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 do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they are longer
- 2.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) it looks smart (b) it is shorter (c) you can rebuild it (d) there is no need
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 5.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 6.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 7.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a plain grey box (b) the word in small print (c) a blurry shape (d) a pencil that dances
- 9.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 7, 12 (b) days 9, 11, 12 (c) days 7, 10, 13 (d) all on day 12
- 10.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 23 Hindi words and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 3 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 11.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) colours only (b) funny actions (c) numbers (d) plain lists
- 12.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) no review until the test (b) short reviews over weeks (c) all reviews on one day (d) starting the exam eve
- 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 14.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a long TV show (b) an hour of games (c) scrolling videos (d) a short walk or stretch
- 15.True or false: “self-tests every week” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📅 The digits 26121979 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 26/1219/79 (b) 261/219/79 (c) 26/12/1979 (d) 2612/19/79
- 17.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) the topic is useless (b) a gap to study again (c) you should stop (d) you are bad at it
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Eat Play Cats (b) Eat Cats Cats Play (c) Cats Play Cats Eat (d) Eat Cats Play Cats
- 19.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a number you just heard (c) a carry while adding (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 20.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) tables learned long ago (c) the last line you read (d) your home address
- 21.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 22.Which of these is cramming? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) all reviews on one day (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) gaps that grow longer
- 23.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a blurry shape (c) a list of words only (d) a bus made of ice
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wet Silly Every Neat (b) Every Silly Wet Neat (c) Every Neat Silly Wet (d) Neat Every Silly Wet
- 25.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) something you understand (b) random letters (c) a word you never heard (d) a number read once
- 26.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 27.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) skipping breakfast (c) studying very hungry (d) playing outdoors
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) LEPA (c) ELPA (d) LPAE
- 29.True or false: “a healthy breakfast” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 Which word does “lane” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) night (c) sun (d) rain
- 31.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) lake (c) bake (d) rake
- 32.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) never (c) in the first day or two (d) only in exams
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) directions told just now (c) a price you just heard (d) a number you just heard
- 34.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) tell a parent or doctor (b) buy memory pills (c) ignore it (d) study even more
- 35.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for owl, cat, umpire, fan is “___ Crazy Up Frogs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Yaks (c) Ants (d) Only
- 36.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) ROYGBIV (d) IBGYORV
- 37.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, inkpot, needle? (a) Ice Nine Vans (b) Ice Vans Nine (c) Vans Ice Nine (d) Nine Ice Vans
- 39.True or false: “one long session only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitting still all day (b) short study breaks (c) revising before bed (d) a calm, happy mind
Answer key
- one word holds a list
- you can rebuild it
- 6
- True
- 110
- new words in a language
- 17
- a pencil that dances
- days 5, 7, 12
- 14
- funny actions
- short reviews over weeks
- lets it fade
- a short walk or stretch
- True
- 26/12/1979
- a gap to study again
- Eat Cats Play Cats
- how to ride a bicycle
- the last line you read
- 55
- all reviews on one day
- a bus made of ice
- Neat Every Silly Wet
- something you understand
- passive review
- playing outdoors
- ELPA
- False
- rain
- ring
- in the first day or two
- tables learned long ago
- tell a parent or doctor
- Only
- VIBGYOR
- True
- Vans Ice Nine
- False
- sitting still all day
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