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.📚 You must revise 6 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rushing the greeting (b) using it in a sentence (c) never using the name (d) looking at your phone
- 3.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 4.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FJMA (b) AMFJ (c) FMAJ (d) JFMA
- 6.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 10, the tens digit is 10 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 10. What is 9 × 10?
- 7.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) closed-book writing (c) copying notes neatly (d) answering old questions
- 8.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) has short breaks (c) sleep time kept (d) late nights every day
- 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 10.📅 The digits 22091989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/919/89 (b) 22/0919/89 (c) 2209/19/89 (d) 22/09/1989
- 11.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 13, 17, 19 (b) days 8, 12, 19 (c) days 10, 14, 18 (d) all on day 19
- 12.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a funny, moving one (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
- 13.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) looking at the clock (c) doodling cartoons (d) chatting quietly
- 14.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) for years (b) until next month (c) only a short while (d) forever
- 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: lemon, van, ball? (a) Lions Vans Bunny (b) Vans Lions Bunny (c) Bunny Vans Lions (d) Vans Bunny Lions
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 18.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 19.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) the word in small print (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a normal-sized cup
- 20.True or false: “block” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) writing it neatly (d) forgetting it
- 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or replay the story? (a) picture the first item (b) replay the story
- 24.🔗 Your link story: a giant ball pulls a jeep; the jeep sits on a whistle; the whistle bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream rolls into a lamp. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) ice cream (b) lamp (c) jeep (d) whistle
- 25.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 26.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) never testing yourself (c) cramming the last night (d) linking to what you know
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.True or false: “your birthday” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 29.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it is only for babies (b) it helps learning stick (c) it erases memory (d) it wastes time
- 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 31.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 33.Which of these helps your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) screens till midnight (c) short study breaks (d) staying up very late
- 34.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one huge session (b) starting the exam eve (c) learning it all at once (d) short reviews over weeks
- 35.True or false: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true” — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) after the exam (b) earlier, with more time (c) nowhere (d) the last night
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant kettle falls into a bucket; the bucket sits on a tiger; the tiger bounces onto a guava; the guava sings to a fan. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) guava (b) fan (c) bucket (d) kettle
- 38.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) stories are short (c) it uses numbers (d) each link leads on
- 39.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling jasmine (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) hands in icy water (d) seeing a glowing star
Answer key
- 3
- using it in a sentence
- hear the new word
- True
- JFMA
- 90
- copying notes neatly
- late nights every day
- an acronym
- 22/09/1989
- days 8, 12, 19
- a funny, moving one
- taking short notes
- only a short while
- helps attention
- Lions Vans Bunny
- step 4
- spaced practice
- a giant pink elephant
- False
- False
- bringing it back to mind
- picture the first item
- ice cream
- 8
- linking to what you know
- 9
- False
- it helps learning stick
- lets it fade
- lets it fade
- choose a place you know
- short study breaks
- short reviews over weeks
- False
- earlier, with more time
- bucket
- each link leads on
- spaced practice
- hands in icy water
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