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 lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting to be told (b) cleaning up after art (c) blaming the weather (d) leaving the mess behind
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a broken item (b) doing your fair share (c) returning borrowed books (d) fixing what you broke
- 4.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: boasting about marks? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
- 5.✂️ Your team must make 4 paper flowers in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper flowers a day?
- 6.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “My part had errors.” (b) “The others did badly.” (c) “The teacher is unfair.” (d) “Marks do not matter.”
- 9.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) practising hard skills (c) trying new strategies (d) avoiding challenges
- 10.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) reporting a broken bench (b) cleaning up after art (c) skipping your duty (d) returning borrowed books
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting what you said (b) not doing your part (c) saying no if you can’t (d) agreeing to everything
- 12.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) turn the volume up (b) keep it in another room (c) study with it in hand (d) reply to each message
- 13.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 14.True or false: “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 15.📚 Your exam is in two weeks. What is the disciplined plan? (a) skip it and hope (b) read only the easy part (c) study a bit every day (d) study the night before
- 16.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) making up excuses (b) saying no if you can’t (c) saying yes to please all (d) agreeing to everything
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) ignoring the timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) forgetting the due date
- 18.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 20.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) keeping spare days
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “I’ll try” (b) talking over others (c) making eye contact (d) asking for help
- 23.⚽ Your team lost the final. What should the captain say? (a) “Proud of our effort.” (b) “We are the worst.” (c) “You all let me down.” (d) “It was the referee.”
- 24.True or false: “ignoring feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 26.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost today, but our passing got better.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 27.🎒 What does being responsible mostly mean? (a) blaming others (b) doing only fun tasks (c) waiting to be told (d) doing what you should
- 28.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) making up excuses (b) promising then vanishing (c) arriving very late (d) coming when you said
- 29.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “avoiding challenges” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 32.True or false: “sticking to easy tasks” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is showing off? (a) fearing every mistake (b) volunteering to lead (c) mocking weaker players (d) asking for help
- 34.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: not doing your part? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 35.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll skip practice today; it’s a bit cold.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 36.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) break it into steps
- 37.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: mumbling answers? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 38.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) reporting a broken bench (b) owning up to a mistake (c) doing your class duty (d) leaving the mess behind
- 39.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I’ll ask for help.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I will practise more.” (d) “I am not smart.”
- 40.Which of these is showing off? (a) avoiding new things (b) volunteering to lead (c) standing up straight (d) talking over others
Answer key
- True
- cleaning up after art
- hiding a broken item
- showing off
- 2
- False
- False
- “My part had errors.”
- avoiding challenges
- skipping your duty
- saying no if you can’t
- keep it in another room
- a promise broken
- True
- study a bit every day
- saying no if you can’t
- breaking work into steps
- True
- an excuse
- an excuse
- guessing how long
- talking over others
- “Proud of our effort.”
- False
- a promise kept
- a positive attitude
- doing what you should
- coming when you said
- False
- True
- fixed mindset
- False
- mocking weaker players
- unreliable
- giving in
- break it into steps
- low confidence
- leaving the mess behind
- “I am not smart.”
- talking over others
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