MSM 6633 Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
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. Time management
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. Trust
Which of the following characteristics of members is not related to their
trustworthiness?
a. Competence
b. Benevolence
c. Integrity
d. Competitiveness
d. Competitiveness
,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. Group members must feel they have what it takes to succeed in the task.
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. Task orientation
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. Task orientation
,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. Members feel free to participate in group discussions and decisions.
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. Norming
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. Forming and adjourning
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. Dependency and Inclusion
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. Trust and Structure
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. The midpoint of the project
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 team is in the :
a. Norming
b. Storming
Answers
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. Time management
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. Trust
Which of the following characteristics of members is not related to their
trustworthiness?
a. Competence
b. Benevolence
c. Integrity
d. Competitiveness
d. Competitiveness
,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. Group members must feel they have what it takes to succeed in the task.
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. Task orientation
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. Task orientation
,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. Members feel free to participate in group discussions and decisions.
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. Norming
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. Forming and adjourning
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. Dependency and Inclusion
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. Trust and Structure
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. The midpoint of the project
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 team is in the :
a. Norming
b. Storming
