Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 595 · 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.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 40 minutes?
2. 2.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) copying the book (c) reading notes slowly (d) recalling without notes
3. 3.True or false: “one keyword per branch” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: three tasks at once? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
5. 5.🪑 Good or poor study spot: good light? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
6. 6.🍅 You want 175 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
7. 7.True or false: “six hours in one go” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) all area sums together (b) only fraction sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one topic all evening
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) short keywords (c) ten colours a page (d) your own words
10. 10.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) phone in another room (d) TV on in the room
12. 12.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) modern (d) mice
13. 13.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dim room (b) a quiet corner (c) a noisy hallway (d) phone face-up nearby
15. 15.📅 You learn a new topic on day 10 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) answering with book shut (c) scanning the headings (d) looking at the diagrams
17. 17.🍅 You want 100 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
18. 18.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: phone in another room? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
19. 19.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) a cue column on the left (c) a summary at the bottom (d) one keyword per branch
20. 20.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 10, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
21. 21.True or false: “a regular bedtime” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a timer on the desk? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
23. 23.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) cue questions in margin (b) headings and bullets (c) one keyword per branch (d) main topic in the centre
24. 24.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) useful — fix it now (c) a reason to stop (d) a waste of time
25. 25.📅 You learn a topic on day 11. 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?
26. 26.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “studying all night” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is active recall? (a) answering a quiz (b) listening to a recap (c) highlighting in yellow (d) copying the summary
29. 29.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 1-minute snack (b) a 5-minute break (c) a 2-hour nap (d) no break
31. 31.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) hide it for a month (b) never use it again (c) throw it away (d) see it again sooner
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a whole page per card (b) making your own cards (c) flipping straight away (d) reading both sides
33. 33.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
34. 34.📵 Ananya wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:00 PM (b) 8:15 PM (c) 7:30 PM (d) 6:45 PM
35. 35.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
36. 36.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) all in one night (c) a little every day (d) six hours in one go
37. 37.True or false: “a shuffled set of sums” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they are cheaper (b) nobody checks them (c) you think as you write (d) they look nicer
39. 39.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: gaming till midnight? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
40. 40.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Opposite of “ancient”? (c) modern (d) 56

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