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.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) old topics come back (c) mixes subjects each day (d) starts the night before
- 2.📝 A list to learn, in order: tomato, bucket, pillow, drum. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BPDT (b) BTPD (c) DPBT (d) TBPD
- 3.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 4.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) you forget more
- 5.🔢 You want to remember the number 162275286281. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1262 7528 6281 (b) 1622 7522 86281 (c) 1622 7528 6281 (d) 1622 7586 281
- 6.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 2 (I) stand for? (a) red (b) indigo (c) blue (d) violet
- 7.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) star (d) planet
- 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare days (b) no time for review (c) only easy subjects (d) sleep time kept
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: key, monkey, lamp? (a) Mum Love Kind (b) Love Mum Kind (c) Kind Mum Love (d) Mum Kind Love
- 14.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 16.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) test yourself often (c) highlight it all (d) listen once
- 17.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) VIBGYOR (b) IVBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
- 20.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 21.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 22.True or false: “no breaks at all” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: mix up the letters? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 27.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 28.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 29.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it is a smaller number (c) it has fewer digits (d) three chunks, not ten
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
- 32.🃏 You test yourself on 21 dates and get 17 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 33.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: all reviews on one day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reviewing the next day (b) linking to what you know (c) never testing yourself (d) reviewing after a week
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, drum, rose, tiger is “Kind ___ Red Tiny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kites (b) Jump (c) Dogs (d) Yum
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a nest by the swing, a whistle by the post box, an anchor by the park gate, a goat by the fruit cart, a glass by the banyan tree. Where did you place the glass? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) banyan tree
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle tickles a tiger; the tiger pulls a violin; the violin falls into a bucket; the bucket sits on a tomato. Which item is number 1 in your list? (a) bucket (b) tiger (c) violin (d) needle
- 38.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) testing yourself (c) never testing yourself (d) one long session only
- 40.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a blurry shape (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a bus made of ice
Answer key
- starts the night before
- TBPD
- explain it simply
- it slows down
- 1622 7528 6281
- indigo
- False
- saffron
- picture the first item
- one
- fix stops in order
- sleep time kept
- Kind Mum Love
- hurts memory
- step 3
- test yourself often
- True
- False
- VIBGYOR
- 15
- step 1
- True
- step 1
- step 2
- 5
- a weak way
- a rhyme
- spaced practice
- three chunks, not ten
- find a sound-alike word
- notice it
- 4
- cramming
- never testing yourself
- Dogs
- banyan tree
- needle
- True
- testing yourself
- a blurry shape
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