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 is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) highlighting everything (c) staring at the page (d) watching it again
- 2.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 4.👋 You meet a new classmate called Heera. The name means “diamond”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) covered in blue paint (b) with a gold medal (c) with a shiny diamond (d) hair blown by the wind
- 5.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a mango that sings (c) a plain grey box (d) a bus made of ice
- 6.True or false: “cramming lasts for years” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) flowers (b) stem (c) leaves (d) roots
- 8.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) a good night’s sleep (b) one long session only (c) reading it once only (d) never testing yourself
- 9.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 10.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) fewer things to hold (b) to change the number (c) to make them longer (d) no reason
- 11.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) muscle memory (c) no memory (d) long-term memory
- 12.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) nod and forget (b) say it back: “Hi, Riya!” (c) ask for their phone (d) change the topic
- 13.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) hearing a whistle (b) hands in icy water (c) hearing a dog bark (d) smelling a stinky sock
- 14.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 15.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: review on days 1, 3, 7? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 16.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) throw it away (c) frame it (d) redraw it from memory
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 4723277306. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 472 327 306 (b) 472 327 73066 (c) 427 327 7306 (d) 472 327 7306
- 18.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 13 (b) days 5, 8, 13 (c) days 8, 11, 13 (d) days 5, 7, 9
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) a number you just heard (d) your mother tongue
- 20.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 21.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 14 (b) days 9, 12, 15 (c) days 11, 13, 14 (d) days 7, 9, 14
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) a number you just heard (c) your home address (d) an OTP you just got
- 23.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) numbers (c) colours only (d) funny actions
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 25.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) backwards (d) in the same order
- 26.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 28.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) shock (b) snake (c) lock (d) rock
- 29.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) recalling makes it stick (b) tests are just fun (c) it is faster to read (d) it needs no effort
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinking of your reply (b) writing it down later (c) linking it to a picture (d) saying the name back
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a flute by the door, an inkpot by the TV, a parrot by the sofa, a rope by the shoe rack, a drum by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) rope (b) drum (c) inkpot (d) flute
- 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 270939202. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 270 093 9202 (b) 720 939 202 (c) 209 392 02 (d) 270 939 202
- 33.📚 You must revise 6 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or recall it? (a) pay attention (b) recall it
- 35.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: noticing the face? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an all-night cram (b) revising before bed (c) fruit and vegetables (d) drinking enough water
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pale, tiny dot (b) a bus made of ice (c) a far-off still tree (d) a plain grey box
- 39.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “very pretty”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) beautifull (b) beatiful (c) butiful (d) beautiful
- 40.🃏 You test yourself on 25 flashcards and get 14 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
Answer key
- closed-book writing
- step 2
- a myth
- with a shiny diamond
- a plain grey box
- True
- stem
- a good night’s sleep
- step 2
- fewer things to hold
- short-term memory
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- hands in icy water
- January
- spaced practice
- redraw it from memory
- 472 327 7306
- days 5, 8, 13
- a number you just heard
- to keep the order
- days 7, 9, 14
- your home address
- funny actions
- link it to the next item
- in the same order
- True
- long-term memory
- snake
- recalling makes it stick
- thinking of your reply
- drum
- 270 939 202
- 3
- pay attention
- helps with names
- helps you keep it
- an all-night cram
- a bus made of ice
- beautiful
- 11
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