Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 241 · 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.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 70 minutes?
2. 2.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
3. 3.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
4. 4.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
5. 5.😴 Tara goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
6. 6.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) TV in view (b) the same spot daily (c) a dim room (d) phone face-up nearby
7. 7.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “notifications off” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “no break for 3 hours” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🗺️ A mind map is most useful for… (a) copying a whole book (b) hiding the details (c) writing an essay out (d) seeing links in a topic
12. 12.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
13. 13.True or false: “one long read-through” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “old topics each week” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) 4 hours in 1 night (c) no review at all (d) 1 hour on 4 days
16. 16.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) books within reach (c) a clear desk (d) TV in view
18. 18.Which of these is active recall? (a) reading the notes again (b) scanning the headings (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
19. 19.📅 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 second review?
20. 20.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
21. 21.True or false: “answering with book shut” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short repeat sessions (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) a little every day (d) all in one night
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) headings and bullets (c) main topic in the centre (d) top-to-bottom lists
24. 24.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) take in water (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Formula for speed?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) a little every day (c) short repeat sessions (d) starting the day before
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) writing it from memory (d) answering with book shut
27. 27.📅 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 4?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one topic all evening
29. 29.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 5 minutes (b) 25 minutes (c) 3 hours (d) all day
30. 30.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
31. 31.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you know (b) the prettiest ones (c) the newest only (d) the cards you missed
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) algebra and area mixed (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one formula, 20 times
33. 33.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a waste of time (c) a disaster (d) useful — fix it now
34. 34.True or false: “a regular bedtime” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “TV on in the room” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “a short walk outdoors” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) short keywords (c) leaving some space (d) ten colours a page
38. 38.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
39. 39.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) reading notes slowly
40. 40.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back

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