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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 2.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 13, 17 (b) days 10, 13, 14 (c) days 6, 9, 14 (d) all on day 14
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) IVBGYOR
- 4.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) cake (c) tree (d) clock
- 5.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) noticing the face (b) never using the name (c) asking how to spell it (d) writing it down later
- 6.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) short-term memory (c) muscle memory (d) long-term memory
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 8.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) South America (d) Australia
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a dull white wall (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a bus made of ice
- 10.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) starts the night before (c) sleep time kept (d) old topics come back
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 2228981467. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 222 898 4167 (b) 222 898 146 (c) 222 899 81467 (d) 222 898 1467
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) turn into fruit (b) make seeds (c) attract bees (d) carries food to parts
- 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “good memory is just luck”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 15.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📚 You must revise 8 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 17.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) self-tests every week (c) only easy subjects (d) starts weeks early
- 20.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 21.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) studying when sleepy (b) explaining to a friend (c) a good night’s sleep (d) making a picture of it
- 22.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) never test it (b) wait a month (c) review it sooner (d) throw it away for good
- 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 24.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 25.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 26.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) no reason (b) it looks empty (c) quick to see and recall (d) it saves ink
- 27.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) one reading is enough
- 28.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “eyes” branch? (a) see colours (b) smell food (c) hear a bell (d) smell flowers
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short study breaks (b) sitting still all day (c) feeling very stressed (d) staying up very late
- 31.Which of these breaks attention? (a) chatting in class (b) asking a question (c) one task at a time (d) a goal for each session
- 32.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you should stop (b) a gap to study again (c) the topic is useless (d) you are bad at it
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jalebi by the kitchen, an ice cream by the shoe rack, a flute by the TV, a monkey by the dining table, a violin by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) ice cream (b) monkey (c) violin (d) flute
- 34.True or false: “playing outdoors” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) turn into fruit (c) carries food to parts (d) take in water from soil
- 36.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 8, 13 (b) days 8, 11, 13 (c) all on day 13 (d) days 6, 9, 12
- 37.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) each link leads on (d) stories are short
- 38.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) reply at once (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) turn the sound up
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a candle by the bench, an anchor by the swing, a flute by the park gate, a frog by the fruit cart, a coconut by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) candle (b) flute (c) coconut (d) frog
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 302173544042. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3021 7354 40042 (b) 3021 7354 042 (c) 3027 1354 4042 (d) 3021 7354 4042
Answer key
- passive review
- days 6, 9, 14
- VIBGYOR
- cake
- never using the name
- short-term memory
- step 2
- South America
- a bus made of ice
- starts the night before
- 222 898 1467
- carries food to parts
- a myth
- step 2
- False
- 4
- False
- keep linking in order
- only easy subjects
- long-term memory
- studying when sleepy
- review it sooner
- step 1
- long-term memory
- an acronym
- quick to see and recall
- meaning makes it stick
- see colours
- 8
- short study breaks
- chatting in class
- a gap to study again
- ice cream
- False
- make food using sunlight
- days 5, 8, 13
- each link leads on
- put it in another room
- frog
- 3021 7354 4042
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