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 is the odd one out? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) only listening again (c) highlighting everything (d) blank-page recall
- 2.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 3.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 4.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 5.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only adults (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only a teacher
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the shoe rack, a flute by the TV, a bucket by the kitchen, a fan by the dining table, a lemon by the sofa. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) bucket (b) fan (c) flute (d) lemon
- 9.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
- 11.🎵 Which word does “lake” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) cake (c) bell (d) clock
- 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 13.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor rolls into a kettle; the kettle jumps over an umpire; the umpire bounces onto a monkey; the monkey crashes into an igloo. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) kettle (b) monkey (c) anchor (d) umpire
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 16.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it has fewer digits (d) it is a smaller number
- 17.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) never reviewing (b) reviewing with gaps (c) reading it 10 times now (d) reviewing once
- 18.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a plain grey box (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a far-off still tree
- 19.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 9 4 7 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 19 and 47
- 20.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 648363456. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 648 363 56 (b) 648 363 465 (c) 648 363 456 (d) 648 836 3456
- 22.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) kite (b) done (c) one (d) ton
- 23.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant umpire chases a ladder; the ladder jumps over a cat; the cat bounces onto a violin; the violin rolls into an anchor. Which item comes right after the cat? (a) ladder (b) umpire (c) cat (d) violin
- 25.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) grow under the ground (b) turn into fruit (c) make food using sunlight (d) attract bees
- 27.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) say (c) write (d) know
- 28.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) not paying attention
- 29.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) watching fireworks (b) hands in icy water (c) tasting raw mango (d) feeling a prickly cactus
- 30.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) know what each letter is (b) test yourself weekly (c) a formula card (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “roots” branch? (a) turn into fruit (b) holds up the leaves (c) take in water from soil (d) attract bees
- 32.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 33.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) studying very hungry (c) short study breaks (d) hours with no break
- 34.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 36.📅 The digits 13112001 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/11/2001 (b) 1311/20/01 (c) 13/1120/01 (d) 131/120/01
- 37.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a rhyme (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 39.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) asking how to spell it (b) thinking of your reply (c) rushing the greeting (d) not asking again
- 40.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) a new word for a minute (c) a number you just heard (d) a carry while adding
Answer key
- blank-page recall
- step 3
- put pictures at stops
- 16
- 115
- True
- anyone, even a toy
- bucket
- a fact
- store it
- cake
- helps attention
- anchor
- step 1
- helps you keep it
- three chunks, not ten
- reviewing with gaps
- a laughing tiffin box
- 19 and 47
- Jupiter
- 648 363 456
- kite
- True
- violin
- step 3
- make food using sunlight
- know
- not paying attention
- tasting raw mango
- copy it 50 times blindly
- take in water from soil
- the method of loci
- short study breaks
- True
- a rhyme
- 13/11/2001
- True
- a rhyme
- asking how to spell it
- how to ride a bicycle
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