Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 118 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Know your memory): Find the topic of the question: memory steps, attention, short or long term, forgetting, or habits. Use that lesson’s tip — notice, store, recall; you keep what you notice; a small desk and a big cupboard; review before it fades; a rested brain remembers. For sums: add the gaps to the learning day, add study blocks and breaks, or count the hours of sleep.

1. 1.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on your friend (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
3. 3.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) a full night’s sleep (c) revising before bed (d) skipping breakfast
4. 4.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
8. 8.True or false: “reviewing after a week” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) random letters
10. 10.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
11. 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
12. 12.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) staying up very late (c) a healthy breakfast (d) drinking enough water
13. 13.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) you are bad at names
14. 14.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it faster (c) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
15. 15.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a carry while adding (b) an OTP you just got (c) directions told just now (d) tables learned long ago
16. 16.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) testing yourself (c) never testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) drinking enough water (c) sitting still all day (d) a full night’s sleep
18. 18.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) a calm, happy mind (c) a healthy breakfast (d) hours with no break
19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
20. 20.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: skipping breakfast? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
22. 22.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
24. 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
25. 25.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) long-term memory (c) short-term memory (d) muscle memory
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an OTP you just got (b) a number you just heard (c) your home address (d) a price you just heard
27. 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
28. 28.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we never forget (c) memory is fixed (d) we forget fast at first
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to swim (b) tables learned long ago (c) your birthday (d) a price you just heard
30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
31. 31.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) fruit and vegetables (c) a healthy breakfast (d) sitting still all day
32. 32.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
33. 33.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) study even more (b) buy memory pills (c) ignore it (d) tell a parent or doctor
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) practice improves memory (c) some kids never forget (d) one reading is enough
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) the national anthem (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) your mother tongue
36. 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
37. 37.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
39. 39.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, energy drinks (b) no — habits help most (c) yes, many do (d) yes, sugar does
40. 40.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) explaining to a friend (b) one long session only (c) reading it once only (d) skipping revision

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