Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 405 · 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.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: your own words? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
2. 2.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a cluttered table? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
4. 4.Which of these helps you focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) a messy desk (c) checking messages (d) one task at a time
5. 5.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
6. 6.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) headings and bullets (b) a summary at the bottom (c) notes in the big column (d) branches for subtopics
7. 7.📵 Diya wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:00 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:30 PM (b) 10:30 PM (c) 9:00 PM (d) 10:00 PM
8. 8.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
9. 9.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: screens off before bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never reviewing again (b) six hours in one go (c) gaps that grow longer (d) last-minute marathons
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) answering a quiz
12. 12.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a glass of water? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
14. 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long read-through (b) old topics each week (c) never reviewing again (d) all in one night
16. 16.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) nothing (b) a short summary (c) a drawing (d) the date only
17. 17.📅 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 third review?
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or re-reading the chapter? (a) self-made flashcards (b) re-reading the chapter
22. 22.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) notes in the big column (b) cue questions in margin (c) colours and small icons (d) numbered points in order
23. 23.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “Mix juice and water 2 : 3. How much water for 4 cups of juice?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) so order gives no clue (c) to finish faster (d) to lose some
27. 27.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
28. 28.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) end the session (c) reply in the break (d) call them now
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for the session (b) no break for 3 hours (c) a messy desk (d) checking messages
30. 30.🍅 You want 175 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
31. 31.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) only the easy cards (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
32. 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or testing yourself? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) testing yourself
33. 33.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) area sums only (c) one percentage page (d) 20 algebra sums only
34. 34.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one keyword per branch (b) colours and small icons (c) main topic in the centre (d) a summary at the bottom
36. 36.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) a mixed revision quiz (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) all area sums together
37. 37.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) cramming at night (b) studying once, long (c) reviewing over time (d) never reviewing
38. 38.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
40. 40.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming

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