Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 221 · 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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
2. 2.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) a good night’s sleep (c) linking to what you know (d) skipping revision
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) fruit and vegetables (c) short study breaks (d) an all-night cram
5. 5.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reading it once only (b) explaining to a friend (c) making a picture of it (d) reviewing the next day
6. 6.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
8. 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
9. 9.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
11. 11.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) muscle memory (c) long-term memory (d) short-term memory
12. 12.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) next month (c) today or tomorrow (d) the exam night
13. 13.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) short planned breaks (d) asking a question
15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
16. 16.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) forgetting starts late (c) we never forget (d) we forget fast at first
18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
19. 19.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “skipping breakfast” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) asking a question (d) a quiet place to study
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) daydreaming in class
23. 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) everyone forgets things (c) cramming lasts for years (d) testing yourself helps
26. 26.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) fruit and vegetables (c) feeling very stressed (d) playing outdoors
27. 27.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it makes you tired (d) it doesn’t matter
29. 29.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
30. 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) eyes on the speaker (c) daydreaming in class (d) games open on screen
31. 31.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) nothing changes (c) you forget more (d) it speeds up
32. 32.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory (c) only your notebook (d) nowhere
33. 33.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) learning without meaning (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
34. 34.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) one long session only (c) making a picture of it (d) never testing yourself
35. 35.Which of these helps your memory? (a) screens till midnight (b) feeling very stressed (c) studying very hungry (d) a full night’s sleep
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) never testing yourself (c) reviewing the next day (d) testing yourself
37. 37.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
38. 38.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
40. 40.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?

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