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 an unreliable habit? (a) writing promises down (b) coming when you said (c) saying yes to please all (d) promising only what fits
- 2.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) starting without nagging (b) phone away for study (c) giving up after a day (d) homework before games
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) checking progress weekly (c) hard part first (d) breaking work into steps
- 4.True or false: “checking your own work” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “giving up after a day” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “asking what went wrong” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 8.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a holiday (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a date for one step
- 9.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🌤️ What does a positive attitude mean? (a) blaming others (b) seeing ways forward (c) expecting the worst (d) complaining a lot
- 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 12.Which of these is good project planning? (a) guessing how long (b) starting on the last day (c) ignoring the timetable (d) listing tasks first
- 13.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📚 You lost a library book. What is the responsible step? (a) say it was never issued (b) blame your brother (c) tell the librarian (d) hide it and stay quiet
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bragging after a win (b) acting like a know-all (c) boasting about marks (d) saying “I’ll try”
- 16.Which of these shows confidence? (a) saying “I can’t” (b) bragging after a win (c) mocking weaker players (d) making eye contact
- 17.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) saying sorry and fixing (b) trying a new method (c) asking for feedback (d) quitting the club
- 18.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: trying a new method? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 19.True or false: “The rain cancelled the match — let’s practise indoors.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 20.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: giving up after a day? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) owning up to a mistake (c) losing borrowed books (d) waiting to be told
- 22.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) sleep two more hours (b) skip revision (c) revise next week (d) get up as planned
- 23.True or false: “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “writing promises down” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “reporting a broken bench” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “putting work off” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🙏 You said something unkind to a teammate in anger. What should you do? (a) say it again (b) blame them (c) say sorry and mean it (d) pretend it didn’t happen
- 28.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 29.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 30.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I’ll try”? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising daily (b) sticking to a routine (c) saving pocket money (d) skipping practice
- 32.🧭 What does self-discipline mean? (a) doing nothing (b) doing what is fun (c) obeying only adults (d) control over your habits
- 33.True or false: “writing promises down” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 35.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) noting the lesson (b) asking what went wrong (c) practising the weak part (d) blaming bad luck
- 37.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 39.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to start late (b) there is no need (c) to rest only (d) for surprises
- 40.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: gaming till midnight? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
Answer key
- saying yes to please all
- giving up after a day
- doing only easy bits
- False
- True
- True
- False
- a date for one step
- False
- seeing ways forward
- growth habit
- listing tasks first
- True
- tell the librarian
- saying “I’ll try”
- making eye contact
- quitting the club
- learning from it
- True
- no self-discipline
- owning up to a mistake
- get up as planned
- False
- True
- False
- True
- say sorry and mean it
- a promise kept
- fixed habit
- confidence
- skipping practice
- control over your habits
- False
- poor planning
- True
- blaming bad luck
- False
- responsible
- for surprises
- no self-discipline
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