Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 285 · 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.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) teachers say so (c) the memory lasts longer (d) it is a rule
2. 2.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) end the session (b) call them now (c) reply at once (d) reply in the break
3. 3.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) headings and bullets (b) a cue column on the left (c) numbered points in order (d) branches for subtopics
4. 4.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a reason to stop (c) a waste of time (d) useful — fix it now
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
6. 6.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) six hours in one go (b) starting the day before (c) a little every day (d) never reviewing again
7. 7.📵 Vihaan wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 9:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 8:30 PM (b) 10:00 PM (c) 9:15 PM (d) 7:45 PM
8. 8.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📅 You learn a new topic on day 4 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
10. 10.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) when first learning (c) the night before exams (d) for every revision
11. 11.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
13. 13.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases notes (b) it wastes study time (c) it does not matter (d) it helps store learning
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) numbered points in order (b) a cue column on the left (c) headings and bullets (d) top-to-bottom lists
15. 15.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) under the pillow (b) in your hand (c) on the book (d) in another room
16. 16.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) one formula, 20 times (c) a mixed revision quiz (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) headings and bullets (d) main topic in the centre
19. 19.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
20. 20.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) algebra and area mixed
23. 23.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) close it and recall it (c) highlight all of it (d) copy it neatly
24. 24.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) copied word for word (b) in your own words (c) with no headings (d) in tiny writing
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) a look within a day (c) clear headings (d) adding small diagrams
26. 26.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
27. 27.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the back (b) the front
28. 28.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: only the easy cards? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
29. 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 56 (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
30. 30.True or false: “same type, page by page” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
32. 32.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
33. 33.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one formula, 20 times (c) old and new topics mixed (d) switching topic each sum
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flipping straight away (b) reading both sides (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
36. 36.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 50 minutes?
37. 37.True or false: “Half a cake was eaten, then a quarter of the rest. What part was eaten?” needs the fractions method. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) teaching it to a sibling
39. 39.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a quiet corner (b) books within reach (c) a firm chair (d) phone face-up nearby
40. 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or quizzing a friend? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing a friend

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