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.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 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.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.🔍 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.🔍 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.📅 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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 10.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “learning it all at once” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 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.✏️ 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.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 3 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 17.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sock (b) shock (c) rock (d) brain
- 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.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting raw mango? (a) taste (b) sight (c) smell (d) sound
- 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
- 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.🔍 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.✏️ 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.✏️ 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.🔗 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.🔢 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.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔤 “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.🔗 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.🔍 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.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “a goal for each session” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 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.🔍 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.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.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) plain lists (b) colours only (c) funny actions (d) numbers
- 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
- 8
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- a funny, moving one
- old topics each Sunday
- screens till midnight
- scrolling while reading
- 07/02/2020
- short-term memory
- False
- shoe
- True
- True
- AANSAEA
- Neat Eight Seven Wise
- 240
- True
- brain
- copying a whole page
- taste
- notice it
- all reviews on one day
- your mother tongue
- Jeeps Funny Mice Aunty
- the letters make no word
- bucket
- 896 050 420
- False
- link it to the next item
- Venus
- link it to the next item
- memory can’t improve
- False
- False
- a myth
- a silly, funny one
- your best friend’s name
- your birthday
- funny actions
- that item is lost
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