Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 678 · 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.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Order 2/3, 3/5 and 1/2 from smallest. (a) fractions (b) percentage (c) ratio (d) area
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) notifications off (d) TV on in the room
3. 3.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) highlighting key lines (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
4. 4.Which of these is passive review? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) writing it from memory (c) covering the answers (d) a blank-page brain dump
5. 5.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? What is 3/4 + 1/8? (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
6. 6.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: six hours in one go? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
7. 7.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
9. 9.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) your own words (b) leaving some space (c) ten colours a page (d) adding small diagrams
10. 10.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) copying word for word (c) a look within a day (d) never looking again
11. 11.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) cue questions in margin (b) headings and bullets (c) branches for subtopics (d) main topic in the centre
12. 12.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one long read-through (b) short repeat sessions (c) starting the day before (d) all in one night
13. 13.📅 You learn a new topic on day 8 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
14. 14.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio? (a) fractions (b) area (c) percentage (d) ratio
15. 15.True or false: “a timer on the desk” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) all area sums together (c) same type, page by page (d) one formula, 20 times
17. 17.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: never testing yourself? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
18. 18.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a noisy hallway? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
19. 19.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
20. 20.🍅 You want 100 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
21. 21.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: main topic in the centre? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
22. 22.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: a look within a day? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
23. 23.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) skip it for good (b) feel bad and stop (c) start a new topic (d) review it sooner
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or explaining it aloud? (a) reading it again (b) explaining it aloud
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to a recap (b) looking at the diagrams (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) copying the summary
26. 26.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) algebra, area, %, mixed (b) 20 algebra sums only (c) area sums only (d) one percentage page
27. 27.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: a mixed revision quiz? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
28. 28.True or false: “a goal for the session” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) old and new topics mixed (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) switching topic each sum
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one topic all evening (b) old and new topics mixed (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) a mixed revision quiz
31. 31.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “algebra and area mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) teaching it to a sibling (c) looking at the diagrams (d) reading the notes again
34. 34.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: fraction, %, ratio mixed? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
35. 35.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: one keyword per branch? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
36. 36.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 23, and the gap before it was 5 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
37. 37.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a disaster (d) a waste of time
39. 39.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: a cue column on the left? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
40. 40.📅 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

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