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A group is a collection of two or more people who interact with one another in a way such that each person influences and is influenced by the others.

Question $1$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $2(1$ point$)$

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Teams are a special type of group that possess some degree of skill differentiation, authority differentiation, and temporal stability.

Question $2$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $3(1$ point$)$

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Team$-$base structures require multiple layers of middle management.

Question $3$ options:

True

False

Question $4(1$ point$)$

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An effective group is able to satisfy immediate demands for performance and member satisfaction, while making provisions for long$-$term survival learning, and adaptation.

Question $4$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $5(1$ point$)$

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Functional grouping means that groups are formed around shared workflows.

Question $5$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $6(1$ point$)$

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Functional grouping integrates people who perform similar tasks.

Question $6$ options:

True

False

Question $7(1$ point$)$

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Workflow grouping creates groups that are efficient and save costs.

Question $7$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $8(1$ point$)$

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Workflow grouping integrates all activities required to produce a product or service.

Question $8$ options:

True

False

Question $9(1$ point$)$

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Group development allows informal aspects of groups to emerge.

Question $9$ options:

True

False

Question $10(1$ point$)$

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Group development processes tend to advance through four stages: initiation, differentiation, integration, and stabilization.

Question $10$ options:

True

False

Question $11(1$ point$)$

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The group development stage of initiation is characterized by uncertainty and anxiety.

Question $11$ options:

True

False

Question $12(1$ point$)$

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Conflicts emerge during the differentiation stage of group development.

Question $12$ options:

True

False

Question $13(1$ point$)$

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In the final stage of group development, maturity, group productivity is undermined byuncertainty and anxiety.

Question $13$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $14(1$ point$)$

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A large body of research indicates that groups of individuals working together are sometimes less productive than the same number of people working alone.

Question $14$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $15(1$ point$)$

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The negative difference between what a group actually produces and what it might theoretically produce constitutes process loss.

Question $15$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $16(1$ point$)$

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Production blocking occurs when people get in each other's way as they try to perform a group task.

Question $16$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $17(1$ point$)$

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Group maintenance roles ensure a group's continued well$-$being but also contribute to process loss.

Question $17$ options:

True

False

Question $18(1$ point$)$

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Process loss can result from social loafing, the choice by some members of a group to take advantage of others by decreasing their own contributions to group productivity.

Question $18$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $19(1$ point$)$

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Behavioral masking in a group increases the likelihood of social loafing by its members.

Question $19$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $20(1$ point$)$

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A group's size can affect its productivity by influencing the need for group$-$maintenance activities.

Question $20$ options:

True

False

Question $21(1$ point$)$

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Group synergy occurs when the productivity of a group exceeds potential individual contributions.

Question $21$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $22(1$ point$)$

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Social facilitation reduces the incidence of group synergy.

Question $22$ options:

True

False

Question $23(1$ point$)$

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Task interdependence refers to the degree to which team members interact cooperatively and work interactively to complete tasks.

Question $23$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $24(1$ point$)$

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In an additive task, the sum of the individual team members' contributions equals the team's performance.

Question $24$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $25(1$ point$)$

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Group performance on a disjunctive task depends on the performance of the group's most capable member.

Question $25$ options:

True

False

Question $26(1$ point$)$

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In a conjunctive task, the group's level of performance depends on the resources that the least able group member brings to the task.

Question $26$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False

Question $27(1$ point$)$

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A group's communication structure is an indication of who in the group can talk with whom.

Question $27$ options:

True

False

Question $28(1$ point$)$

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When a task is simple and the communication structure is centralized are centralized, a group's speed and accuracy are both higher.

Question $28$ options:

$1)$ True

$2)$ False