Title: Team Development
Course: Demo 1

Q: Bruce Tuckman identified forming, storming, norming, and performing as four phases of:
- product development
- business development
- team development
A: team development

Q: According to Bruce Tuckman, forming, storming, norming and performing are:
- inevitable and necessary parts of a successful team’s evolution
- characterized by common sets of interpersonal dynamics among team members
- obstacles to a team’s ability to function effectively
A: inevitable and necessary parts of a successful team’s evolution; characterized by common sets of interpersonal dynamics among team members

Q: During which phase of team development are team members focused primarily on defining tasks, establishing a schedule, organizing the team’s work and building relationships?
- storming
- norming
- forming
A: forming

Q: Interpersonal conflict between team members is most likely to surface and become contentious during the ________ phase of team development.
- forming
- performing
- storming
A: storming

Q: A team in the ________ phase is transitioning to a period when it focuses on developing shared values and expectations for how to work together and facilitate collaboration.
- storming
- performing
- norming
A: norming

Q: Working easily together on interdependent tasks, effective communication and high motivation are most characteristic of which phase of team development?
- forming
- norming
- performing
A: performing

Q: After a kick-off session and six contentious weekly team meetings, Lola is struggling to align her team around common expectations. These expectations are: how to work together, communicate effectively, and identify appropriate hand-off points as her team provides customer service and technical support for a new product line. Two team members in particular keep butting heads on every issue and Lola is losing patience with their inability to work together. Based on Bruce Tuckman’s theory of team development, where is Lola’s team currently in the evolution process?
- performing
- norming
- storming
A: storming

Q: The productivity of a group in the forming stage is:
- moderate
- high
- minimal
A: minimal

Q: The productivity of a group in the norming stage is:
- minimal
- high
- moderate
A: moderate

Q: The productivity of a group in the performing stage is:
- minimal
- moderate
- high
A: high

Q: What key characteristic(s) may be seen when groups are in a norming stage?
- distrust
- synergy
- collaboration
A: collaboration