Management Chapter 8 Practice Questions

Teams composed of specialists from different areas are called virtual teams.

False

The 3 Cs of effective teams include charters and strategies, composition, and conscientiousness.

False

The two types of roles that are very important to effective group functioning are forming and storming.

False

To become a team, a group must be composed of members with similar skills and personalities.

False

Trust of character is known as competency trust.

False

A group that gets together because of a common interest is an informal group.

True

Gatekeeper is a maintenance role in groups.

True

The first step in the Reina model for rebuilding trust is to acknowledge what caused trust to be compromised.

True

A group member who says ________ is performing a maintenance role.

"Juan, you have been quiet lately. What do you think?"

During "norming," members tend to be anxious and uncertain.

False

Members of both groups and teams have tasks and responsibilities that are independent from each other.

False

Forms of trust include all of the following except

constructive.

An _______ is the person who promotes greater understanding through examples or exploration of implications for a group.

elaborator

________ teams are assembled to tackle a particular problem, task, or project.

Project

Which of the following are the 3 Cs of team players?

committed, collaborative, competent

A ________ is a set of expected behaviors for members of the group as a whole.

group role

Which of the following is an organizational function of a group?

implementing complex decisions

Which three roles are especially important to groups?

initiator, orienter, energizer

In which stage of the group development process are group members asking, "How can I best perform my role?"

performing

Team ________ describes the collection of jobs, personalities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience levels of team members.

composition