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 spaced practice? (a) last-minute marathons (b) all in one night (c) six hours in one go (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 2.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) all area sums together (c) one topic all evening (d) old and new topics mixed
- 3.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) the same order always (b) making your own cards (c) more practice on misses (d) one fact per card
- 4.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or highlighting lines? (a) recalling from memory (b) highlighting lines
- 5.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering a quiz (b) looking at the diagrams (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
- 8.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it helps store learning (b) it erases notes (c) it does not matter (d) it wastes study time
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one night (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) old topics each week (d) gaps that grow longer
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting the day before (b) one long read-through (c) all in one night (d) a review calendar
- 11.😴 Ananya goes to bed at 9:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 12.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 13.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or self-made flashcards? (a) glancing at notes (b) self-made flashcards
- 14.📅 You learn a new topic on day 7 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 15.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering a quiz (b) scanning the headings (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 17.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 18.True or false: “A room is 4 m by 5 m. How much floor is there?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 19.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) colours and small icons (b) branches for subtopics (c) notes in the big column (d) numbered points in order
- 20.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 21.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) one fact or idea (b) ten facts (c) a full page (d) a whole chapter
- 22.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
- 23.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 11, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 24.📅 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?
- 25.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 16, and the gap before it was 7 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) six hours in one go (c) last-minute marathons (d) one long read-through
- 27.🧠 Active recall or passive review: teaching it to a sibling? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the same spot daily (b) good light (c) a firm chair (d) a noisy hallway
- 29.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours in 1 night (b) no review at all (c) 1 hour on 4 days (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 30.📵 Vihaan wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:45 PM (b) 7:00 PM (c) 8:30 PM (d) 9:15 PM
- 31.🃏 Why say the answer before you flip the card? (a) it looks smart (b) it saves cards (c) it is faster (d) it is active recall
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) main topic in the centre (c) headings and bullets (d) colours and small icons
- 33.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 34.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) reading the notes again (d) answering with book shut
- 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) highlighting in yellow (c) listening to a recap (d) looking at the diagrams
- 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) making your own cards (c) one fact per card (d) shuffling the deck
- 37.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the back (b) the front
- 38.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) a goal for the session (b) a timer on the desk (c) water bottle ready (d) TV on in the room
- 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Plural of “mouse”?
- 40.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- old and new topics mixed
- the same order always
- recalling from memory
- True
- recalling from memory
- looking at the diagrams
- it helps store learning
- all in one night
- a review calendar
- 8
- a poor notes habit
- self-made flashcards
- 10
- a good notes habit
- scanning the headings
- 60
- True
- notes in the big column
- 200
- one fact or idea
- recalling from memory
- 19
- 31
- 30
- old topics each week
- active recall
- a noisy hallway
- 1 hour on 4 days
- 7:45 PM
- it is active recall
- headings and bullets
- 50
- reading the notes again
- covering the answers
- only the easy cards
- the back
- TV on in the room
- Thiruvananthapuram
- True
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