Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 541 · 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.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) nobody checks them (b) they are cheaper (c) they look nicer (d) you think as you write
2. 2.📝 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
3. 3.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a noisy hallway (b) books within reach (c) a dim room (d) TV in view
4. 4.📅 You learn a new topic on day 9 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a review calendar (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) last-minute marathons (d) short repeat sessions
6. 6.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) a cue column on the left (c) top-to-bottom lists (d) main topic in the centre
7. 7.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
8. 8.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone out of sight (b) phone face-up nearby (c) phone on loud (d) phone in your hand
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
10. 10.🍅 You want 200 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
11. 11.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a shuffled set of sums? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
12. 12.True or false: “a new bedtime every day” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 What is active recall? (a) recalling without notes (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) highlighting key lines
14. 14.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) only the easy cards (c) making your own cards (d) more practice on misses
15. 15.True or false: “a cue column on the left” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2.” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) six hours in one go (d) one long read-through
18. 18.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
20. 20.📵 Ananya wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:15 PM (b) 10:15 PM (c) 9:45 PM (d) 10:45 PM
21. 21.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
22. 22.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📅 You learn a new topic on day 12 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your fourth review?
24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) reading the notes again (d) writing it from memory
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) checking messages (d) a timer on the desk
26. 26.Which of these is passive review? (a) writing it from memory (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) covering the answers (d) listening to a recap
27. 27.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never reviewing again (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) last-minute marathons (d) starting the day before
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) answering a quiz (d) a blank-page brain dump
30. 30.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the newest only (b) the cards you missed (c) the prettiest ones (d) the cards you know
31. 31.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) shuffling the deck (c) never testing yourself (d) more practice on misses
32. 32.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “56” (a) the front (b) the back
33. 33.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
34. 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: algebra and area mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
35. 35.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a noisy hallway? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
37. 37.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) the night before exams (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) when first learning
38. 38.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or gazing at the book? (a) testing yourself (b) gazing at the book
39. 39.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) books within reach (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a quiet corner
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) scanning the headings (d) teaching it to a sibling

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