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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 251 · 40 questions
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Study tip (Ask, answer, flip): Front: the question or cue (“Capital of Kerala?”). Back: the answer (“Thiruvananthapuram”). Good habits: one fact per card, answer first then flip, shuffle the deck, more practice on misses, make your own cards. Poor habits: a whole page per card, flipping straight away, the same order always, only the easy cards.

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  1. 1.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
  3. 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the front (b) the back
  4. 4.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the prettiest ones (c) the newest only (d) the cards you know
  5. 5.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) distance ÷ time (d) mice
  6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  7. 7.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) never testing yourself (c) reading both sides (d) making your own cards
  8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  9. 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  10. 10.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) never testing yourself (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
  13. 13.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) never testing yourself
  15. 15.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) the same order always (d) reading both sides
  16. 16.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) What do roots do? (c) Formula for speed? (d) modern
  17. 17.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) one fact or idea (c) a full page (d) ten facts
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) reading both sides (c) more practice on misses (d) making your own cards
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  20. 20.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Formula for speed? (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the front (b) the back
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  23. 23.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  24. 24.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  26. 26.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  28. 28.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is active recall (d) it is faster
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
  30. 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  31. 31.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) never use it again (d) hide it for a month
  32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  33. 33.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) only the easy cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  36. 36.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  38. 38.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) one fact per card (d) a whole page per card

Answer key

  1. the back
  2. flipping straight away
  3. the front
  4. the cards you missed
  5. 7 × 8 = ?
  6. a good flashcard habit
  7. making your own cards
  8. a good flashcard habit
  9. a whole page per card
  10. True
  11. take in water
  12. never testing yourself
  13. True
  14. never testing yourself
  15. one fact per card
  16. modern
  17. one fact or idea
  18. reading both sides
  19. shuffling the deck
  20. Thiruvananthapuram
  21. the front
  22. a poor flashcard habit
  23. the front
  24. a good flashcard habit
  25. the back
  26. a good flashcard habit
  27. a poor flashcard habit
  28. it is active recall
  29. the back
  30. the back
  31. see it again sooner
  32. a good flashcard habit
  33. True
  34. you think as you write
  35. only the easy cards
  36. True
  37. the front
  38. False
  39. False
  40. one fact per card

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