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.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 2.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 5.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) good light (c) books within reach (d) a cluttered table
- 6.True or false: “answering with book shut” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 7.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a TV on while studying? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 8.True or false: “starting the day before” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten? (a) ratio (b) percentage (c) area (d) fractions
- 10.True or false: “scrolling in bed” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🍅 You finish 3 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 12.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 18, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 13.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 14.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) writing every line (c) copying word for word (d) short keywords
- 15.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 190 minutes?
- 18.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) answer first, then flip (b) shuffling the deck (c) making your own cards (d) only the easy cards
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV in view (b) a clear desk (c) a quiet corner (d) books within reach
- 20.🍅 After four Pomodoro rounds, many people take… (a) no more breaks (b) a new subject (c) a longer break (d) a test
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on in the room (b) notifications off (c) starting without a plan (d) no break for 3 hours
- 22.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 23.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. 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?
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) reading the notes again (c) listening to a recap (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 25.True or false: “gaming till midnight” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
- 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: looking at the diagrams? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a timer on the desk (b) phone in another room (c) three tasks at once (d) one task at a time
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny cramped writing (b) adding small diagrams (c) copying word for word (d) ten colours a page
- 30.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 1 hour on 4 days (b) no review at all (c) 4 hours on exam day (d) 4 hours in 1 night
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) no headings at all (c) short keywords (d) a look within a day
- 34.📅 You learn a new topic on day 9 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 35.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) to finish faster (c) to lose some (d) so order gives no clue
- 36.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) highlighting in yellow (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 37.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Formula for speed? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) mice
- 38.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
- 39.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) skipping hard topics (d) one topic for weeks
- 40.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) a disaster
Answer key
- the back
- False
- True
- active recall
- a cluttered table
- False
- hurts learning
- False
- fractions
- False
- 75
- 22
- helps you focus
- short keywords
- False
- False
- 6
- only the easy cards
- TV in view
- a longer break
- notifications off
- True
- 9
- teaching it to a sibling
- False
- practice questions
- passive review
- three tasks at once
- adding small diagrams
- True
- True
- 1 hour on 4 days
- no headings at all
- 12
- so order gives no clue
- highlighting in yellow
- Formula for speed?
- writing it from memory
- mixing different topics
- useful — fix it now
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