Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 176 · 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 usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or practice questions? (a) gazing at the book (b) practice questions
2. 2.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it from memory (b) answering a quiz (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
4. 4.True or false: “screens off before bed” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) a noisy hallway (c) good light (d) a firm chair
6. 6.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
7. 7.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) branches for subtopics (c) main topic in the centre (d) top-to-bottom lists
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) never testing yourself (c) shuffling the deck (d) flipping straight away
11. 11.Which of these helps you focus? (a) checking messages (b) TV on in the room (c) notifications off (d) no break for 3 hours
12. 12.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
13. 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one chapter’s sums only? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
14. 14.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 15, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
15. 15.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “take in water” (a) the back (b) the front
16. 16.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) never at all (c) for every revision (d) when first learning
17. 17.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) 20 algebra sums only (b) one percentage page (c) area sums only (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
18. 18.True or false: “short repeat sessions” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
20. 20.📅 You learn a topic on day 4. 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?
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
22. 22.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) only fraction sums (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) one topic all evening
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🍅 You want 75 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
26. 26.🍅 You want 200 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
27. 27.True or false: “only the easy cards” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) one chapter’s sums only
29. 29.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
30. 30.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) switching topic each sum (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
31. 31.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it uses a pen (c) familiar is not known (d) it takes no time
32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
33. 33.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “notifications off” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) mice (c) Formula for speed? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
37. 37.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on in the room (c) water bottle ready (d) one task at a time
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) flipping straight away (d) never testing yourself
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
40. 40.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True

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