Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Leadership lesson 8: Part 1 test: leading yourself · Set 249 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning things on time (b) ignoring team messages (c) saying yes to please all (d) forgetting what you said
2. 2.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: arriving very late? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
3. 3.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
4. 4.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
5. 5.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
6. 6.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
7. 7.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) waiting to be told (c) reporting a broken bench (d) blaming a teammate
8. 8.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You worked so hard!” (d) “You were born smart.”
9. 9.True or false: “phone away for study” shows self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) doing only easy bits (c) no spare time (d) starting early
11. 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) breaking work into steps (c) ignoring the timetable (d) doing only easy bits
12. 12.📅 Your art display is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
13. 13.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) there is no need
14. 14.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
15. 15.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 14 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
16. 16.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
17. 17.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) homework before games (b) starting without nagging (c) phone away for study (d) scrolling during study
18. 18.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) break it into steps (c) do it all at once (d) give up
19. 19.True or false: “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) starting without nagging (b) gaming till midnight (c) scrolling during study (d) giving up after a day
21. 21.Which of these shows confidence? (a) volunteering to lead (b) bragging after a win (c) avoiding new things (d) never raising a hand
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) putting work off (b) starting without nagging (c) skipping practice (d) waking up late daily
23. 23.🤝 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
24. 24.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
25. 25.🔁 Why are mistakes useful? (a) they should be hidden (b) they show what to fix (c) they never help (d) they mean you are bad
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning borrowed books (b) blaming a teammate (c) skipping your duty (d) leaving the mess behind
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking weaker players (b) avoiding new things (c) acting like a know-all (d) boasting about marks
28. 28.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: scrolling during study? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
29. 29.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) pretend you forgot (b) leave it for tomorrow (c) clean the board first (d) ask a friend to lie
31. 31.True or false: “We lost. This team is hopeless.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) saying “I’m just bad” (b) blaming bad luck (c) never trying again (d) asking what went wrong
33. 33.True or false: “homework before games” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: tearing up the work? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
36. 36.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
37. 37.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: returning things on time? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
38. 38.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
39. 39.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: leaving the mess behind? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
40. 40.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “I knew it would fail.” (b) “Let’s never try again.” (c) “What can we learn?” (d) “This team is useless.”

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