Organizational Behaviour Improving Performance And Commitment In The Workplace By Jason A Colquitt – Test Bank

Overview

Chapter 11

Team Characteristics and Processes

Multiple-Choice

1. A _______ consists of two or more people who work interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose.
   A.team
   B. composition
   C. pooled structure
   D. mission
   E. segment

2. When it comes to interactions, teams differ from groups in two important aspects:
   A.Roles and norms
   B. spatial orientation and response orientation
   C. oral and written expressions
   D. deeper interdependence and a specific task-related purpose
   E. authority and delegation

3. The interactions in teams, as opposed to groups, revolve around:
   A.coercive power
   B. social loafing
   C. deeper dependence
   D. spatial orientation
   E. pooled interdependence 

4. Which of the following is not a type of team presented in the text?
   A.Work
   B. Management
   C. Parallel
   D. Action
   E. Synchronized

5. Which of the following types of teams has the purpose to produce goods or provide services on an on-going basis?
   A.Work
   B. Management
   C. Parallel
   D. Action
   E. Project

6. Production teams and sales teams are specific examples of which of these types of teams?
   A.Management
   B. Action
   C. Parallel
   D. Project
   E. Work

7. Which of these teams is not an action team?
   A.sales team
   B. surgical team
   C. musical group
   D. expedition team
   E. sports team

8. Whereas _______ teams focus on the accomplishment of core operational-level production and service tasks, _______ teams participate in on-going administrative and coordinating tasks that affect the entire organization.
   A.management; work
   B. action; work
   C. parallel; project
   D. project; work
   E. work; management

9. Which team at ABC International would be responsible for coordinating the activities of ABC’s subunits to help ABC achieve its long-term goals?
   A.Work
   B. Management
   C. Parallel
   D. Action
   E. Project

10. Which of these teams is created for the purpose of providing recommendations and resolving issues?
    A.Work
    B. Management
    C. Parallel
    D. Action
    E. Project