Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 130 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🍅 After four Pomodoro rounds, many people take… (a) no more breaks (b) a new subject (c) a test (d) a longer break
2. 2.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 60 minutes?
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) highlighting key lines (d) recalling without notes
4. 4.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
5. 5.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a short walk outdoors (b) no break for hours (c) screens off before bed (d) a full night’s sleep
6. 6.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or self-made flashcards? (a) copying notes neatly (b) self-made flashcards
8. 8.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📵 Arjun wants to switch off all screens 15 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 9:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:15 PM (b) 9:00 PM (c) 9:30 PM (d) 8:45 PM
10. 10.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
12. 12.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 25 minutes (b) 5 minutes (c) all day (d) 3 hours
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) highlighting in yellow (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
14. 14.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
16. 16.📅 You learn a topic on day 14. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
17. 17.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
18. 18.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in tiny writing (b) with no headings (c) in your own words (d) copied word for word
20. 20.True or false: “old topics each week” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) reply in the break (c) call them now (d) end the session
23. 23.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a glass of water? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
25. 25.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
26. 26.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
27. 27.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) all area sums together
28. 28.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
29. 29.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) a new bedtime every day (c) a regular bedtime (d) screens off before bed
30. 30.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
31. 31.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
32. 32.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) old and new topics mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) same type, page by page
34. 34.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: checking messages? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) colours and small icons (c) one keyword per branch (d) headings and bullets
38. 38.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
39. 39.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) cue questions in margin (c) one keyword per branch (d) numbered points in order
40. 40.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) no headings at all (c) short keywords (d) adding small diagrams

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