Practice Quiz: Chapter 03

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. What is the benefit of working as a team?

a) Team members share resources correct incorrect

b) Team members offer alternative perspectives and opinions correct incorrect

c) Team members have different expertise correct incorrect

d) All of above correct incorrect

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. The 21st-century management paradigm emphasizes which of following?

a) Respect for authority correct incorrect

b) Personal pride correct incorrect

c) Collaboration correct incorrect

d) Division of labour correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does not necessarily contribute to a team's success?

a) Team members act in a coordinated fashion correct incorrect

b) Team members share a common goal correct incorrect

c) Team members hold each other accountable correct incorrect

d) Team members are punished for failing to adhere to team standards correct incorrect

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. What does the team gain from going through the storming stage of team development?

a) Team members gain deeper appreciation for each other correct incorrect

b) A rigid hierarchy and systems of control is established correct incorrect

c) Team members become more open with each other, ready to coalesce as a cohesive unit correct incorrect

d) Both a and c correct incorrect

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. What is the primary purpose of working as a team?

a) Sharing resources correct incorrect

b) Accomplish complex objectives beyond the capacities of individuals correct incorrect

c) Care about other team members' well-beings correct incorrect

d) Develop good communication and teamwork skills correct incorrect

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. What is a positive way to behave in team settings?

a) Challenge others correct incorrect

b) Ask for help when it is needed correct incorrect

c) Giving in to the view of others to avoid conflict correct incorrect

d) Being open to alternative perspectives correct incorrect

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. How do organizations benefit from having teams that are diverse?

a) Diverse teams allow for better workflow correct incorrect

b) Diverse teams allow you to learn about other cultures correct incorrect

c) Diverse teams have higher problem solving and creative potentials correct incorrect

d) Diverse teams allow for other perspectives correct incorrect

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. What is the value of personality instrumentations such as the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator?

a) Strengthening interpersonal relations correct incorrect

b) Developing awareness of personality leanings correct incorrect

c) Support the building of effective teams correct incorrect

d) All of above correct incorrect

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. What is an appropriate use of social media in the work setting?

a) Posting and sharing information correct incorrect

b) Conducting conversations correct incorrect

c) Delivering and exchanging publicly available media content correct incorrect

d) All of above correct incorrect

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. What is the best strategy for managing conflict?

a) Competing correct incorrect

b) Collaborating correct incorrect

c) Compromising correct incorrect

d) There is no single best strategy correct incorrect

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. The role an individual play in the team dynamics is unrelated to the individual's personality.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Teams should always avoid conflicts because conflicts are the nemesis of team success.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. If two people tested differently in the MBTI (for example, one tested as ISTJ and the other tested as ENFP), they will not get along.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. A technically competent team does not need to worry about issues of interpersonal and team dynamics.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. Comprise is not always the right strategy for managing conflicts because the best solution often comes from a single source.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect