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.True or false: “reading it once only” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
- 4.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
- 5.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) forgetting starts late (c) memory is fixed (d) we forget fast at first
- 6.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: never use it in sums? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 7.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 8.📅 The digits 09041986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 09/04/1986 (b) 0904/19/86 (c) 090/419/86 (d) 09/0419/86
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “grow under the ground” go on? (a) flowers (b) leaves (c) stem (d) roots
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) studying very hungry (c) fruit and vegetables (d) revising before bed
- 11.True or false: “cram it the last night” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 13.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) read, write, sleep (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
- 14.🔗 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
- 15.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
- 16.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ink Bakes ___ Young Only Runs”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Frogs (c) Jolly (d) Grab
- 18.📅 The digits 22061959 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/619/59 (b) 22/0619/59 (c) 22/06/1959 (d) 2206/19/59
- 19.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 14 (b) days 4, 7, 14 (c) days 7, 11, 15 (d) days 10, 13, 14
- 20.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: a good night’s sleep? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 22.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) a whole book (c) hundreds (d) no limit
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket pulls a pencil; the pencil jumps over an umbrella; the umbrella sits on a watch; the watch rolls into a monkey. Which item comes right before the watch? (a) monkey (b) pencil (c) umbrella (d) watch
- 24.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only a teacher (c) only adults (d) anyone, even a toy
- 25.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) no reason (b) to forget faster (c) each review lasts longer (d) to save paper
- 26.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) tasting salty chips (b) hearing a dog bark (c) watching fireworks (d) hearing a drum boom
- 28.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory (c) no memory (d) muscle memory
- 30.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Eight planets spin around the Sun; Mercury is the closest ___.” (a) star (b) one (c) planet (d) world
- 31.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 dates and get 13 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 32.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection is “___ Cats Pigs Cook”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Young (b) Bunny (c) Eat (d) Ants
- 33.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) the national anthem (b) a new word for a minute (c) your best friend’s name (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 34.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 35.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “copying a whole page” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “reviewing the next day” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📅 The digits 28101991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 28/1019/91 (b) 2810/19/91 (c) 28/10/1991 (d) 281/019/91
- 39.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy
Answer key
- True
- True
- notice it
- read it again, focused
- we forget fast at first
- a weak way
- loses names
- 09/04/1986
- roots
- studying very hungry
- False
- step 1
- notice, store, recall
- picture the first item
- explain it simply
- spaced practice
- Grab
- 22/06/1959
- days 4, 7, 14
- helps you keep it
- put pictures at stops
- only a few
- umbrella
- anyone, even a toy
- each review lasts longer
- step 4
- watching fireworks
- False
- short-term memory
- one
- 6
- Eat
- a new word for a minute
- step 2
- False
- True
- True
- 28/10/1991
- True
- testing yourself
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