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.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it makes you tired (d) it only helps in sport
- 2.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) using it in a sentence (b) hearing it only once (c) thinking of your reply (d) not asking again
- 3.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 4.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) a silly, funny one (c) one with no picture (d) a very long one
- 5.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning it all at once (b) a little every day (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) short reviews over weeks
- 7.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 1 (V) stand for? (a) yellow (b) violet (c) orange (d) red
- 8.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 468798929. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 468 779 8929 (b) 468 798 929 (c) 648 798 929 (d) 468 798 29
- 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
- 11.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) both the same (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 12.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) ESWN (c) ENSW (d) WSEN
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 506782942. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 506 782 942 (b) 506 829 42 (c) 056 782 942 (d) 500 678 2942
- 15.📅 The digits 08092016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/0920/16 (b) 08/09/2016 (c) 080/920/16 (d) 0809/20/16
- 16.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 17.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 19.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no time for review? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) no spare days (c) starts weeks early (d) old topics come back
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Nine Sing Wet (b) Every Sing Wet Nine (c) Wet Sing Every Nine (d) Nine Every Sing Wet
- 23.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sound (b) taste (c) sight (d) touch
- 24.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 1 9 4 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 194 and 7
- 25.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) later today and tomorrow (d) only in the exam
- 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) good memory is just luck (c) testing yourself helps (d) everyone forgets things
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Mum All Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mum All (c) All Mum Funny Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps Mum All
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant jeep sits on a nest; the nest pulls a cat; the cat crashes into a frog; the frog bounces onto a bucket. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) frog (b) cat (c) nest (d) jeep
- 29.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 30.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: copy it 50 times blindly? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a sock by the classroom door, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a van by the notice board, a spoon by the stairs, an ant by the school gate. What did you place by the notice board? (a) ant (b) sock (c) spoon (d) van
- 32.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) root (c) leaf (d) flower
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) bun (c) won (d) sell
- 34.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 13, 14 (b) days 4, 7, 14 (c) all on day 14 (d) days 5, 7, 9
- 35.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) an OTP you just got (c) a new word for a minute (d) a number you just heard
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) never testing yourself (c) skipping revision (d) reviewing the next day
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never using the name (b) thinking of your reply (c) hearing it only once (d) using it in a sentence
- 40.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
Answer key
- you keep what you notice
- using it in a sentence
- what each letter means
- a silly, funny one
- 3
- learning it all at once
- violet
- False
- 468 798 929
- pay attention
- the pen stirring tea
- long-term memory
- NESW
- 506 782 942
- 08/09/2016
- long-term memory
- 2
- step 1
- a poor timetable
- step 1
- no spare days
- Nine Every Sing Wet
- sound
- 19 and 47
- later today and tomorrow
- good memory is just luck
- Jeeps Funny Mum All
- cat
- 14
- a weak way
- van
- leaf
- sell
- days 4, 7, 14
- True
- how to ride a bicycle
- a first-letter sentence
- reviewing the next day
- using it in a sentence
- step 2
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