Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 468 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
2. 2.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your mother tongue (b) the national anthem (c) your best friend’s name (d) a new word for a minute
3. 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
4. 4.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
5. 5.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) something you understand (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
6. 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) cramming the last night (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing after a week
8. 8.😴 You go to bed at 8:00 PM and wake up at 4:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
9. 9.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) revise, then sleep well (b) play games all night (c) study all night (d) skip sleep and dinner
10. 10.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
11. 11.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
12. 12.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
13. 13.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) until next month (c) only a short while (d) for years
14. 14.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
16. 16.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) taking short notes (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
17. 17.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) making a picture of it (c) testing yourself (d) cramming the last night
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an OTP you just got (b) a number you just heard (c) tables learned long ago (d) a new word for a minute
19. 19.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) look, forget, guess (c) read, write, sleep (d) notice, store, recall
20. 20.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) testing yourself helps
21. 21.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: screens till midnight? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
22. 22.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) memory is fixed (d) we never reviewed them
23. 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
25. 25.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
26. 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
27. 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
28. 28.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) short study breaks (c) drinking enough water (d) a healthy breakfast
29. 29.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) your brain is full (c) you are bad at names (d) not paying attention
30. 30.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) studying when sleepy (c) making a picture of it (d) reviewing after a week
31. 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) memory can’t improve (c) testing yourself helps (d) practice improves memory
33. 33.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to swim (b) your mother tongue (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) the last line you read
34. 34.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) feeling very stressed (c) studying very hungry (d) hours with no break
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) studying when sleepy (c) reviewing after a week (d) explaining to a friend
36. 36.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) feeling very stressed (c) a full night’s sleep (d) playing outdoors
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) a calm, happy mind (c) revising before bed (d) a full night’s sleep
38. 38.True or false: “making a picture of it” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True

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