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Chapter One

Instructions: Click the The Correct Answer Is: button to see the correct answer.
  1. The definition of a small group must contain the characteristic ________.
    1. goals
    2. name
    3. size
    4. time

  2. Which type of work group does not belong?
    1. project team
    2. virtual team
    3. brainstorming team
    4. work group

  3. The others are three major work groups that are discussed in chapter one. 3. Which is a directly observable characteristic of a small group?
    1. Communication
    2. Goals
    3. Norms
    4. Structural

  4. Which is a type of small group?
    1. Projects Teams
    2. All of the Above
    3. Long-Standing work groups
    4. Virtual Teams

    1. The Corrct Answer Is:

  5. Why do we study small group communication?
    1. Most of our lives we participate in face-to-face discussions
    2. We are expected to work effectively and efficently toward common group goals.
    3. all of the above
    4. working with 3 or more people can be challenging


  6. What is a small group?
    1. a few (3-8) people engaged in communication with common goals
    2. nine or more people working together with common goals
    3. none of the above
    4. no more than two people working together with common goals

  7. A virtual team is defined by three major dimension. Which of this is not a part of that dimension:
    1. Cohesive peer-mediated
    2. Virtual interaction mode
    3. Permanent or temporary


  8. Which of the following is not a "type" or class of a small group:
    1. Community
    2. Inter-personal
    3. Personal
    4. Work

  9. Project Teams include:
    1. Kaizen teams
    2. cross-functional teams
    3. all of the above
    4. Tiger teams


  10. What is an indirect observation of a small group?
    1. Communication
    2. Time
    3. Size
    4. Goals


  11. There are nine characteristics of small groups?
    1. False
    2. True

  12. The characteristic “COMMUNICATION” is _________ observable.
    1. directly
    2. indirectly


  13. There are four characteristics of communication that are directly observable. These four characteristics are: space, time, size and goals.
    1. Tests or outcomes of a small group are: high productivity, high quality of work, high levels of membership satisfaction and sufficient consensus.
    2. True
    3. False There are four characteristics, that part is true. “Goals” are not directly observable, making the statement false. The characteristic that replaces “goals” is “communication.”
    4. This was taken from the end of the chapter key points.


  14. Cohesiveness focuses on commitment to work collectively toward group goals.
    1. True
    2. False

  15. Relational Talk is when members of a group decide to work together in a relationship.
    1. True
    2. False

  16. Verbal and Non-verbal communication are such fundamental and taken for granted behaviors of a small group that we often overlook them.
    1. True
    2. False

  17. The first visual impulse we receive that points to the presences of the group is NOT space.
    1. True
    2. False

  18. For task meetings, it is acceptable to be verbally aggressive if you disagree with ideas
    1. True
    2. False

  19. A good way to tell if a group is being cohesive is if group members make continual references such as "I," and "me,".
    1. False
    2. True

  20. 20 is an acceptable number of people to be in a group.
    1. False
    2. True


  21. Smoking is an acceptable norm at a groups first meeting.
    1. Fals
    2. True

Brittany Ansteatt (Bnanste@ilstu.edu)