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: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) late nights every day (b) one subject all week (c) no breaks at all (d) mixes subjects each day
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) quizzing with cards (b) covering the answers (c) copying notes neatly (d) blank-page recall
- 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 2985126496. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 298 512 6496 (b) 295 126 496 (c) 298 516 2496 (d) 298 512 64966
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one subject all week (b) no spare days (c) starts weeks early (d) no breaks at all
- 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 8.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “revising before bed” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📅 The digits 05071990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0507/19/90 (b) 05/07/1990 (c) 050/719/90 (d) 05/0719/90
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) how to swim (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) your home address
- 12.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) the national anthem (d) how to swim
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 492711948304. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4927 1194 8034 (b) 4927 1194 834 (c) 4927 1119 48304 (d) 4927 1194 8304
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) explaining to a friend (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing after a week
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nine Eat ___ Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Vines (b) Red (c) Pink (d) Sing
- 16.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 17.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 18.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 5 (J) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
- 19.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 7, 11 (b) days 6, 9, 11 (c) days 5, 8, 11 (d) all on day 11
- 20.True or false: “your best friend’s name” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 22.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 8, 10 (b) all on day 17 (c) days 10, 15, 17 (d) days 6, 11, 17
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ant, pencil, tomato, ice cream is “___ Pigs Toys Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Vans (c) Bunny (d) Ice
- 24.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) throw it away (b) redraw it from memory (c) colour it again (d) frame it
- 25.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) sakhar (c) aai (d) phool
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) tasting bitter karela
- 28.📅 The digits 22101991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 221/019/91 (b) 2210/19/91 (c) 22/1019/91 (d) 22/10/1991
- 29.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 30.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it needs no effort (b) tests are just fun (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it is faster to read
- 31.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) light (b) knee (c) main (d) string
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spare days for doubts (b) one subject all week (c) only easy subjects (d) no spare days
- 33.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 34.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) write the exam dates (b) start the last day (c) buy new pens (d) copy a friend
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a blurry shape (b) a far-off still tree (c) a kite as big as a house (d) a plain grey box
- 36.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a carry while adding (b) your home address (c) a price you just heard (d) a new word for a minute
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) make food using sunlight (c) turn into fruit (d) holds up the leaves
- 38.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) to save paper (b) no reason (c) to forget faster (d) each review lasts longer
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Sing Wet Goats (b) Wet Goats Sing (c) Wet Sing Goats (d) Goats Wet Sing
- 40.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
Answer key
- False
- mixes subjects each day
- copying notes neatly
- 298 512 6496
- starts weeks early
- step 3
- helps you keep it
- False
- True
- 05/07/1990
- a new word for a minute
- a price you just heard
- 4927 1194 8304
- reading it once only
- Sing
- helps attention
- active recall
- Jupiter
- days 4, 7, 11
- False
- choose a place you know
- days 6, 11, 17
- All
- redraw it from memory
- False
- chaabi
- seeing a red kite fly
- 22/10/1991
- short-term memory
- recalling makes it stick
- knee
- spare days for doubts
- long-term memory
- write the exam dates
- a kite as big as a house
- your home address
- turn into fruit
- each review lasts longer
- Sing Wet Goats
- 27
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