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Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 620 · 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.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a dim room? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
  2. 2.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent? (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
  3. 3.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) one topic all evening (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) one formula, 20 times
  4. 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cue questions in margin (b) main topic in the centre (c) colours and small icons (d) branches for subtopics
  6. 6.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) they look nicer (b) you think as you write (c) they are cheaper (d) nobody checks them
  7. 7.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) copying word for word (c) ten colours a page (d) your own words
  9. 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) modern (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) take in water
  10. 10.🧠 Which is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “Underline roots.” (b) “Copy the diagram.” (c) “What do roots do?” (d) “Read page 12.”
  11. 11.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or highlighting lines? (a) quizzing a friend (b) highlighting lines
  12. 12.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) answer first, then flip (d) one fact per card
  13. 13.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a question on the front? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  14. 14.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: scrolling in bed? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
  15. 15.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) it takes no time (c) familiar is not known (d) it uses a pen
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only the easy cards (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) shuffling the deck
  17. 17.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) look at pictures (c) write what you know (d) underline it
  18. 18.True or false: “the same order always” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) a summary at the bottom (c) cue questions in margin (d) colours and small icons
  20. 20.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: self-made flashcards or reading it again? (a) self-made flashcards (b) reading it again
  21. 21.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) it is a rule (b) teachers say so (c) the memory lasts longer (d) to save paper
  22. 22.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a glass of water? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
  23. 23.True or false: “scanning the headings” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or gazing at the book? (a) practice questions (b) gazing at the book
  25. 25.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) a look within a day (c) your own words (d) short keywords
  27. 27.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) the same order always
  28. 28.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 2-hour nap (b) a 5-minute break (c) a 1-minute snack (d) no break
  29. 29.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) so order gives no clue (c) to make it messy (d) to lose some
  30. 30.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 6, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
  31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  32. 32.True or false: “What is 15 out of 60 as a per cent?” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
  34. 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
  35. 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) distance ÷ time (d) What do roots do?
  36. 36.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
  37. 37.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: all area sums together? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
  38. 38.🪑 The best study spot is… (a) a dark corner (b) on your bed (c) in front of the TV (d) quiet, tidy and bright
  39. 39.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) one percentage page (b) area sums only (c) 20 algebra sums only (d) algebra, area, %, mixed
  40. 40.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?

Answer key

  1. a poor study spot
  2. percentage
  3. a mixed revision quiz
  4. a poor flashcard habit
  5. cue questions in margin
  6. you think as you write
  7. passive review
  8. your own words
  9. Plural of “mouse”?
  10. “What do roots do?”
  11. quizzing a friend
  12. flipping straight away
  13. a good flashcard habit
  14. hurts learning
  15. familiar is not known
  16. shuffling the deck
  17. write what you know
  18. False
  19. colours and small icons
  20. self-made flashcards
  21. the memory lasts longer
  22. helps learning
  23. True
  24. practice questions
  25. fraction, %, ratio mixed
  26. never looking again
  27. more practice on misses
  28. a 5-minute break
  29. so order gives no clue
  30. 12
  31. active recall
  32. True
  33. passive review
  34. a good flashcard habit
  35. What do roots do?
  36. making your own cards
  37. blocked practice
  38. quiet, tidy and bright
  39. algebra, area, %, mixed
  40. 210

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