Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 232 · 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) starting without a plan (b) a timer on the desk (c) three tasks at once (d) checking messages
2. 2.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to lose some
3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: gazing at the book or testing yourself? (a) gazing at the book (b) testing yourself
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) covering the answers (c) answering with book shut (d) reading the notes again
5. 5.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: three tasks at once? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
6. 6.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) make you forget (b) waste all your time (c) help you refocus (d) are not allowed
7. 7.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) call them now (c) reply in the break (d) end the session
8. 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) TV on in the room
10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
11. 11.📝 How do Cornell notes help with active recall? (a) cover notes, use cues (b) they need no review (c) they are colourful (d) they are long
12. 12.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering a quiz? (a) passive review (b) active recall
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short keywords (b) no headings at all (c) a look within a day (d) your own words
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) reading the notes again
16. 16.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
17. 17.📅 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 fourth review?
18. 18.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) a question on the front
20. 20.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
21. 21.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the back (b) the front
22. 22.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
23. 23.True or false: “starting without a plan” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a glass of water? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
25. 25.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the cards you missed (c) the newest only (d) the prettiest ones
26. 26.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one topic all evening (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) all area sums together (d) old and new topics mixed
27. 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) copying the summary (d) answering with book shut
28. 28.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
29. 29.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) writing it from memory (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) scanning the headings
31. 31.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) notes in the big column (b) cue questions in margin (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) branches for subtopics
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
33. 33.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) adding small diagrams (c) no headings at all (d) short keywords
34. 34.True or false: “no break for 3 hours” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
36. 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
37. 37.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: no break for hours? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
38. 38.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) looking at the diagrams (d) answering with book shut
39. 39.True or false: “a timer on the desk” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 105 minutes?

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