Cross-functional teams are made up of persons from different:

• A. Departments in the organization
• B. Management levels
• C. Geographic locations
• D. Functional areas within the organization

Answer: (D)

Cross-functional teams are built to combine expertise from the organization’s different functional areas, so members come from areas like marketing, production, finance, and human resources. This mix ensures the team can address all aspects of a project—from customer needs and operations to cost and compliance—because each function brings its unique perspective and knowledge. The goal is to include diverse functions across the organization, not just people from different departments labeled alike, and not constrained to the same management level or to a single location. Therefore, the best answer is functional areas within the organization.