Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 720 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes in the big column (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) headings and bullets (d) numbered points in order
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone face-up nearby (b) on the bed (c) a dim room (d) good light
3. 3.True or false: “a summary at the bottom” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “old topics each week” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📵 Where is the best place for your phone while you study? (a) in another room (b) in your hand (c) under the pillow (d) on the book
6. 6.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the back (b) the front
7. 7.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for the session (c) checking messages (d) notifications off
8. 8.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
10. 10.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) six hours in one go (c) short repeat sessions (d) last-minute marathons
11. 11.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) notes in the big column (c) colours and small icons (d) numbered points in order
12. 12.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each week? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
13. 13.🍅 You finish 8 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
14. 14.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) switching topic each sum (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
15. 15.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it needs no thinking (b) you practise choosing (c) it is shorter (d) it skips topics
16. 16.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 90 minutes?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) covering the answers (b) answering a quiz (c) teaching it to a sibling (d) reading the notes again
18. 18.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
19. 19.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) one fact per card (c) reading both sides (d) making your own cards
20. 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) looking at the diagrams (c) listening to a recap (d) writing it from memory
21. 21.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a short walk outdoors (b) short breaks to stretch (c) screens off before bed (d) a new bedtime every day
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long read-through (b) gaps that grow longer (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a little every day
23. 23.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or copying notes neatly? (a) quizzing a friend (b) copying notes neatly
24. 24.🧠 Active recall or passive review: reading the notes again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
25. 25.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) when first learning (b) for every revision (c) never at all (d) the night before exams
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying the summary (b) writing it from memory (c) highlighting in yellow (d) looking at the diagrams
27. 27.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) never reviewing (b) reviewing over time (c) studying once, long (d) cramming at night
28. 28.📅 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?
29. 29.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) write what you know (b) look at pictures (c) read the summary (d) underline it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answer first, then flip (b) flipping straight away (c) the same order always (d) a whole page per card
31. 31.🧠 What is active recall? (a) highlighting key lines (b) reading notes slowly (c) copying the book (d) recalling without notes
32. 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) never testing yourself (b) flipping straight away (c) one fact per card (d) the same order always
33. 33.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) no headings at all (b) copying word for word (c) tiny cramped writing (d) leaving some space
34. 34.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) numbered points in order (c) a cue column on the left (d) branches for subtopics
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ten colours a page (b) copying word for word (c) short keywords (d) tiny cramped writing
36. 36.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
37. 37.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 24, and the gap before it was 6 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) top-to-bottom lists (b) headings and bullets (c) numbered points in order (d) a summary at the bottom
39. 39.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) writing it from memory (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
40. 40.🔀 Which revision set is interleaved? (a) area sums only (b) one percentage page (c) algebra, area, %, mixed (d) 20 algebra sums only

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