Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Exam preparation lesson 16: Part 2 test: smart study · Set 860 · 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.📅 You learn a topic on day 5. 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?
2. 2.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: water bottle ready? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
3. 3.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to finish faster (b) to lose some (c) to make it messy (d) so order gives no clue
4. 4.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: cue questions in margin? (a) a mind map (b) linear notes (c) Cornell notes
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) more practice on misses (b) shuffling the deck (c) answer first, then flip (d) flipping straight away
6. 6.Which of these helps you focus? (a) one task at a time (b) checking messages (c) three tasks at once (d) no break for 3 hours
7. 7.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: making your own cards? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
8. 8.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes in the left column? (a) your doodles (b) the teacher’s name (c) the whole chapter (d) cues and key questions
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on in the room (b) one task at a time (c) starting without a plan (d) a messy desk
10. 10.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “distance ÷ time” (a) the front (b) the back
11. 11.True or false: “a mixed revision quiz” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) only fraction sums (c) old and new topics mixed (d) all area sums together
13. 13.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) 56 (d) mice
14. 14.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) one topic all evening (d) one formula, 20 times
15. 15.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: numbered points in order? (a) linear notes (b) Cornell notes (c) a mind map
16. 16.True or false: “listening to a recap” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these helps you focus? (a) starting without a plan (b) TV on in the room (c) a timer on the desk (d) three tasks at once
18. 18.🍅 You want 125 minutes of focused study in 25-minute Pomodoro sessions. How many sessions is that?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) all area sums together (c) a shuffled set of sums (d) one formula, 20 times
20. 20.Which of these helps learning? (a) studying all night (b) a new bedtime every day (c) a TV on while studying (d) a full night’s sleep
21. 21.Which of these helps you focus? (a) checking messages (b) TV on in the room (c) notifications off (d) three tasks at once
22. 22.True or false: “branches for subtopics” is a feature of a mind map. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or recalling from memory? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) recalling from memory
25. 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: colours and small icons? (a) a mind map (b) Cornell notes (c) linear notes
26. 26.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) useful — fix it now (c) a waste of time (d) a disaster
27. 27.📵 Aarav wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 8:30 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 8:30 PM (b) 7:30 PM (c) 9:00 PM (d) 8:00 PM
28. 28.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in tiny writing (b) in your own words (c) copied word for word (d) with no headings
29. 29.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
30. 30.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) never at all (b) the night before exams (c) for every revision (d) when first learning
31. 31.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) active recall (b) passive review
32. 32.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one chapter’s sums only (b) old and new topics mixed (c) one formula, 20 times (d) only fraction sums
33. 33.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) mice (b) distance ÷ time (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) What do roots do?
34. 34.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) switching topic each sum (c) one topic all evening (d) all area sums together
35. 35.Which of these is cramming? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) old topics each week (c) a review calendar (d) one long read-through
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all area sums together (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) algebra and area mixed (d) a mixed revision quiz
37. 37.True or false: “all area sums together” is blocked practice (one type only). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 90 minutes?
39. 39.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) Formula for speed? (d) Opposite of “ancient”?
40. 40.True or false: “starting the day before” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False

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