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.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) this week (b) after it is due (c) in the third week (d) the night before
- 2.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll skip practice today; it’s a bit cold.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) leaving the mess behind (c) blaming the weather (d) checking your own work
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying yes to please all (b) making up excuses (c) returning things on time (d) ignoring team messages
- 5.True or false: “putting work off” shows self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 7.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying yes to please all? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 8.True or false: “hiding a broken item” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring feedback (b) giving up quickly (c) practising hard skills (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 10.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) giving up quickly (c) hiding your mistakes (d) learning from feedback
- 11.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 12.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) practising the weak part (b) saying sorry and fixing (c) noting the lesson (d) saying “I’m just bad”
- 13.True or false: “asking for feedback” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “promising then vanishing” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 17.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) skipping your duty (c) checking your own work (d) blaming a teammate
- 18.🏏 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) skip practice (b) pretend you were ill (c) go back to sleep (d) message the captain
- 19.True or false: “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” is a promise kept. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “noting the lesson” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “speaking up in class” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) saying no if you can’t (c) coming when you said (d) agreeing to everything
- 23.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “Just one more game… and one more.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 24.True or false: “cleaning up after art” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) starting early (c) using a simple timetable (d) setting mini-deadlines
- 26.🤝 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
- 27.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) sticking to easy tasks (b) giving up quickly (c) praising effort (d) envying others
- 28.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: bragging after a win? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 29.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying “I’m just bad”? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 30.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 31.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “Drawing is silly.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
- 32.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) agreeing to everything (b) not doing your part (c) finishing on the set day (d) arriving very late
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “I can’t” (b) avoiding new things (c) hiding at the back (d) boasting about marks
- 34.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming the weather? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 35.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: scrolling during study? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 37.Which of these shows confidence? (a) avoiding new things (b) fearing every mistake (c) hiding at the back (d) volunteering to lead
- 38.📅 Your school play is due in 7 days. Research takes 1 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
- 39.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) there is no need (c) for surprises (d) to start late
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) keeping spare days (c) doing only easy bits (d) no spare time
Answer key
- this week
- giving in
- checking your own work
- returning things on time
- False
- fixed mindset
- unreliable
- False
- practising hard skills
- learning from feedback
- an excuse
- saying “I’m just bad”
- True
- False
- False
- a responsible reply
- checking your own work
- message the captain
- False
- False
- False
- agreeing to everything
- giving in
- False
- starting on the last day
- a promise broken
- praising effort
- showing off
- giving up
- irresponsible
- “I can learn from her.”
- finishing on the set day
- boasting about marks
- irresponsible
- False
- no self-discipline
- volunteering to lead
- 1
- for surprises
- keeping spare days
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