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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 199 · 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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning it all at once (b) one huge session (c) 4 hours the night before (d) 15 minutes on 4 days
  3. 3.🧠 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
  4. 4.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  6. 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
  7. 7.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  8. 8.🏰 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
  9. 9.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  10. 10.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
  11. 11.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
  13. 13.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  14. 14.📚 You must revise 9 chapters, 3 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
  15. 15.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, in a week (b) yes, with a pill (c) yes, by staring hard (d) no, that is a myth
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never use it in sums (b) mix up the letters (c) test yourself weekly (d) skip what letters mean
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) short reviews over weeks (c) a little every day (d) no review until the test
  18. 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Play Crazy (b) Cats Every Play Crazy (c) Cats Play Crazy Every (d) Crazy Play Cats Every
  19. 19.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) nothing else
  21. 21.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) date chunks (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
  22. 22.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) testing yourself (c) reviewing after a week (d) cramming the last night
  23. 23.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  24. 24.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) reading it once only (c) linking to what you know (d) making a picture of it
  25. 25.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 13
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kettle by the fruit cart, a glass by the slide, an urn by the bench, a violin by the park gate, an umbrella by the swing. Where did you place the kettle? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) bench (d) swing
  30. 30.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  31. 31.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 14, 16 (b) days 9, 13, 17 (c) days 7, 11, 16 (d) all on day 16
  32. 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, violin, ant, orange, goat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VSAOG (b) GOAVS (c) SVAOG (d) VAOGS
  33. 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copy it 50 times blindly (b) see where it comes from (c) draw a labelled picture (d) use it in a few sums
  35. 35.Which of these breaks attention? (a) phone in another room (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) asking a question
  36. 36.True or false: “mix up the letters” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  38. 38.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  39. 39.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) the letters make no word (c) there is no list (d) you like spelling
  40. 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) ANSAEAA

Answer key

  1. keep it in memory
  2. 15 minutes on 4 days
  3. keep it in memory
  4. yes, with new pictures
  5. breaks attention
  6. initials match the list
  7. 18
  8. to keep the order
  9. 19
  10. first letters as a word
  11. True
  12. close the book
  13. passive review
  14. 3
  15. no, that is a myth
  16. test yourself weekly
  17. no review until the test
  18. Every Cats Play Crazy
  19. True
  20. the word’s meaning
  21. a first-letter sentence
  22. cramming the last night
  23. Jupiter
  24. reading it once only
  25. False
  26. 10
  27. 9
  28. chunking
  29. fruit cart
  30. passive review
  31. days 7, 11, 16
  32. SVAOG
  33. lets it fade
  34. copy it 50 times blindly
  35. TV on while studying
  36. False
  37. 14
  38. long-term memory
  39. the letters make no word
  40. AANSAEA

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