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: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
- 3.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 4.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, frog, goat, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FLGI (b) IGFL (c) FGIL (d) LFGI
- 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 8, 10 (b) days 9, 11, 12 (c) days 5, 7, 12 (d) all on day 12
- 6.True or false: “draw a labelled picture” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 8.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) you like spelling
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “All Ants Nani Seven Aunty ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Cats (b) Every (c) Tiny (d) Very
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.🎵 Which word does “cane” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) night (c) tree (d) rain
- 12.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) read it once (b) hope for the best (c) review and use it often (d) hear it once
- 13.True or false: “playing outdoors” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 15.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) short study breaks (c) sitting still all day (d) playing outdoors
- 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 19.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) attract bees (b) carries food to parts (c) have tiny pores (d) green, flat and thin
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no review until the test (b) learning it all at once (c) old topics each Sunday (d) one huge session
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a violin by the dining table, a jeep by the bed, a cat by the kitchen, a banana by the sofa, an umbrella by the TV. Where did you place the cat? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) bed (d) sofa
- 22.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) watching fireworks (b) hearing a drum boom (c) feeling a prickly cactus (d) smelling jasmine
- 23.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 24.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) use it in a few sums (b) skip what letters mean (c) know what each letter is (d) say it aloud
- 25.True or false: “one huge session” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 27.Which of these helps your memory? (a) staying up very late (b) hours with no break (c) a full night’s sleep (d) studying very hungry
- 28.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) sound (b) taste (c) touch (d) smell
- 29.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 2, the tens digit is 2 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 2. What is 9 × 2?
- 30.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “not boring”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) intresting (b) interisting (c) interesting (d) intristing
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: vase, doll, goat, anchor, kite. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KAGDV (b) DVGAK (c) DGAKV (d) VDGAK
- 32.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) never testing yourself (b) reading it once only (c) using it in a sum (d) one long session only
- 33.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: copy it 50 times blindly? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 34.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) pictures stick better (b) testing yourself helps (c) attention comes first (d) good memory is just luck
- 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 832123994. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 832 122 3994 (b) 821 239 94 (c) 832 213 994 (d) 832 123 994
- 36.True or false: “studying half-asleep” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) clock (c) tree (d) cake
- 38.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) memory is fixed (c) the brain is broken (d) we never reviewed them
- 39.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) the exam night (c) today or tomorrow (d) next month
- 40.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
Answer key
- True
- notice it
- 6
- LFGI
- days 5, 7, 12
- True
- keep linking in order
- the letters make no word
- Every
- a weak picture
- rain
- review and use it often
- True
- step 4
- False
- a rhyme
- sitting still all day
- helps you keep it
- attract bees
- old topics each Sunday
- kitchen
- hearing a drum boom
- 16
- skip what letters mean
- True
- a fact
- a full night’s sleep
- sound
- 18
- interesting
- VDGAK
- using it in a sum
- a weak way
- good memory is just luck
- 832 123 994
- False
- tree
- we never reviewed them
- today or tomorrow
- add more stops
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