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 of these is active recall? (a) quizzing with cards (b) re-reading the chapter (c) highlighting everything (d) copying notes neatly
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cram it the last night (b) a formula card (c) skip what letters mean (d) read it once
- 4.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 5.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 7.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in the centre (c) small doodles (d) copying a whole page
- 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) using it in a sum (c) learning without meaning (d) cramming the last night
- 9.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) short study breaks (c) a full night’s sleep (d) a healthy breakfast
- 10.📅 The digits 27072015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2707/20/15 (b) 270/720/15 (c) 27/0720/15 (d) 27/07/2015
- 11.📅 You learn the 7 times table 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?
- 12.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) starts the night before (b) spare days for doubts (c) old topics come back (d) sleep time kept
- 13.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) something you understand (c) a number read once (d) random letters
- 14.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: mix up the letters? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 15.📅 The digits 02062011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0206/20/11 (b) 020/620/11 (c) 02/06/2011 (d) 02/0620/11
- 16.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a violin by the playground, a banana by the classroom door, a needle by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the library, a kettle by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) banana (b) rope (c) needle (d) violin
- 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 20.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 21.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) each link leads on (c) it uses numbers (d) stories are short
- 25.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the letters make no word (c) the list is short (d) you like spelling
- 26.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 1 (P) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Southern (c) Arctic (d) Pacific
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hearing a dog bark (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) hearing a whistle
- 28.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) words are useless (b) images stick better (c) they need no attention (d) they are boring
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) fruit and vegetables (c) a healthy breakfast (d) staying up very late
- 31.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 34.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 6094248741. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 094 248 741 (b) 609 424 8741 (c) 660 942 48741 (d) 609 442 8741
- 36.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a plain grey box (d) a bright red flying cow
- 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) notes while listening (d) asking a question
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Aunty Pigs Lazy Every (b) Every Lazy Pigs Aunty (c) Lazy Pigs Aunty Every (d) Lazy Every Pigs Aunty
- 40.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never forget (c) forgetting starts late (d) we forget fast at first
Answer key
- quizzing with cards
- find a sound-alike word
- a formula card
- 16
- step 4
- step 3
- copying a whole page
- using it in a sum
- skipping breakfast
- 27/07/2015
- 11
- starts the night before
- something you understand
- a weak way
- 02/06/2011
- explain it simply
- rope
- helps you keep it
- helps attention
- False
- helps you keep it
- True
- True
- each link leads on
- the letters make no word
- Pacific
- smelling a stinky sock
- images stick better
- put pictures at stops
- staying up very late
- a poor mind map
- helps you keep it
- an acronym
- a poor timetable
- 609 424 8741
- 11
- a plain grey box
- checking messages
- Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
- we forget fast at first
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