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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 469 · 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.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
  2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 366690002. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 366 960 002 (b) 366 699 0002 (c) 366 690 02 (d) 366 690 002
  3. 3.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) no review until the test (c) starting the exam eve (d) all reviews on one day
  4. 4.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) cramming the last night (c) explaining to a friend (d) never testing yourself
  5. 5.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Ants Jump (b) Funny Jump My Ants (c) Jump Funny My Ants (d) Ants My Funny Jump
  7. 7.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a mind map
  9. 9.😴 You often can’t sleep or feel unwell. What should you do? (a) tell a parent or doctor (b) buy memory pills (c) ignore it (d) study even more
  10. 10.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) test yourself weekly (b) draw a labelled picture (c) use it in a few sums (d) cram it the last night
  12. 12.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) good memory is just luck (d) memory can’t improve
  14. 14.📅 The digits 16062006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/620/06 (b) 1606/20/06 (c) 16/0620/06 (d) 16/06/2006
  15. 15.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  16. 16.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) cramming the last night (b) a good night’s sleep (c) making a picture of it (d) testing yourself
  17. 17.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 35 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 36
  18. 18.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
  20. 20.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: self-tests every week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
  21. 21.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) swing (b) rake (c) lock (d) smell
  24. 24.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
  25. 25.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) your mother tongue (c) how to swim (d) your home address
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for ladder, umbrella, frog, ant, sock is “Love Uncle ___ Ants Seven”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jeeps (b) Young (c) Uncle (d) Fly
  27. 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  28. 28.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  29. 29.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) a goal for each session (d) checking messages
  30. 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
  31. 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
  32. 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) brain (b) fight (c) tell (d) shock
  33. 33.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SRLF (b) RSLF (c) SLFR (d) FLSR
  34. 34.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) studying when sleepy (d) testing yourself
  35. 35.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) today or tomorrow (b) never (c) the exam night (d) next month
  37. 37.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  38. 38.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) the word “umbrella” (b) a plain box (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a small grey dot
  39. 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 386877849177. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3868 7789 4177 (b) 3868 7749 177 (c) 3886 8778 49177 (d) 3868 7784 9177
  40. 40.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) until next month (c) only a short while (d) for years

Answer key

  1. each link leads on
  2. 366 690 002
  3. review on days 1, 3, 7
  4. explaining to a friend
  5. False
  6. Jump Funny My Ants
  7. long-term memory
  8. chunking
  9. tell a parent or doctor
  10. True
  11. cram it the last night
  12. a memory trick
  13. meaning makes it stick
  14. 16/06/2006
  15. chunking
  16. cramming the last night
  17. 36
  18. step 3
  19. ECPC
  20. a good timetable
  21. False
  22. False
  23. rake
  24. hurts memory
  25. a price you just heard
  26. Fly
  27. step 3
  28. 20
  29. checking messages
  30. lets it fade
  31. learn the topic
  32. brain
  33. RSLF
  34. testing yourself
  35. True
  36. today or tomorrow
  37. long-term memory
  38. a giant rainbow umbrella
  39. 3868 7784 9177
  40. only a short while

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