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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 443 · 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  2. 2.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) topic in a corner (c) one key word per branch (d) ideas with no links
  3. 3.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 6, 7 (b) days 4, 7, 10 (c) all on day 7 (d) days 2, 4, 7
  5. 5.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  7. 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
  8. 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) haathi (b) phool (c) billi (d) bandar
  9. 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
  10. 10.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) it looks smart (b) it is shorter (c) you can rebuild it (d) there is no need
  11. 11.📅 The digits 23072011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/720/11 (b) 23/0720/11 (c) 2307/20/11 (d) 23/07/2011
  12. 12.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) not asking again (b) using it in a sentence (c) asking how to spell it (d) noticing the face
  13. 13.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  14. 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) done (b) sing (c) tell (d) swing
  15. 15.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 9, 13 (b) days 8, 11, 13 (c) all on day 13 (d) days 3, 6, 13
  16. 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
  17. 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
  18. 18.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
  19. 19.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) spell it aloud backwards (b) look-cover-write-check (c) read it once (d) copy it 100 times
  21. 21.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) cramming the last night (c) never testing yourself (d) using it in a sum
  22. 22.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
  23. 23.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  25. 25.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) notice, store, recall (c) recall, store, notice (d) read, write, sleep
  26. 26.📐 In the 9 times table from 9 × 1 to 9 × 10, the digits of each answer add up to… (a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 18 (d) 8
  27. 27.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  28. 28.📝 A list to learn, in order: duck, key, net, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKNC (b) KNCD (c) CNKD (d) KDNC
  29. 29.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) sitting still all day (c) a healthy breakfast (d) fruit and vegetables
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) say it aloud (b) skip what letters mean (c) a formula card (d) know what each letter is
  31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: pencil, coconut, jug, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CPJT (b) CJTP (c) PCJT (d) TJCP
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: apple, frog, parrot? (a) Funny Aunty Pink (b) Funny Pink Aunty (c) Aunty Funny Pink (d) Pink Funny Aunty
  33. 33.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on the teacher and board (d) on your friend
  35. 35.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
  36. 36.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they are always true (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a sock by the stairs, a needle by the notice board, a rose by the blackboard, an urn by the classroom door, a jeep by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the urn? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) notice board (d) classroom door
  38. 38.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
  40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

Answer key

  1. step 3
  2. one key word per branch
  3. True
  4. days 2, 4, 7
  5. False
  6. step 1
  7. an acronym
  8. billi
  9. the method of loci
  10. you can rebuild it
  11. 23/07/2011
  12. not asking again
  13. a poor timetable
  14. tell
  15. days 3, 6, 13
  16. keep linking in order
  17. put pictures at stops
  18. hear the new word
  19. False
  20. look-cover-write-check
  21. using it in a sum
  22. close the book
  23. False
  24. breaks attention
  25. notice, store, recall
  26. 9
  27. 5
  28. DKNC
  29. sitting still all day
  30. skip what letters mean
  31. PCJT
  32. Aunty Funny Pink
  33. True
  34. on the teacher and board
  35. a list in a fixed order
  36. sound patterns stick
  37. classroom door
  38. True
  39. an acronym
  40. 7

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