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.True or false: “a messy desk” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: recalling from memory or gazing at the book? (a) recalling from memory (b) gazing at the book
- 3.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) help you refocus (b) waste all your time (c) make you forget (d) are not allowed
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no headings at all (b) your own words (c) short keywords (d) clear headings
- 5.😴 Does this help or hurt learning: a new bedtime every day? (a) helps learning (b) hurts learning
- 6.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: quizzing a friend or glancing at notes? (a) quizzing a friend (b) glancing at notes
- 7.Which of these hurts learning? (a) a regular bedtime (b) screens off before bed (c) a new bedtime every day (d) a short walk outdoors
- 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “modern” (a) the front (b) the back
- 9.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) 56 (b) Capital of Kerala? (c) distance ÷ time (d) mice
- 10.🔀 Interleaving or blocked practice: same type, page by page? (a) interleaving (b) blocked practice
- 11.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 12.📅 You learn a topic on day 11. 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?
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mixed revision quiz (b) all area sums together (c) old and new topics mixed (d) switching topic each sum
- 14.🌙 The night before a test, which is better? (a) sleep on time (b) game till late (c) study till 3 AM (d) watch a late film
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at the diagrams (b) reading the notes again (c) a blank-page brain dump (d) copying the summary
- 16.🔀 When is blocked practice useful? (a) for every revision (b) never at all (c) when first learning (d) the night before exams
- 17.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) algebra and area mixed (b) a shuffled set of sums (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) same type, page by page
- 18.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: a review calendar? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 19.True or false: “starting the day before” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧠 Active recall or passive review: highlighting in yellow? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 21.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or recalling from memory? (a) copying notes neatly (b) recalling from memory
- 22.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: the same order always? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 23.True or false: “main topic in the centre” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “Find 20% of 150.” needs the percentage method. (a) True (b) False
- 25.😴 Arjun goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 26.True or false: “covering the answers” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 10, and the gap before it was 6 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
- 28.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) breaks your focus (b) helps you focus
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet corner (b) a noisy hallway (c) a cluttered table (d) phone face-up nearby
- 30.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short keywords (b) clear headings (c) never looking again (d) leaving some space
- 32.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 33.True or false: “cue questions in margin” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or recalling from memory? (a) highlighting lines (b) recalling from memory
- 35.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or quizzing a friend? (a) highlighting lines (b) quizzing a friend
- 36.😴 Meera goes to bed at 8:30 PM and wakes up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 37.Which of these hurts learning? (a) short breaks to stretch (b) studying all night (c) a regular bedtime (d) a glass of water
- 38.🧠 Active recall or passive review: copying the summary? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 39.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) one topic all evening (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) only fraction sums
- 40.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: ten colours a page? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
Answer key
- False
- recalling from memory
- help you refocus
- no headings at all
- hurts learning
- quizzing a friend
- a new bedtime every day
- the back
- Capital of Kerala?
- blocked practice
- passive review
- 14
- all area sums together
- sleep on time
- a blank-page brain dump
- when first learning
- same type, page by page
- spaced practice
- True
- passive review
- recalling from memory
- a poor flashcard habit
- True
- True
- 9
- False
- 22
- helps you focus
- a quiet corner
- active recall
- never looking again
- 120
- False
- recalling from memory
- quizzing a friend
- 9
- studying all night
- passive review
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- a poor notes habit
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