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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 289 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  2. 2.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) reading it once only (c) linking to what you know (d) one long session only
  3. 3.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  4. 4.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Play All ___ Sing Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Cook (c) Toys (d) Ink
  5. 5.True or false: “linking it to a picture” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tomato, orange, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IOTL (b) LTOI (c) TLOI (d) TOIL
  7. 7.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) never testing yourself (c) explaining to a friend (d) reviewing the next day
  8. 8.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: late nights every day? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  9. 9.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
  10. 10.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) water and a short break (b) keep going for hours (c) give up for the day (d) eat lots of sweets
  11. 11.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 2 (E) stand for? (a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west
  12. 12.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no breaks at all? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  13. 13.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 15 (b) days 4, 9, 15 (c) days 5, 8, 11 (d) days 8, 13, 15
  14. 14.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
  15. 15.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 12, 13 (b) all on day 13 (c) days 8, 10, 12 (d) days 7, 9, 13
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short planned breaks (b) scrolling while reading (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
  17. 17.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) read it once (c) skip it (d) picture a tiled floor
  19. 19.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
  20. 20.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 98 (b) 93 (c) 96 (d) 95
  21. 21.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 3 (N) stand for? (a) Africa (b) South America (c) North America (d) Asia
  22. 22.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare days (b) one subject all week (c) has short breaks (d) late nights every day
  24. 24.📅 The digits 20082015 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2008/20/15 (b) 20/08/2015 (c) 200/820/15 (d) 20/0820/15
  25. 25.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) self-tests every week (b) no time for review (c) spare days for doubts (d) has short breaks
  26. 26.📅 The digits 09061995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0906/19/95 (b) 090/619/95 (c) 09/0619/95 (d) 09/06/1995
  27. 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
  28. 28.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
  29. 29.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) you keep all you read (c) everyone forgets things (d) good memory is just luck
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, a jeep by the door, a mirror by the gate, a candle by the TV, a fan by the sofa. Where did you place the ladder? (a) gate (b) door (c) TV (d) shoe rack
  32. 32.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) make food using sunlight (c) hold the plant firm (d) carries food to parts
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 227916509727. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2279 6150 9727 (b) 2279 1650 927 (c) 2279 1650 97227 (d) 2279 1650 9727
  34. 34.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
  35. 35.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose tickles a needle; the needle pulls an onion; the onion jumps over a rope; the rope sits on a cat. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) cat (b) needle (c) rope (d) rose
  37. 37.True or false: “not asking again” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) using it in a sum (c) reviewing after a week (d) linking to what you know
  39. 39.True or false: “know what each letter is” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) hearing it only once (c) thinking of your reply (d) writing it down later

Answer key

  1. long-term memory
  2. linking to what you know
  3. 14
  4. Ink
  5. True
  6. LTOI
  7. never testing yourself
  8. a poor timetable
  9. 19 and 47
  10. water and a short break
  11. east
  12. a poor timetable
  13. days 4, 9, 15
  14. replay the story
  15. days 7, 9, 13
  16. scrolling while reading
  17. False
  18. picture a tiled floor
  19. 80
  20. 95
  21. North America
  22. short-term memory
  23. has short breaks
  24. 20/08/2015
  25. no time for review
  26. 09/06/1995
  27. VIBGYOR
  28. initials match the list
  29. the method of loci
  30. everyone forgets things
  31. shoe rack
  32. carries food to parts
  33. 2279 1650 9727
  34. helps memory
  35. False
  36. rope
  37. False
  38. one long session only
  39. False
  40. writing it down later

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