QUESTION 1

You need to hire an analyst for an important project team. It is essential that the new employee work well on the already established team in order to meet the project's challenging deadlines. The most talented candidate doesn't have any team experience and when asked in the interview about his team experience he replied, "I prefer to work. I'm much more efficient alone." What should you do?

Hire him and train him.

Hire him and hope that he learns.

Hire him and redesign the job.

Look for a different candidate.

Hire him and assign him a mentor.

QUESTION 2

If team members have similar mental models, then it means that the team members have similar ________.

roles within the team

self-efficacy

knowledge and skills

beliefs about how the work gets done

attitudes towards social loafing

QUESTION 3

Which of the following statements is true regarding a cross-functional team?

A cross-functional team is made up of employees from different hierarchical levels.

A cross-functional team is made up of employees from the same department.

Today, cross-functional teams are rarely used in well-established organizations.

In the case of a cross-functional team, the early stages of development are typically very short.

Cross-functional teams are used for developing new ideas and coordinating complex projects.

QUESTION 4

Self-managed teams typically consist of ________ employees.

two to four

four to eight

10 to 15

20 to 30

40 to 50

QUESTION 5

With reference to the team effectiveness model, which of the following is one of the key components of an effective team, included under the category of contextual factors?

team efficacy

climate of trust

common purpose

social loafing

specific goals