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 Cornell notes? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) a cue column on the left (c) branches for subtopics (d) numbered points in order
- 2.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) numbered points in order (b) a summary at the bottom (c) one keyword per branch (d) cue questions in margin
- 3.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 4.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) 25 minutes (b) 5 minutes (c) all day (d) 3 hours
- 5.📅 You learn a new topic on day 6 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving some space (b) no headings at all (c) adding small diagrams (d) your own words
- 7.Which of these helps learning? (a) scrolling in bed (b) no break for hours (c) a new bedtime every day (d) screens off before bed
- 8.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 9.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: water bottle ready? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 10.Which of these helps you focus? (a) three tasks at once (b) starting without a plan (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
- 11.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 12.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or reading it again? (a) practice questions (b) reading it again
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or glancing at notes? (a) recalling from memory (b) glancing at notes
- 15.Which of these is cramming? (a) starting the day before (b) gaps that grow longer (c) old topics each week (d) short repeat sessions
- 16.True or false: “TV on in the room” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 18.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) take in water
- 19.📅 What is learned by cramming the night before mostly… (a) never fails (b) lasts for years (c) is the best way (d) fades very quickly
- 20.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: no break for hours? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) headings and bullets (b) a cue column on the left (c) cue questions in margin (d) a summary at the bottom
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) six hours in one go (b) a little every day (c) gaps that grow longer (d) old topics each week
- 23.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 24.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) reading both sides (d) answer first, then flip
- 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) more practice on misses (c) reading both sides (d) a question on the front
- 27.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) with no headings (b) in tiny writing (c) copied word for word (d) in your own words
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) one topic all evening (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) only fraction sums
- 29.🍅 You finish 6 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 30.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) one fact per card (c) flipping straight away (d) only the easy cards
- 31.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: short breaks to stretch? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 32.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) numbered points in order (d) a summary at the bottom
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
- 34.📅 You learn a topic on day 10. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
- 35.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 36.Which of these makes a good study spot? (a) a noisy hallway (b) TV in view (c) a dim room (d) a clear desk
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same order always (b) reading both sides (c) answer first, then flip (d) a whole page per card
- 38.🍅 You want 100 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
- 39.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying the summary (b) listening to a recap (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) reading the notes again
- 40.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) a shuffled set of sums (b) fraction, %, ratio mixed (c) all area sums together (d) old and new topics mixed
Answer key
- a cue column on the left
- one keyword per branch
- passive review
- 25 minutes
- 7
- no headings at all
- screens off before bed
- helps you focus
- helps you focus
- phone in another room
- the front
- True
- practice questions
- recalling from memory
- starting the day before
- False
- spaced practice
- Capital of Kerala?
- fades very quickly
- hurts learning
- headings and bullets
- six hours in one go
- hurts learning
- answer first, then flip
- Cornell notes
- reading both sides
- in your own words
- a shuffled set of sums
- 150
- one fact per card
- helps learning
- a summary at the bottom
- only fraction sums
- 25
- a poor study spot
- a clear desk
- answer first, then flip
- 4
- a blank-page brain dump
- all area sums together
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