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.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) colours and small icons (c) main topic in the centre (d) numbered points in order
- 2.True or false: “starting the day before” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: branches for subtopics? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
- 4.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Opposite of “ancient”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 5.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) good light (b) the same spot daily (c) a noisy hallway (d) a firm chair
- 6.📅 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 first review?
- 7.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it is shorter (b) it skips topics (c) it needs no thinking (d) you practise choosing
- 8.Which of these helps learning? (a) a TV on while studying (b) gaming till midnight (c) a new bedtime every day (d) screens off before bed
- 9.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) looking at the diagrams (c) answering with book shut (d) answering a quiz
- 11.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: one long read-through? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 12.🔀 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) percentage (c) fractions (d) area
- 13.True or false: “a blank-page brain dump” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 15.📅 You learn a topic on day 12. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dim room (b) the same spot daily (c) on the bed (d) TV in view
- 17.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) branches for subtopics (b) cue questions in margin (c) a summary at the bottom (d) numbered points in order
- 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) take in water (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) modern
- 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 20.😴 Arjun goes to bed at 9:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 21.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) flipping straight away (c) never testing yourself (d) shuffling the deck
- 22.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
- 23.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) books within reach (b) a dim room (c) on the bed (d) phone face-up nearby
- 24.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a firm chair? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 25.🔁 Why study in the same spot each day? (a) to hide from family (b) it saves electricity (c) it cues you to focus (d) it is a rule
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) switching topic each sum
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) a firm chair (c) books within reach (d) TV in view
- 28.🍅 You want 125 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 29.🃏 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
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 31.True or false: “one formula, 20 times” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
- 32.📅 You learn a new topic on day 15 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 33.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 34.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 7, and the gap before it was 2 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 35.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
- 36.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) short breaks to stretch (c) scrolling in bed (d) gaming till midnight
- 37.True or false: “phone in another room” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) short repeat sessions (c) last-minute marathons (d) gaps that grow longer
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one night (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) a little every day (d) old topics each week
- 40.True or false: “notifications off” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- numbered points in order
- True
- a mind map
- the front
- a noisy hallway
- 17
- you practise choosing
- screens off before bed
- active recall
- looking at the diagrams
- cramming
- ratio
- False
- passive review
- 19
- the same spot daily
- branches for subtopics
- Plural of “mouse”?
- passive review
- 8
- shuffling the deck
- when first learning
- books within reach
- a good study spot
- it cues you to focus
- same type, page by page
- TV in view
- 5
- see it again sooner
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- True
- 18
- hurts learning
- 11
- fractions
- short breaks to stretch
- True
- last-minute marathons
- all in one night
- True
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