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.🧠 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.🔍 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.🧠 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.🏰 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.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 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.📅 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.🏰 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.📅 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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a drawing
- 11.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 14.📚 You must revise 9 chapters, 3 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 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.🔍 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.🔍 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.✏️ 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.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) its spelling backwards (c) a random colour (d) nothing else
- 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.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.🔤 “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.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.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 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.🏰 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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: re-reading the chapter? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 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.📝 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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 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.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.True or false: “mix up the letters” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 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.🔤 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
- keep it in memory
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- keep it in memory
- yes, with new pictures
- breaks attention
- initials match the list
- 18
- to keep the order
- 19
- first letters as a word
- True
- close the book
- passive review
- 3
- no, that is a myth
- test yourself weekly
- no review until the test
- Every Cats Play Crazy
- True
- the word’s meaning
- a first-letter sentence
- cramming the last night
- Jupiter
- reading it once only
- False
- 10
- 9
- chunking
- fruit cart
- passive review
- days 7, 11, 16
- SVAOG
- lets it fade
- copy it 50 times blindly
- TV on while studying
- False
- 14
- long-term memory
- the letters make no word
- AANSAEA
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