Ch.2 Question True or False
SharePoint Online is an industrial-strength product for content sharing.
True
A group of programmers work separately to create modules and merge the modules later to build application. This is an example of collaboration.
False
A shared file server is best suited for sharing content when there is increased risk of interference with your work by other team members.
False
Behaving friendly with other its the single most important collaboration skill.
False
Being a skilled and persuasive presenter is extremely important for an effective collaborator.
False
Determining the reorder quantity of an item in inventory is an example of an unstructured decision.
False
Discussion forums ensure the participation of the entire team.
False
Email is the medium preferred for collaborations in which content control is highly desired.
False
Finding the best location for building a new plant is an example of a structured decisions.
False
In order to be an effective collaborator, one should refrain from airing unpopular and different viewpoints.
False
Margaret finds that calling all her senior supervisors and quality managers for a face-to-face meeting is not feasible. She arranges for a multiparty text chatting session involving all of them. This is an example of asynchronous communication.
False
Microsoft Exchange does not provide email services to its customers.
False
Need for collaboration increases as the decision become more structured.
False
Operational decisions concern the allocation and utilization of resources.
False
Operational decisions require a high degree of collaboration.
False
Project documentation and progress report are prepared during the starting phase of a project.
False
Project metadata is data that is part of the collaboration's work product.
False
Project plan and budget are prepared during the finalizing phase of project management.
False
Strategic decisions are typically not collaborative.
False
The process of feedback and iteration is more important to cooperation than collaboration.
False
The purpose of the planning phase of project management is to accomplish project tasks.
False
Version management applications offer a higher degree of control than the version control applications.
False
Version management systems improve the tracking of shared content and provide version control.
False
Webinar is a tool used to facilitate asynchronous communication.
False
With Google Docs, documents are stored on the user's computer.
False
Feedback and iteration enable a group to produce something greater than any single person could accomplish by working independently.
True
Google Docs is thin-client application for sharing documents.
True
In version control systems, the shared directories used to share documents are called libraries.
True
Informing is the first and most fundamental collaboration purpose.
True
Managers assign project tasks to team members during the planning phase.
True
Moving a factory from Detroit to Mexico is an example of a strategic decision.
True
Office 365 is suite of programs that offers the collaboration facilitates such as multiparty text chat.
True
One of the advantages of a team survey is that it is easy to determine who has not yet responded.
True
Only one user at a time can open SkyDrive documents for editing.
True
Project documentation is performed during the finalizing phase of a project.
True
Richard Hackman's Studies revealed that growth team capability is a major criterion for collaboration.
True
SharePoint supports discussion forums in which team members can conduct an asynchronous online discussion.
True
Susan, the operations manager at Multitech Systems Inc., schedules a face-to-face meeting with her vendors to decide on the specifications for a project. Some of her senior engineers are also asked to participate in the discussion through a conference call. This is an example of synchronous communication.
True
The choice of information systems used for sharing content depends on the degree of control required.
True
The facility manager of an insurance company makes decisions on the monthly purchase of office supplies. This is an example of an operational decision.
True
The fundamental purpose of he starting phase of project management is to set the ground rules for the project team.
True
To facilitate iteration, a collaboration system must track many versions of many documents and other work documents.
True
A collaboration tool is the program component of a collaboration system.
True
An office Web App is a browser-based application.
True
An unstructured decision is one for which there is no agreed-on decision-making method.
True
Being a perceptive listener is more important for a collaborator than being gregarious and dynamic.
True
Collaboration tools that provide workflow control manage the activities that are predefined by the group.
True
Determining the best mix of products that a company should sell is an example of an unstructured decision.
True
Email is a forum of asynchronous communication.
True
Windows Live SkyDrive included license-free Web application version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
Ture
