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.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: glancing at notes or recalling from memory? (a) glancing at notes (b) recalling from memory
- 2.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 170 minutes?
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clear headings (b) copying word for word (c) never looking again (d) no headings at all
- 4.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 5.Which of these is a feature of a mind map? (a) a cue column on the left (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) main topic in the centre (d) a summary at the bottom
- 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) reading the notes again (b) a blank-page brain dump (c) answering with book shut (d) teaching it to a sibling
- 7.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 30 minutes?
- 8.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) one formula, 20 times (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) one topic all evening
- 9.True or false: “Boys to girls is 3 : 4 in a class of 28. How many girls?” needs the area method. (a) False (b) True
- 10.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: short breaks to stretch? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 11.📅 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 4?
- 12.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) reading both sides (b) a whole page per card (c) flipping straight away (d) answer first, then flip
- 13.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) switching topic each sum (c) one topic all evening (d) only fraction sums
- 14.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Plural of “mouse”?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 15.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: reading it again or self-made flashcards? (a) reading it again (b) self-made flashcards
- 16.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “7 × 8 = ?” (a) the back (b) the front
- 17.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or reading it again? (a) explaining it aloud (b) reading it again
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) writing it from memory (c) copying the summary (d) highlighting in yellow
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) starting the day before (c) a little every day (d) a review calendar
- 20.True or false: “What is 3/4 + 1/8?” needs the fractions method. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a reason to stop (b) a disaster (c) useful — fix it now (d) a waste of time
- 22.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) branches for subtopics (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) numbered points in order (d) notes in the big column
- 23.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) never reviewing again (b) starting the day before (c) all in one night (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 24.True or false: “copying the summary” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is a good flashcard habit? (a) one fact per card (b) never testing yourself (c) a whole page per card (d) flipping straight away
- 26.🃏 How much should one flashcard hold? (a) ten facts (b) a whole chapter (c) a full page (d) one fact or idea
- 27.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) modern (b) mice (c) 56 (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 28.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a short walk outdoors? (a) hurts learning (b) helps learning
- 29.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 22, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 30.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 31.📅 You learn a new topic on day 1 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or re-reading the chapter? (a) recalling from memory (b) re-reading the chapter
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) only fraction sums (d) all area sums together
- 34.True or false: “all area sums together” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
- 36.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) a question on the front (b) answer first, then flip (c) one fact per card (d) reading both sides
- 37.📅 You learn a topic on day 6. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 38.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) a little every day (c) short repeat sessions (d) six hours in one go
- 40.📅 You learn a topic on day 2. 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?
Answer key
- recalling from memory
- 5
- clear headings
- a good flashcard habit
- main topic in the centre
- reading the notes again
- 1
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- False
- helps learning
- 24
- answer first, then flip
- switching topic each sum
- the front
- self-made flashcards
- the front
- explaining it aloud
- writing it from memory
- starting the day before
- True
- useful — fix it now
- notes in the big column
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- False
- one fact per card
- one fact or idea
- Capital of Kerala?
- helps learning
- 28
- the front
- 8
- recalling from memory
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- False
- write what you know
- reading both sides
- 9
- 150
- six hours in one go
- 9
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