Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test
Memory tip (Notice, link, review): Find the topic: memory basics, a mnemonic, a picture or place method, or a study habit. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For sums: add gaps to the learning day, wrong answers = all − right, revision days = days − learning days.
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- 1.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) hearing a whistle (c) smelling wet earth (d) stroking soft fur
- 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) answering old questions (c) highlighting everything (d) copying notes neatly
- 3.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 4.Which of these helps your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) staying up very late (c) hours with no break (d) drinking enough water
- 5.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 6.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 7.📅 The digits 03012004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 030/120/04 (b) 03/0120/04 (c) 0301/20/04 (d) 03/01/2004
- 8.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) a calm, happy mind (c) a healthy breakfast (d) a full night’s sleep
- 9.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 11.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 12.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to swim (b) your home address (c) your best friend’s name (d) a new word for a minute
- 13.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) the last line you read (b) an OTP you just got (c) directions told just now (d) your home address
- 14.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) only in exams (b) after ten years (c) never (d) in the first day or two
- 15.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) meaning makes it stick (c) we forget without review (d) pictures stick better
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a silly, funny one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
- 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 20.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a chart of the days and months”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) calandar (b) calindar (c) calander (d) calendar
- 21.True or false: “studying when sleepy” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 23.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
- 24.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) no picture at all (d) a funny, moving one
- 25.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 26.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) drinking enough water (c) a full night’s sleep (d) feeling very stressed
- 27.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 28.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 29.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “say it aloud” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) starts the night before (b) late nights every day (c) one subject all week (d) self-tests every week
- 32.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling jasmine (b) watching fireworks (c) tasting bitter karela (d) hearing a dog bark
- 33.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 34.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sound (b) touch (c) sight (d) smell
- 36.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 39.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it big and funny (c) keep it still (d) make it grey
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- smelling wet earth
- answering old questions
- 17
- drinking enough water
- keep linking in order
- 7
- 03/01/2004
- hours with no break
- True
- picture the first item
- an acronym
- a new word for a minute
- your home address
- in the first day or two
- hear the new word
- memory can’t improve
- a silly, funny one
- lets it fade
- breaks attention
- calendar
- True
- False
- taking short notes
- a funny, moving one
- a fact
- feeling very stressed
- 2
- step 2
- True
- False
- self-tests every week
- tasting bitter karela
- 15
- False
- sight
- False
- step 4
- step 2
- make it big and funny
- 9
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