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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 418 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it has fewer digits (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
  2. 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  3. 3.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 10, 13 (b) all on day 20 (c) days 13, 18, 20 (d) days 6, 11, 20
  6. 6.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying the name back (b) asking how to spell it (c) using it in a sentence (d) never using the name
  8. 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) see colours (b) feel rough or smooth (c) taste sweet (d) see shapes
  9. 9.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “rushing the greeting” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) ears (d) skin
  13. 13.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, spoon, frog, inkpot. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) SFID (b) DSFI (c) SDFI (d) IFSD
  14. 14.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: mixes subjects each day? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  15. 15.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) attention comes first (d) memory can’t improve
  16. 16.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) they are boring (c) words are useless (d) images stick better
  17. 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  18. 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) PAISA
  19. 19.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) active recall (b) passive review
  20. 20.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
  21. 21.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it hides the ideas (b) it needs no review (c) it is longer (d) it shows how ideas link
  22. 22.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
  23. 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
  24. 24.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
  26. 26.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
  27. 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting raw mango (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) hearing a dog bark
  28. 28.🔢 You want to remember the number 104245669939. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1402 4566 9939 (b) 1042 4566 99939 (c) 1042 4566 9939 (d) 1424 5669 939
  29. 29.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) its spelling backwards (c) nothing else (d) its colour
  30. 30.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
  31. 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) pictures stick better
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your best friend’s name (c) your birthday (d) directions told just now
  33. 33.True or false: “know what each letter is” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it uses numbers (d) it rhymes
  35. 35.📅 The digits 09031963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/319/63 (b) 0903/19/63 (c) 09/0319/63 (d) 09/03/1963
  36. 36.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “using it in a sentence” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
  39. 39.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant tiger sings to a candle; the candle tickles an umpire; the umpire chases a net; the net rolls into a jalebi. Which item comes right before the jalebi? (a) net (b) tiger (c) jalebi (d) umpire

Answer key

  1. three chunks, not ten
  2. short-term memory
  3. False
  4. True
  5. days 6, 11, 20
  6. we never reviewed them
  7. never using the name
  8. taste sweet
  9. True
  10. False
  11. True
  12. nose
  13. DSFI
  14. a good timetable
  15. memory can’t improve
  16. images stick better
  17. in the same order
  18. PAISA
  19. active recall
  20. helps memory
  21. it shows how ideas link
  22. 8
  23. picture the first item
  24. False
  25. link it to the meaning
  26. a good timetable
  27. hearing a dog bark
  28. 1042 4566 9939
  29. what each letter means
  30. link it to the next item
  31. you keep all you read
  32. directions told just now
  33. True
  34. each link leads on
  35. 09/03/1963
  36. True
  37. True
  38. a fact
  39. True
  40. net

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