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.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) each link leads on (d) stories are short
- 2.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bake (b) fight (c) brain (d) knee
- 3.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for van, coconut, mirror, radio, wallet is “Vans ___ Mice Rani Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Rani (b) Dance (c) Ants (d) Crazy
- 5.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: late nights every day? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) playing outdoors (c) a healthy breakfast (d) revising before bed
- 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs My Ants Jolly (b) Frogs Jolly My Ants (c) Ants My Frogs Jolly (d) Jolly Frogs My Ants
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) directions told just now (b) the last line you read (c) your best friend’s name (d) a new word for a minute
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 230530463. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 230 530 4463 (b) 230 530 463 (c) 235 030 463 (d) 305 304 63
- 12.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 13.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 15.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) cramming the last night (c) reading it once only (d) a good night’s sleep
- 17.👋 You pictured a new friend with a gold medal. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Sagar (b) Shanti (c) Sona (d) Surya
- 18.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) a goal for each session
- 19.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a list of words only (d) a blurry shape
- 21.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) has no pattern (d) is very long
- 22.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
- 23.Which of these helps your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) an all-night cram (c) sitting still all day (d) screens till midnight
- 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mix up the letters (b) test yourself weekly (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) read it once
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wise Green (b) Green Wise Sing (c) Wise Sing Green (d) Wise Green Sing
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) FJMA (d) JFMA
- 30.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or learn the topic? (a) explain it simply (b) learn the topic
- 31.📅 The digits 10022014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/0220/14 (b) 100/220/14 (c) 1002/20/14 (d) 10/02/2014
- 32.True or false: “no spare days” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 33.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) using it in a sum (c) testing yourself (d) reading it once only
- 34.👋 You meet a new classmate called Heera. The name means “diamond”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) with a shiny diamond (b) glowing like the sun (c) holding a pink lotus (d) covered in blue paint
- 35.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bus made of ice (b) a bright red flying cow (c) a plain grey box (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 37.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it is longer (b) it hides the ideas (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it needs no review
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skip what letters mean (b) a formula card (c) mix up the letters (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) games open on screen
- 40.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it needs no effort (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
Answer key
- each link leads on
- bake
- MVEMJSUN
- Crazy
- 5
- a poor timetable
- hours with no break
- step 3
- Jolly Frogs My Ants
- your best friend’s name
- 230 530 463
- picture the first item
- True
- choose a place you know
- False
- a good night’s sleep
- Sona
- three tasks at once
- 8
- a pencil that dances
- means something to you
- we never reviewed them
- revising before bed
- helps you keep it
- False
- step 1
- test yourself weekly
- Sing Wise Green
- JFMA
- learn the topic
- 10/02/2014
- False
- reading it once only
- with a shiny diamond
- a plain grey box
- what each letter means
- it shows how ideas link
- a formula card
- one task at a time
- recalling makes it stick
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