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Score for this quiz: 35 out of 35 Submitted Feb 10 at 1pm This attempt took 18 minutes. Question 1 5 / 5 pts Describe at least three approaches that project managers can use to build individual and project team capability. Your Answer: The project manager should demonstrate leadership and accountability by setting goals and expectations of the project. The project manager should utilize management tools to optimize the use of resources, to help productivity and communication in the team. The project manager should help in creating the team's identity that is desirable for its members and in alignment of the vision. Question 2 2 / 2 pts Which of these is NOT one of the capabilities that will help project team members develop team synergy? organizational understanding personal learning activity-specific knowledge and skills Correct!

insensitivity towards others Correct Question 3 2 / 2 pts Agile teams require motivated members with a higher level of commitment, and agile teams have all of the following desirable traits EXCEPT: Correct! Argue about everything Correct Fail their way to success Question everything Deliver value Question 4 2 / 2 pts All of the following are advantages associated with assigning both core team members and subject matter experts to the project as soon as possible EXCEPT: plans are more realistic when those who will perform the work are involved in the planning implementers are more motivated when they help create the plan Correct! early assignment of SMEs to the project saves money Correct

early assignment helps ensure team members are available when needed Question 5 2 / 2 pts Frequently, project managers lack legitimate power based upon position and instead resort to persuading others based upon personal relationships. This type of power is known as: coercive power connection power positional power Correct! referent power Correct Question 6 2 / 2 pts The personal values of team members on high-performing teams can be enhanced through all of the following beneficial communication practices EXCEPT: All important topics are openly discussed. Information is freely shared within and beyond the team. Potential problems are proactively reported. Correct! Personal conflict is encouraged. Correct Question 7

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2 / 2 pts During which stage of team development do team members attempt to jockey for power, ask many questions and establish dubious goals? norming forming Correct! storming Correct performing Question 8 2 / 2 pts The personal values of team members on high-performing teams can be enhanced through which of the following team behavior methods? Correct! Team members demonstrate a constant focus on improvement. Correct Team members compete with one another and withhold information. Team members focus on independent efforts that emphasize individual lessons learned. Team members adhere closely to formal procedures. Question 9 2 / 2 pts All of the following represent common methods for making decisions on contemporary project teams EXCEPT:

One or two team members recommend or make the decision. The project team votes to make the decision. The project manager or sponsor makes the decision. Correct! The steering team reviews the project data and makes the decision. Correct Question 10 2 / 2 pts Project teams often adopt ground rules to address which of the following relationship topics? Correct! protect confidentiality Correct manage customers and clients manage sponsors and senior leaders protect the project sponsor Question 11 2 / 2 pts It is argued that project teams progress through five stages of team development. Which of the following sequences best represents this progression? forming, performing, reforming, norming, adjourning forming, norming, storming, performing, reforming

Correct! forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning Correct forming, storming, norming, performing, reforming Question 12 1 / 1 pts All project teams progress uniformly through five stages of team development. True Correct! False Question 13 1 / 1 pts The negotiation process involves several steps such as: preparing for negotiation; knowing your walk-away point; and working towards a common goal. Correct! True False Question 14 1 / 1 pts When many members of the project team disagree, then delaying the decision, gathering more data, or agreeing to let one person make the decision may be in order. Correct! True

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False Question 15 1 / 1 pts During the initial Forming stage, where new team members are excited yet concerned that the project work might be difficult, the project manager can help the team develop team-operating methods early - when they construct the project charter. Correct! True False Question 16 1 / 1 pts Synergy results in a team having a collective capability that exceeds the sum of individual capabilities. Correct! True False Question 17 1 / 1 pts The value of engaging a subject matter expert early in a project should be balanced against the potentially significant cost of paying for his or her expertise over a longer period of time. Correct! True False Question 18

1 / 1 pts A key process topic that should be part of early discussions regarding ground rules is appropriate decision making and problem solving, ensuring that the project manager and core team understand who makes each type of decision and how those decisions are made. Correct! True False Question 19 1 / 1 pts A project manager's referent power is described as persuading others based upon giving them something. True Correct! False Question 20 1 / 1 pts A project manager understands the importance of understanding individual motives, and takes the time to ask each team member what he or she personally wants from being involved in the project. Correct! True False Question 21 1 / 1 pts The "relationship" topics within team ground rules, such as "discuss openly and protect confidentiality" and "avoid misunderstandings", should eliminate the need for the team to address how to handle conflict.

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