Exam Preparation Worksheet: Final Test
Study tip (Aim, study smart, stay calm): Find the topic of the question: goals, habits, study technique, notes, focus, revision plan, exam hall, timing, checking, stress or exam day. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For sums: percentage = part ÷ whole × 100; review day = day + gap; time = marks × minutes per mark; leaving time = start − journey − early minutes.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting too big (b) phone beside you (c) skipping two days (d) same time every day
- 2.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) the whole chapter (c) cues and key questions (d) the teacher’s name
- 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 4.True or false: “same type, page by page” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 5.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 6.🌟 Does this keep you going, or drain your drive: celebrating small steps? (a) keeps you going (b) drains your drive
- 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
- 8.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 130 minutes?
- 9.True or false: this goal is missing S (Specific). Aim: better English writing. Goal: “Learn 40 capital cities by Friday.” (a) True (b) False
- 10.🏫 Your exam starts at 10:30 AM. The journey takes 55 minutes and you want to reach 15 minutes early. What is the latest time you should leave home? (a) 9:35 AM (b) 10:15 AM (c) 9:20 AM (d) 9:50 AM
- 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 12.📊 How often is a good time to review a monthly goal? (a) once a week (b) every five minutes (c) once a year (d) never
- 13.True or false: “I can do this one step at a time.” is positive self-talk. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “never checking” is a poor tracking habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or practice questions? (a) highlighting lines (b) practice questions
- 16.📄 Smart or poor way to start an exam: panicking at a hard Q? (a) a smart start (b) a poor start
- 17.📈 Vihaan plans to solve 100 practice sums this month and has done 8 so far. How many more practice sums are needed to reach the target?
- 18.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) finish school with 85% (b) be fluent in French (c) read 30 pages this week (d) learn to code an app
- 19.💪 Helpful or unhelpful thought after a setback? “One low mark does not define me.” (a) a helpful thought (b) an unhelpful thought
- 20.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 21.⏱️ Good or poor exam timing habit: no time left to check? (a) a poor timing habit (b) a good timing habit
- 22.Which of these is too big or too vague for one step? (a) jog 500 m this evening (b) write one paragraph (c) learn all of chemistry (d) revise one diagram
- 23.Which of these is a sign of a poor revision plan? (a) a full revision day (b) no plan at all (c) a rest break weekly (d) a written timetable
- 24.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long read-through (b) gaps that grow longer (c) old topics each week (d) short repeat sessions
- 27.⏱️ Good or poor exam timing habit: more time for more marks? (a) a good timing habit (b) a poor timing habit
- 28.Which of these makes a new habit fail? (a) same time every day (b) linking it to a cue (c) starting very small (d) starting too big
- 29.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join a coding club (b) join the school team (c) do well in biology (d) read a novel a week
- 30.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 32.Which of these drains your motivation? (a) a study buddy (b) a progress chart (c) a too-big daily target (d) a smaller next step
- 33.🌈 Dream or goal: “travel the world”? (a) a goal (b) a dream
- 34.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) last-minute marathons (b) never reviewing again (c) one long read-through (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 35.⏱️ At 2 minutes per mark, how many minutes do a 3-mark, a 2-mark and an 8-mark question need in all?
- 36.🔁 Does this help a habit stick, or make it fail: phone beside you? (a) makes a habit fail (b) helps a habit stick
- 37.😴 Ananya goes to bed at 11:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 38.🪜 A small clear step, or too big or vague: “master all maths”? (a) a small clear step (b) too big or vague
- 39.🌙 Good or poor the day before an exam: packing in the morning? (a) good the day before (b) poor the day before
- 40.Which of these is a small clear step? (a) become great at English (b) do the whole syllabus (c) fix everything today (d) read pages 1 to 10 today
Answer key
- same time every day
- cues and key questions
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- 9
- keeps you going
- a careless slip
- 4
- False
- 9:20 AM
- passive review
- once a week
- True
- True
- practice questions
- a poor start
- 92
- read 30 pages this week
- a helpful thought
- False
- a poor timing habit
- learn all of chemistry
- no plan at all
- True
- False
- one long read-through
- a good timing habit
- starting too big
- join the school team
- blocked practice
- a good flashcard habit
- a too-big daily target
- a dream
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- 26
- makes a habit fail
- 7
- too big or vague
- poor the day before
- read pages 1 to 10 today
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