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.🧠 Active recall or passive review: covering the answers? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) branches for subtopics (b) main topic in the centre (c) headings and bullets (d) one keyword per branch
- 3.Which of these helps you focus? (a) three tasks at once (b) notifications off (c) a messy desk (d) starting without a plan
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each week (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) a review calendar (d) all in one night
- 5.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Formula for speed?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 6.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 105 minutes?
- 7.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) distance ÷ time (b) Thiruvananthapuram (c) modern (d) Capital of Kerala?
- 8.📅 You forgot part of a topic at your review. What is best? (a) skip it for good (b) feel bad and stop (c) review it sooner (d) start a new topic
- 9.True or false: “notes in the big column” is a feature of a mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: highlighting lines or testing yourself? (a) highlighting lines (b) testing yourself
- 11.True or false: “reading the notes again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧠 Active recall or passive review: writing it from memory? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 13.📅 Why can each review wait a little longer than the last? (a) to save paper (b) teachers say so (c) the memory lasts longer (d) it is a rule
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a summary at the bottom (b) cue questions in margin (c) a cue column on the left (d) main topic in the centre
- 15.🔀 Interleaving means… (a) skipping hard topics (b) one topic for weeks (c) reading only (d) mixing different topics
- 16.🍅 You finish 2 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 17.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) making your own cards (c) a whole page per card (d) one fact per card
- 18.True or false: “writing it from memory” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 20.🍅 You finish 5 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes is that in all, breaks included?
- 21.True or false: “Find the space inside a square of side 7 cm.” needs the area method. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “scrolling in bed” helps learning. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🍅 You finish 4 Pomodoro rounds (25 minutes of focus + a 5-minute break each). How many minutes of focus is that?
- 24.Which of these is a feature of Cornell notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) main topic in the centre (c) headings and bullets (d) a summary at the bottom
- 25.📅 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 fourth review?
- 26.Which of these is a good note-making habit? (a) a look within a day (b) copying word for word (c) writing every line (d) never looking again
- 27.📅 You learn a topic on day 13. 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?
- 28.🃏 You got a flashcard wrong. What should you do with it? (a) never use it again (b) throw it away (c) see it again sooner (d) hide it for a month
- 29.True or false: “water bottle ready” helps you focus. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “fraction, %, ratio mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) switching topic each sum (c) only fraction sums (d) algebra and area mixed
- 32.🍅 A friend messages you mid-session. What is best? (a) reply in the break (b) end the session (c) call them now (d) reply at once
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) on the bed (b) a firm chair (c) a quiet corner (d) the same spot daily
- 34.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: flipping straight away? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 35.Which of these goes on the front of a flashcard? (a) Formula for speed? (b) 56 (c) mice (d) Thiruvananthapuram
- 36.🍅 Does this help you focus, or break your focus: one task at a time? (a) helps you focus (b) breaks your focus
- 37.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: copying notes neatly or explaining it aloud? (a) copying notes neatly (b) explaining it aloud
- 38.📅 Spaced repetition means… (a) reviewing over time (b) never reviewing (c) studying once, long (d) cramming at night
- 39.⏸️ Short breaks during study… (a) waste all your time (b) make you forget (c) help you refocus (d) are not allowed
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) colours and small icons (b) a summary at the bottom (c) one keyword per branch (d) main topic in the centre
Answer key
- active recall
- headings and bullets
- notifications off
- all in one night
- the front
- 3
- Capital of Kerala?
- review it sooner
- False
- testing yourself
- True
- active recall
- the memory lasts longer
- main topic in the centre
- mixing different topics
- 60
- a whole page per card
- False
- active recall
- 150
- True
- False
- 100
- a summary at the bottom
- 30
- a look within a day
- 16
- see it again sooner
- True
- True
- only fraction sums
- reply in the break
- on the bed
- a poor flashcard habit
- Formula for speed?
- helps you focus
- explaining it aloud
- reviewing over time
- help you refocus
- a summary at the bottom
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