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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 2.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
- 3.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) ideas with no links (c) topic in a corner (d) all in one colour
- 4.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) an OTP you just got (c) how to swim (d) a carry while adding
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “Pink All Ink Sing ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Mice (b) Aunty (c) Owls (d) Bakes
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a blurry shape (d) a kite as big as a house
- 7.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 9.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) linking to what you know (b) studying when sleepy (c) reviewing the next day (d) reviewing after a week
- 10.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 11.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no time for review? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 12.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a bus made of ice (d) a normal-sized cup
- 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) games open on screen (b) TV on while studying (c) notes while listening (d) checking messages
- 14.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) true (c) right (d) known
- 15.📅 The digits 09022014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/220/14 (b) 09/0220/14 (c) 09/02/2014 (d) 0902/20/14
- 16.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) change the topic (b) ask for their phone (c) nod and forget (d) say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- 17.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) wait a month (b) throw it away for good (c) never test it (d) review it sooner
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) VIBGYOR
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) free (b) sell (c) spell (d) well
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CPCE
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 22.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 4 hours the night before? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 23.🗓️ Your exam is in 19 days. You have 5 chapters and need 3 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 24.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) fruit and vegetables (c) skipping breakfast (d) playing outdoors
- 25.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
- 26.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a CHANDelier on the moon (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 28.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) guess (b) start from nowhere (c) read a new list (d) replay the story
- 29.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 30.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only pictures (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only numbers
- 31.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) changes daily (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 7294237604. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 792 423 7604 (b) 724 237 604 (c) 729 423 76004 (d) 729 423 7604
- 33.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) muscle memory (c) short-term memory (d) long-term memory
- 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shell (b) well (c) bee (d) sell
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Play Crazy Every (b) Crazy Play Cook Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cook (d) Every Crazy Play Cook
- 36.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 38.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it is longer (b) it needs no review (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it hides the ideas
- 39.True or false: “your best friend’s name” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 40.😴 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
Answer key
- lets it fade
- recalling makes it stick
- lines that link ideas
- how to swim
- Aunty
- a blurry shape
- a strong picture
- step 1
- studying when sleepy
- loses names
- a poor timetable
- a normal-sized cup
- notes while listening
- true
- 09/02/2014
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- review it sooner
- VIBGYOR
- free
- ECPC
- a first-letter sentence
- cramming
- 4
- skipping breakfast
- note it, then go back
- helps memory
- an elephant with HOT tea
- replay the story
- 6
- numbers and letter lists
- means something to you
- 729 423 7604
- short-term memory
- bee
- Every Crazy Play Cook
- False
- helps attention
- it shows how ideas link
- True
- water and a short break
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