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.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: waking up late daily? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 2.🏏 You told your team you would be at practice at 7 AM. Your alarm failed and you will be 20 minutes late. What is best? (a) skip practice (b) go back to sleep (c) pretend you were ill (d) message the captain
- 3.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) envying others (b) avoiding challenges (c) ignoring feedback (d) praising effort
- 4.📅 Good or poor project planning: setting mini-deadlines? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 5.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) blaming the weather (b) hiding a broken item (c) doing your class duty (d) leaving the mess behind
- 7.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) avoiding challenges (c) asking for help early (d) learning from feedback
- 8.📅 Good or poor project planning: forgetting the due date? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 9.True or false: “The rain cancelled the match — let’s practise indoors.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 10.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 11.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) no spare time (c) starting early (d) guessing how long
- 12.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) play once a month (b) wait for a coach (c) only watch others (d) practise a little daily
- 13.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) not doing your part (b) returning things on time (c) ignoring team messages (d) making up excuses
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up excuses (b) promising then vanishing (c) not doing your part (d) promising only what fits
- 15.Which of these is good project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) no task list (d) guessing how long
- 16.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Your idea will never work.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 17.True or false: “speaking up in class” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: avoiding new things? (a) low confidence (b) showing off (c) confidence
- 20.📅 Your maths exhibit is due in 11 days. Research takes 3 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
- 21.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) doing your fair share (b) losing borrowed books (c) blaming the weather (d) waiting to be told
- 22.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: hiding your mistakes? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 23.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The others did badly.” (b) “My part had errors.” (c) “The teacher is unfair.” (d) “Marks do not matter.”
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) starting early
- 26.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) returning borrowed books (b) reporting a broken bench (c) doing your fair share (d) blaming a teammate
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your fair share (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) returning borrowed books (d) hiding a broken item
- 28.Which of these is good project planning? (a) forgetting the due date (b) guessing how long (c) listing tasks first (d) doing only easy bits
- 29.True or false: “saying “I’ll try”” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 30.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: making eye contact? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 31.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: waiting to be told? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) guessing how long (c) hard part first (d) no task list
- 33.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying a new method (b) tearing up the work (c) blaming bad luck (d) never trying again
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying for the team (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) avoiding new things (d) making eye contact
- 36.True or false: “mocking weaker players” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) coming when you said (b) forgetting what you said (c) promising only what fits (d) finishing on the set day
- 38.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) using a simple timetable (d) checking progress weekly
- 39.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 40.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- no self-discipline
- message the captain
- praising effort
- good planning
- False
- doing your class duty
- avoiding challenges
- poor planning
- True
- self-control
- starting early
- practise a little daily
- returning things on time
- promising only what fits
- using a simple timetable
- a negative attitude
- False
- True
- low confidence
- 4
- doing your fair share
- fixed habit
- True
- “My part had errors.”
- starting on the last day
- blaming a teammate
- hiding a broken item
- listing tasks first
- False
- confidence
- irresponsible
- hard part first
- a promise kept
- trying a new method
- avoiding new things
- True
- forgetting what you said
- one huge deadline
- a promise broken
- True
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