Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 281 · 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.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
3. 3.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
4. 4.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
6. 6.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for the session
8. 8.True or false: “screens off before bed” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading both sides (b) never testing yourself (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
10. 10.True or false: “gaming till midnight” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “all in one night” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
13. 13.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) no review at all (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 1 hour on 4 days
14. 14.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
16. 16.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) listening to a recap (c) copying the summary (d) teaching it to a sibling
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) copying word for word (c) adding small diagrams (d) never looking again
18. 18.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 190 minutes?
19. 19.📅 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 first review?
20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or explaining it aloud? (a) highlighting lines (b) explaining it aloud
21. 21.🔁 Why study in the same spot each day? (a) it is a rule (b) it saves electricity (c) to hide from family (d) it cues you to focus
22. 22.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 150 minutes?
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) colours and small icons (d) a summary at the bottom
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering with book shut (d) scanning the headings
25. 25.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Formula for speed? (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 7 × 8 = ?
26. 26.🍅 After four Pomodoro rounds, many people take… (a) no more breaks (b) a longer break (c) a new subject (d) a test
27. 27.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📵 Aarav wants to switch off all screens 15 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:00 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 8:00 PM (b) 7:30 PM (c) 8:15 PM (d) 7:45 PM
29. 29.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) old and new topics mixed (d) same type, page by page
31. 31.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
32. 32.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 100 minutes?
33. 33.📅 You learn a topic on day 7. 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?
34. 34.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) never fails (b) lasts for years (c) is the best way (d) fades very quickly
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your own words (b) adding small diagrams (c) leaving some space (d) writing every line
36. 36.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) take in water (d) Plural of “mouse”?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shuffling the deck (b) one fact per card (c) answer first, then flip (d) reading both sides
38. 38.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
39. 39.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True

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