Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
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.
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- 1.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a waste of time (b) a reason to stop (c) useful — fix it now (d) a disaster
- 2.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) skip it for good (b) review it sooner (c) feel bad and stop (d) start a new topic
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a timer on the desk (b) water bottle ready (c) notifications off (d) no break for 3 hours
- 4.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 5.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a clear desk? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 6.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) studying once, long (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing over time (d) cramming at night
- 7.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) take in water (c) Formula for speed? (d) mice
- 8.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) it is a rule (b) teachers say so (c) the memory lasts longer (d) to save paper
- 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 10.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
- 12.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 13.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 14.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) shuffling the deck (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
- 15.🍅 You want 175 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 16.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 17.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) branches for subtopics (c) a cue column on the left (d) main topic in the centre
- 19.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 20.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a short walk outdoors? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 21.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) mice (d) 56
- 22.🪑 Good or poor study spot: good light? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or gazing at the book? (a) quizzing a friend (b) gazing at the book
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long read-through (b) six hours in one go (c) all in one night (d) short repeat sessions
- 25.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) see it again sooner (b) throw it away (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
- 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) scanning the headings
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) TV on in the room (c) notifications off (d) phone in another room
- 28.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a new bedtime every day? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 29.Which of these is cramming? (a) short repeat sessions (b) old topics each week (c) gaps that grow longer (d) all in one night
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear desk (b) phone face-up nearby (c) books within reach (d) a firm chair
- 31.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 33.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) branches for subtopics (c) notes in the big column (d) headings and bullets
- 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or highlighting lines? (a) practice questions (b) highlighting lines
- 35.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: only fraction sums? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) covering the answers (c) scanning the headings (d) listening to a recap
- 38.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: top-to-bottom lists? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 39.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 40.📅 You learn a new topic on day 16 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
Answer key
- useful — fix it now
- review it sooner
- no break for 3 hours
- interleaving
- a good study spot
- reviewing over time
- Formula for speed?
- the memory lasts longer
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- percentage
- 150
- interleaving
- reading both sides
- 7
- active recall
- passive review
- a cue column on the left
- 120
- helps learning
- Plural of “mouse”?
- a good study spot
- quizzing a friend
- short repeat sessions
- see it again sooner
- scanning the headings
- TV on in the room
- hurts learning
- all in one night
- phone face-up nearby
- False
- the back
- notes in the big column
- practice questions
- False
- blocked practice
- covering the answers
- linear notes
- True
- 19
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