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.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 2.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking what went wrong? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) guessing how long (c) no task list (d) doing only easy bits
- 4.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) talent is fixed (b) effort is useless (c) skills grow with effort (d) smart is born
- 5.True or false: “practising daily” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “keeping your desk tidy” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Rain again. Everything always goes wrong.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 8.True or false: “sleeping on time” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing up straight (b) trying for the team (c) asking for help (d) bragging after a win
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over others (b) never raising a hand (c) saying “I can’t” (d) avoiding new things
- 11.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 12.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “What can we learn?” (b) “This team is useless.” (c) “Let’s never try again.” (d) “I knew it would fail.”
- 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the result (b) asking for feedback (c) saying “I’m just bad” (d) blaming bad luck
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) avoiding challenges (c) trying new strategies (d) hiding your mistakes
- 17.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) practising daily (b) phone away for study (c) sleeping on time (d) leaving tasks half-done
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
- 19.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You were born smart.” (c) “You are a genius!” (d) “You worked so hard!”
- 20.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll skip practice today; it’s a bit cold.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 21.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: making eye contact? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 22.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) avoiding challenges (b) giving up quickly (c) asking for help early (d) envying others
- 23.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: giving up quickly? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 24.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost. This team is hopeless.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 25.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 26.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The others did badly.” (b) “The teacher is unfair.” (c) “Marks do not matter.” (d) “My part had errors.”
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling during study (b) saving pocket money (c) skipping practice (d) putting work off
- 28.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) no task list (d) using a simple timetable
- 29.✂️ Your team must make 24 paper bags in 6 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
- 30.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 31.🤝 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
- 32.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) report it to a teacher (b) sit on it anyway (c) tell nobody (d) ignore it
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing promises down (b) checking your diary (c) arriving very late (d) returning things on time
- 34.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I’ll try”? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 35.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) hiding your mistakes (c) trying new strategies (d) ignoring feedback
- 36.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) never (c) yet (d) ever
- 37.✋ The class wants you to lead three clubs, but you only have time for one. What is wise? (a) say yes to please them (b) agree to all three (c) take on only one (d) agree, then skip two
- 38.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 39.True or false: “starting without nagging” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
Answer key
- fixed mindset
- learning from it
- keeping spare days
- skills grow with effort
- False
- False
- a negative attitude
- True
- bragging after a win
- talking over others
- a positive attitude
- “What can we learn?”
- good planning
- good planning
- asking for feedback
- trying new strategies
- leaving tasks half-done
- setting mini-deadlines
- “You worked so hard!”
- giving in
- confidence
- asking for help early
- fixed habit
- a negative attitude
- giving in
- “My part had errors.”
- saving pocket money
- no task list
- 4
- irresponsible
- a promise broken
- report it to a teacher
- arriving very late
- confidence
- trying new strategies
- yet
- take on only one
- responsible
- False
- fixed mindset
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