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.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
- 2.True or false: “scrolling during study” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 3.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 5.True or false: “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) study for the test
- 7.True or false: “hiding the result” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 9.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) practising hard skills (d) envying others
- 10.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: quitting the club? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 11.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: writing promises down? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
- 13.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) hiding a broken item (b) leaving the mess behind (c) returning borrowed books (d) blaming a teammate
- 14.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) promising only what fits (b) writing promises down (c) ignoring team messages (d) coming when you said
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaming till midnight (b) sticking to a routine (c) phone away for study (d) starting without nagging
- 17.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 18.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: never trying again? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 19.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “I’m just bad” (b) never trying again (c) hiding the result (d) asking what went wrong
- 21.True or false: “We lost today, but our passing got better.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 22.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: practising daily? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 23.🌤️ What does a positive attitude mean? (a) seeing ways forward (b) expecting the worst (c) complaining a lot (d) blaming others
- 24.True or false: “volunteering to lead” shows confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) sleeping on time (b) practising daily (c) waking up late daily (d) homework before games
- 26.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: checking your own work? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 27.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) forgetting the due date (c) checking progress weekly (d) ignoring the timetable
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) using a simple timetable
- 29.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) speaking up in class (b) bragging after a win (c) fearing every mistake (d) standing up straight
- 30.📒 What is a good way not to forget your promises? (a) make more promises (b) never promise anything (c) hope for the best (d) write them down
- 31.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) using a simple timetable (c) checking progress weekly (d) keeping spare days
- 35.True or false: “One more episode? No — homework first.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) avoiding new things (b) never raising a hand (c) hiding at the back (d) making eye contact
- 37.True or false: “starting without nagging” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) no task list (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
- 40.True or false: “I spent all my savings on snacks again.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- skills grow with effort
- True
- True
- good planning
- False
- study for the test
- True
- a positive attitude
- practising hard skills
- giving up
- reliable
- setting mini-deadlines
- returning borrowed books
- a promise broken
- ignoring team messages
- gaming till midnight
- a responsible reply
- giving up
- a promise kept
- asking what went wrong
- True
- self-discipline
- seeing ways forward
- True
- waking up late daily
- responsible
- checking progress weekly
- using a simple timetable
- fearing every mistake
- write them down
- False
- a promise kept
- fixed mindset
- one huge deadline
- False
- making eye contact
- False
- responsible
- no task list
- False
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