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.🏰 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.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.True or false: “block” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 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.🗣️ 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.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 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.📅 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.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.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 14.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) done (b) sing (c) tell (d) swing
- 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.🔗 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.🏰 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.🗣️ 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.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 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.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.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
- 23.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 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.📐 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.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 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.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.🔍 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.📝 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.✏️ 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.True or false: “one” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 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.🏰 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.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- step 3
- one key word per branch
- True
- days 2, 4, 7
- False
- step 1
- an acronym
- billi
- the method of loci
- you can rebuild it
- 23/07/2011
- not asking again
- a poor timetable
- tell
- days 3, 6, 13
- keep linking in order
- put pictures at stops
- hear the new word
- False
- look-cover-write-check
- using it in a sum
- close the book
- False
- breaks attention
- notice, store, recall
- 9
- 5
- DKNC
- sitting still all day
- skip what letters mean
- PCJT
- Aunty Funny Pink
- True
- on the teacher and board
- a list in a fixed order
- sound patterns stick
- classroom door
- True
- an acronym
- 7
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