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.True or false: “TV on in the room” helps you focus. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making your own cards (b) only the easy cards (c) one fact per card (d) more practice on misses
- 3.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Thiruvananthapuram” (a) the front (b) the back
- 4.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” helps learning. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 6.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) What do roots do? (b) Formula for speed? (c) distance ÷ time (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) covering the answers
- 8.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) waste all your time (b) make you forget (c) help you refocus (d) are not allowed
- 9.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) all in one night (c) a little every day (d) old topics each week
- 11.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
- 12.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) copying word for word (b) your own words (c) writing every line (d) no headings at all
- 13.True or false: “never testing yourself” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) notifications off (c) a timer on the desk (d) starting without a plan
- 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) listening to a recap (b) covering the answers (c) copying the summary (d) scanning the headings
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one fact per card (b) a whole page per card (c) only the easy cards (d) flipping straight away
- 17.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: notifications off? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 18.📝 In Cornell notes, what goes at the bottom? (a) a drawing (b) a short summary (c) the date only (d) nothing
- 19.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the percentage method. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: answering with book shut? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 21.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) one formula, 20 times (b) all area sums together (c) one chapter’s sums only (d) fraction, %, ratio mixed
- 22.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) a timer on the desk (b) water bottle ready (c) checking messages (d) notifications off
- 23.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the day before (b) short repeat sessions (c) all in one night (d) one long read-through
- 24.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) more practice on misses (d) flipping straight away
- 25.Which of these is active recall? (a) scanning the headings (b) highlighting in yellow (c) copying the summary (d) answering a quiz
- 26.True or false: “a question on the front” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours in 1 night (b) 1 hour on 4 days (c) 4 hours on exam day (d) no review at all
- 28.True or false: “teaching it to a sibling” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these makes a poor study spot? (a) a cluttered table (b) a quiet corner (c) a clear desk (d) a firm chair
- 30.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) main topic in the centre (c) cue questions in margin (d) numbered points in order
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting the day before (b) a review calendar (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) a little every day
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) gaps that grow longer (c) six hours in one go (d) short repeat sessions
- 33.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of Cornell notes. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notifications off (b) checking messages (c) a goal for the session (d) water bottle ready
- 35.True or false: “TV on in the room” breaks your focus. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 95 minutes?
- 37.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) take in water (c) Formula for speed? (d) 7 × 8 = ?
- 38.Which of these is cramming? (a) short repeat sessions (b) six hours in one go (c) a little every day (d) old topics each week
- 39.True or false: “one chapter’s sums only” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or self-made flashcards? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) self-made flashcards
Answer key
- False
- only the easy cards
- the back
- True
- cramming
- distance ÷ time
- reading the notes again
- help you refocus
- True
- all in one night
- useful — fix it now
- your own words
- False
- starting without a plan
- covering the answers
- one fact per card
- helps you focus
- a short summary
- False
- active recall
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- checking messages
- short repeat sessions
- more practice on misses
- answering a quiz
- True
- 1 hour on 4 days
- True
- a cluttered table
- numbered points in order
- starting the day before
- six hours in one go
- True
- checking messages
- True
- 3
- take in water
- six hours in one go
- False
- self-made flashcards
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