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.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries food to parts (b) carries water upward (c) grow under the ground (d) holds up the leaves
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 3.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a lemon by the post box, a duck by the park gate, a rope by the bus stop, a glass by the fruit cart, a net by the banyan tree. Where did you place the net? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) bus stop (d) post box
- 5.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to skip revision (b) to waste time (c) to start late (d) for doubts and surprises
- 6.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 7.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 8.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the dining table, a van by the bed, a ball by the sofa, an onion by the kitchen, a candle by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) bucket (b) candle (c) van (d) ball
- 10.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sight (b) touch (c) sound (d) taste
- 11.📅 The digits 03032007 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 03/03/2007 (b) 03/0320/07 (c) 0303/20/07 (d) 030/320/07
- 12.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, vase, fan, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) BFVO (b) VFBO (c) OVFB (d) VOFB
- 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 14.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) skip what letters mean (b) read it once (c) see where it comes from (d) cram it the last night
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) memory can’t improve (c) one reading is enough (d) you keep all you read
- 16.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
- 17.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) a colour for each branch (c) topic in the centre (d) ideas with no links
- 18.👋 You meet a new classmate called Tara. The name means “star”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a pink lotus (b) wearing a shiny star (c) covered in blue paint (d) floating up in the sky
- 19.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) clock (c) rain (d) night
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECPC (c) ECCP (d) CEPC
- 21.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) eat lots of sweets (b) water and a short break (c) give up for the day (d) keep going for hours
- 22.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) learning it all at once (c) one huge session (d) starting the exam eve
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: orange, needle, jeep, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONJF (b) NOJF (c) NJFO (d) FJNO
- 28.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) starts weeks early (b) no time for review (c) has short breaks (d) sleep time kept
- 29.True or false: “light” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a whistle by the stairs, a vase by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the blackboard, a van by the classroom door, a key by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) van (b) ball (c) key (d) whistle
- 31.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) copy a friend (b) start the last day (c) buy new pens (d) write the exam dates
- 32.👀 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
- 33.True or false: “chatting in class” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) stroking soft fur (b) hearing a dog bark (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting bitter karela
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) brain (b) sing (c) spell (d) cane
- 36.🎵 Which word does “three” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) clock (c) tree (d) bell
- 37.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) one key word per branch (c) details on small twigs (d) tiny, cramped writing
- 38.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 39.👋 You pictured a new friend riding a big sea wave. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Shanti (b) Sagar (c) Akash (d) Megha
- 40.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
Answer key
- grow under the ground
- picture the first item
- False
- banyan tree
- for doubts and surprises
- False
- 150
- True
- ball
- sound
- 03/03/2007
- OVFB
- step 4
- see where it comes from
- we forget without review
- add more stops
- ideas with no links
- wearing a shiny star
- cake
- ECPC
- water and a short break
- gaps that grow longer
- 6
- False
- 4
- a good mind map
- ONJF
- no time for review
- False
- whistle
- write the exam dates
- note it, then go back
- False
- hearing a dog bark
- sing
- tree
- tiny, cramped writing
- a weak picture
- Sagar
- fix stops in order
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