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.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) to start late
- 2.True or false: “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 4.True or false: “writing promises down” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: avoiding challenges? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 6.True or false: “You asked for my notes by Friday. Here they are, on Friday.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🌟 Why does keeping promises matter for a leader? (a) you look busy (b) it is a school rule (c) people can trust you (d) you win prizes
- 8.True or false: “practising the weak part” is learning from a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 10.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) the final due date (c) a late fine (d) a holiday
- 11.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 12.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I can’t”? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 13.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: talking over others? (a) low confidence (b) showing off (c) confidence
- 14.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: trying a new method? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 15.🙋 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
- 16.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) tear the page out (b) change a friend’s work (c) keep quiet (d) tell the teacher
- 17.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 19.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “waking up late daily” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “praising effort” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) no task list (c) keeping spare days (d) doing only easy bits
- 24.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) sleeping on time (b) starting without nagging (c) giving up after a day (d) homework before games
- 25.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying no if you can’t? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 26.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) play once a month (b) practise a little daily (c) wait for a coach (d) only watch others
- 27.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) fixing what you broke (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) skipping your duty (d) owning up to a mistake
- 28.🌱 You are the class monitor and the class plants look dry before a long holiday. What do you do? (a) leave them dry (b) water them next month (c) wait for someone else (d) water them before you go
- 29.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) saying sorry and fixing (b) quitting the club (c) asking what went wrong (d) practising the weak part
- 30.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) asking for feedback (b) never trying again (c) tearing up the work (d) blaming bad luck
- 31.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) ignoring team messages (b) coming when you said (c) writing promises down (d) returning things on time
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving very late (b) forgetting what you said (c) writing promises down (d) promising then vanishing
- 33.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) skipping practice (b) gaming till midnight (c) waking up late daily (d) phone away for study
- 34.True or false: “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” is a promise kept. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “Let’s never try again.” (b) “I knew it would fail.” (c) “What can we learn?” (d) “This team is useless.”
- 36.True or false: “quitting the club” is learning from a mistake. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, but I can help backstage.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: quitting the club? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 39.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) this week (c) in the third week (d) the night before
- 40.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- for surprises
- True
- a responsible reply
- True
- fixed habit
- False
- people can trust you
- True
- responsible
- a date for one step
- True
- low confidence
- showing off
- learning from it
- a responsible reply
- tell the teacher
- False
- fixed habit
- True
- True
- False
- True
- keeping spare days
- giving up after a day
- reliable
- practise a little daily
- skipping your duty
- water them before you go
- quitting the club
- asking for feedback
- ignoring team messages
- writing promises down
- phone away for study
- False
- “What can we learn?”
- False
- False
- giving up
- this week
- True
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