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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 2.😴 Ananya goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 6:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 3.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) distance ÷ time (c) take in water (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 4.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 6.True or false: “one task at a time” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) TV in view (b) a dim room (c) good light (d) a noisy hallway
- 8.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a cluttered table (b) a noisy hallway (c) a firm chair (d) TV in view
- 9.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it does not matter (b) it wastes study time (c) it helps store learning (d) it erases notes
- 10.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
- 11.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) notifications off (c) phone in another room (d) three tasks at once
- 13.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a cluttered table? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or quizzing a friend? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) quizzing a friend
- 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 16.Which of these is cramming? (a) a review calendar (b) gaps that grow longer (c) never reviewing again (d) short repeat sessions
- 17.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) bad for learning (b) a sign to stop (c) normal and useful (d) a waste of time
- 18.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) it skips topics (c) it needs no thinking (d) you practise choosing
- 19.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 20.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) a cue column on the left (c) cue questions in margin (d) branches for subtopics
- 22.😴 Kabir goes to bed at 11:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 23.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: main topic in the centre? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
- 24.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 7, and the gap before it was 1 day. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) covering the answers
- 26.True or false: “notifications off” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) more practice on misses
- 28.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a full page (c) one fact or idea (d) a whole chapter
- 29.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to finish faster
- 30.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 180 minutes?
- 31.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 33.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls? (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) percentage (d) area
- 34.📅 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 2?
- 35.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 37.📅 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?
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) more practice on misses (c) a whole page per card (d) only the easy cards
- 39.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) 56 (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 40.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
Answer key
- active recall
- 10
- Formula for speed?
- True
- the front
- True
- good light
- a firm chair
- it helps store learning
- Cornell notes
- True
- three tasks at once
- a poor study spot
- quizzing a friend
- passive review
- never reviewing again
- normal and useful
- you practise choosing
- Plural of “mouse”?
- a good notes habit
- branches for subtopics
- 7
- a mind map
- 9
- highlighting in yellow
- True
- a whole page per card
- one fact or idea
- so order gives no clue
- 6
- False
- interleaving
- ratio
- 17
- blocked practice
- blocked practice
- 22
- more practice on misses
- 7 × 8 = ?
- 2
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