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.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
- 3.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, mango, fan, violin is “Wins My Funny ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Seven (c) Very (d) Funny
- 4.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a banana by the bench, a candle by the slide, a lamp by the park gate, a tent by the swing, a flute by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) lamp (b) banana (c) flute (d) candle
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) how to swim (c) directions told just now (d) a price you just heard
- 7.True or false: “a healthy breakfast” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 8.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) guess the ending (b) write it faster (c) skip the middle (d) split it into parts
- 9.⏰ You revise each of 5 chapters 2 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 10.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 11.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 12.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 2 (S) stand for? (a) flower (b) leaf (c) root (d) stem
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 6830522076. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 688 305 22076 (b) 830 522 076 (c) 683 052 2076 (d) 638 052 2076
- 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 15.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) test yourself weekly (b) use it in a few sums (c) say it aloud (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) covering the answers (c) highlighting everything (d) blank-page recall
- 19.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 20.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: linking it to a picture? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: tent, mango, violin, shoe, owl. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MTVSO (b) OSVMT (c) MVSOT (d) TMVSO
- 22.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) learning is useless (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
- 23.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) daydreaming in class (c) studying half-asleep (d) one task at a time
- 25.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 8, 10, 12 (b) days 13, 16, 18 (c) all on day 18 (d) days 8, 11, 18
- 26.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 9, 13 (b) days 3, 6, 12 (c) all on day 12 (d) days 7, 10, 12
- 27.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) buy new pens (b) copy a friend (c) write the exam dates (d) start the last day
- 28.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) directions told just now (b) an OTP you just got (c) a new word for a minute (d) your birthday
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in the centre (b) long sentences (c) ideas with no links (d) topic in a corner
- 30.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it shows how ideas link (c) it is longer (d) it hides the ideas
- 31.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: say it aloud? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 33.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a mango that sings (c) a plain grey box (d) a sock that smells awful
- 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
- 35.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) cram it the last night (b) never use it in sums (c) see where it comes from (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) well (c) tell (d) swing
- 37.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 38.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) after ten years (c) in the first day or two (d) only in exams
- 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 40.Which of these is cramming? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) all reviews on one day (c) short reviews over weeks (d) a little every day
Answer key
- a fact
- keep it in memory
- Very
- explain it simply
- candle
- how to swim
- True
- split it into parts
- 200
- hurts memory
- passive review
- stem
- 683 052 2076
- a myth
- False
- attention comes first
- copy it 50 times blindly
- highlighting everything
- False
- helps with names
- TMVSO
- we never reviewed them
- 4
- one task at a time
- days 8, 11, 18
- days 3, 6, 12
- write the exam dates
- your birthday
- topic in the centre
- it shows how ideas link
- a smart way
- in the same order
- a plain grey box
- pills give super memory
- see where it comes from
- swing
- step 1
- in the first day or two
- active recall
- all reviews on one day
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