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 is a good active-recall question for a chapter on plants? (a) “What do roots do?” (b) “Read page 12.” (c) “Copy the diagram.” (d) “Underline roots.”
- 2.📅 You learn a new topic on day 2 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review?
- 3.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: one long read-through? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 4.True or false: “a short walk outdoors” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📵 Aarav wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:45 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 11:30 PM (b) 9:15 PM (c) 10:00 PM (d) 10:45 PM
- 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
- 7.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 155 minutes?
- 8.True or false: “one fact per card” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these helps learning? (a) scrolling in bed (b) gaming till midnight (c) a TV on while studying (d) a regular bedtime
- 10.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 11.🪑 Good or poor study spot: the same spot daily? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 12.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: shuffling the deck? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 13.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) nothing (b) a drawing (c) the date only (d) a short summary
- 14.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) ten colours a page (b) your own words (c) no headings at all (d) copying word for word
- 15.📵 Diya wants to switch off all screens 45 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 10:30 PM (b) 9:45 PM (c) 9:00 PM (d) 11:15 PM
- 16.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) linear notes (b) a mind map (c) Cornell notes
- 17.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 18.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 9, and the gap before it was 4 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 19.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 20.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) six hours in one go (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) all in one night
- 21.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) scanning the headings (c) copying the summary (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 23.True or false: “a regular bedtime” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) one percentage page (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) 20 algebra sums only
- 26.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the ratio method. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.📵 Meera wants to switch off all screens 15 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:00 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 7:30 PM (b) 8:15 PM (c) 8:00 PM (d) 7:45 PM
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) a clear desk (c) a cluttered table (d) a quiet corner
- 30.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a firm chair? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 31.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) the same order always (c) never testing yourself (d) flipping straight away
- 32.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 33.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 34.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 35.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) one fact per card (c) more practice on misses (d) a question on the front
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) numbered points in order (c) a cue column on the left (d) cue questions in margin
- 37.📅 You learn a new topic on day 18 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 38.True or false: “last-minute marathons” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) 7 × 8 = ? (c) Plural of “mouse”? (d) take in water
- 40.Which of these is passive review? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering a quiz (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) answering with book shut
Answer key
- “What do roots do?”
- 5
- cramming
- False
- 10:00 PM
- quizzing a friend
- 5
- False
- a regular bedtime
- passive review
- a good study spot
- a good flashcard habit
- a short summary
- your own words
- 9:45 PM
- a mind map
- False
- 17
- a poor study spot
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- breaks your focus
- a blank-page brain dump
- False
- True
- algebra, area, %, mixed
- True
- True
- 7:45 PM
- a cluttered table
- a good study spot
- a question on the front
- cramming
- passive review
- passive review
- reading both sides
- numbered points in order
- 25
- False
- take in water
- highlighting in yellow
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