exam 2 BMGT UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The framing bias makes specific predictions about how people will behave when faced with a
sure course of action versus a gamble. Which of the following best describes the effects of the
framing bias? - CORRECT ANSWER - People tend to be risk-averse when choosing
among gains, but risk-seeking when choosing among losses.
An example of the overconfidence bias is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Joe makes a stock
price prediction and believes that there is only a 5% chance that his estimate is wrong;
overlooking recent articles about the bad financial health of the business.
The confirmation bias is best described as the tendency for people to: - CORRECT
ANSWER - seek and consider evidence that supports their preferred hypothesis, and
discount or ignore information that refutes their beliefs.
Which of the following is NOT a behavioral consequence of decision fatigue? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Making more accurate decisions
A demonstrable task is a task that: - CORRECT ANSWER - has an obvious, correct
answer.
Groups perform better than individuals on a wide range of demonstrable tasks. What is a key
reason why groups outperform individuals faced with the same task? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Groups outperform individuals due to a process in which group members
become more accurate during the group interaction
Groupthink occurs when team members place the goal of ________ above all other decision
priorities. - CORRECT ANSWER - consensus
Key symptoms of groupthink take root and blossom in groups that succumb to the pressures of
reaching unanimity. Which of the following is one of those symptoms? - CORRECT
, ANSWER - Members of the group regard themselves as invulnerable, morally correct, and
exempt from organizational standards
Relationship conflict is best described as conflict about: - CORRECT ANSWER -
personalities, often involving anger and ego clashes.
Task conflict is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER - tasks and the work to be done.
Team members high in motivation to acquire relationship-threatening information, or "MARTI":
- CORRECT ANSWER - make more sinister attributions about their coworkers' behaviors
and intentions.
________ centers on disagreements that team members have about how to approach a task and
who should do what. - CORRECT ANSWER - Process conflict
) Greater amounts of relationship conflict in a team are associated with lower levels of
________, and negatively associated with ________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
performance; team effectiveness
Tom and Tim are in a five-person team. Tim perceives that the team's recent arguments pertain
to team tasks. Tom does not detect such overtones of conflict in task discussions. The fact that
they don't see conflict in the same way is an example of ________ conflict. - CORRECT
ANSWER - perceptual
Of the two ways which majorities and minorities influence their teams, which of the following is
the best example of indirect influence? - CORRECT ANSWER - Even though Sarah has
convinced two members of the team to agree with her views, seven of the ten team members
privately agree with Bob's minority viewpoint
When people change their attitudes as a result of direct influence or pressure, this is referred to
as: - CORRECT ANSWER - compliance
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The framing bias makes specific predictions about how people will behave when faced with a
sure course of action versus a gamble. Which of the following best describes the effects of the
framing bias? - CORRECT ANSWER - People tend to be risk-averse when choosing
among gains, but risk-seeking when choosing among losses.
An example of the overconfidence bias is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Joe makes a stock
price prediction and believes that there is only a 5% chance that his estimate is wrong;
overlooking recent articles about the bad financial health of the business.
The confirmation bias is best described as the tendency for people to: - CORRECT
ANSWER - seek and consider evidence that supports their preferred hypothesis, and
discount or ignore information that refutes their beliefs.
Which of the following is NOT a behavioral consequence of decision fatigue? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Making more accurate decisions
A demonstrable task is a task that: - CORRECT ANSWER - has an obvious, correct
answer.
Groups perform better than individuals on a wide range of demonstrable tasks. What is a key
reason why groups outperform individuals faced with the same task? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Groups outperform individuals due to a process in which group members
become more accurate during the group interaction
Groupthink occurs when team members place the goal of ________ above all other decision
priorities. - CORRECT ANSWER - consensus
Key symptoms of groupthink take root and blossom in groups that succumb to the pressures of
reaching unanimity. Which of the following is one of those symptoms? - CORRECT
, ANSWER - Members of the group regard themselves as invulnerable, morally correct, and
exempt from organizational standards
Relationship conflict is best described as conflict about: - CORRECT ANSWER -
personalities, often involving anger and ego clashes.
Task conflict is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER - tasks and the work to be done.
Team members high in motivation to acquire relationship-threatening information, or "MARTI":
- CORRECT ANSWER - make more sinister attributions about their coworkers' behaviors
and intentions.
________ centers on disagreements that team members have about how to approach a task and
who should do what. - CORRECT ANSWER - Process conflict
) Greater amounts of relationship conflict in a team are associated with lower levels of
________, and negatively associated with ________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
performance; team effectiveness
Tom and Tim are in a five-person team. Tim perceives that the team's recent arguments pertain
to team tasks. Tom does not detect such overtones of conflict in task discussions. The fact that
they don't see conflict in the same way is an example of ________ conflict. - CORRECT
ANSWER - perceptual
Of the two ways which majorities and minorities influence their teams, which of the following is
the best example of indirect influence? - CORRECT ANSWER - Even though Sarah has
convinced two members of the team to agree with her views, seven of the ten team members
privately agree with Bob's minority viewpoint
When people change their attitudes as a result of direct influence or pressure, this is referred to
as: - CORRECT ANSWER - compliance
