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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 308 · 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.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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 7.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
  8. 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. 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. 10.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) world (b) one (c) star (d) planet
  11. 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. 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. 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. 14.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
  15. 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. 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. 17.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  19. 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. 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. 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. 22.True or false: “no breaks at all” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
  23. 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. 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. 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  26. 26.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: mix up the letters? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
  27. 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. 28.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
  29. 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. 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. 31.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  32. 32.🃏 You test yourself on 21 dates and get 17 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  33. 33.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: all reviews on one day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
  34. 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. 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. 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. 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. 38.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
  39. 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. 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

  1. starts the night before
  2. TBPD
  3. explain it simply
  4. it slows down
  5. 1622 7528 6281
  6. indigo
  7. False
  8. saffron
  9. picture the first item
  10. one
  11. fix stops in order
  12. sleep time kept
  13. Kind Mum Love
  14. hurts memory
  15. step 3
  16. test yourself often
  17. True
  18. False
  19. VIBGYOR
  20. 15
  21. step 1
  22. True
  23. step 1
  24. step 2
  25. 5
  26. a weak way
  27. a rhyme
  28. spaced practice
  29. three chunks, not ten
  30. find a sound-alike word
  31. notice it
  32. 4
  33. cramming
  34. never testing yourself
  35. Dogs
  36. banyan tree
  37. needle
  38. True
  39. testing yourself
  40. a blurry shape

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