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.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 2.🍅 After each 25-minute session, you take… (a) a 1-minute snack (b) a 5-minute break (c) no break (d) a 2-hour nap
- 3.True or false: “reading the notes again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 4.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: short repeat sessions? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 5.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 65 minutes?
- 6.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: a goal for the session? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 7.📵 A phone-free study hour means… (a) phone out of sight (b) phone on loud (c) phone face-up nearby (d) phone in your hand
- 8.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) headings and bullets (b) one keyword per branch (c) a cue column on the left (d) cue questions in margin
- 9.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) no review at all
- 10.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) a timer on the desk (d) a goal for the session
- 11.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) throw it away (b) see it again sooner (c) hide it for a month (d) never use it again
- 12.🔁 Why study in the same spot each day? (a) it cues you to focus (b) it saves electricity (c) to hide from family (d) it is a rule
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a noisy hallway (b) a cluttered table (c) good light (d) phone face-up nearby
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
- 15.Which of these helps you focus? (a) TV on in the room (b) no break for 3 hours (c) a goal for the session (d) checking messages
- 16.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 17.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: studying all night? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 18.🪑 Good or poor study spot: TV in view? (a) a good study spot (b) a poor study spot
- 19.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) algebra and area mixed (c) one topic all evening (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 22.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) good light (b) books within reach (c) phone face-up nearby (d) a firm chair
- 23.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) 56 (c) modern (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a noisy hallway (b) TV in view (c) on the bed (d) a firm chair
- 25.True or false: “highlighting in yellow” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it is too hard (b) familiar is not known (c) it uses a pen (d) it takes no time
- 27.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short repeat sessions (b) last-minute marathons (c) gaps that grow longer (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) gaps that grow longer (c) old topics each week (d) starting the day before
- 30.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) notifications off (b) phone in another room (c) one task at a time (d) a messy desk
- 31.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a clear desk (b) books within reach (c) a quiet corner (d) TV in view
- 32.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) only the easy cards (b) a whole page per card (c) one fact per card (d) flipping straight away
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) answering with book shut (c) covering the answers (d) writing it from memory
- 34.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) are not allowed (b) waste all your time (c) make you forget (d) help you refocus
- 35.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) making your own cards (b) flipping straight away (c) a question on the front (d) one fact per card
- 37.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one long read-through (b) six hours in one go (c) all in one night (d) a little every day
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) all area sums together (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one chapter’s sums only
- 39.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 95 minutes?
- 40.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: tiny cramped writing? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
Answer key
- helps you focus
- a 5-minute break
- False
- spaced practice
- 2
- helps you focus
- phone out of sight
- one keyword per branch
- 1 hour on 4 days
- checking messages
- see it again sooner
- it cues you to focus
- good light
- testing yourself
- a goal for the session
- False
- hurts learning
- a poor study spot
- False
- passive review
- one topic all evening
- phone face-up nearby
- Capital of Kerala?
- a firm chair
- True
- familiar is not known
- 100
- last-minute marathons
- starting the day before
- a messy desk
- TV in view
- one fact per card
- highlighting in yellow
- help you refocus
- False
- flipping straight away
- a little every day
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 3
- a poor notes habit
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