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 is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) your birthday (c) a price you just heard (d) your home address
- 2.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: writing it down later? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 3.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 4.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 2 or 7 (b) any digit (c) 0 or 5 (d) 1 or 6
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for rose, anchor, tomato, glass is “___ Aunty Tea Green”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Uncle (c) Rani (d) Dogs
- 6.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 7.🎵 Which word does “wing” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) sun (c) king (d) clock
- 8.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) memory is fixed (c) forgetting starts late (d) we forget fast at first
- 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your best friend’s name? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 10.True or false: “closed-book writing” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 11.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) the last line you read (c) an OTP you just got (d) how to swim
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) ears (d) eyes
- 13.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 8, 12, 16 (b) days 6, 10, 16 (c) days 10, 14, 16 (d) all on day 16
- 14.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reviewing after a week (c) learning without meaning (d) linking to what you know
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) copying a whole page (d) small doodles
- 16.True or false: “no review until the test” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear music” go on? (a) eyes (b) skin (c) ears (d) tongue
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
- 19.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it doesn’t matter (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it makes you tired
- 20.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hear it once (b) review and use it often (c) hope for the best (d) read it once
- 21.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 22.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) play games all night (b) skip sleep and dinner (c) study all night (d) revise, then sleep well
- 23.True or false: “using it in a sentence” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell smoke” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only for adults (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) no, never
- 26.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
- 27.🧰 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
- 28.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) string (b) bun (c) shell (d) rake
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) copying notes neatly (c) only listening again (d) quizzing with cards
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) late nights every day (b) no breaks at all (c) spare days for doubts (d) only easy subjects
- 31.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “the national anthem” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) testing yourself (c) reviewing the next day (d) skipping revision
- 34.📅 You learn 12 new spellings 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?
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
- 36.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 37.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) nothing at all
- 38.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 4 (C) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) precipitation (c) collection (d) condensation
- 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 40.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a price you just heard
- helps with names
- passive review
- 0 or 5
- Rani
- 100
- king
- we forget fast at first
- long-term memory
- False
- how to swim
- eyes
- days 6, 10, 16
- learning without meaning
- small doodles
- True
- ears
- ECPC
- you keep what you notice
- review and use it often
- what each letter means
- revise, then sleep well
- False
- False
- yes, with good methods
- yes, with new pictures
- chunking
- string
- quizzing with cards
- spare days for doubts
- True
- False
- skipping revision
- 15
- NESW
- close the book
- numbers and letter lists
- collection
- step 4
- False
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