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.True or false: “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 2.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: gaming till midnight? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 3.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) practise it aloud first (b) read very fast (c) skip the assembly (d) look at the floor
- 4.Which of these is showing off? (a) boasting about marks (b) making eye contact (c) saying “I’ll try” (d) volunteering to lead
- 5.True or false: “finishing on the set day” is an unreliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning things on time (b) saying no if you can’t (c) agreeing to everything (d) telling early if delayed
- 7.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) tell the team early (c) send them on Monday (d) blame the computer
- 8.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: cleaning up after art? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 9.🎯 A good trick to start a boring task is to… (a) do it at midnight (b) wait for the mood (c) start with 10 minutes (d) ask a friend to do it
- 10.Which of these shows confidence? (a) never raising a hand (b) hiding at the back (c) acting like a know-all (d) saying “I’ll try”
- 11.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) ever (d) again
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking what went wrong (b) noting the lesson (c) asking for feedback (d) tearing up the work
- 13.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 14.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: asking for help? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 15.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) checking your own work (c) owning up to a mistake (d) saying “not my job”
- 16.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) get up as planned (b) skip revision (c) revise next week (d) sleep two more hours
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help early (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) praising effort (d) trying new strategies
- 18.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: checking your own work? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting to be told (b) leaving the mess behind (c) owning up to a mistake (d) losing borrowed books
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fearing every mistake (b) never raising a hand (c) hiding at the back (d) trying for the team
- 22.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) keep quiet (b) tear the page out (c) tell the teacher (d) change a friend’s work
- 24.🙋 You don’t understand a sum in class. A confident student will… (a) copy a friend (b) ask the teacher (c) give up (d) stay quiet
- 25.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) finishing what you start (b) saving pocket money (c) phone away for study (d) waking up late daily
- 26.True or false: “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🙋 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
- 28.⏰ You start at 5:15 PM. Homework takes 35 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:50 PM (b) 5:45 PM (c) 6:35 PM (d) 6:20 PM
- 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 30.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 32.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
- 33.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 34.True or false: “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 36.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: blaming bad luck? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) one huge deadline
- 38.📚 Your exam is in two weeks. What is the disciplined plan? (a) read only the easy part (b) study the night before (c) skip it and hope (d) study a bit every day
- 39.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 40.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) trying new strategies (c) practising hard skills (d) ignoring feedback
Answer key
- True
- no self-discipline
- practise it aloud first
- boasting about marks
- False
- agreeing to everything
- tell the team early
- responsible
- start with 10 minutes
- saying “I’ll try”
- yet
- tearing up the work
- fixed habit
- confidence
- saying “not my job”
- get up as planned
- sticking to easy tasks
- True
- responsible
- owning up to a mistake
- trying for the team
- True
- tell the teacher
- ask the teacher
- waking up late daily
- True
- a responsible reply
- 6:20 PM
- poor planning
- False
- False
- study for the test
- growth habit
- False
- a promise kept
- giving up
- one huge deadline
- study a bit every day
- an excuse
- ignoring feedback
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