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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) breaking work into steps (d) one huge deadline
- 2.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: asking for help? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 3.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) tearing up the work (b) quitting the club (c) never trying again (d) saying sorry and fixing
- 4.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) to start late
- 5.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: hiding a broken item? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 6.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
- 7.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is showing off? (a) standing up straight (b) boasting about marks (c) asking for help (d) speaking up in class
- 10.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) not doing your part (c) making up excuses (d) agreeing to everything
- 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.True or false: “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) giving up after a day (b) saving pocket money (c) waking up late daily (d) skipping practice
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) listing tasks first
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring team messages (b) not doing your part (c) agreeing to everything (d) promising only what fits
- 16.True or false: “We lost today, but our passing got better.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “never raising a hand” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) speaking clearly (b) putting others down (c) trying new things (d) asking questions
- 20.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
- 21.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: talking over others? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 23.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 24.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) making up excuses (c) ignoring team messages (d) arriving very late
- 25.True or false: “fearing every mistake” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 26.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 28.🧍 How does a confident person usually stand? (a) straight, head up (b) hiding behind others (c) arms over the face (d) slouched, eyes down
- 29.True or false: “hiding a broken item” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📚 You lost a library book. What is the responsible step? (a) blame your brother (b) say it was never issued (c) tell the librarian (d) hide it and stay quiet
- 31.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 13 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 5 days and practice takes 1 days. How many spare days will you have?
- 32.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “Others are better.” (b) “I am useless.” (c) “I always fail.” (d) “I can try this.”
- 33.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: standing up straight? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 34.True or false: “I only do what I’m already good at.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 36.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “What can we learn?” (b) “I knew it would fail.” (c) “This team is useless.” (d) “Let’s never try again.”
- 38.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 39.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
Answer key
- one huge deadline
- confidence
- saying sorry and fixing
- for surprises
- irresponsible
- sticking to easy tasks
- True
- True
- boasting about marks
- saying no if you can’t
- an excuse
- False
- saving pocket money
- ignoring the timetable
- promising only what fits
- True
- False
- False
- putting others down
- skills grow with effort
- True
- showing off
- unreliable
- finishing on the set day
- True
- poor planning
- good planning
- straight, head up
- False
- tell the librarian
- 5
- “I can try this.”
- confidence
- True
- fixed habit
- True
- “What can we learn?”
- growth habit
- False
- growth mindset
Free leadership lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/leadership-skills-for-students