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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
- 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or reading it again? (a) testing yourself (b) reading it again
- 5.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 8.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) branches for subtopics (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) a summary at the bottom
- 9.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) a dim room (c) good light (d) a firm chair
- 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering a quiz (d) highlighting in yellow
- 11.True or false: “only fraction sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 12.😴 Meera goes to bed at 8:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 13.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) one fact per card (c) a question on the front (d) shuffling the deck
- 14.📅 You learn a topic on day 7. 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?
- 15.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 120 minutes?
- 16.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a messy desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) listening to a recap
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) no break for 3 hours (c) notifications off (d) a messy desk
- 19.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) feel bad and stop (b) review it sooner (c) start a new topic (d) skip it for good
- 21.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 22.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 23.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) study till 3 AM (b) game till late (c) sleep on time (d) watch a late film
- 24.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) on the bed (b) TV in view (c) the same spot daily (d) a dim room
- 25.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) reviewing over time (b) studying once, long (c) cramming at night (d) never reviewing
- 26.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) adding small diagrams (c) copying word for word (d) tiny cramped writing
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on in the room (b) phone in another room (c) a messy desk (d) three tasks at once
- 28.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) no review at all
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) writing every line (c) never looking again (d) ten colours a page
- 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 31.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 32.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🍅 You want 100 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 34.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) last-minute marathons (c) all in one night (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
- 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) a little every day (c) never reviewing again (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 38.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
- 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
Answer key
- spaced practice
- reading the notes again
- passive review
- testing yourself
- False
- False
- active recall
- a summary at the bottom
- a dim room
- answering a quiz
- False
- 10
- never testing yourself
- 22
- 4
- breaks your focus
- listening to a recap
- notifications off
- False
- review it sooner
- a poor flashcard habit
- the front
- sleep on time
- the same spot daily
- reviewing over time
- adding small diagrams
- phone in another room
- 1 hour on 4 days
- your own words
- active recall
- cramming
- True
- 4
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- only the easy cards
- interleaving
- never reviewing again
- True
- linear notes
- listening to a recap
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