2025 Ed Puzzle Leadership and Small Group Work Training Quiz

What is the main goal of leadership?

• Making decisions for the group

• Guiding a group toward a common goal

• Ensuring everyone agrees with the leader

• Completing tasks individually

What is the primary purpose of setting goals in a team environment?

• • To ensure goals are vague and flexible.

• • To provide clear direction and measurable outcomes.

• • To allow team members to work independently without coordination.

• • To minimize the need for communication among team members.

Which of the following is NOT a key quality of a good leader?

• Impatience

• Empathy

• Delegation

• Encouragement

What is one of the primary responsibilities of a Table Captain?

• Taking over all group tasks

• Mediating conflicts fairly

• Avoiding communication with the teacher

• Ensuring the fastest group member does all the work

How should a Table Captain handle group disputes?

• Decide who is right and move on

• Ignore the conflict and continue working

• Allow everyone involved to share their point of view

• Punish the group members who started the conflict

In the context of team projects, what is a common issue with brainstorming sessions?

• • They always generate high-quality ideas.

• • They should be avoided to save time.

• • They can become unorganized without proper structure

• • They are unnecessary for team success.

What is the best way to encourage quieter group members to participate?

• Directly ask them open-ended questions

• Assign them more tasks

• Wait for them to speak up on their own

• Avoid engaging them to save time

What is the overall message regarding collaboration?

• • Effective teamwork requires clear goals, accountability, and structured processes.

• • Teamwork is inherently flawed and should be avoided.

• • Individual work is more productive than team efforts.

• • Teams function best without any formal structure or planning.

What should a Table Captain do if the group discussion goes off-topic?

• End the discussion.

• Let the group continue discussing unrelated topics

• Gently steer the discussion back on track

• Ask the teacher to intervene

What are the first steps in resolving a conflict within the group?

(CHOOSE 2)

• Decide who is at fault

• Summarize the problem for the group

• Stay calm and composed

• Move forward without discussing the issue