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 learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 429489690620. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4294 8990 620 (b) 4294 8969 0620 (c) 4294 8969 06620 (d) 4294 8699 0620
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) light (b) knee (c) fun (d) sock
- 5.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 6.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a goal for each session (c) TV on while studying (d) studying half-asleep
- 8.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 9.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your phone (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
- 10.🔗 Your link story: a giant glass pulls an umpire; the umpire crashes into a jug; the jug bounces onto a kettle; the kettle falls into a watch. Which item comes right after the umpire? (a) watch (b) kettle (c) umpire (d) jug
- 11.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) TV on while studying
- 12.True or false: “testing yourself” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 Which word does “sell” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) rain (c) bell (d) clock
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) star (c) planet (d) one
- 17.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 18.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 0 or 5 (b) any digit (c) 1 or 6 (d) 2 or 7
- 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 20.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 21.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) writing it down later (b) looking at your phone (c) saying the name back (d) asking how to spell it
- 22.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) taste (b) smell (c) touch (d) sight
- 23.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 25.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) grow under the ground (b) take in water from soil (c) hold the plant firm (d) carries food to parts
- 27.🗓️ Your exam is in 15 days. You have 5 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 28.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 4, the tens digit is 4 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 4. What is 9 × 4?
- 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 545392911. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 545 392 191 (b) 545 392 911 (c) 545 392 9111 (d) 553 929 11
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) eyes on the speaker
- 31.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: asking how to spell it? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 32.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Which word does “fight” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) night (d) rain
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skip what letters mean (b) see where it comes from (c) cram it the last night (d) mix up the letters
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, mango, orange? (a) Old Mum Funny (b) Mum Old Funny (c) Mum Funny Old (d) Funny Mum Old
- 37.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) thinking of your reply (b) using it in a sentence (c) not asking again (d) never using the name
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 796074287. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 790 742 87 (b) 796 007 4287 (c) 769 074 287 (d) 796 074 287
- 40.Which of these helps attention? (a) one task at a time (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) scrolling while reading
Answer key
- 10
- hear the new word
- 4294 8969 0620
- sock
- True
- helps memory
- a goal for each session
- an acronym
- on the teacher and board
- jug
- phone in another room
- True
- True
- bell
- put pictures at stops
- one
- True
- 0 or 5
- hurts memory
- link it to the meaning
- looking at your phone
- touch
- notice it
- picture the first item
- step 4
- carries food to parts
- 5
- 36
- 545 392 911
- chatting in class
- helps with names
- True
- night
- 7
- see where it comes from
- Funny Mum Old
- using it in a sentence
- a fact
- 796 074 287
- one task at a time
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