BCOR 2202 FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Work team
Answer:
produce goods or provide services; long life-span, member involvement is high
Question:
2. Management Team
Answer:
integrate activities of subunits across business functions; long life-span, moderate
member involvement
Question:
3. parallel team
Answer:
provide recommendations and resolve issues; life-span varies, member
involvement varies
Question:
4. action team
Answer:
perform complex tasks that vary in duration and take place in highly visible or
challenging circumstances; life-span varies and member involvement varies
Question:
5. types of task interdependence (most to least)
Answer:
comprehensive, reciprocal, sequential, pooled
Question:
6. task interdependence
Answer:
the degree to which team members interact with and rely on other team members
for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the
team
, Question:
7. pooled interdependence
Answer:
complete work assignments independently and then this work is "piled up" to
reflect a groups output
Question:
8. sequential interdependence
Answer:
different tasks are done in a prescribed order, and the group is structured such
that members specialize in these tasks
Question:
9. reciprocal interdependence
Answer:
members are specialized to perform specific tasks; members interact with a
subset of other members to complete the team's work
Question:
10. comprehensive interdependence
Answer:
required the highest level of interaction and coordination among members as they
try to accomplish work
Question:
11. High outcome interdependence
Answer:
team members rely on the outcome of the staff team for their compensation
rather than be rewarded individually
Question:
12. interdependence's impact on team performance
Answer:
moderately positive
Question:
13. punctuated equilibrium
Answer:
asserts that teams establish patterns for task completion, experience a period of
inertia midway through the project, then fundamentally change their behavior in
order to complete the project in a timely manner
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Work team
Answer:
produce goods or provide services; long life-span, member involvement is high
Question:
2. Management Team
Answer:
integrate activities of subunits across business functions; long life-span, moderate
member involvement
Question:
3. parallel team
Answer:
provide recommendations and resolve issues; life-span varies, member
involvement varies
Question:
4. action team
Answer:
perform complex tasks that vary in duration and take place in highly visible or
challenging circumstances; life-span varies and member involvement varies
Question:
5. types of task interdependence (most to least)
Answer:
comprehensive, reciprocal, sequential, pooled
Question:
6. task interdependence
Answer:
the degree to which team members interact with and rely on other team members
for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the
team
, Question:
7. pooled interdependence
Answer:
complete work assignments independently and then this work is "piled up" to
reflect a groups output
Question:
8. sequential interdependence
Answer:
different tasks are done in a prescribed order, and the group is structured such
that members specialize in these tasks
Question:
9. reciprocal interdependence
Answer:
members are specialized to perform specific tasks; members interact with a
subset of other members to complete the team's work
Question:
10. comprehensive interdependence
Answer:
required the highest level of interaction and coordination among members as they
try to accomplish work
Question:
11. High outcome interdependence
Answer:
team members rely on the outcome of the staff team for their compensation
rather than be rewarded individually
Question:
12. interdependence's impact on team performance
Answer:
moderately positive
Question:
13. punctuated equilibrium
Answer:
asserts that teams establish patterns for task completion, experience a period of
inertia midway through the project, then fundamentally change their behavior in
order to complete the project in a timely manner
