ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Group - CORRECT ANSWER - two or more freely interacting individuals who share norms
and goals and have a common identity
Team - CORRECT ANSWER - A small group whose members have complementary skills;
have a common purpose, goals, and approach; and hold themselves mutually accountable. Teams
work together to produce results.
Formal Groups - CORRECT ANSWER - created to accomplish specific goals, group assigned
by organizations or its managers to accomplish specific goals.
Informal Groups - CORRECT ANSWER - created for friendship; a group formed by people
whose overriding purpose is getting together for friendship or a common interest.
Types of Teams (5) - CORRECT ANSWER - -work teams
-project teams
-cross-functional teams
-self-managed teams
-virtual teams
Work Teams - CORRECT ANSWER - have a clear purpose that all members share; usually
permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team's purpose in order
for the team to succeed
Project Teams - CORRECT ANSWER - assembled to solve a particular problem or complete
a specific task, such as brainstorming new marketing ideas for one of the company's products
, Cross-Functional Teams - CORRECT ANSWER - include members from different areas
within an organization, such as finance, operations, and sales
Self-Managed Teams - CORRECT ANSWER - groups of workers who are given
administrative oversight for their task domains. "Do the work themselves"
Virtual teams - CORRECT ANSWER - work together over time and distance via electronic
media to combine effort and achieve common goals
Benefits of Virtual Teams - CORRECT ANSWER - -Reduced real-estate costs
-Ability to leverage diverse knowledge, skills, and experience across geography
-Ability to share knowledge of diverse markets
-Can reduce work-life conflicts
Tuckmans Five-Stage Model - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Forming - "Why are we here?"
2. Storming - "Why are we fighting over who's in charge and who does what?"
3. Norming - "Can we agree on roles and work as a team?"
4. Performing - "Can we do the job properly?"
5. Adjourning - "Can we help members transition out?"
Forming - CORRECT ANSWER - the first stage of team development, in which team
members meet each other, form initial impressions, and begin to establish team norms
Storming - CORRECT ANSWER - the second stage of development, characterized by
conflict and disagreement, in which team members disagree over what the team should do and
how it should do it
Norming - CORRECT ANSWER - the third stage of team development, in which team
members begin to settle into their roles, group cohesion grows, and positive team norms develop