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 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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 3.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🧠 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.🔍 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.🗺️ 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.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: “rushing the greeting” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell smoke” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) ears (d) skin
- 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.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: mixes subjects each day? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 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.🎨 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 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.🧪 Active recall or passive review: explaining it aloud? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 20.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 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.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 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.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 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.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 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.🔢 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.🔤 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.🔗 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.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.🔍 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.True or false: “know what each letter is” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 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.📅 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.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “using it in a sentence” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 39.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 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
- three chunks, not ten
- short-term memory
- False
- True
- days 6, 11, 20
- we never reviewed them
- never using the name
- taste sweet
- True
- False
- True
- nose
- DSFI
- a good timetable
- memory can’t improve
- images stick better
- in the same order
- PAISA
- active recall
- helps memory
- it shows how ideas link
- 8
- picture the first item
- False
- link it to the meaning
- a good timetable
- hearing a dog bark
- 1042 4566 9939
- what each letter means
- link it to the next item
- you keep all you read
- directions told just now
- True
- each link leads on
- 09/03/1963
- True
- True
- a fact
- True
- net
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