Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 170 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a firm chair (b) a clear desk (c) good light (d) a cluttered table
3. 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
4. 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
5. 5.True or false: “a glass of water” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: no headings at all? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
7. 7.📅 You learn a new topic on day 3 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
8. 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
9. 9.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
10. 10.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
11. 11.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
13. 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or highlighting lines? (a) explaining it aloud (b) highlighting lines
14. 14.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
16. 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
17. 17.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
19. 19.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) starting the day before (c) all in one night (d) old topics each week
20. 20.🧠 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
21. 21.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) only the easy cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) a question on the front
24. 24.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one formula, 20 times (c) all area sums together (d) same type, page by page
25. 25.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) no break (b) a 2-hour nap (c) a 5-minute break (d) a 1-minute snack
26. 26.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) last-minute marathons (b) all in one night (c) old topics each week (d) six hours in one go
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) writing it from memory (c) listening to a recap (d) scanning the headings
29. 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. 30.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) last-minute marathons (b) never reviewing again (c) short repeat sessions (d) one long read-through
31. 31.📅 You learn a new topic on day 19 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
33. 33.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) switching topic each sum
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a timer on the desk (c) one task at a time (d) phone in another room
36. 36.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a quiet corner (b) a noisy hallway (c) a clear desk (d) a firm chair
38. 38.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) one topic all evening (d) a mixed revision quiz
40. 40.📅 You learn a new topic on day 13 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?

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