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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 535 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  2. 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
  3. 3.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  4. 4.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a parrot by the park gate, an ice cream by the swing, an igloo by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the banyan tree, an orange by the post box. What did you place by the swing? (a) parrot (b) orange (c) ice cream (d) umbrella
  6. 6.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
  8. 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) NESW (c) ESWN (d) WSEN
  9. 9.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: copy it 50 times blindly? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
  10. 10.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) a price you just heard (c) your best friend’s name (d) tables learned long ago
  11. 11.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) use it in a few sums (b) copy it 50 times blindly (c) mix up the letters (d) never use it in sums
  13. 13.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) a times-table rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
  14. 14.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) cramming lasts for years (c) memory can’t improve (d) some kids never forget
  15. 15.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📐 In the 9 times table from 9 × 1 to 9 × 10, the digits of each answer add up to… (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 9
  17. 17.📅 The digits 11022017 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/220/17 (b) 1102/20/17 (c) 11/02/2017 (d) 11/0220/17
  18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 763791074891. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7637 9107 74891 (b) 7637 9104 7891 (c) 7637 9107 4891 (d) 7637 9104 891
  19. 19.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) only your notebook (b) short-term memory (c) nowhere (d) long-term memory
  20. 20.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) muscle memory (c) long-term memory (d) no memory
  21. 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: fan, key, tent, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KTAF (b) ATKF (c) FKTA (d) KFTA
  22. 22.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
  24. 24.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 13, 15 (b) all on day 15 (c) days 9, 12, 15 (d) days 8, 11, 15
  25. 25.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) turn the sound up (d) put it in another room
  26. 26.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: skip what letters mean? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
  27. 27.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) you are bad at names (c) not paying attention (d) names can’t be learned
  28. 28.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) both (b) desert (c) neither (d) dessert
  29. 29.🔢 You want to remember the number 736138144262. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7361 3814 4262 (b) 7363 8144 262 (c) 7316 3814 4262 (d) 7736 1381 44262
  30. 30.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bake (b) fun (c) plane (d) tea
  31. 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) have tiny pores (c) carries food to parts (d) make seeds
  32. 32.📅 The digits 27122012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/1220/12 (b) 27/12/2012 (c) 2712/20/12 (d) 271/220/12
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a kite as big as a house (d) the word in small print
  34. 34.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) it comes back alone (b) you get an extra item (c) that item is lost (d) nothing changes
  35. 35.📅 The digits 09031988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 090/319/88 (b) 09/03/1988 (c) 09/0319/88 (d) 0903/19/88
  36. 36.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the letters make no word (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the list is short
  38. 38.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
  39. 39.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, energy drinks (b) yes, sugar does (c) no — habits help most (d) yes, many do
  40. 40.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it

Answer key

  1. step 1
  2. close the book
  3. 10
  4. 5
  5. ice cream
  6. True
  7. spaced practice
  8. NESW
  9. a weak way
  10. a price you just heard
  11. 5
  12. use it in a few sums
  13. a first-letter sentence
  14. attention comes first
  15. True
  16. 9
  17. 11/02/2017
  18. 7637 9107 4891
  19. long-term memory
  20. short-term memory
  21. FKTA
  22. True
  23. sound
  24. days 8, 11, 15
  25. put it in another room
  26. a weak way
  27. not paying attention
  28. dessert
  29. 7361 3814 4262
  30. tea
  31. make seeds
  32. 27/12/2012
  33. the word in small print
  34. that item is lost
  35. 09/03/1988
  36. False
  37. the letters make no word
  38. lets it fade
  39. no — habits help most
  40. helps you keep it

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