Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Teams are better suited to simple work such as routine processing jobs than complex jobs.
2. Process losses are the resources expended to develop and maintain an effective team.
3. Brooks's law says that adding more people to a late software project only makes it later.
4. Social loafing is most common in teams that are very small.
5. Social loafing is more prevalent when the task is interesting.

Answer 1

1. FALSE
For tasks that can be performed alone, process losses can make teams much less effective
than a one-person project.
2. TRUE
Process losses are the resources (including time and energy) expended toward team
development and maintenance.
3. TRUE
Brooks's law says that adding more people to a late software project only makes it later.
4. FALSE
Social loafing is higher when individual performance is hidden. Individual performance tends to be hidden in very large teams.
5. FALSE
Social loafing is less prevalent when the task is interesting, because individuals are more
motivated by the work itself to perform their duties.