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 cramming? (a) short repeat sessions (b) six hours in one go (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a review calendar
- 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
- 4.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 5.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or reading it again? (a) recalling from memory (b) reading it again
- 7.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) gaming till midnight (c) no break for hours (d) a regular bedtime
- 8.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) adding small diagrams (b) a look within a day (c) your own words (d) copying word for word
- 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering a quiz (c) writing it from memory (d) looking at the diagrams
- 10.Which of these is cramming? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) a little every day (c) a review calendar (d) all in one night
- 11.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) is the best way (c) fades very quickly (d) never fails
- 12.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) when first learning (c) the night before exams (d) for every revision
- 13.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone in your hand (b) phone out of sight (c) phone face-up nearby (d) phone on loud
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 15.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering a quiz (c) answering with book shut (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 17.True or false: “a timer on the desk” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one night (b) old topics each week (c) never reviewing again (d) last-minute marathons
- 19.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a glass of water (b) short breaks to stretch (c) a short walk outdoors (d) scrolling in bed
- 20.📝 How do Cornell notes help with active recall? (a) they are long (b) they are colourful (c) cover notes, use cues (d) they need no review
- 21.Which of these helps you focus? (a) no break for 3 hours (b) three tasks at once (c) TV on in the room (d) a timer on the desk
- 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 23.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
- 24.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 25.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) area (b) percentage (c) fractions (d) ratio
- 26.True or false: “TV on in the room” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 90 minutes?
- 28.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) reading only (b) mixing different topics (c) one topic for weeks (d) skipping hard topics
- 29.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) take in water (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) modern
- 30.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) only fraction sums (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 32.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) one fact per card (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
- 33.🧠 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
- 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
- 35.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 36.🧠 After reading a page, the best next step is… (a) read it twice more (b) highlight all of it (c) copy it neatly (d) close it and recall it
- 37.🧠 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
- 38.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 7 × 8 = ? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) modern (d) distance ÷ time
- 39.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 40.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
Answer key
- six hours in one go
- recalling from memory
- self-made flashcards
- 180
- a good flashcard habit
- recalling from memory
- a regular bedtime
- copying word for word
- looking at the diagrams
- all in one night
- fades very quickly
- when first learning
- phone out of sight
- the back
- active recall
- listening to a recap
- False
- old topics each week
- scrolling in bed
- cover notes, use cues
- a timer on the desk
- a good flashcard habit
- “What do roots do?”
- spaced practice
- percentage
- False
- 3
- mixing different topics
- Capital of Kerala?
- one chapter’s sums only
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- reading both sides
- quizzing a friend
- self-made flashcards
- 240
- close it and recall it
- self-made flashcards
- 7 × 8 = ?
- a poor flashcard habit
- helps you focus
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