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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 440 · 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.True or false: “a normal-sized cup” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in ABC order (c) in the same order (d) in any order
  3. 3.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) test yourself weekly (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) read it once
  4. 4.True or false: “three” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) harder to keep (c) useless (d) easier to keep
  7. 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
  8. 8.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
  9. 9.🎵 Which word does “lock” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) bell (c) sun (d) rain
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good memory is just luck (b) you keep all you read (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
  11. 11.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) to save paper (b) no reason (c) to forget faster (d) each review lasts longer
  12. 12.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) look-cover-write-check (b) spell it aloud backwards (c) copy it 100 times (d) read it once
  13. 13.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) turn the TV on (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
  14. 14.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 2, 4, 10 (b) all on day 10 (c) days 7, 9, 10 (d) days 5, 9, 13
  15. 15.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) chunking
  16. 16.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) linking to what you know (b) cramming the last night (c) reading it once only (d) skipping revision
  17. 17.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
  18. 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  19. 19.📅 The digits 16122016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/12/2016 (b) 161/220/16 (c) 16/1220/16 (d) 1612/20/16
  20. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) three tasks at once
  22. 22.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) self-tests every week (b) no spare days (c) mixes subjects each day (d) sleep time kept
  23. 23.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) night (b) bell (c) cake (d) tree
  24. 24.Which of these is active recall? (a) watching it again (b) highlighting everything (c) only listening again (d) teaching your sibling
  25. 25.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) read it once (c) skip it (d) picture a tiled floor
  26. 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  27. 27.👋 You meet a new classmate called Megha. The name means “cloud”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a pink lotus (b) in soft moonlight (c) sitting on a cloud (d) wearing a shiny star
  28. 28.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a watch by the park gate, a ball by the fruit cart, a tomato by the post box, an owl by the swing, a spoon by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) owl (b) spoon (c) ball (d) watch
  30. 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never testing yourself (b) using it in a sum (c) explaining to a friend (d) testing yourself
  32. 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle tickles a lamp; the lamp crashes into a key; the key bounces onto a flute; the flute sits on a net. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) key (b) lamp (c) flute (d) net
  33. 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) thing (b) sea (c) tea (d) knee
  34. 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream pulls a kettle; the kettle falls into a watch; the watch bounces onto a jug; the jug sings to a jalebi. Which item comes right before the jug? (a) jalebi (b) kettle (c) jug (d) watch
  35. 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  36. 36.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
  37. 37.📅 The digits 04102004 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 04/1020/04 (b) 04/10/2004 (c) 041/020/04 (d) 0410/20/04
  38. 38.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a carry while adding (b) the national anthem (c) your mother tongue (d) tables learned long ago
  39. 39.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?

Answer key

  1. False
  2. in the same order
  3. test yourself weekly
  4. False
  5. a myth
  6. easier to keep
  7. lets it fade
  8. choose a place you know
  9. clock
  10. we forget without review
  11. each review lasts longer
  12. look-cover-write-check
  13. read it again, focused
  14. days 2, 4, 10
  15. the method of loci
  16. linking to what you know
  17. 135
  18. step 4
  19. 16/12/2016
  20. 5
  21. short planned breaks
  22. no spare days
  23. tree
  24. teaching your sibling
  25. picture a tiled floor
  26. step 2
  27. sitting on a cloud
  28. passive review
  29. watch
  30. lets it fade
  31. never testing yourself
  32. lamp
  33. thing
  34. watch
  35. breaks attention
  36. a list in a fixed order
  37. 04/10/2004
  38. a carry while adding
  39. True
  40. 5

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