Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 91 · 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) your mother tongue (b) your birthday (c) a number you just heard (d) how to swim
2. 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or notice it? (a) keep it in memory (b) notice it
3. 3.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) some kids never forget (c) you keep all you read (d) good memory is just luck
4. 4.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) skipping revision (c) making a picture of it (d) testing yourself
5. 5.True or false: “reviewing after a week” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) keep it in your hand (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
7. 7.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: revising before bed? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
8. 8.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) watch the match (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) note it, then go back
10. 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
11. 11.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
13. 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
14. 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) chatting in class
15. 15.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it helps learning stick (b) it is only for babies (c) it wastes time (d) it erases memory
16. 16.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) studying when sleepy (c) reading it once only (d) skipping revision
17. 17.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
19. 19.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
20. 20.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) a number read once (c) random letters (d) a word you never heard
21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
22. 22.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
23. 23.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) the last line you read (c) your home address (d) how to swim
25. 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) phone in another room (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
27. 27.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
29. 29.😴 You go to bed at 8:30 PM and wake up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
30. 30.True or false: “revising before bed” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.😴 You go to bed at 8:00 PM and wake up at 4:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
32. 32.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) the last line you read (c) a number you just heard (d) tables learned long ago
33. 33.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
34. 34.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) directions told just now (c) tables learned long ago (d) your best friend’s name
35. 35.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
36. 36.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) you forget more (d) it slows down
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) a quiet place to study (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
38. 38.True or false: “drinking enough water” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
40. 40.😴 You go to bed at 8:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?

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