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.🔗 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.🔢 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.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.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.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 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.😴 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.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a memory trick (b) a type of exam (c) a kind of pen (d) a long book
- 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.📅 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.🧰 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.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.🔢 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.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 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.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: self-tests every week? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 21.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) swing (b) rake (c) lock (d) smell
- 24.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 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.✏️ 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.🔗 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.📅 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.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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 31.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or explain it simply? (a) learn the topic (b) explain it simply
- 32.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) brain (b) fight (c) tell (d) shock
- 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.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) studying when sleepy (d) testing yourself
- 35.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 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.🔢 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.🗂️ 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
- each link leads on
- 366 690 002
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- explaining to a friend
- False
- Jump Funny My Ants
- long-term memory
- chunking
- tell a parent or doctor
- True
- cram it the last night
- a memory trick
- meaning makes it stick
- 16/06/2006
- chunking
- cramming the last night
- 36
- step 3
- ECPC
- a good timetable
- False
- False
- rake
- hurts memory
- a price you just heard
- Fly
- step 3
- 20
- checking messages
- lets it fade
- learn the topic
- brain
- RSLF
- testing yourself
- True
- today or tomorrow
- long-term memory
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- 3868 7784 9177
- only a short while
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