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.Which of these is active recall? (a) covering the answers (b) re-reading the chapter (c) copying notes neatly (d) only listening again
- 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 3.📅 The digits 16082023 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 160/820/23 (b) 16/0820/23 (c) 16/08/2023 (d) 1608/20/23
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Nani Every Silly Wet (b) Wet Silly Every Nani (c) Every Silly Wet Nani (d) Every Nani Silly Wet
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: van, duck, sock? (a) Dad Sing Very (b) Very Dad Sing (c) Sing Dad Very (d) Dad Very Sing
- 7.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a glass by the sofa, a frog by the gate, a coconut by the shoe rack, a tiger by the TV, a jug by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) tiger (b) coconut (c) glass (d) jug
- 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 10.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they always rhyme (c) they need no learning (d) one word holds a list
- 11.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) sleep helps you learn (b) some kids never forget (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
- 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a goal for each session (b) games open on screen (c) phone in another room (d) one task at a time
- 14.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 15.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 16.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Silly Love Funny Runs (b) Silly Runs Love Funny (c) Funny Love Silly Runs (d) Runs Silly Love Funny
- 18.True or false: “won” rhymes with “sun”. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) AISAP (c) ASIAP (d) APISA
- 20.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 21.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) main (b) bake (c) light (d) fight
- 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 23.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) checking messages (d) eyes on the speaker
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use it in a few sums (b) say it aloud (c) a formula card (d) mix up the letters
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) sight (b) smell (c) taste (d) sound
- 26.📅 The digits 13011980 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0119/80 (b) 130/119/80 (c) 1301/19/80 (d) 13/01/1980
- 27.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in the centre? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 28.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or notice it? (a) recall it (b) notice it
- 29.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) ton (b) lake (c) lock (d) chain
- 30.Which of these helps your memory? (a) sitting still all day (b) studying very hungry (c) a healthy breakfast (d) screens till midnight
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: guava, nest, urn, ladder. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NULG (b) GNUL (c) NGUL (d) LUNG
- 32.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 33.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 34.🔗 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
- 35.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: late nights every day? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.📅 The digits 03092016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0309/20/16 (b) 03/09/2016 (c) 030/920/16 (d) 03/0920/16
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) FMAJ
- 39.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 40.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
Answer key
- covering the answers
- a list in a fixed order
- 16/08/2023
- chunking
- Nani Every Silly Wet
- Very Dad Sing
- a good timetable
- glass
- breaks attention
- one word holds a list
- sleep helps you learn
- fix stops in order
- games open on screen
- loses names
- a good timetable
- step 2
- Runs Silly Love Funny
- True
- PAISA
- 6
- bake
- helps attention
- eyes on the speaker
- mix up the letters
- sound
- 13/01/1980
- a good mind map
- notice it
- chain
- a healthy breakfast
- GNUL
- link it to the meaning
- step 2
- picture the first item
- a poor timetable
- fix stops in order
- 03/09/2016
- JFMA
- 9
- notice, store, recall
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