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 is the odd one out? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) waiting to be told (c) reporting a broken bench (d) saying “not my job”
- 2.True or false: “promising only what fits” is an unreliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 4.True or false: “asking what went wrong” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: blaming bad luck? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 6.True or false: “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleeping on time (b) scrolling during study (c) skipping practice (d) snacking instead of work
- 8.🔁 Why are mistakes useful? (a) they mean you are bad (b) they show what to fix (c) they never help (d) they should be hidden
- 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 10.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting early (d) starting on the last day
- 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 12.🧍 How does a confident person usually stand? (a) arms over the face (b) straight, head up (c) hiding behind others (d) slouched, eyes down
- 13.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: practising the weak part? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteering to lead (b) talking over others (c) speaking up in class (d) asking for help
- 15.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “The rain cancelled the match — let’s practise indoors.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 16.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I will practise more.” (b) “I need a new plan.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I’ll ask for help.”
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fixing what you broke (b) cleaning up after art (c) leaving the mess behind (d) reporting a broken bench
- 18.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 19.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) wait for help (b) give up (c) break it into steps (d) do it all at once
- 20.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) learning from feedback (b) hiding your mistakes (c) enjoying challenges (d) trying new strategies
- 21.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) losing borrowed books (b) waiting to be told (c) leaving the mess behind (d) doing your class duty
- 22.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 23.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) returning borrowed books (c) waiting to be told (d) fixing what you broke
- 24.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: gaming till midnight? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 25.🙋 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
- 26.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) ignoring the timetable (c) listing tasks first (d) one huge deadline
- 27.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “What can we learn?” (b) “This team is useless.” (c) “I knew it would fail.” (d) “Let’s never try again.”
- 28.🙏 You said something unkind to a teammate in anger. What should you do? (a) say it again (b) blame them (c) pretend it didn’t happen (d) say sorry and mean it
- 29.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: coming when you said? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 30.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: ignoring team messages? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 31.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 32.✂️ Your team must make 8 paper bags in 2 days, the same number each day. How many paper bags a day?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning things on time (b) finishing on the set day (c) arriving very late (d) writing promises down
- 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) no task list (d) listing tasks first
- 35.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) ignoring feedback (b) enjoying challenges (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) envying others
- 37.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) no spare time (b) hard part first (c) using a simple timetable (d) breaking work into steps
- 39.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “I said I would bring the ball, but I forgot it again.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- reporting a broken bench
- False
- a responsible reply
- False
- giving up
- True
- sleeping on time
- they show what to fix
- good planning
- starting early
- fixed mindset
- straight, head up
- learning from it
- talking over others
- a positive attitude
- “I am not smart.”
- leaving the mess behind
- an excuse
- break it into steps
- hiding your mistakes
- doing your class duty
- a positive attitude
- waiting to be told
- no self-discipline
- an excuse
- listing tasks first
- “What can we learn?”
- say sorry and mean it
- reliable
- unreliable
- irresponsible
- 4
- arriving very late
- no task list
- False
- enjoying challenges
- True
- no spare time
- True
- True
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