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.True or false: “sitting still all day” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 3.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 4.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) studying very hungry (c) skipping breakfast (d) staying up very late
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) topic in the centre (c) lines that link ideas (d) one key word per branch
- 6.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hear it once (b) hope for the best (c) read it once (d) review and use it often
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: parrot, lamp, coconut? (a) Lazy Cook Pigs (b) Pigs Lazy Cook (c) Cook Lazy Pigs (d) Lazy Pigs Cook
- 8.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no time for review? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 9.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 10.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 1 9 4 7 (d) 19 and 47
- 11.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) both the same (c) neither (d) the pen stirring tea
- 12.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) you are bad at names (b) your brain is full (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a dull, plain one
- 14.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to skip revision (b) to start late (c) to waste time (d) for doubts and surprises
- 15.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 16.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) for years (b) forever (c) until next month (d) only a short while
- 17.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “taste salty” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) skin (d) tongue
- 19.True or false: “playing outdoors” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAEA (d) AANSAAE
- 21.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) reviewing after a week (c) reading it once only (d) making a picture of it
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) learning without meaning (d) testing yourself
- 24.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 25.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 26.True or false: “old topics come back” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) WGS (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for flute, net, lemon, wallet is “___ Neat Love Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Up (b) Tiny (c) Frogs (d) Mum
- 31.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 3 (G) stand for? (a) saffron (b) green (c) white
- 32.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “what you know”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) knowladge (b) nowledge (c) knowlege (d) knowledge
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 599404333. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 599 404 333 (b) 599 404 3333 (c) 594 043 33 (d) 959 404 333
- 34.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: looking at your phone? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 35.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) screens till midnight (b) revising before bed (c) drinking enough water (d) a full night’s sleep
- 38.True or false: “a pale, tiny dot” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) a full night’s sleep (c) drinking enough water (d) a healthy breakfast
- 40.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 16 state capitals and get 7 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
Answer key
- False
- step 4
- 10
- a full night’s sleep
- tiny, cramped writing
- review and use it often
- Pigs Lazy Cook
- a poor timetable
- picture the first item
- 19 and 47
- the pen stirring tea
- not paying attention
- a silly, funny one
- for doubts and surprises
- 15
- only a short while
- lets it fade
- tongue
- False
- AANSAEA
- True
- reading it once only
- testing yourself
- one you know very well
- 5
- False
- 4
- False
- SWG
- Frogs
- green
- knowledge
- 599 404 333
- loses names
- False
- step 1
- screens till midnight
- False
- hours with no break
- 7
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