Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 159 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) linking to what you know (c) never testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) one long session only (c) learning without meaning (d) never testing yourself
3. 3.True or false: “a price you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
6. 6.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
7. 7.True or false: “feeling very stressed” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) using it in a sum (c) studying when sleepy (d) explaining to a friend
9. 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
10. 10.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
12. 12.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) your best friend’s name (c) your mother tongue (d) how to swim
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) drinking enough water (c) short study breaks (d) sitting still all day
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) playing outdoors (c) short study breaks (d) feeling very stressed
15. 15.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) water and a short break (b) eat lots of sweets (c) keep going for hours (d) give up for the day
17. 17.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) testing yourself helps (c) one reading is enough (d) pictures stick better
19. 19.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
20. 20.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
21. 21.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) ignore it (b) buy memory pills (c) tell a parent or doctor (d) study even more
22. 22.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases memory (b) it helps learning stick (c) it is only for babies (d) it wastes time
23. 23.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) think about it more (c) watch the match (d) note it, then go back
24. 24.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
26. 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) memory can’t improve (c) sleep helps you learn (d) meaning makes it stick
27. 27.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
28. 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
29. 29.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) an OTP you just got (c) your home address (d) the national anthem
30. 30.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
31. 31.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) a good night’s sleep (c) skipping revision (d) never testing yourself
32. 32.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) study all night (b) play games all night (c) revise, then sleep well (d) skip sleep and dinner
33. 33.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) your best friend’s name (c) a number you just heard (d) the last line you read
34. 34.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) drinking enough water (c) short study breaks (d) staying up very late
35. 35.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) directions told just now (b) a carry while adding (c) a number you just heard (d) tables learned long ago
37. 37.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) chatting in class (c) scrolling while reading (d) a desk full of toys
38. 38.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) chatting quietly
39. 39.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) making a picture of it (c) reviewing the next day (d) learning without meaning
40. 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) yes, in a week (c) no, that is a myth (d) yes, with a pill

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