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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 175 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which of these is active recall? (a) quizzing with cards (b) re-reading the chapter (c) highlighting everything (d) copying notes neatly
  2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 14.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: mix up the letters? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
  15. 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. 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. 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. 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. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  20. 20.True or false: “daydreaming in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  21. 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. 22.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
  24. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 31.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
  32. 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
  33. 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. 34.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  35. 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. 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. 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. 38.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) notes while listening (d) asking a question
  39. 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. 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

  1. quizzing with cards
  2. find a sound-alike word
  3. a formula card
  4. 16
  5. step 4
  6. step 3
  7. copying a whole page
  8. using it in a sum
  9. skipping breakfast
  10. 27/07/2015
  11. 11
  12. starts the night before
  13. something you understand
  14. a weak way
  15. 02/06/2011
  16. explain it simply
  17. rope
  18. helps you keep it
  19. helps attention
  20. False
  21. helps you keep it
  22. True
  23. True
  24. each link leads on
  25. the letters make no word
  26. Pacific
  27. smelling a stinky sock
  28. images stick better
  29. put pictures at stops
  30. staying up very late
  31. a poor mind map
  32. helps you keep it
  33. an acronym
  34. a poor timetable
  35. 609 424 8741
  36. 11
  37. a plain grey box
  38. checking messages
  39. Every Lazy Pigs Aunty
  40. we forget fast at first

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