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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 464 · 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for whistle, frog, parrot, umbrella, ball is “Wise Fly Pink ___ Bunny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Yaks (b) Uncle (c) Dogs (d) Ink
  2. 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
  3. 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle sings to an umpire; the umpire jumps over a tent; the tent bounces onto a fan; the fan crashes into a lemon. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) lemon (b) umpire (c) tent (d) fan
  4. 4.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 19 and 47 (c) 1 and 947 (d) 1 9 4 7
  5. 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) one word holds a list (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
  6. 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
  7. 7.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  8. 8.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) read it once (b) hope for the best (c) hear it once (d) review and use it often
  9. 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  10. 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) white (b) one (c) chain (d) well
  11. 11.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) screens till midnight (c) a full night’s sleep (d) feeling very stressed
  12. 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) games open on screen (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
  13. 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  14. 14.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 96 (b) 98 (c) 95 (d) 93
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a quiet place to study (b) scrolling while reading (c) phone in another room (d) a goal for each session
  16. 16.True or false: “a carry while adding” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
  18. 18.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  19. 19.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) explaining to a friend (c) skipping revision (d) learning without meaning
  20. 20.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
  21. 21.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  22. 22.True or false: “short study breaks” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) writing it down later (b) asking how to spell it (c) saying the name back (d) thinking of your reply
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) learning without meaning (c) reviewing after a week (d) testing yourself
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) never using the name (c) using it in a sentence (d) looking at your phone
  26. 26.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) forgetting starts late
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself helps (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) meaning makes it stick
  28. 28.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a whistle by the library, an apple by the blackboard, an owl by the playground, an ice cream by the classroom door, an urn by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) whistle (b) urn (c) ice cream (d) apple
  30. 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 116986582. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 116 986 582 (b) 116 998 6582 (c) 116 985 682 (d) 169 865 82
  31. 31.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
  32. 32.Which of these helps your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) fruit and vegetables (c) staying up very late (d) studying very hungry
  33. 33.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 17 (b) days 7, 11, 17 (c) days 8, 10, 12 (d) days 12, 16, 17
  34. 34.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in a corner (c) all in one colour (d) details on small twigs
  35. 35.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: old topics come back? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  36. 36.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
  37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) see where it comes from (b) use it in a few sums (c) test yourself weekly (d) read it once
  38. 38.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 8:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) a number you just heard (c) the last line you read (d) a price you just heard
  40. 40.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “___ Lions Pigs Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) All (b) Every (c) Pink (d) Frogs

Answer key

  1. Uncle
  2. picture the first item
  3. umpire
  4. 19 and 47
  5. one word holds a list
  6. chunking
  7. step 2
  8. review and use it often
  9. short-term memory
  10. one
  11. a full night’s sleep
  12. notes while listening
  13. step 1
  14. 95
  15. scrolling while reading
  16. False
  17. learn the topic
  18. short-term memory
  19. explaining to a friend
  20. explain it simply
  21. 7
  22. False
  23. thinking of your reply
  24. learning without meaning
  25. using it in a sentence
  26. we forget fast at first
  27. some kids never forget
  28. initials match the list
  29. ice cream
  30. 116 986 582
  31. note it, then go back
  32. fruit and vegetables
  33. days 7, 11, 17
  34. details on small twigs
  35. a good timetable
  36. 65
  37. read it once
  38. 10
  39. the national anthem
  40. Every

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