Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 204 · 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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) active recall (b) passive review
2. 2.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) a timer on the desk (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) TV on in the room
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
4. 4.📅 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 fourth review?
5. 5.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
6. 6.📅 You learn a topic on day 10. 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. 7.📅 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?
8. 8.True or false: “never reviewing again” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) a look within a day (c) adding small diagrams (d) short keywords
10. 10.🪑 Good or poor study spot: phone face-up nearby? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
11. 11.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
14. 14.📅 You learn a topic on day 15. 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?
15. 15.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) switching topic each sum (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
16. 16.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: screens off before bed? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) reading the notes again (d) teaching it to a sibling
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a messy desk (b) phone in another room (c) notifications off (d) one task at a time
19. 19.True or false: “no break for 3 hours” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) branches for subtopics (c) cue questions in margin (d) headings and bullets
21. 21.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) reading the notes again (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
22. 22.📅 You learn a new topic on day 15 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) copying the summary (c) answering with book shut (d) covering the answers
24. 24.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🍅 You want 125 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) old and new topics mixed (d) a shuffled set of sums
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) writing it from memory (d) a blank-page brain dump
28. 28.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) never fails (b) fades very quickly (c) lasts for years (d) is the best way
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering with book shut (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
30. 30.📅 You learn a new topic on day 18 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
32. 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) looking at the diagrams (c) covering the answers (d) answering a quiz
33. 33.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) mixing different topics (b) reading only (c) one topic for weeks (d) skipping hard topics
34. 34.True or false: “one task at a time” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
36. 36.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) copying a whole book (b) seeing links in a topic (c) hiding the details (d) writing an essay out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) notifications off (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
38. 38.Which of these helps learning? (a) no break for hours (b) gaming till midnight (c) a short walk outdoors (d) scrolling in bed
39. 39.True or false: “a whole page per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) notes in the big column (c) cue questions in margin (d) top-to-bottom lists

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