then, the two team members
have apologized to one another, made amends, and a few
compromises have been made to adjust the team structure and
reorient the team in the direction of team goals. Mackenzie's
