Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Leadership lesson 8: Part 1 test: leading yourself · Set 484 · 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.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) smart is born (b) effort is useless (c) talent is fixed (d) skills grow with effort
2. 2.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) envying others (c) hiding your mistakes (d) practising hard skills
4. 4.Which of these is showing off? (a) fearing every mistake (b) boasting about marks (c) saying “I’ll try” (d) making eye contact
5. 5.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting the due date (b) no task list (c) listing tasks first (d) guessing how long
7. 7.True or false: “blaming bad luck” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) forgetting what you said (c) returning things on time (d) saying no if you can’t
9. 9.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) phone away for study (b) gaming till midnight (c) waking up late daily (d) putting work off
10. 10.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: finishing on the set day? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
11. 11.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) tell the teacher (b) keep quiet (c) change a friend’s work (d) tear the page out
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting to be told (b) returning borrowed books (c) hiding a broken item (d) saying “not my job”
13. 13.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) blame the computer (b) send them on Monday (c) tell the team early (d) say nothing
14. 14.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
15. 15.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) study with it in hand (b) reply to each message (c) turn the volume up (d) keep it in another room
16. 16.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) leave it for tomorrow (b) ask a friend to lie (c) clean the board first (d) pretend you forgot
17. 17.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) arriving very late (b) agreeing to everything (c) coming when you said (d) not doing your part
18. 18.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) the night before (c) in the third week (d) this week
19. 19.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: promising only what fits? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
20. 20.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
21. 21.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) to rest only (c) for surprises (d) to start late
22. 22.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) waiting to be told (c) owning up to a mistake (d) hiding a broken item
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping practice (b) giving up after a day (c) phone away for study (d) scrolling during study
24. 24.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📚 You lost a library book. What is the responsible step? (a) hide it and stay quiet (b) blame your brother (c) tell the librarian (d) say it was never issued
26. 26.True or false: “homework before games” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) reporting a broken bench (b) fixing what you broke (c) doing your fair share (d) blaming a teammate
28. 28.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over others (b) boasting about marks (c) speaking up in class (d) bragging after a win
30. 30.⏰ You start at 5:30 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 6:10 PM (b) 7:05 PM (c) 6:50 PM
31. 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
32. 32.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying no if you can’t? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
33. 33.🏅 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!”
34. 34.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking what went wrong? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
35. 35.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would bring the ball, but I forgot it again.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
36. 36.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) scrolling during study (b) waking up late daily (c) putting work off (d) finishing what you start
37. 37.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
38. 38.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) putting others down (b) speaking clearly (c) trying new things (d) asking questions
39. 39.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
40. 40.True or false: “returning things on time” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False

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