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 is the odd one out? (a) one subject all week (b) mixes subjects each day (c) old topics come back (d) starts weeks early
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 4.📅 The digits 26081988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/0819/88 (b) 260/819/88 (c) 26/08/1988 (d) 2608/19/88
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) blank-page recall (c) copying notes neatly (d) staring at the page
- 6.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) rock (c) shock (d) three
- 7.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) never again
- 8.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 9.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts the night before? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) a price you just heard (c) how to swim (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 11.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) looking at your phone (b) asking how to spell it (c) noticing the face (d) using it in a sentence
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) testing yourself (c) learning without meaning (d) one long session only
- 13.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) reviewing the next day (c) testing yourself (d) skipping revision
- 14.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) buy new pens (b) start the last day (c) write the exam dates (d) copy a friend
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 174978518. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 714 978 518 (b) 749 785 18 (c) 117 497 8518 (d) 174 978 518
- 16.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a mind map (c) a long story (d) an acronym
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, umbrella, rope? (a) Up Dance Red (b) Red Up Dance (c) Up Red Dance (d) Dance Up Red
- 18.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to change the number (b) fewer things to hold (c) to make them longer (d) no reason
- 19.True or false: “screens till midnight” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📅 The digits 04031961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 040/319/61 (b) 0403/19/61 (c) 04/03/1961 (d) 04/0319/61
- 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 22.📅 The digits 21101951 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/1019/51 (b) 211/019/51 (c) 21/10/1951 (d) 2110/19/51
- 23.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 24.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) tables learned long ago (c) your best friend’s name (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 25.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) larva (b) pupa (c) adult (d) egg
- 26.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: not asking again? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a mango that sings
- 28.🎵 Which word does “shell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) king
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Ice Bakes Goats Yaks Only ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Kids (b) Seven (c) Jump (d) Rani
- 30.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 31.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) tasting salty chips (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hearing a drum boom
- 32.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) no review until the test (c) starting the exam eve (d) 4 hours the night before
- 33.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: copying a whole page? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copying notes neatly (b) blank-page recall (c) answering old questions (d) closed-book writing
- 35.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 36.True or false: “how to swim” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) light (b) kite (c) bright (d) won
- 38.True or false: “watching it again” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 40.True or false: “bake” rhymes with “bell”. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- one subject all week
- link it to the next item
- step 1
- 26/08/1988
- blank-page recall
- three
- later today and tomorrow
- 13
- a poor timetable
- a price you just heard
- looking at your phone
- testing yourself
- skipping revision
- write the exam dates
- 174 978 518
- an acronym
- Dance Up Red
- fewer things to hold
- True
- 04/03/1961
- picture the first item
- 21/10/1951
- hurts memory
- an OTP you just got
- egg
- loses names
- a pale, tiny dot
- bell
- Rani
- long-term memory
- tasting salty chips
- gaps that grow longer
- a poor mind map
- copying notes neatly
- keep linking in order
- True
- won
- True
- passive review
- False
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