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 story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) test yourself weekly (b) draw a labelled picture (c) a formula card (d) cram it the last night
- 4.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) a new word for a minute (c) a price you just heard (d) a carry while adding
- 5.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) using it in a sum (c) reading it once only (d) learning without meaning
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or check what you missed? (a) learn the topic (b) check what you missed
- 8.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) start from nowhere
- 9.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) a plain, still one
- 11.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell smoke” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
- 13.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a chart of the days and months”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) calander (b) calindar (c) calendar (d) calandar
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) scrolling while reading
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) short study breaks (c) a full night’s sleep (d) an all-night cram
- 16.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, ant, doll, kettle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) AMDK (b) ADKM (c) KDAM (d) MADK
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) know what each letter is (b) see where it comes from (c) a formula card (d) skip what letters mean
- 18.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: thinking of your reply? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) carries food to parts (b) grow under the ground (c) have tiny pores (d) make seeds
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) pills give super memory
- 21.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 22.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) any digit (b) 1 or 6 (c) 2 or 7 (d) 0 or 5
- 23.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) answering old questions (c) staring at the page (d) highlighting everything
- 24.True or false: “one long session only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 25.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 26.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a spoon by the stairs, a van by the classroom door, a nest by the notice board, a banana by the school gate, a ladder by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the banana? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) classroom door (d) school gate
- 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 29.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) only a short while (b) until next month (c) forever (d) for years
- 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 32.True or false: “short study breaks” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 34.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 35.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 36.📅 The digits 10121966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1012/19/66 (b) 10/12/1966 (c) 101/219/66 (d) 10/1219/66
- 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 38.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they are longer (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 39.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck sits on a jug; the jug chases a tent; the tent crashes into a frog; the frog falls into an anchor. Which item comes right after the frog? (a) tent (b) frog (c) duck (d) anchor
- 40.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) sing (b) ring (c) lane (d) spring
Answer key
- step 2
- first letters as a word
- cram it the last night
- tables learned long ago
- using it in a sum
- helps you keep it
- learn the topic
- replay the story
- True
- a funny, moving one
- False
- NESW
- calendar
- scrolling while reading
- an all-night cram
- MADK
- skip what letters mean
- loses names
- make seeds
- we forget without review
- 8
- 0 or 5
- answering old questions
- False
- helps memory
- a list in a fixed order
- school gate
- step 2
- True
- only a short while
- short-term memory
- False
- a first-letter sentence
- spaced practice
- 55
- 10/12/1966
- helps attention
- one word holds a list
- anchor
- lane
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