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Exam preparation lesson 13: Flashcards that work · Set 445 · 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.True or false: “answer first, then flip” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it is active recall (b) it saves cards (c) it is faster (d) it looks smart
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) a question on the front (c) flipping straight away (d) shuffling the deck
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
  5. 5.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) one fact or idea (d) a full page
  7. 7.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) a question on the front (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  11. 11.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  12. 12.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) take in water
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) the same order always (c) a whole page per card (d) making your own cards
  14. 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
  15. 15.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
  16. 16.True or false: “making your own cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) only the easy cards
  20. 20.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the back (b) the front
  21. 21.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
  22. 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  23. 23.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  24. 24.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) a question on the front (d) flipping straight away
  25. 25.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) answer first, then flip (d) making your own cards
  27. 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  28. 28.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
  29. 29.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a question on the front” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) distance ÷ time
  33. 33.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) only the easy cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
  34. 34.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) reading both sides
  35. 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
  36. 36.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) distance ÷ time (c) take in water (d) Formula for speed?
  38. 38.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) 56 (d) Plural of “mouse”?
  39. 39.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
  40. 40.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. it is active recall
  3. flipping straight away
  4. one fact per card
  5. False
  6. one fact or idea
  7. the back
  8. shuffling the deck
  9. Capital of Kerala?
  10. a question on the front
  11. a good flashcard habit
  12. take in water
  13. making your own cards
  14. the back
  15. a good flashcard habit
  16. True
  17. False
  18. True
  19. only the easy cards
  20. the back
  21. so order gives no clue
  22. a good flashcard habit
  23. Thiruvananthapuram
  24. a question on the front
  25. the front
  26. the same order always
  27. a poor flashcard habit
  28. a whole page per card
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Plural of “mouse”?
  33. answer first, then flip
  34. shuffling the deck
  35. the same order always
  36. you think as you write
  37. Formula for speed?
  38. 56
  39. the front
  40. True

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