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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting in yellow (b) copying the summary (c) listening to a recap (d) covering the answers
- 2.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 4 hours on exam day
- 3.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 4.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) one fact or idea (c) a full page (d) a whole chapter
- 6.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a new bedtime every day? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 7.True or false: “top-to-bottom lists” is a feature of linear notes. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or self-made flashcards? (a) highlighting lines (b) self-made flashcards
- 9.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “checking messages” breaks your focus. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📖 Re-reading feels easy. Why can it fool you? (a) it uses a pen (b) familiar is not known (c) it is too hard (d) it takes no time
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting the day before (b) last-minute marathons (c) all in one night (d) short repeat sessions
- 13.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) with no headings (b) in your own words (c) copied word for word (d) in tiny writing
- 14.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one formula, 20 times? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 15.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) the night before exams (c) when first learning (d) for every revision
- 16.True or false: “more practice on misses” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “never reviewing again” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) a blank-page brain dump (b) reading the notes again (c) answering a quiz (d) covering the answers
- 19.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: adding small diagrams? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 20.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) the memory lasts longer (c) it is a rule (d) teachers say so
- 21.True or false: “one long read-through” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) take in water (c) What do roots do? (d) modern
- 23.🍅 You finish 7 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 24.Which of these helps you focus? (a) checking messages (b) one task at a time (c) a messy desk (d) TV on in the room
- 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: notes in the big column? (a) Cornell notes (b) linear notes (c) a mind map
- 26.📅 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 3?
- 27.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) feel bad and stop (b) start a new topic (c) review it sooner (d) skip it for good
- 28.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 29.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: one topic all evening? (a) blocked practice (b) interleaving
- 30.True or false: “the same order always” is a poor flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 31.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
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or practice questions? (a) copying notes neatly (b) practice questions
- 33.Which of these is cramming? (a) a little every day (b) old topics each week (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) starting the day before
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one formula, 20 times (d) one topic all evening
- 35.True or false: “flipping straight away” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: reading both sides? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 37.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: three tasks at once? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 38.📅 You learn a new topic on day 16 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without a plan (b) notifications off (c) phone in another room (d) water bottle ready
- 40.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) a TV on while studying (c) short breaks to stretch (d) gaming till midnight
Answer key
- covering the answers
- 1 hour on 4 days
- a good flashcard habit
- False
- one fact or idea
- hurts learning
- True
- self-made flashcards
- False
- True
- familiar is not known
- short repeat sessions
- in your own words
- blocked practice
- when first learning
- False
- False
- reading the notes again
- a good notes habit
- the memory lasts longer
- True
- What do roots do?
- 210
- one task at a time
- Cornell notes
- 19
- review it sooner
- active recall
- blocked practice
- True
- True
- practice questions
- starting the day before
- a shuffled set of sums
- False
- a poor flashcard habit
- breaks your focus
- 23
- starting without a plan
- short breaks to stretch
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