Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 415 · 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) phone in another room (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) TV on while studying (d) asking a question
2. 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
3. 3.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “attention comes first” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
7. 7.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
8. 8.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
9. 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
10. 10.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) one reading is enough (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) studying half-asleep
12. 12.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
13. 13.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
15. 15.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reading it once only (b) a good night’s sleep (c) testing yourself (d) reviewing the next day
16. 16.Which of these helps attention? (a) studying half-asleep (b) chatting in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) notes while listening
17. 17.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
19. 19.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) looking at the clock (b) chatting quietly (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying very hungry (b) an all-night cram (c) a healthy breakfast (d) screens till midnight
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) skipping revision (c) cramming the last night (d) reading it once only
22. 22.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) only in exams (c) in the first day or two (d) never
23. 23.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “one long session only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
26. 26.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to make them longer (b) no reason (c) to change the number (d) fewer things to hold
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) cramming lasts for years
29. 29.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) everyone forgets things (d) we forget without review
32. 32.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📅 You learn the parts of a flower 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?
34. 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
36. 36.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) short study breaks (c) staying up very late (d) a full night’s sleep
37. 37.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) long-term memory (b) nowhere (c) short-term memory (d) only your notebook
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once
39. 39.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) a good night’s sleep (c) learning without meaning (d) explaining to a friend

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