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Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 52 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
  2. 2.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 170 minutes?
  3. 3.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
  4. 4.True or false: “shuffling the deck” is a good flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) phone face-up nearby (c) on the bed (d) a noisy hallway
  7. 7.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) a full page (b) one fact or idea (c) ten facts (d) a whole chapter
  8. 8.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) looking at the diagrams
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) making your own cards (d) the same order always
  10. 10.True or false: “six hours in one go” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: no break for 3 hours? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
  12. 12.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering with book shut (b) answering a quiz (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) colours and small icons (c) branches for subtopics (d) one keyword per branch
  14. 14.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) only the easy cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) never testing yourself
  15. 15.True or false: “scrolling in bed” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a firm chair (b) a noisy hallway (c) the same spot daily (d) good light
  17. 17.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these helps you focus? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) a messy desk (d) phone in another room
  19. 19.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) a blank-page brain dump
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) the same order always (c) only the easy cards (d) making your own cards
  22. 22.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a look within a day (b) adding small diagrams (c) clear headings (d) no headings at all
  24. 24.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
  25. 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) one keyword per branch (c) branches for subtopics (d) main topic in the centre
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) one fact per card
  28. 28.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 17, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) branches for subtopics (d) notes in the big column
  30. 30.True or false: “a review calendar” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) copying the summary
  32. 32.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) lasts for years (b) fades very quickly (c) is the best way (d) never fails
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) cue questions in margin (c) colours and small icons (d) a summary at the bottom
  34. 34.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
  35. 35.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: screens off before bed? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
  36. 36.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: old and new topics mixed? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
  37. 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Plural of “mouse”? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Capital of Kerala? (d) Thiruvananthapuram
  38. 38.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) you think as you write (c) they look nicer (d) nobody checks them
  39. 39.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a new bedtime every day? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
  40. 40.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) covering the answers (c) listening to a recap (d) reading the notes again

Answer key

  1. helps you focus
  2. 5
  3. explaining it aloud
  4. True
  5. False
  6. good light
  7. one fact or idea
  8. looking at the diagrams
  9. the same order always
  10. False
  11. breaks your focus
  12. listening to a recap
  13. a summary at the bottom
  14. shuffling the deck
  15. True
  16. a noisy hallway
  17. True
  18. phone in another room
  19. Cornell notes
  20. a blank-page brain dump
  21. making your own cards
  22. breaks your focus
  23. no headings at all
  24. a good notes habit
  25. Cornell notes
  26. top-to-bottom lists
  27. never testing yourself
  28. 31
  29. branches for subtopics
  30. False
  31. answering a quiz
  32. fades very quickly
  33. colours and small icons
  34. the front
  35. helps learning
  36. interleaving
  37. Thiruvananthapuram
  38. you think as you write
  39. hurts learning
  40. covering the answers

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