Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Leadership lesson 8: Part 1 test: leading yourself · Set 975 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.True or false: “making up excuses” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “waiting to be told” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) learning from feedback (c) trying new strategies (d) envying others
4. 4.🤝 A friend asks for help on Saturday, but you already promised to visit your grandmother. What is best? (a) skip Grandma’s visit (b) say no kindly (c) say yes to both (d) switch off your phone
5. 5.True or false: “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a late fine (b) a holiday (c) a date for one step (d) the final due date
7. 7.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “One more episode? No — homework first.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
9. 9.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) trying new things (b) asking questions (c) speaking clearly (d) putting others down
10. 10.True or false: “The rain cancelled the match — let’s practise indoors.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: enjoying challenges? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
12. 12.Which of these shows confidence? (a) talking over others (b) saying “I can’t” (c) trying for the team (d) never raising a hand
13. 13.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) hard part first (b) starting early (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
14. 14.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) losing borrowed books (c) returning borrowed books (d) hiding a broken item
15. 15.True or false: “talking over others” is showing off. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) leave it for tomorrow (b) pretend you forgot (c) clean the board first (d) ask a friend to lie
17. 17.True or false: “fearing every mistake” shows confidence. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) yet (b) never (c) again (d) ever
19. 19.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: not doing your part? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
20. 20.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming the weather? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
21. 21.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: acting like a know-all? (a) confidence (b) low confidence (c) showing off
22. 22.📅 Good or poor project planning: one huge deadline? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
23. 23.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) ignoring the timetable (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) guessing how long
24. 24.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
25. 25.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignoring team messages (b) agreeing to everything (c) promising only what fits (d) saying yes to please all
29. 29.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: waking up late daily? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
30. 30.Which of these is good project planning? (a) one huge deadline (b) keeping spare days (c) no spare time (d) no task list
31. 31.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
32. 32.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “I always fail.” (b) “I am useless.” (c) “Others are better.” (d) “I can try this.”
33. 33.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost. This team is hopeless.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
34. 34.True or false: “asking what went wrong” is giving up after a mistake. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) say nothing (b) tell the team early (c) send them on Monday (d) blame the computer
36. 36.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) hard part first (c) starting early (d) one huge deadline
37. 37.True or false: “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
39. 39.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) doing your fair share (b) blaming the weather (c) leaving the mess behind (d) losing borrowed books
40. 40.True or false: “The rain cancelled the match — let’s practise indoors.” shows a negative attitude. (a) False (b) True

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