Christian Living 9

Name: _______________________________________ Date: __________

Level & Section: _______________________________ Score: _________
50
I.

Read carefully and answer the following questions. Shade the letter
that corresponds to your answer.
1. He is an African leader who was recognized and was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize when he did all to achieve freedom for his
people.

Nelson Mandela
Desmond Tutu

William Kamkwamba
Frederick Willem de

Clerk
2. The following are leaders who did all to dismantle apartheid in
order to achieve freedom and equality for their people EXCEPT
one.

Nelson Mandela
Desmond Tutu

William Kamkwamba
Frederick Willem de Clerk

3. William Kamkambwa, was an out of school youth who built a

makeshift windmill to address his villages needs for electricity
and power. What appropriate concept can be derived from this
situation?

Different solutions to different challenges are determined

by

the situations in the countries concerned.

Leaders have the ability to devise structures to correspond

to the needs of the community.

God uses leaders to address specific situations and needs of
their time.
God helps the right leaders to create the right structures.

4. God gave Samson a superhuman strength to lead and defend his

people. Solomon was also blessed with great wisdom to lead his
Kingdom peacefully. What concept can you derived from it?

Different solutions to different challenges are determined

by

the situations in the countries concerned.

Leaders have the ability to devise structures to correspond

to the needs of the community.

God used leaders to address specific situations and needs of

their time.

God helps the right leaders to create the right structures.

5. Nelson Mandela consistently refused to compromise his
principles and political positions. He became a rallying symbol for

the dismantling of apartheid. Which of the following

characteristics can you perceive that he possesses?

steadfast
honourable

dignified
all of the above

6. What is the importance of this new project of Kofi Annan,

wherein he hosted an online dialogue of young leaders from all
over the world?

It is important because it engages young people on social

media about the importance of working to address the problems

of the world.

It is important because it will help build the youth as future

leaders.

It is important because it helps him gain popularity among

the people all over the world.

both A and C.

7. Which of the following is NOT true about a good leader?

Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability

to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to ensure its

success.

Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances,

situational context or other influencing factors.

Great leaders possess the ability to create a vision for the

organizations they lead.

Great leaders are committed to losing focus and giving-up

when things go wrong.
8. This character trait is important to any individual in a managerial
or leadership role, as it concerns the structuring of tasks, time
keeping, preparedness and attention to detail. This is one of the
key abilities to those in a role responsible for instructing or
guiding a team.

Organisation
Responsibility

Assertiveness

Resourcefulness

9. Danica demonstrates an active pursuit of achieving desired

goals, as well as the confident expression of opinions and ideas.
What trait does she manifest?

Organisation
Responsibility

Assertiveness

Resourcefulness

10.
Ricky is the leader of his group. Whenever they have task
to do, he would always insist what he wants and would not listen
to his members opinion. What trait or value is lacking from
Ricky?

Openmindedness
Responsibility

Assertiveness
Compassion

11.
Which one of the following situations shows the trait
emotional stability, which is also important for a leader to
possess?

Kaila has the ability to adapt while under stress and could
not

easily get stressed.

Tommy is likely to be cheerful and expressive in whatever

task he would do.

is also

iam is imaginative and solution-oriented but he

impractical at times.

Dalia is sympathetic and compassionate to

others.
12.
Your community had just suffered from a calamity. What is
the best thing to do first as a leader of your community?

Visit personally the affected area to assess and address their

needs.

needs

Seek assistance from possible sponsors to address their

Declare state of calamity to use the budget for their needs.

Ask members to interview people and address their needs.

13.
Upon entering your classroom, you notice that it is dirty
and the chairs are not in order. What would be the best thing to
do?

Wait for the cleaners and ask them to clean the classroom.
Ask those who scattered to clean their mess.
Ask someone to clean the classroom.
Initiate the cleaning of the classroom.
14.
Maigne is the captain of her volleyball team. Unfortunately,
she had an accident before their competition and could no longer

play. With her condition, which of the following is NOT an ideal

thing to do as a leader?

She should apologize to her team for they would lose without
her.

She may continue leading her team by simply believing in

them.

She can ask someone else who is capable to lead her team.
She should support her team and encourage them.
15.
How do trained leaders of today use existing structures to
evaluate existing practices to meet a countys needs? Which one
of the following situations can justify this question?

Our country just hosted the APEC Summit which resulted to

gaining more investors in our country which could boast our
economy.

Our government is doing everything to rightfully claim

Spratly Island against the claim of the Chinese government.

Our government changed our educational system into K-12

to cope up with the needs of our country and the world.

Our government just acquired supersonic fighter jets to

modernize or upgrade our air force capability.
ANALOGY: Choose the trait being evaluated which is associated with
the given word.
16.

Warmth: friendliness

Vigilance
Reasoning

17.

Boldness: confidence

Vigilance
Reasoning

18.

Apprehension: self-assured

Sensitivity
Rule-consciousness

19.

Tension: patient/relaxed

__________ : intellect

Dominance
Liveliness

_________ : assertive

Dominance
Liveliness

_________: sympathetic

Self-Reliance
perfectionism

_________ : precision

Sensitivity
Rule-consciousness
20.

Openminded: flexibility

Sensitivity
Rule-consciousness

Self-Reliance
perfectionism

_________ : self-sufficient

Self-Reliance
Perfectionism

II.
Give your opinion with the following situations.
A. (21-30) From your own observation of different countries, how can
leadership be misused or abused? Cite at least two examples.
Minimum of 5 sentences. (10 pts.) :
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B. (31-40) What is your understanding about the following quotation? (10
pts.) Minimum of 5 sentences.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the
way.
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C. (41-40) Critique some of the existing structures/solutions in our
country today that our leaders have devised. Cite at least 2 structures
which you think are very helpful in our country and the problems that
they address.
Structures/ Solutions

CRITERIA for Essay

Organisation 3 pts
Relevance 3pts.

Problems

Sentence structure 2 pts.

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar 2 pts.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world .

Nelson Mandela