Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 32 · 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 of these is bad for your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) sitting still all day (c) drinking enough water (d) revising before bed
2. 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
3. 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) daydreaming in class
4. 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) testing yourself helps (c) you keep all you read (d) practice improves memory
5. 5.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) scrolling while reading (c) eyes on the speaker (d) TV on while studying
6. 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) linking to what you know (b) learning without meaning (c) skipping revision (d) reading it once only
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) cramming lasts for years (c) we forget without review (d) good memory is just luck
8. 8.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
11. 11.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
12. 12.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) drinking enough water (c) a healthy breakfast (d) staying up very late
13. 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
14. 14.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
16. 16.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) we forget fast at first (c) forgetting starts late (d) memory is fixed
17. 17.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) give up studying (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
18. 18.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) the last line you read (c) your birthday (d) a number you just heard
19. 19.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) three tasks at once (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
20. 20.True or false: “one long session only” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) a whole book (c) hundreds (d) no limit
22. 22.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) look, forget, guess (c) notice, store, recall (d) read, write, sleep
23. 23.True or false: “directions told just now” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “a carry while adding” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) it makes you tired (c) it only helps in sport (d) you keep what you notice
26. 26.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
28. 28.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
29. 29.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or recall it? (a) notice it (b) recall it
32. 32.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) one long session only (c) explaining to a friend (d) making a picture of it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) directions told just now (b) a number you just heard (c) your mother tongue (d) a carry while adding
34. 34.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
35. 35.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
36. 36.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) revising before bed (c) skipping breakfast (d) playing outdoors
37. 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
38. 38.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or pay attention? (a) recall it (b) pay attention
39. 39.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) cramming the last night (c) one long session only (d) testing yourself

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