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.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) hundreds (c) only a few (d) no limit
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) a goal for each session (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
- 3.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) read it once (b) spell it aloud backwards (c) look-cover-write-check (d) copy it 100 times
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 5.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the day after Tuesday”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Wedensday (b) Wensday (c) Wednesday (d) Wednsday
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, cat, glass? (a) Ants Cook Goats (b) Cook Ants Goats (c) Goats Cook Ants (d) Cook Goats Ants
- 7.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 9, 15 (b) days 9, 12, 15 (c) days 12, 14, 15 (d) all on day 15
- 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) studying when sleepy (d) using it in a sum
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 11.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) skip the middle (b) guess the ending (c) split it into parts (d) write it faster
- 12.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) sock (c) shock (d) sell
- 13.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) copying notes neatly (b) quizzing with cards (c) explaining it aloud (d) answering old questions
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jalebi by the kitchen, a ball by the TV, a glass by the sofa, a fan by the dining table, a coconut by the shoe rack. Where did you place the glass? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
- 18.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 20.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) pictures stick better (d) memory can’t improve
- 22.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, net, drum, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NPDB (b) BDNP (c) NDBP (d) PNDB
- 23.True or false: “cramming the last night” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) a price you just heard (c) your best friend’s name (d) how to swim
- 25.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) linking it to a picture (b) never using the name (c) rushing the greeting (d) thinking of your reply
- 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Aunty Aunty ___ Seven All Eight Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Grab (b) Inside (c) Eight (d) Nani
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) notes while listening (c) daydreaming in class (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 28.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 8 (d) 10
- 29.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every Lazy ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Cook (c) Ink (d) Dad
- 31.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
- 32.True or false: “copy it 50 times blindly” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very stressed (b) fruit and vegetables (c) a calm, happy mind (d) a full night’s sleep
- 34.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 9, 12 (b) days 11, 15, 16 (c) all on day 16 (d) days 4, 8, 16
- 35.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the oceans (d) the months
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) copy it 50 times blindly (b) never use it in sums (c) skip what letters mean (d) use it in a few sums
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) a desk full of toys (d) short planned breaks
- 40.📅 The digits 09041978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/419/78 (b) 0904/19/78 (c) 09/0419/78 (d) 09/04/1978
Answer key
- only a few
- a goal for each session
- look-cover-write-check
- a first-letter sentence
- Wednesday
- Ants Cook Goats
- days 7, 9, 15
- using it in a sum
- a strong picture
- one word holds a list
- split it into parts
- sell
- False
- step 1
- link it to the next item
- copying notes neatly
- sofa
- it slows down
- AANSAEA
- the letters make no word
- pictures stick better
- PNDB
- False
- a price you just heard
- linking it to a picture
- Nani
- daydreaming in class
- 10
- True
- Pigs
- 27
- True
- feeling very stressed
- days 4, 8, 16
- False
- the rainbow colours
- 6
- use it in a few sums
- short planned breaks
- 09/04/1978
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