Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Study tip (Recall, space, mix): Find the topic: recall, spacing, mixing, notes, flashcards, focus or rest. Techniques that make you retrieve, space and mix usually beat re-reading, cramming and blocks. For sums: review day = day + gap; Pomodoro rounds = minutes ÷ 30; focus minutes = rounds × 25.
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- 1.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) take in water (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 2.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 3.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) old topics each week (b) six hours in one go (c) all in one night (d) last-minute marathons
- 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) listening to a recap
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) your own words (c) a look within a day (d) short keywords
- 6.True or false: “a review calendar” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 9.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 10.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 11.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) numbered points in order (c) a summary at the bottom (d) notes in the big column
- 16.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
- 17.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 18.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) no break for 3 hours (c) checking messages (d) starting without a plan
- 20.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) skipping hard topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) reading only
- 21.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) What do roots do? (c) distance ÷ time (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
- 22.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) with no headings (b) copied word for word (c) in your own words (d) in tiny writing
- 24.📅 You learn a topic on day 1. 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?
- 25.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) answering with book shut
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) your own words (c) copying word for word (d) writing every line
- 28.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) modern (c) take in water (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 29.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) the memory lasts longer (b) to save paper (c) it is a rule (d) teachers say so
- 30.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) listening to a recap (c) answering a quiz (d) scanning the headings
- 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 33.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) scanning the headings
- 35.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 25, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 36.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 37.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) a look within a day (c) adding small diagrams (d) no headings at all
- 39.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 3, and the gap before it was 1 day. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 40.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) water bottle ready (c) a goal for the session (d) phone in another room
Answer key
- Capital of Kerala?
- 2
- old topics each week
- teaching it to a sibling
- never looking again
- False
- False
- breaks your focus
- 90
- a good study spot
- False
- True
- True
- the back
- numbered points in order
- useful — fix it now
- the front
- False
- notifications off
- mixing different topics
- distance ÷ time
- False
- in your own words
- 8
- True
- reading the notes again
- your own words
- What do roots do?
- the memory lasts longer
- a poor flashcard habit
- answering a quiz
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- scanning the headings
- 29
- a poor notes habit
- a good flashcard habit
- no headings at all
- 5
- no break for 3 hours
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