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.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts the night before? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 2.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 3.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) tree (b) sun (c) clock (d) king
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WSG (b) GWS (c) SWG (d) WGS
- 7.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never forget (c) we forget fast at first (d) forgetting starts late
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) screens till midnight (c) hours with no break (d) an all-night cram
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) 4 hours the night before (b) one huge session (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) no review until the test
- 10.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) you keep all you read (c) meaning makes it stick (d) practice improves memory
- 11.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 13.⏰ You revise each of 6 chapters 2 times, for 15 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 15.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 16.📅 The digits 22111988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2211/19/88 (b) 221/119/88 (c) 22/1119/88 (d) 22/11/1988
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) games open on screen (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) asking a question
- 18.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 9, the tens digit is 9 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 9. What is 9 × 9?
- 19.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: learning it all at once? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 20.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 21.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 22.👋 You meet a new classmate called Akash. The name means “sky”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) riding a big sea wave (b) with a shiny diamond (c) floating up in the sky (d) in a bright ray of light
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 24.True or false: “learning it all at once” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 26.📅 The digits 08102008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/10/2008 (b) 08/1020/08 (c) 081/020/08 (d) 0810/20/08
- 27.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 28.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: draw a labelled picture? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 29.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a sweet brown treat”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) choclate (b) chocolate (c) chocolat (d) chocklate
- 30.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) a full night’s sleep (c) a calm, happy mind (d) staying up very late
- 31.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) names can’t be learned (b) you are bad at names (c) not paying attention (d) your brain is full
- 33.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: self-tests every week? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 34.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) until next month (c) for years (d) only a short while
- 35.Which of these is passive review? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) highlighting everything (d) closed-book writing
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 194061877558. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1940 6187 758 (b) 1940 6187 7585 (c) 1940 6187 7558 (d) 1940 0618 77558
- 37.📅 The digits 23071989 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 230/719/89 (b) 2307/19/89 (c) 23/07/1989 (d) 23/0719/89
- 38.True or false: “reading it once only” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 40.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 35
Answer key
- a poor timetable
- helps attention
- False
- sun
- step 4
- SWG
- we forget fast at first
- playing outdoors
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- you keep all you read
- True
- short-term memory
- 180
- helps attention
- saffron
- 22/11/1988
- games open on screen
- 81
- cramming
- a fact
- False
- floating up in the sky
- AANSAEA
- False
- step 2
- 08/10/2008
- 19 and 47
- a smart way
- chocolate
- staying up very late
- True
- not paying attention
- a good timetable
- only a short while
- highlighting everything
- 1940 6187 7558
- 23/07/1989
- False
- an acronym
- 36
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