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.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, sugar does (b) no — habits help most (c) yes, energy drinks (d) yes, many do
- 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) one reading is enough (c) testing yourself helps (d) you keep all you read
- 3.True or false: “screens till midnight” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 757427201. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 757 247 201 (b) 757 422 7201 (c) 757 422 01 (d) 757 427 201
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) they need no learning
- 6.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: asking how to spell it? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 7.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 8.📅 You learn the water cycle 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?
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, umpire, monkey, sock, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UMSIP (b) UPMSI (c) PUMSI (d) ISMUP
- 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 11.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it makes you tired (c) it doesn’t matter (d) you keep what you notice
- 12.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) known (c) clear (d) right
- 13.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
- 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) one huge session (c) starting the exam eve (d) 4 hours the night before
- 16.True or false: “starting the exam eve” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 13, 16, 17 (b) days 7, 10, 17 (c) days 10, 14, 18 (d) all on day 17
- 18.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a short walk or stretch (b) an hour of games (c) scrolling videos (d) a long TV show
- 19.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 119306583114. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1193 0658 314 (b) 1193 0658 3114 (c) 1193 6058 3114 (d) 1193 0658 31114
- 21.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) nothing changes (c) it slows down (d) you forget more
- 22.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) a goal for each session (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a desk full of toys
- 23.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) starting the exam eve (b) one huge session (c) all reviews on one day (d) short reviews over weeks
- 24.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a dull white wall (c) a far-off still tree (d) the word in small print
- 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) know (b) say (c) write (d) learn
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the last line you read (b) how to swim (c) an OTP you just got (d) directions told just now
- 27.📅 The digits 06041964 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/04/1964 (b) 0604/19/64 (c) 060/419/64 (d) 06/0419/64
- 28.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
- 29.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 30.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: looking at your phone? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 31.👋 You meet a new classmate called Kamal. The name means “lotus”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a pink lotus (b) glowing like the sun (c) with a shiny diamond (d) in soft moonlight
- 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an onion by the bus stop, a shoe by the fruit cart, a nest by the banyan tree, a doll by the post box, a lemon by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) onion (b) lemon (c) shoe (d) doll
- 34.📅 The digits 27032023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2703/20/23 (b) 270/320/23 (c) 27/0320/23 (d) 27/03/2023
- 35.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) a blurry shape
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) drinking enough water (c) a calm, happy mind (d) fruit and vegetables
- 37.📅 The digits 06091991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 060/919/91 (b) 0609/19/91 (c) 06/0919/91 (d) 06/09/1991
- 38.🔗 Your link story: a giant watch sits on a parrot; the parrot falls into a doll; the doll bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a flute. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) doll (b) flute (c) ice cream (d) parrot
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eat Nani Sing Wise (b) Wise Sing Eat Nani (c) Eat Sing Wise Nani (d) Nani Eat Sing Wise
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
Answer key
- no — habits help most
- testing yourself helps
- False
- 757 427 201
- one word holds a list
- helps with names
- long-term memory
- 19
- PUMSI
- helps attention
- you keep what you notice
- true
- the letters make no word
- a myth
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- False
- days 7, 10, 17
- a short walk or stretch
- link it to the next item
- 1193 0658 3114
- it slows down
- a desk full of toys
- short reviews over weeks
- a kite as big as a house
- know
- how to swim
- 06/04/1964
- learn the topic
- 14
- loses names
- holding a pink lotus
- an acronym
- lemon
- 27/03/2023
- a blurry shape
- hours with no break
- 06/09/1991
- ice cream
- Nani Eat Sing Wise
- step 3
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