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 a responsible habit? (a) hiding a broken item (b) skipping your duty (c) doing your fair share (d) blaming a teammate
- 2.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 3.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) ignoring feedback (c) giving up quickly (d) hiding your mistakes
- 4.True or false: “agreeing to everything” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) ever (d) again
- 6.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The others did badly.” (b) “My part had errors.” (c) “Marks do not matter.” (d) “The teacher is unfair.”
- 7.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🙋 You don’t understand a sum in class. A confident student will… (a) stay quiet (b) give up (c) copy a friend (d) ask the teacher
- 9.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “What can we learn?” (b) “Let’s never try again.” (c) “This team is useless.” (d) “I knew it would fail.”
- 10.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your class duty (b) owning up to a mistake (c) blaming the weather (d) doing your fair share
- 11.True or false: “promising then vanishing” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 13.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) making eye contact (b) mocking weaker players (c) avoiding new things (d) bragging after a win
- 15.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) look at the floor (b) read very fast (c) practise it aloud first (d) skip the assembly
- 16.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: writing promises down? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 17.🙋 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
- 18.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Good try! Let’s fix the ending together.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 19.🏏 You told your team you would be at practice at 7 AM. Your alarm failed and you will be 20 minutes late. What is best? (a) go back to sleep (b) skip practice (c) pretend you were ill (d) message the captain
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) starting early (c) forgetting the due date (d) listing tasks first
- 21.🏅 Which praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “You are a genius!” (b) “It’s easy for you.” (c) “You were born smart.” (d) “You worked so hard!”
- 22.True or false: “promising only what fits” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: “bragging after a win” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) hiding your mistakes (d) avoiding challenges
- 27.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: putting work off? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing what you start (b) sleeping on time (c) leaving tasks half-done (d) saving pocket money
- 29.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) study with it in hand (b) turn the volume up (c) keep it in another room (d) reply to each message
- 30.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 31.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I can’t”? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 32.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 33.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I’ll try”? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) practising hard skills
- 35.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your fair share (b) checking your own work (c) skipping your duty (d) fixing what you broke
- 37.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✂️ Your team must make 18 thank-you cards in 2 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
- 39.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) to rest only
- 40.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
Answer key
- doing your fair share
- good planning
- asking for help early
- False
- yet
- “My part had errors.”
- True
- ask the teacher
- “What can we learn?”
- blaming the weather
- True
- self-control
- False
- avoiding new things
- practise it aloud first
- reliable
- a responsible reply
- a positive attitude
- message the captain
- forgetting the due date
- “You worked so hard!”
- False
- True
- True
- False
- learning from feedback
- no self-discipline
- leaving tasks half-done
- keep it in another room
- True
- low confidence
- growth habit
- confidence
- sticking to easy tasks
- False
- skipping your duty
- True
- 9
- for surprises
- a responsible reply
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