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.True or false: “looking at your phone” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 4.Which of these is cramming? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) a little every day (d) starting the exam eve
- 5.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) use it in a few sums (b) draw a labelled picture (c) never use it in sums (d) know what each letter is
- 6.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) how to swim (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) tables learned long ago
- 7.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) sleep time kept (c) self-tests every week (d) only easy subjects
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no breaks at all (b) one subject all week (c) sleep time kept (d) no spare days
- 9.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) out of the window (d) on the teacher and board
- 10.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) small doodles (b) all in one colour (c) topic in the centre (d) details on small twigs
- 11.😴 You go to bed at 9:30 PM and wake up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 12.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) has no pattern (c) is very long (d) means something to you
- 13.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 14.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 15.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a dull white wall (c) a pencil that dances (d) a mango that sings
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 17.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) what each letter means
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no breaks at all (b) starts weeks early (c) self-tests every week (d) mixes subjects each day
- 19.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) say it aloud often (b) never say it (c) change it each day (d) read it once silently
- 20.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) a full night’s sleep (c) a calm, happy mind (d) short study breaks
- 21.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) linking it to a picture (b) never using the name (c) asking how to spell it (d) noticing the face
- 22.True or false: “one long session only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
- 24.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) no limit (b) a whole book (c) only a few (d) hundreds
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) small doodles (c) a colour for each branch (d) lines that link ideas
- 26.📚 You must revise 8 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge session (b) 4 hours the night before (c) all reviews on one day (d) old topics each Sunday
- 28.🎵 Which word does “ton” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) king (d) bell
- 29.Which of these helps attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) daydreaming in class (c) a desk full of toys (d) TV on while studying
- 30.True or false: “draw a labelled picture” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “short reviews over weeks” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) pills give super memory (c) cramming lasts for years (d) everyone forgets things
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder bounces onto a goat; the goat tickles a monkey; the monkey chases a pillow; the pillow sits on a jug. Which item comes right after the pillow? (a) jug (b) goat (c) monkey (d) ladder
- 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “testing yourself helps”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 37.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) you get an extra item (c) it comes back alone (d) nothing changes
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) how to swim (c) a carry while adding (d) your mother tongue
- 39.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
Answer key
- True
- hurts memory
- step 2
- starting the exam eve
- never use it in sums
- an OTP you just got
- only easy subjects
- sleep time kept
- on the teacher and board
- all in one colour
- 10
- means something to you
- a poor mind map
- a strong picture
- a dull white wall
- link it to the next item
- what each letter means
- no breaks at all
- say it aloud often
- skipping breakfast
- never using the name
- True
- keep it in memory
- only a few
- all in one colour
- 4
- old topics each Sunday
- sun
- short planned breaks
- False
- False
- True
- everyone forgets things
- 7
- jug
- a fact
- that item is lost
- a carry while adding
- step 1
- ECPC
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