About this event
Exploring Leadership is an FBLA Middle School event about becoming a leader: emotional intelligence, self-esteem, biases, strengths and values, taking responsibility, ethics and ethical leadership, communication, empathy, respect and trust, assertiveness, a positive attitude, self-control and confidence, fairness and integrity, personal vision, decisions and problem solving. How it runs: this is an individual objective test and nothing else. You take a proctored, online test of 50 multiple-choice questions in 30 minutes. Study materials and personal calculators are not allowed; a calculator is built into the testing platform, you may flag questions to come back to, and you get one sheet of scratch paper. Each correct answer is worth one point with no penalty for wrong answers, and your test score is your result.
FormatObjective Test
Duration30-minute online test, 50 multiple-choice questions
Solo or teamIndividual
CategoryService & Leadership
DivisionFBLA Middle School
Your plan
How to study
Built from the official topic outline, biggest areas first. Take the check and read every lesson here with no account; a free account keeps your progress and opens flashcards, practice and full tests.
Find your weakest area
Take the 4-question check below: one question from each of the 4 areas. It tells you where to start.
Start the checkLearn the biggest areas first
The official topic outline gives each area its share of the test, so the list below starts with the biggest. Each area has a short lesson, flashcards and practice, plus free reading.
See the areasPractice until every bar is full
Practice gives you one question at a time and leans toward the areas you miss. Your readiness meter fills as you get them right in every area.
PracticeTake a full test at the real pace
50 questions in 30 minutes, the official length. Your readiness meter counts your last 3 full tests from the past 30 days, and 90% fills each one.
Take a practice test
The areas of the test
Ethics
Interpersonal Skills
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Start here
Find your weakest area
4 questions, one from each of the areas of the Exploring Leadership test. Each one is graded the moment you answer, with the reason, and the last screen tells you which area to study first. No account needed.
Test day
What to expect
30 minutes, 50 questions
You have 30 minutes to answer 50 multiple-choice questions. Each correct answer is worth one point and there is no penalty for wrong answers, so always fill in your best guess.
Machine-scored
Tests are machine-scored. Questions are drawn from the official FBLA topic outline for this event, in the proportions it publishes. Expect a mix of recall (definitions, formulas), application (scenario-based), and analysis questions.
Top scorers advance
Top finishers at regionals advance to states, and top finishers at states qualify for the National Leadership Conference (NLC). How many advance depends on your state's rules. Study the official FBLA topic outline, which lists the subject areas and their share of the test.
Test format
- Time limit30 minutes
- Questions50 multiple choice
- OptionsA, B, C, D, one correct
- GuessingNo penalty, always answer
- CalculatorBuilt into the test
- IndividualSolo event
Competition levels: Regional Leadership Conference, then State Leadership Conference, then National Leadership Conference
Official reference sources
Listed in the official FBLA guidelines.
- MBA Research National Business Administration Standards
- Center for Creative Leadership: Qualities of Effective Leadership
- Indeed: Leadership Development
- Vantage Circle: Guide to Leadership
Guidelines and resources
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