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 of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) breaking work into steps (d) guessing how long
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your fair share (b) reporting a broken bench (c) blaming a teammate (d) owning up to a mistake
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting the lesson (b) asking what went wrong (c) asking for feedback (d) tearing up the work
- 4.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a holiday (d) a late fine
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving tasks half-done (b) putting work off (c) sticking to a routine (d) skipping practice
- 6.🌟 Why does keeping promises matter for a leader? (a) you look busy (b) you win prizes (c) people can trust you (d) it is a school rule
- 7.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The teacher is unfair.” (b) “My part had errors.” (c) “Marks do not matter.” (d) “The others did badly.”
- 8.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I am just not a maths person.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 9.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) look at the floor (b) read very fast (c) skip the assembly (d) practise it aloud first
- 10.🎒 What does being responsible mostly mean? (a) doing only fun tasks (b) waiting to be told (c) doing what you should (d) blaming others
- 11.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: scrolling during study? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 12.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “The rain cancelled the match — let’s practise indoors.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 13.True or false: “hiding your mistakes” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “boasting about marks” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🆕 You are new to the football team. What shows quiet confidence? (a) skip practice (b) introduce yourself (c) wait to be noticed (d) boast about skills
- 16.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 17.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “I’ll check my phone after this chapter.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 20.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) starting without nagging (b) snacking instead of work (c) putting work off (d) skipping practice
- 21.True or false: “losing borrowed books” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: never trying again? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 23.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 9 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 3 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
- 24.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: noting the lesson? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 25.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: sticking to easy tasks? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 26.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
- 28.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “waiting to be told” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) trying new things (b) putting others down (c) speaking clearly (d) asking questions
- 31.True or false: “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” is a promise kept. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “snacking instead of work” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 33.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: bragging after a win? (a) low confidence (b) confidence (c) showing off
- 34.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) talent is fixed (c) effort is useless (d) skills grow with effort
- 35.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost today, but our passing got better.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 36.True or false: “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) guessing how long (c) no spare time (d) no task list
- 38.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying yes to please all? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 39.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 40.True or false: “noting the lesson” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- guessing how long
- blaming a teammate
- tearing up the work
- a date for one step
- sticking to a routine
- people can trust you
- “My part had errors.”
- fixed mindset
- practise it aloud first
- doing what you should
- no self-discipline
- a positive attitude
- False
- True
- introduce yourself
- a promise broken
- True
- True
- a responsible reply
- starting without nagging
- True
- giving up
- 4
- learning from it
- fixed habit
- False
- giving up quickly
- False
- False
- putting others down
- True
- True
- showing off
- skills grow with effort
- a positive attitude
- False
- listing tasks first
- unreliable
- fixed mindset
- False
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