Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 357 · 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.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
3. 3.True or false: “one fact per card” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📵 Kabir wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:15 PM (b) 9:15 PM (c) 8:15 PM (d) 6:15 PM
5. 5.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
6. 6.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
7. 7.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) the memory lasts longer (b) to save paper (c) teachers say so (d) it is a rule
9. 9.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) flipping straight away (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) one fact per card
10. 10.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
11. 11.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) underline it (b) read the summary (c) look at pictures (d) write what you know
12. 12.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a cluttered table? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
14. 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) active recall (b) passive review
15. 15.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in tiny writing (b) copied word for word (c) in your own words (d) with no headings
16. 16.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: switching topic each sum? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
17. 17.🔀 Mixed practice can feel harder at first. That is… (a) normal and useful (b) bad for learning (c) a waste of time (d) a sign to stop
18. 18.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a quiet corner (b) a dim room (c) a clear desk (d) books within reach
19. 19.Which of these helps learning? (a) a short walk outdoors (b) studying all night (c) gaming till midnight (d) scrolling in bed
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) copying word for word (c) your own words (d) leaving some space
21. 21.📅 You learn a topic on day 8. 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?
22. 22.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a messy desk (b) phone in another room (c) water bottle ready (d) a goal for the session
25. 25.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) switching topic each sum (d) all area sums together
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) one topic all evening (c) all area sums together (d) same type, page by page
28. 28.True or false: “one topic all evening” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a clear desk? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
30. 30.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
31. 31.🪑 Good or poor study spot: phone face-up nearby? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
32. 32.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for the session (c) starting without a plan (d) a timer on the desk
33. 33.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) close it and recall it (d) copy it neatly
34. 34.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
35. 35.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
36. 36.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone on loud (b) phone face-up nearby (c) phone in your hand (d) phone out of sight
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) reading both sides (c) flipping straight away (d) a question on the front
38. 38.True or false: “a review calendar” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a firm chair (b) phone face-up nearby (c) on the bed (d) TV in view
40. 40.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) only fraction sums (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) one topic all evening

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