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 touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) hearing a dog bark (d) watching fireworks
- 2.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, bucket, vase? (a) Very Bunny My (b) Bunny Very My (c) Bunny My Very (d) My Bunny Very
- 4.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing once (d) reviewing with gaps
- 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 12, 13 (b) all on day 13 (c) days 6, 9, 12 (d) days 4, 7, 13
- 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one subject all week (b) no spare days (c) no breaks at all (d) self-tests every week
- 8.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 8, 12, 13 (b) all on day 13 (c) days 5, 7, 9 (d) days 4, 8, 13
- 9.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) skip what letters mean (c) never use it in sums (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 12.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 state capitals and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all reviews on one day (b) gaps that grow longer (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 14.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
- 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn rolls into an ice cream; the ice cream sings to a van; the van falls into a candle; the candle crashes into a banana. Which item comes right after the ice cream? (a) urn (b) candle (c) van (d) ice cream
- 17.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
- 18.True or false: “studying very hungry” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to skip revision (b) to start late (c) to waste time (d) for doubts and surprises
- 20.📅 The digits 03071992 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/07/1992 (b) 030/719/92 (c) 0307/19/92 (d) 03/0719/92
- 21.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) turn into fruit (c) make seeds (d) attract bees
- 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, tiger, igloo, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TINL (b) NITL (c) LTIN (d) TLIN
- 24.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 25.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
- 26.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
- 27.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 19 (b) days 8, 13, 19 (c) days 9, 12, 15 (d) days 12, 17, 19
- 29.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) memory can’t improve (c) attention comes first (d) testing yourself helps
- 31.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 32.📅 The digits 12012008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1201/20/08 (b) 120/120/08 (c) 12/0120/08 (d) 12/01/2008
- 33.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 34.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 35.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 36.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 38.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
- 39.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 40.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- feeling a prickly cactus
- True
- My Bunny Very
- reviewing with gaps
- days 4, 7, 13
- step 1
- self-tests every week
- days 4, 8, 13
- False
- ECPC
- draw a labelled picture
- 6
- all reviews on one day
- egg
- True
- van
- yes, with good methods
- True
- for doubts and surprises
- 03/07/1992
- easier to keep
- take in water from soil
- LTIN
- a good timetable
- on the teacher and board
- recalling makes it stick
- True
- days 8, 13, 19
- 4
- memory can’t improve
- step 2
- 12/01/2008
- 12
- step 3
- a poor timetable
- spaced practice
- lets it fade
- explain it simply
- the method of loci
- False
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