Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 386 · 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: “hours with no break” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping breakfast (b) a calm, happy mind (c) sitting still all day (d) studying very hungry
3. 3.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
7. 7.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) no, that is a myth (b) yes, in a week (c) yes, with a pill (d) yes, by staring hard
9. 9.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) memory can’t improve (d) you keep all you read
11. 11.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
13. 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
14. 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
15. 15.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
16. 16.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) studying very hungry (c) short study breaks (d) drinking enough water
18. 18.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
20. 20.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) reviewing the next day (c) cramming the last night (d) using it in a sum
21. 21.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) making a picture of it (b) explaining to a friend (c) using it in a sum (d) studying when sleepy
22. 22.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) no memory (c) long-term memory (d) muscle memory
23. 23.True or false: “a number you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
26. 26.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) give up studying (b) watch the match (c) think about it more (d) note it, then go back
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) TV on while studying (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drinking enough water (b) screens till midnight (c) staying up very late (d) skipping breakfast
29. 29.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) we never reviewed them (c) memory is fixed (d) learning is useless
30. 30.True or false: “a carry while adding” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) attention comes first (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
33. 33.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) phone in another room
34. 34.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
35. 35.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
36. 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pills give super memory (c) testing yourself helps (d) one reading is enough
37. 37.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a carry while adding (c) how to swim (d) a new word for a minute
38. 38.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) phone in another room (c) chatting in class (d) scrolling while reading
39. 39.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we never forget (c) memory is fixed (d) we forget fast at first
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) games open on screen (d) short planned breaks

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