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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reviewing after a week (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reviewing the next day
- 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 4.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 5.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 6.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) skip sleep and dinner (b) study all night (c) play games all night (d) revise, then sleep well
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pencil, lamp, orange, rope, ball is “Play ___ Only Red Bakes”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Ice (c) Mice (d) Sing
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) book (b) monkey (c) sleep (d) nose
- 9.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “neend” is “I NEED sleep”. What does “neend” mean? (a) moon (b) cat (c) sleep (d) mango
- 10.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a price you just heard? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 11.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) taste (b) sight (c) smell (d) touch
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “phool” is “a flower in a POOL”. What does “phool” mean? (a) rice (b) elephant (c) cat (d) flower
- 16.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 17.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 18.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 20.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) for doubts and surprises (b) to waste time (c) to start late (d) to skip revision
- 21.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 22.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) it slows down (c) you forget more (d) nothing changes
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) attract bees (c) make seeds (d) hold the plant firm
- 24.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) attention comes first (d) one reading is enough
- 25.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) eyes on the speaker (d) chatting in class
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) short reviews over weeks (c) no review until the test (d) old topics each Sunday
- 27.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 28.Which of these helps your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) a calm, happy mind (c) studying very hungry (d) staying up very late
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
- 30.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) ENSW
- 32.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a new word for a minute (c) your home address (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 33.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 172972171. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 172 972 2171 (b) 729 721 71 (c) 172 972 171 (d) 172 972 117
- 35.📅 The digits 04021974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/0219/74 (b) 04/02/1974 (c) 0402/19/74 (d) 040/219/74
- 36.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 37.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant net tickles a lamp; the lamp rolls into a jalebi; the jalebi bounces onto a spoon; the spoon falls into a flute. Which item comes right after the lamp? (a) spoon (b) net (c) lamp (d) jalebi
- 40.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) redraw it from memory (c) throw it away (d) colour it again
Answer key
- find a sound-alike word
- never testing yourself
- helps you keep it
- a smart way
- 9
- revise, then sleep well
- Lions
- monkey
- sleep
- short-term memory
- False
- helps attention
- chunking
- taste
- flower
- a fact
- lets it fade
- True
- 5
- for doubts and surprises
- in the same order
- it slows down
- hold the plant firm
- attention comes first
- eyes on the speaker
- no review until the test
- breaks attention
- a calm, happy mind
- PAISA
- 95
- NESW
- a new word for a minute
- new words in a language
- 172 972 171
- 04/02/1974
- 11
- False
- to keep the order
- jalebi
- redraw it from memory
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