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.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) study all night (b) play games all night (c) skip sleep and dinner (d) revise, then sleep well
- 2.Which of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) quizzing with cards (c) covering the answers (d) watching it again
- 3.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 4.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) good memory is just luck (b) testing yourself helps (c) pictures stick better (d) attention comes first
- 5.Which of these is cramming? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) gaps that grow longer (c) old topics each Sunday (d) starting the exam eve
- 6.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 8.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 9.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a very long word (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 10.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) your mother tongue (c) the last line you read (d) your best friend’s name
- 11.True or false: “skipping breakfast” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spell (b) wake (c) make (d) shake
- 13.Which of these is cramming? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) old topics each Sunday (c) all reviews on one day (d) a little every day
- 14.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) a colour for each branch (c) lines that link ideas (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) a carry while adding (c) directions told just now (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 17.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a bus made of ice (c) the word in small print (d) a bright red flying cow
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for shoe, drum, lemon, candle is “___ Dance Love Cats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Every (b) Sing (c) Mice (d) Bakes
- 20.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 21.True or false: “saying the name back” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 22.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a healthy breakfast? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 23.True or false: “a frog wearing a crown” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) studying very hungry (c) screens till midnight (d) hours with no break
- 25.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or pay attention? (a) store it (b) pay attention
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a needle by the library, an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the classroom door, an inkpot by the blackboard, a net by the playground. What did you place by the library? (a) vase (b) net (c) needle (d) umpire
- 27.👋 You pictured a new friend carrying many books. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Vidya (b) Surya (c) Sagar (d) Kamal
- 28.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 29.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) small doodles (c) topic in the centre (d) details on small twigs
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) backwards (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 31.📅 The digits 10021981 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 100/219/81 (b) 1002/19/81 (c) 10/0219/81 (d) 10/02/1981
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) never using the name (c) rushing the greeting (d) noticing the face
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mirror by the door, a frog by the TV, a watch by the shoe rack, a kite by the sofa, a tiger by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) tiger (b) frog (c) watch (d) kite
- 34.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) honesty (b) rocket (c) elephant (d) banana
- 36.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) 4 hours the night before (b) gaps that grow longer (c) starting the exam eve (d) one huge session
- 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
- 38.True or false: “how to swim” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 9, 13 (b) days 9, 12, 15 (c) days 10, 12, 13 (d) all on day 13
- 40.👋 You pictured a new friend holding a dove of peace. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Surya (b) Shanti (c) Sona (d) Akash
Answer key
- revise, then sleep well
- watching it again
- step 2
- good memory is just luck
- starting the exam eve
- True
- step 1
- a myth
- initials match the list
- the last line you read
- True
- spell
- all reviews on one day
- tiny, cramped writing
- how to ride a bicycle
- passive review
- a first-letter sentence
- the word in small print
- Sing
- helps memory
- False
- helps memory
- True
- a healthy breakfast
- pay attention
- needle
- Vidya
- 9
- ideas with no links
- in the same order
- 10/02/1981
- noticing the face
- tiger
- True
- honesty
- gaps that grow longer
- keep it in memory
- False
- days 7, 9, 13
- Shanti
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