BUSI 240 QUIZ 5
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Scenario B
Barry was assigned recently to a large team working on a major
software release that was taking longer than expected. Barry and the
other latecomers into the project spent a month partnered with a
senior programmer who went over the project in detail with them and
got them up to speed. Unfortunately, this training put the project even
farther behind schedule. After a few months of working on the
project with so many other programmers, Barry's work output
becomes noticeably lower than it was before when he was working
independently.
________ is the loss of work time on the project due to training.
Selected Answer: Brooks's law
Response The main problem with teams is that they have
Feedback: additional costs called process losses—resources
(including time and energy) expended toward team
development and maintenance rather than the task.
The software industry even has a name for the
problems of adding people to a team: Brooks's law
(also called the "mythical man-month") says that
adding more people to a late software project only
makes it later!
Question 2
, 2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is true about virtual teams?
Selected Virtual teams enable organizational learning and
Answer: promote globalization.
Response Information technologies and knowledge-based work
Feedback: make virtual teams possible, but organizational
learning and globalization are two reasons why they
are increasingly necessary.
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A team has high skill diversity when its members
Selected Answer: possess different skills and knowledge.
Response A team has high skill diversity when its members
Feedback: possess different skills and knowledge, whereas low
diversity exists when team members have similar
abilities and, therefore, are interchangeable.
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Team efficacy can cause team members to be ________ their
decisions.
Selected Answer: overconfident in
Response Teams sometimes become overconfident and develop
Feedback: a false sense of invulnerability. In other words, the
team's efficacy far exceeds reality regarding its
competencies and the favorableness of the situation.
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Which one of the following allows employees to collectively plan,
organize, and control work activities with little or no direct
involvement of a higher-status supervisor?
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Scenario B
Barry was assigned recently to a large team working on a major
software release that was taking longer than expected. Barry and the
other latecomers into the project spent a month partnered with a
senior programmer who went over the project in detail with them and
got them up to speed. Unfortunately, this training put the project even
farther behind schedule. After a few months of working on the
project with so many other programmers, Barry's work output
becomes noticeably lower than it was before when he was working
independently.
________ is the loss of work time on the project due to training.
Selected Answer: Brooks's law
Response The main problem with teams is that they have
Feedback: additional costs called process losses—resources
(including time and energy) expended toward team
development and maintenance rather than the task.
The software industry even has a name for the
problems of adding people to a team: Brooks's law
(also called the "mythical man-month") says that
adding more people to a late software project only
makes it later!
Question 2
, 2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is true about virtual teams?
Selected Virtual teams enable organizational learning and
Answer: promote globalization.
Response Information technologies and knowledge-based work
Feedback: make virtual teams possible, but organizational
learning and globalization are two reasons why they
are increasingly necessary.
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A team has high skill diversity when its members
Selected Answer: possess different skills and knowledge.
Response A team has high skill diversity when its members
Feedback: possess different skills and knowledge, whereas low
diversity exists when team members have similar
abilities and, therefore, are interchangeable.
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Team efficacy can cause team members to be ________ their
decisions.
Selected Answer: overconfident in
Response Teams sometimes become overconfident and develop
Feedback: a false sense of invulnerability. In other words, the
team's efficacy far exceeds reality regarding its
competencies and the favorableness of the situation.
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Which one of the following allows employees to collectively plan,
organize, and control work activities with little or no direct
involvement of a higher-status supervisor?
