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 is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a date for one step (d) a late fine
- 2.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: waiting to be told? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 3.⏰ You start at 4:00 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 35 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 4:35 PM (b) 5:30 PM (c) 5:15 PM (d) 4:40 PM
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) praising effort (c) envying others (d) ignoring feedback
- 5.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) play once a month (b) wait for a coach (c) practise a little daily (d) only watch others
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) enjoying challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 7.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: mumbling answers? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 8.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: skipping practice? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 9.True or false: “ignoring team messages” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 11.True or false: “saying sorry and fixing” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: praising effort? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) ignoring the timetable (c) breaking work into steps (d) setting mini-deadlines
- 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping on time (b) starting without nagging (c) waking up late daily (d) sticking to a routine
- 16.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 17.Which of these is good project planning? (a) checking progress weekly (b) forgetting the due date (c) ignoring the timetable (d) one huge deadline
- 18.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) agreeing to everything (b) returning things on time (c) making up excuses (d) arriving very late
- 20.🌟 Why does keeping promises matter for a leader? (a) it is a school rule (b) you look busy (c) you win prizes (d) people can trust you
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) acting like a know-all (b) hiding at the back (c) never raising a hand (d) avoiding new things
- 22.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to rest only
- 23.True or false: “quitting the club” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 25.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 27.✂️ Your team must make 35 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
- 28.True or false: “We lost. This team is hopeless.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 30.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 15 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 6:20 PM (c) 6:05 PM (d) 5:45 PM
- 31.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) leaving tasks half-done (b) gaming till midnight (c) skipping practice (d) finishing what you start
- 32.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) asking for help early (c) giving up quickly (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 33.True or false: “We lost today, but our passing got better.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 35.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) returning borrowed books (b) checking your own work (c) reporting a broken bench (d) saying “not my job”
- 36.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) doing only easy bits (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
- 37.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) arriving very late (b) forgetting what you said (c) ignoring team messages (d) finishing on the set day
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) promising only what fits (b) coming when you said (c) arriving very late (d) finishing on the set day
- 39.True or false: “blaming bad luck” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 40.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) play first (b) make the poster (c) neither (d) study for the test
Answer key
- a date for one step
- irresponsible
- 5:15 PM
- praising effort
- practise a little daily
- sticking to easy tasks
- low confidence
- no self-discipline
- False
- growth habit
- True
- growth habit
- ignoring the timetable
- good planning
- waking up late daily
- giving in
- checking progress weekly
- True
- returning things on time
- people can trust you
- acting like a know-all
- for surprises
- True
- fixed mindset
- False
- False
- 7
- False
- fixed habit
- 6:05 PM
- finishing what you start
- asking for help early
- False
- a responsible reply
- saying “not my job”
- keeping spare days
- finishing on the set day
- arriving very late
- False
- study for the test
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