Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Leader's tip (Lead yourself first): Find the skill in the question: responsibility, promises, self-discipline, time, confidence, mistakes or mindset. Use that lesson’s tip — own it and fix it, promise less and deliver, homework first, steps with dates, confident not cocky, what can we learn, not yet. For day sums, add the days the steps need and take them away from the days you have.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) forgetting what you said (c) agreeing to everything (d) promising then vanishing
- 2.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) coming when you said (b) returning things on time (c) telling early if delayed (d) promising then vanishing
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking up in class (b) standing up straight (c) making eye contact (d) fearing every mistake
- 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) listing tasks first (d) starting early
- 5.True or false: “asking for help” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising effort (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) hiding your mistakes
- 7.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) hiding your mistakes (c) envying others (d) trying new strategies
- 8.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 9.Which of these is showing off? (a) volunteering to lead (b) standing up straight (c) fearing every mistake (d) acting like a know-all
- 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) hard part first (b) doing only easy bits (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no task list
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for feedback (b) asking what went wrong (c) noting the lesson (d) tearing up the work
- 12.True or false: “Your idea will never work.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 14.✂️ Your team must make 28 posters in 4 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
- 15.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “Others are better.” (b) “I am useless.” (c) “I always fail.” (d) “I can try this.”
- 16.True or false: “One more episode? No — homework first.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🎒 What does being responsible mostly mean? (a) doing what you should (b) waiting to be told (c) doing only fun tasks (d) blaming others
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your fair share (b) doing your class duty (c) blaming a teammate (d) owning up to a mistake
- 19.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) play once a month (b) wait for a coach (c) only watch others (d) practise a little daily
- 20.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: coming when you said? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 21.True or false: “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I will practise more.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I need a new plan.”
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) no spare time
- 24.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: leaving tasks half-done? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: learning from feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 26.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 27.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: leaving the mess behind? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 28.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteering to lead (b) speaking up in class (c) never raising a hand (d) asking for help
- 30.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Your idea will never work.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 31.❌ You got 4 out of 10 in a quiz. What is the best next step? (a) hide the paper (b) blame the questions (c) find what went wrong (d) stop studying
- 32.True or false: “praising effort” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “not my job” (b) checking your own work (c) blaming a teammate (d) blaming the weather
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) coming when you said (c) returning things on time (d) saying yes to please all
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) checking progress weekly (d) starting on the last day
- 36.True or false: “putting work off” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) telling early if delayed (c) arriving very late (d) promising only what fits
- 38.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: saving pocket money? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 39.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) saying sorry and fixing (b) saying “I’m just bad” (c) tearing up the work (d) hiding the result
- 40.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
Answer key
- coming when you said
- promising then vanishing
- fearing every mistake
- starting on the last day
- False
- praising effort
- trying new strategies
- a responsible reply
- acting like a know-all
- hard part first
- tearing up the work
- False
- fixed mindset
- 7
- “I can try this.”
- False
- doing what you should
- blaming a teammate
- practise a little daily
- reliable
- False
- “I am not smart.”
- setting mini-deadlines
- no self-discipline
- growth habit
- growth mindset
- irresponsible
- growth mindset
- never raising a hand
- a negative attitude
- find what went wrong
- False
- checking your own work
- saying yes to please all
- checking progress weekly
- False
- arriving very late
- self-discipline
- saying sorry and fixing
- responsible
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