Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 75 · 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.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: TV on in the room? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
2. 2.📅 You learn a topic on day 4. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
3. 3.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) only fraction sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
4. 4.🍅 You want 50 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
5. 5.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) you practise choosing (b) it needs no thinking (c) it skips topics (d) it is shorter
6. 6.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: a whole page per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
7. 7.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: practice questions or glancing at notes? (a) practice questions (b) glancing at notes
8. 8.True or false: “How many 1 m square tiles cover a 3 m by 6 m patio?” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a question on the front (b) making your own cards (c) shuffling the deck (d) the same order always
10. 10.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🃏 Which cards should you practise most? (a) the cards you missed (b) the prettiest ones (c) the newest only (d) the cards you know
12. 12.Which of these is active recall? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) copying the summary (c) answering a quiz (d) reading the notes again
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same type, page by page (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) only fraction sums (d) one topic all evening
14. 14.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) a goal for the session (c) one task at a time (d) no break for 3 hours
15. 15.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) the memory lasts longer (b) teachers say so (c) it is a rule (d) to save paper
16. 16.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: short keywords? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
17. 17.True or false: “A shirt costs ₹400 with 10% off. Find the discount.” needs the ratio method. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or reading it again? (a) quizzing a friend (b) reading it again
19. 19.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) one keyword per branch (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) a summary at the bottom (d) main topic in the centre
20. 20.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: never looking again? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
21. 21.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
22. 22.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) a goal for the session (b) phone in another room (c) a messy desk (d) water bottle ready
23. 23.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 75 minutes?
24. 24.📅 You learn a topic on day 9. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 3?
25. 25.📅 You learn a topic on day 12. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 4?
26. 26.🍅 You want 100 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
27. 27.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) a question on the front (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) switching topic each sum (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
29. 29.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: testing yourself or glancing at notes? (a) testing yourself (b) glancing at notes
30. 30.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📵 Diya wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:45 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 8:45 PM (b) 6:45 PM (c) 9:45 PM (d) 7:45 PM
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never reviewing again (b) one long read-through (c) gaps that grow longer (d) last-minute marathons
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking again (b) tiny cramped writing (c) adding small diagrams (d) copying word for word
34. 34.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) game till late (b) study till 3 AM (c) sleep on time (d) watch a late film
35. 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
36. 36.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
37. 37.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) six hours in one go (c) starting the day before (d) last-minute marathons
38. 38.True or false: “colours and small icons” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) all area sums together (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
40. 40.True or false: “short breaks to stretch” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True

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