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.
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- 1.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 2.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) mice (c) distance ÷ time (d) What do roots do?
- 3.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) distance ÷ time (c) 7 × 8 = ? (d) modern
- 4.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “What do roots do?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 6.📅 You learn a topic on day 14. 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?
- 7.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) notes in the big column (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) one keyword per branch
- 8.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 9.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
- 10.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) adding small diagrams (c) your own words (d) ten colours a page
- 11.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 12.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) short keywords (b) your own words (c) never looking again (d) clear headings
- 13.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) the date only (b) a drawing (c) a short summary (d) nothing
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) all in one night (c) six hours in one go (d) starting the day before
- 16.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 17.True or false: “scanning the headings” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) one long read-through (c) starting the day before (d) six hours in one go
- 20.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: no break for hours? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 21.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) a whole chapter (c) ten facts (d) a full page
- 23.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 24.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) writing every line (b) short keywords (c) ten colours a page (d) tiny cramped writing
- 25.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) TV on in the room (b) notifications off (c) a timer on the desk (d) water bottle ready
- 26.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) never testing yourself (c) flipping straight away (d) a whole page per card
- 27.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: copying word for word? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 28.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 29.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) a whole page per card (c) shuffling the deck (d) more practice on misses
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) a review calendar (c) short repeat sessions (d) all in one night
- 31.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) help you refocus (b) are not allowed (c) waste all your time (d) make you forget
- 32.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) useful — fix it now (b) a disaster (c) a waste of time (d) a reason to stop
- 34.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “notifications off” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 37.📅 You learn a new topic on day 2 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 38.📅 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
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 40.📵 Meera wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 9:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:45 PM (b) 8:15 PM (c) 9:15 PM (d) 8:45 PM
Answer key
- active recall
- What do roots do?
- 7 × 8 = ?
- active recall
- the front
- 17
- notes in the big column
- spaced practice
- practice questions
- ten colours a page
- a good study spot
- never looking again
- a short summary
- self-made flashcards
- gaps that grow longer
- cramming
- False
- a good flashcard habit
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- hurts learning
- False
- one fact or idea
- linear notes
- short keywords
- TV on in the room
- a question on the front
- a poor notes habit
- 60
- a whole page per card
- all in one night
- help you refocus
- 200
- useful — fix it now
- True
- False
- False
- 5
- 1 hour on 4 days
- only fraction sums
- 8:45 PM
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