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 step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 2.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 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.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 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.True or false: “long sentences” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 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.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: copy it 50 times blindly? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 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.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 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.🧰 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.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.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 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.📅 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.🔢 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.🗂️ 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.🗂️ 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.📝 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.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a drum boom? (a) touch (b) sound (c) smell (d) sight
- 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.👀 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.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: skip what letters mean? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 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.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) both (b) desert (c) neither (d) dessert
- 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.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bake (b) fun (c) plane (d) tea
- 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.📅 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.🔍 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.🔗 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.📅 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.True or false: “bee” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 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.📉 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
- step 1
- close the book
- 10
- 5
- ice cream
- True
- spaced practice
- NESW
- a weak way
- a price you just heard
- 5
- use it in a few sums
- a first-letter sentence
- attention comes first
- True
- 9
- 11/02/2017
- 7637 9107 4891
- long-term memory
- short-term memory
- FKTA
- True
- sound
- days 8, 11, 15
- put it in another room
- a weak way
- not paying attention
- dessert
- 7361 3814 4262
- tea
- make seeds
- 27/12/2012
- the word in small print
- that item is lost
- 09/03/1988
- False
- the letters make no word
- lets it fade
- no — habits help most
- helps you keep it
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