PREview Teamwork and Collaboration 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During a group presentation, a team member freezes due to anxiety. What should you do?
- Continue the presentation without acknowledging them
- Step in smoothly to support them and allow them to re-engage when ready (Correct answer)
- Point out their anxiety to the audience
- End the presentation early
Correct answer: Step in smoothly to support them and allow them to re-engage when ready
Stepping in to support a struggling teammate demonstrates empathy and maintains team cohesion.
Question 2: A new team member from a different background has a different approach to problem-solving. What is most appropriate?
- Dismiss their approach as incorrect
- Insist they adopt the team's existing methods immediately
- Explore their perspective and integrate useful elements into the team's approach (Correct answer)
- Assign them less important tasks
Correct answer: Explore their perspective and integrate useful elements into the team's approach
Valuing diverse perspectives strengthens problem-solving and fosters an inclusive team environment.
Question 3: Which of the following BEST describes psychological safety within a team?
- Everyone agrees with the leader's decisions
- Team members feel safe to speak up, ask questions, and make mistakes without fear of punishment (Correct answer)
- All team members have equal workloads at all times
- Conflict is completely avoided
Correct answer: Team members feel safe to speak up, ask questions, and make mistakes without fear of punishment
Psychological safety enables open communication, learning from errors, and stronger team performance.
Question 4: Your team needs to make a decision quickly but one member strongly disagrees. What should you do?
- Ignore the dissenting member and proceed
- Take a vote and completely disregard the minority view
- Acknowledge the concern, discuss briefly, and document the disagreement before moving forward (Correct answer)
- Delay the decision indefinitely
Correct answer: Acknowledge the concern, discuss briefly, and document the disagreement before moving forward
Acknowledging dissent while moving forward respects all voices and documents important concerns for future reference.
Question 5: What is the PRIMARY purpose of establishing clear roles within a healthcare team?
- To create a hierarchy that limits communication
- To ensure accountability and reduce task overlap so care is delivered effectively (Correct answer)
- To allow senior members to avoid certain responsibilities
- To make team evaluations easier for supervisors
Correct answer: To ensure accountability and reduce task overlap so care is delivered effectively
Clear roles ensure accountability, prevent gaps in patient care, and allow each team member to contribute effectively.
Question 6: A teammate submits work that contains errors that could affect the team's grade. What is the best approach?
- Submit the work as-is to avoid conflict
- Correct the errors yourself without telling them
- Bring the errors to their attention privately and offer to help revise (Correct answer)
- Report them to the instructor without speaking to them first
Correct answer: Bring the errors to their attention privately and offer to help revise
Addressing errors directly with the teammate supports their learning and maintains mutual respect.
PREview Teamwork and Collaboration 2
During a group presentation, a team member freezes due to anxiety.
What should you do?