Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 136 · 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.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) when first learning (d) never at all
2. 2.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
3. 3.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) same type, page by page (d) all area sums together
5. 5.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
6. 6.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) only the easy cards (d) reading both sides
7. 7.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) area (c) fractions (d) percentage
8. 8.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
10. 10.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) a waste of time (b) a sign to stop (c) bad for learning (d) normal and useful
11. 11.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) cue questions in margin (c) branches for subtopics (d) main topic in the centre
14. 14.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
16. 16.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Opposite of “ancient”? (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 56 (d) 7 × 8 = ?
17. 17.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
18. 18.True or false: “one topic all evening” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long read-through (b) a little every day (c) six hours in one go (d) all in one night
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one topic all evening (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
21. 21.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) skip it for good (b) review it sooner (c) feel bad and stop (d) start a new topic
22. 22.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) algebra, area, %, mixed (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) one percentage page
23. 23.📅 You learn a new topic on day 11 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) tiny cramped writing (c) your own words (d) adding small diagrams
26. 26.True or false: “scrolling in bed” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a whole chapter (b) a full page (c) ten facts (d) one fact or idea
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) listening to a recap
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) on the bed (b) a clear desk (c) a cluttered table (d) phone face-up nearby
31. 31.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) writing it from memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) copying word for word (c) adding small diagrams (d) clear headings
33. 33.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) only fraction sums (d) a shuffled set of sums
34. 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
35. 35.📅 You learn a topic on day 5. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
36. 36.Which of these helps learning? (a) a glass of water (b) scrolling in bed (c) a TV on while studying (d) no break for hours
37. 37.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
39. 39.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) one fact per card

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