Bus 318 Week 3 Quiz

1.	Question :	A high-performing team can be created by doing the all of the following EXCEPT:

 	Student Answer:		  communicating high-performance standards.

 			  having members spend time together.

 			  creating a sense of urgency.

 			  making sure members have the right skills.

 		 	  ensuring that new information is kept to a minimum.



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Question 2.	Question :	In coping with the challenge of entering a team, __________ are individuals who act in a passive, reflective, and even single-minded manner while struggling with the fit between individual goals and group directions.

 	Student Answer:		  friendly helpers.

 			  tough battlers.

 		 	  objective thinkers.

 			  amiable entrants.

 			  thoughtful newcomers.



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Question 3.	Question :	The __________ to team building offers opportunities for intense and concentrated effort to examine group accomplishments and operations.

 	Student Answer:		  informal withdrawal approach.

 			  privacy approach.

 			  informal isolation approach.

 			  formal seclusion approach.

 		 	  formal retreat approach.



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Question 4.	Question :	In the garbage can view of decision making, many problems go unsolved because decision makers __________ do all of the following EXCEPT:

 	Student Answer:	 	  cannot agree to match problems with solutions, make a choice, and implement the choice on a timely and consistent basis.
 			  do not know how to resolve chronic problems.

 		 	  do not want to solve chronic problems.

 			  cannot make a choice.

 			  cannot implement a decision on a timely and consistent basis.



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Question 5.	Question :	A decision maker tells subordinates that lunch schedule is needed and asks them when they would like to schedule their lunch and why before making a decision. This is an example of a ________________ decision.

 	Student Answer:		  groupthink

 			  authority

 		 	  consultative.

 		 	  group

 			  minority



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Question 6.	Question :	Each of the following is a characteristic of high-performance teams EXCEPT:

 	Student Answer:		  high-performance teams have strong core values.

 			  high-performance teams turn a general sense of purpose into specific performance objectives.
 		 	  high-performance teams have members who focus on individual effort and excellence.
 			  members of high-performance teams have the right mix of skills.

 			  high-performance teams possess creativity.



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Question 7.	Question :	A key element in decision making under risk and uncertainty is __________.

 	Student Answer:		  discernment.

 			  unrestrained rationality.

 			  recognition.

 		 	  intuition.

 			  assimilation.



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Question 8.	Question :	In regards to decision-making, the best teams __________________________.

 	Student Answer:		  let the smartest person in the group make most of the decisions.

 			  stay together as a group all of the time because they work well together.

 			  take a short time to make decisions.

 		 	  do not limit themselves to just one decision-making method, using it over and over again regardless of circumstances.
 			  do not encourage an exchange of ideas.



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Question 9.	Question :	__________ directly contribute to the performance of important group tasks.

 	Student Answer:	 	  task activities.

 			  assignment mandates.

 			  directive activities.

 			  responsibility activities.

 			  maintenance activities.



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Question 10.	Question :	__________ is a sequence of planned activities designed to gather and analyze data on the functioning of a team and to initiate changes designed to improve teamwork and increase team effectiveness.

 	Student Answer:		  team enhancing.

 		 	  team building.

 			  team structuring.

 			  team championing.

 			  team organizing.



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