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.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: saying “not my job”? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 2.True or false: “volunteering to lead” shows confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
- 4.True or false: “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 7.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: sticking to a routine? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 8.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) sticking to easy tasks (c) practising hard skills (d) trying new strategies
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “I can’t” (b) acting like a know-all (c) boasting about marks (d) talking over others
- 10.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) keep it in another room (b) reply to each message (c) study with it in hand (d) turn the volume up
- 11.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: making eye contact? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 12.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: “never trying again” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” is a promise kept. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: homework before games? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over others (b) acting like a know-all (c) never raising a hand (d) bragging after a win
- 18.True or false: “I spent all my savings on snacks again.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 19.⏳ 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
- 20.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 22.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
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) breaking work into steps (c) using a simple timetable (d) guessing how long
- 24.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: never trying again? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 25.📅 Good or poor project planning: guessing how long? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 26.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: practising the weak part? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: checking progress weekly? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 28.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) ask a friend to lie (b) clean the board first (c) pretend you forgot (d) leave it for tomorrow
- 29.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) snacking instead of work (b) skipping practice (c) phone away for study (d) giving up after a day
- 30.Which of these shows confidence? (a) asking for help (b) mocking weaker players (c) avoiding new things (d) never raising a hand
- 31.True or false: “One more episode? No — homework first.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 33.True or false: “one huge deadline” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “bragging after a win” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🙋 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
- 36.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) homework before games (b) finishing what you start (c) snacking instead of work (d) sleeping on time
- 37.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 38.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) look at the floor (b) practise it aloud first (c) read very fast (d) skip the assembly
- 39.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “My part had errors.” (b) “The teacher is unfair.” (c) “Marks do not matter.” (d) “The others did badly.”
- 40.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
Answer key
- irresponsible
- True
- breaking work into steps
- False
- True
- poor planning
- self-discipline
- sticking to easy tasks
- saying “I can’t”
- keep it in another room
- confidence
- False
- False
- True
- True
- self-discipline
- never raising a hand
- False
- for surprises
- False
- True
- False
- guessing how long
- giving up
- poor planning
- learning from it
- good planning
- clean the board first
- phone away for study
- asking for help
- True
- good planning
- True
- True
- a responsible reply
- snacking instead of work
- an excuse
- practise it aloud first
- “My part had errors.”
- an excuse
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