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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 42 · 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.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
  2. 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
  3. 3.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) a plain, still one (d) just the word
  5. 5.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) all reviews on one day (c) starting the exam eve (d) 4 hours the night before
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short study breaks (b) screens till midnight (c) a full night’s sleep (d) a calm, happy mind
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) scrolling while reading (d) notes while listening
  8. 8.📅 The digits 07022020 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/02/2020 (b) 0702/20/20 (c) 070/220/20 (d) 07/0220/20
  9. 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  10. 10.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ball by the dining table, a pencil by the TV, a banana by the kitchen, a shoe by the sofa, a tent by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pencil (b) tent (c) ball (d) shoe
  12. 12.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “learning it all at once” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
  15. 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Seven Wise Neat (b) Wise Seven Eight Neat (c) Neat Eight Seven Wise (d) Eight Neat Seven Wise
  16. 16.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 3 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
  17. 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) shock (c) rock (d) brain
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) details on small twigs (b) copying a whole page (c) one key word per branch (d) topic in the centre
  20. 20.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) taste (b) sight (c) smell (d) sound
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) short reviews over weeks (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) all reviews on one day
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your mother tongue (b) an OTP you just got (c) a carry while adding (d) the last line you read
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Aunty Mice Funny Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty (c) Funny Mice Aunty Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps Mice Aunty
  25. 25.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the list is short
  26. 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant vase bounces onto a bucket; the bucket pulls a parrot; the parrot crashes into a pencil; the pencil rolls into a cat. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) parrot (b) cat (c) pencil (d) bucket
  27. 27.🔢 You want to remember the number 896050420. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 896 050 402 (b) 960 504 20 (c) 889 605 0420 (d) 896 050 420
  28. 28.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔗 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
  30. 30.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 2 (V) stand for? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  31. 31.🔗 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
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) sleep helps you learn (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  33. 33.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) one with no picture
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a carry while adding (c) a price you just heard (d) directions told just now
  38. 38.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a carry while adding (c) the last line you read (d) your birthday
  39. 39.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) numbers
  40. 40.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) that item is lost (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. find a sound-alike word
  3. False
  4. a funny, moving one
  5. old topics each Sunday
  6. screens till midnight
  7. scrolling while reading
  8. 07/02/2020
  9. short-term memory
  10. False
  11. shoe
  12. True
  13. True
  14. AANSAEA
  15. Neat Eight Seven Wise
  16. 240
  17. True
  18. brain
  19. copying a whole page
  20. taste
  21. notice it
  22. all reviews on one day
  23. your mother tongue
  24. Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty
  25. the letters make no word
  26. bucket
  27. 896 050 420
  28. False
  29. link it to the next item
  30. Venus
  31. link it to the next item
  32. memory can’t improve
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a myth
  36. a silly, funny one
  37. your best friend’s name
  38. your birthday
  39. funny actions
  40. that item is lost

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