Quiz 1 Chapter 1 to 4

A  Asking yourself essential questions about purpose, strategy, scheduling, and coordination.

B  Using the agenda of the last meeting as a model for running the next meeting.

C  Review the minutes of the last meeting to see what was left unfinished.

D  Taking ten minutes before the meeting starts to prepare a few action items.

A  Summarized what was accomplished.

B  Elaborate on the main issues.

C  Allow the attendees to ask questions.

D  Ask attendees to share.

A  Not enough time to build relationships.

B  Unclear decision-making rules.

C  The need to make decisions too quickly.

D  Differing leadership styles.

A  Whether the words chosen are appropriate.

B  The transitions between sections.

C  Whether the paper is organized logically.

D  Whether the main ideas are strong and clear.

A  Storming

B  Performing

C  Norming

D  Forming

A  Build up the courage to have difficult conversations.

B  Practice self-talk and visualizing yourself responding effectively to challenging interpersonal issues.

C  Engage in relaxation techniques to clear your mind.

D  Constantly evaluate your feelings and moods; attempt to understand your feelings as they occur.

A  Pessimism

B  Semantic noise

C  Incivility

D  Emotional hijacking

A  bending the truth slightly to present a more positive picture.

B  viewing coworkers motives with suspicion.

C  putting in extra time to meet the company’s goals.

D  feeling resistant to new ways of doing things.

A  personal values align with the corporate values where they work.

B  personal values take priority over corporate values where they work.

C  personal values are subservient to the corporate values where they work.

D  lives are rules entirely by their personal values.

A  Corporate

B  National

C  Organizational

D  Team

A  companies and shareholders emphasize social responsibility.

B  people extend material and social support only to a close circle of friends and family.

C  self-enjoyment takes precedence over displays of generosity.

D  society members are expected to solve personal problems on their own.

A  Less-assertive cultures prioritize resolving issues over showing respect to others.

B  Less-assertive cultures are uncomfortable with silence and speak up quickly to fill the silence.

C  Less-assertive cultures typically express a lot of emotion.

D  Less-assertive cultures stress equality and use cooperative language.

A  individualism.

B  hierarchy

C  assertiveness.

D  collectivism

A  exaggerate their points.

B  find common ground.

C  cast situation in either-or terms.

D  oversimplify their approach.

A  I really want to understand what went wrong and find a solution we both can accept.

B  Your work has suffered lately, and I want to make some suggestions for improvement.

C  What were you thinking when you made the proposal in the group meeting?

D  We need to discuss the way you let your team members down on the last project.

A  I feel that I was not given a chance to explain my actions.

B  This is an issue of policy, not personal interpretation.

C  You always interrupt me when I try to explain my reasons.

D  I know I am right about this, and I can prove it to you.

A  People are not good at masking their feelings, and most people are highly skilled in their ability to decode nonverbal signals.

B  People are good at masking their feelings, but most people still manage to decode nonverbal signals.

C  People are not good at masking their feelings, but most people are inconsistent in their ability to decode nonverbal signals.

D  People are good at masking their feelings, so most people are incapable of decoding nonverbal signals.

A  Probing questions seek to uncover root causes, while solution-oriented questions focus on what should be done.

B  Probing questions tend to be analytical and focused, while solution-oriented questions tend to be casual and social.

C  Probing questions tend to be closed, while solution-oriented questions tend to be open.

D  Probing questions move from general to specific, while solution-oriented questions move from specific to general.

A  Lively.

B  Charasmatic.

C  Thoughtful.

D  Spontaneous.

A  Psychological safety.

B  Sight Perceiving.

C  Self-Management.

D  Empathy.

A  Filtering.

B  Decoding.

C  Hijacking.

D  Encoding.

A  a reputation for adhering to high moral and ethical values.

B  the knowledge and skills needed to accomplish business tasks.

C  a set of principles that governs behavior in the workplace.

D  the stated and lived values of a company.

A  emotionally.

B  professionally.

C  ethically.

D  intellectually.

A  Holding regular meeting to ask about employee concerns.

B  Assigning people to projects without their input.

C  Setting clear and measurable goals for each employee.

D  Taking a course in making teams function more efficiently.

A  A period in which the government allows financial trusts to try to make the economy safer.

B  A period in which people have lost the trust they once had in the business community.

C  A period characterized by the formation of trusts to manage the wealth of businesses.

D  A period in which people put more of their trust in big business than in big government.