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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 6906099416. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 699 060 99416 (b) 690 609 9416 (c) 960 609 9416 (d) 690 609 946
- 3.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white
- 5.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) it looks nice
- 6.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) in the first day or two (c) never (d) only in exams
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps My Aunty
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 10.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 11.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) write it faster (b) guess the ending (c) skip the middle (d) split it into parts
- 12.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) mix up the letters (b) a formula card (c) read it once (d) never use it in sums
- 13.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a type of exam (b) a kind of pen (c) a long book (d) a memory trick
- 14.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “not the same”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) different (b) differant (c) diffrent (d) diferent
- 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 16.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a list of words only (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a kite as big as a house
- 17.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) it speeds up
- 18.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) reviewing the next day (c) learning without meaning (d) never testing yourself
- 19.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) staring at the page (c) watching it again (d) covering the answers
- 21.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 22.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) change it each day (c) never say it (d) say it aloud often
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) make (b) spell (c) ton (d) string
- 24.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 9, 10 (b) all on day 10 (c) days 3, 5, 7 (d) days 2, 5, 10
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jolly Fly ___ Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Mice (c) Bakes (d) Only
- 26.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a desk full of toys (b) studying half-asleep (c) games open on screen (d) notes while listening
- 28.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 29.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 30.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 2 or 7 (b) 0 or 5 (c) any digit (d) 1 or 6
- 31.🎵 Which word does “bite” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) king (c) cake (d) night
- 32.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: only easy subjects? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 33.Which of these is cramming? (a) one huge session (b) old topics each Sunday (c) gaps that grow longer (d) 15 minutes on 4 days
- 34.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 731010120. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 731 011 020 (b) 710 101 20 (c) 731 010 120 (d) 731 001 0120
- 36.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rope by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the swing, a wallet by the post box, a rose by the park gate, a guava by the fruit cart. Where did you place the rose? (a) banyan tree (b) swing (c) park gate (d) post box
- 38.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: ball, candle, duck, anchor, glass. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GADCB (b) CBDAG (c) CDAGB (d) BCDAG
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting salty chips (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a whistle (d) hands in icy water
Answer key
- short-term memory
- 690 609 9416
- True
- saffron
- to keep the order
- in the first day or two
- step 2
- Jeeps Funny My Aunty
- in the same order
- step 2
- split it into parts
- a formula card
- a memory trick
- different
- breaks attention
- a kite as big as a house
- it slows down
- reviewing the next day
- False
- covering the answers
- helps you keep it
- say it aloud often
- ton
- days 2, 5, 10
- Mice
- True
- notes while listening
- 6
- hurts memory
- 0 or 5
- night
- a poor timetable
- one huge session
- the rainbow colours
- 731 010 120
- hurts memory
- park gate
- picture the first item
- BCDAG
- hearing a whistle
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