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.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: rose, spoon, banana, guava, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SRBGK (b) RSBGK (c) KGBSR (d) SBGKR
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) know what each letter is (c) use it in a few sums (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) practice improves memory (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
- 5.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel a light touch” go on? (a) tongue (b) ears (c) skin (d) nose
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in any order (d) in the same order
- 7.🧠 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
- 8.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
- 9.True or false: “your mother tongue” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bright red flying cow? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.True or false: “blank-page recall” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) topic in a corner (c) long sentences (d) ideas with no links
- 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) they are longer (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) a carry while adding (c) the national anthem (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 19.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all reviews on one day (b) one huge session (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) 4 hours the night before
- 21.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) smell smoke (c) hear music (d) taste salty
- 22.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) buy new pens (b) write the exam dates (c) start the last day (d) copy a friend
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 24.True or false: “never using the name” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a fan by the banyan tree, a tiger by the swing, a violin by the slide, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a pencil by the park gate. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) umbrella (b) fan (c) tiger (d) pencil
- 26.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune is “Mice Vans Every Mum Jump ___ Up Neat”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Sing (c) Frogs (d) Bakes
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) good memory is just luck (c) attention comes first (d) you keep all you read
- 29.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, onion, rope, doll, cat. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) OSRDC (b) CDROS (c) ORDCS (d) SORDC
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) reading it once only (c) one long session only (d) a good night’s sleep
- 31.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 32.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) hands in icy water (c) smelling wet earth (d) tasting bitter karela
- 33.True or false: “tea” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hands in icy water? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
- 35.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) drawing maps (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) long numbers
- 36.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 37.True or false: “only easy subjects” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: sock, mango, guava? (a) Mice Seven Green (b) Mice Green Seven (c) Green Mice Seven (d) Seven Mice Green
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, spoon, apple, jalebi, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFAJG (b) GJASF (c) FSAJG (d) SAJGF
- 40.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) 2 hours the last night (b) nothing until the day (c) one look today (d) 20 minutes on 6 days
Answer key
- 8
- RSBGK
- copy it 50 times blindly
- memory can’t improve
- skin
- in the same order
- we never reviewed them
- close the book
- False
- a strong picture
- False
- one key word per branch
- one word holds a list
- an acronym
- the rainbow colours
- 7
- a carry while adding
- short-term memory
- True
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- taste salty
- write the exam dates
- step 1
- False
- fan
- note it, then go back
- Sing
- attention comes first
- SORDC
- a good night’s sleep
- chunking
- seeing a red kite fly
- True
- touch
- new words in a language
- a strong picture
- False
- Seven Mice Green
- FSAJG
- 20 minutes on 6 days
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