Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 529 · 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.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) nothing changes (c) you forget more (d) it slows down
2. 2.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) feeling very stressed (c) a full night’s sleep (d) skipping breakfast
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) the last line you read (c) a number you just heard (d) your mother tongue
4. 4.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
6. 6.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) not paying attention
7. 7.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
8. 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
9. 9.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) memory can’t improve (d) testing yourself helps
12. 12.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
14. 14.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) hundreds (c) only a few (d) no limit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) your birthday (c) a new word for a minute (d) your home address
16. 16.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) playing outdoors (b) a healthy breakfast (c) drinking enough water (d) staying up very late
17. 17.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) water and a short break (b) eat lots of sweets (c) keep going for hours (d) give up for the day
18. 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a quiet place to study (c) three tasks at once (d) checking messages
19. 19.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
21. 21.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your mother tongue (b) a price you just heard (c) a new word for a minute (d) directions told just now
22. 22.True or false: “a calm, happy mind” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) revising before bed (c) studying very hungry (d) screens till midnight
26. 26.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
28. 28.😴 You go to bed at 10:00 PM and wake up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
29. 29.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) your birthday (c) a price you just heard (d) how to ride a bicycle
31. 31.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a healthy breakfast? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
33. 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) eyes on the speaker
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) meaning makes it stick
36. 36.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: feeling very stressed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
37. 37.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
39. 39.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) TV on while studying (c) a quiet place to study (d) asking a question
40. 40.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) explaining to a friend (c) reading it once only (d) testing yourself

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