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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 415 · 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? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
  4. 4.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) ten facts (c) a full page (d) one fact or idea
  5. 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
  6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
  7. 7.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) 56 (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  11. 11.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) more practice on misses
  12. 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  13. 13.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) making your own cards
  15. 15.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) reading both sides (c) making your own cards (d) never testing yourself
  16. 16.True or false: “reading both sides” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
  18. 18.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) 56
  19. 19.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  20. 20.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
  24. 24.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
  25. 25.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) What do roots do? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
  26. 26.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) take in water (c) What do roots do? (d) distance ÷ time
  27. 27.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) nobody checks them (d) they look nicer
  28. 28.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the newest only (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
  29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
  30. 30.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  31. 31.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) to finish faster (d) so order gives no clue
  32. 32.🃏 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
  33. 33.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) a question on the front (c) one fact per card (d) answer first, then flip
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
  36. 36.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) never use it again (c) hide it for a month (d) throw it away
  37. 37.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) a question on the front (d) the same order always
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 56 (d) modern
  39. 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  40. 40.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the back
  2. a poor flashcard habit
  3. answer first, then flip
  4. one fact or idea
  5. the back
  6. the back
  7. False
  8. True
  9. False
  10. Capital of Kerala?
  11. never testing yourself
  12. a good flashcard habit
  13. True
  14. never testing yourself
  15. making your own cards
  16. True
  17. the back
  18. 56
  19. a poor flashcard habit
  20. True
  21. False
  22. the front
  23. 7 × 8 = ?
  24. the front
  25. Thiruvananthapuram
  26. What do roots do?
  27. you think as you write
  28. the cards you missed
  29. the front
  30. the same order always
  31. so order gives no clue
  32. it is active recall
  33. a whole page per card
  34. a good flashcard habit
  35. the front
  36. see it again sooner
  37. a question on the front
  38. Plural of “mouse”?
  39. a good flashcard habit
  40. False

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