Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 581 · 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 held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) how to swim (c) a new word for a minute (d) your mother tongue
2. 2.True or false: “directions told just now” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) asking a question (c) checking messages (d) TV on while studying
4. 4.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) skipping revision (c) reviewing the next day (d) a good night’s sleep
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) playing outdoors (c) sitting still all day (d) fruit and vegetables
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) one long session only (c) reviewing after a week (d) never testing yourself
7. 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
8. 8.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
9. 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
10. 10.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
11. 11.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) learning without meaning (c) cramming the last night (d) using it in a sum
12. 12.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) one reading is enough (c) meaning makes it stick (d) attention comes first
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sum (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing the next day (d) linking to what you know
14. 14.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) short study breaks (c) playing outdoors (d) drinking enough water
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) studying very hungry (c) skipping breakfast (d) short study breaks
16. 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) fruit and vegetables (c) studying very hungry (d) skipping breakfast
18. 18.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) turn the sound up (c) put it in another room (d) keep it in your hand
19. 19.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
21. 21.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) never testing yourself (c) reviewing the next day (d) using it in a sum
22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
23. 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) games open on screen (d) TV on while studying
25. 25.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
26. 26.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) hours with no break (c) drinking enough water (d) a full night’s sleep
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) studying when sleepy (d) a good night’s sleep
28. 28.Which of these breaks attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) short planned breaks (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
29. 29.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
30. 30.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) learning without meaning (d) skipping revision
32. 32.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) studying half-asleep
35. 35.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
36. 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) scrolling while reading (d) a quiet place to study
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying very hungry (b) sitting still all day (c) feeling very stressed (d) a healthy breakfast
39. 39.True or false: “playing outdoors” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) out of the window (c) on your phone (d) on the teacher and board

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