Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 61 · 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.🧠 Fact or myth: “cramming lasts for years”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
2. 2.True or false: “short study breaks” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) studying very hungry (c) a healthy breakfast (d) short study breaks
4. 4.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) a healthy breakfast (c) playing outdoors (d) sitting still all day
5. 5.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
6. 6.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) nothing changes (c) you forget more (d) it speeds up
7. 7.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) a price you just heard (c) an OTP you just got (d) your mother tongue
9. 9.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
11. 11.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
13. 13.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
14. 14.True or false: “we forget without review” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
16. 16.True or false: “a price you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
18. 18.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) next month (b) the exam night (c) never (d) today or tomorrow
20. 20.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
21. 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) three tasks at once (c) daydreaming in class (d) asking a question
22. 22.🧠 Fact or myth: “one reading is enough”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) a number you just heard (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) your best friend’s name
24. 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
25. 25.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) everyone forgets things
26. 26.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
27. 27.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) forgetting starts late (c) we never forget (d) we forget fast at first
28. 28.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) a number you just heard (c) an OTP you just got (d) your mother tongue
30. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
31. 31.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
32. 32.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) feeling very stressed (c) studying very hungry (d) an all-night cram
33. 33.Which of these helps your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) hours with no break (c) screens till midnight (d) studying very hungry
34. 34.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to change the number (b) to make them longer (c) fewer things to hold (d) no reason
35. 35.True or false: “drinking enough water” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitting still all day (b) studying very hungry (c) a calm, happy mind (d) hours with no break
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) some kids never forget (c) cramming lasts for years (d) you keep all you read
38. 38.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) your brain is full (c) names can’t be learned (d) you are bad at names
39. 39.True or false: “the national anthem” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) sitting still all day (c) short study breaks (d) studying very hungry

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