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: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) checking messages (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
- 3.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) eyes on the speaker (c) TV on while studying (d) chatting in class
- 4.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
- 5.True or false: “never using the name” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Neat Every Silly Wins (b) Every Silly Wins Neat (c) Every Neat Silly Wins (d) Wins Silly Every Neat
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jug by the TV, a lamp by the dining table, a pillow by the sofa, a ball by the shoe rack, a doll by the door. What did you place by the door? (a) lamp (b) jug (c) doll (d) ball
- 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel rough or smooth” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) nose (d) eyes
- 10.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory (c) no memory (d) muscle memory
- 11.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) one look today (b) 20 minutes on 6 days (c) 2 hours the last night (d) nothing until the day
- 12.True or false: “checking messages” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 15.📅 The digits 13031991 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/0319/91 (b) 130/319/91 (c) 1303/19/91 (d) 13/03/1991
- 16.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a PIE under your foot”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aam (b) paay (c) aai (d) dola
- 18.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 19.📝 A list to learn, in order: inkpot, jeep, key, doll. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DKJI (b) JIKD (c) JKDI (d) IJKD
- 20.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) snake (c) bite (d) fight
- 21.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) picture a tiled floor (b) read it once (c) skip it (d) copy it blindly
- 22.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) it starts with “per” (b) there is “a rat” in it (c) it has a double e (d) it rhymes with gate
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a dull white wall (c) a blurry shape (d) a mango that sings
- 24.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) skip sleep and dinner (b) revise, then sleep well (c) study all night (d) play games all night
- 25.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) cramming lasts for years (d) attention comes first
- 27.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 1 or 6 (b) any digit (c) 2 or 7 (d) 0 or 5
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking it to a picture (b) saying the name back (c) hearing it only once (d) noticing the face
- 29.True or false: “asking how to spell it” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 31.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) you can rebuild it (b) it is shorter (c) there is no need (d) it looks smart
- 32.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 33.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 34.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 35.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) never testing yourself (c) reviewing after a week (d) a good night’s sleep
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “ears” branch? (a) read words (b) hear voices (c) see colours (d) feel a light touch
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Eat Pink Cats (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (c) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (d) Eat Crazy Pink Cats
- 38.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) tasting raw mango (b) hands in icy water (c) hearing a whistle (d) tasting salty chips
- 40.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
Answer key
- True
- checking messages
- eyes on the speaker
- store it
- True
- Neat Every Silly Wins
- doll
- short-term memory
- skin
- short-term memory
- 20 minutes on 6 days
- False
- VIBGYOR
- choose a place you know
- 13/03/1991
- False
- paay
- True
- IJKD
- snake
- picture a tiled floor
- there is “a rat” in it
- a mango that sings
- revise, then sleep well
- step 1
- cramming lasts for years
- 0 or 5
- hearing it only once
- True
- lets it fade
- you can rebuild it
- step 2
- short-term memory
- 15
- never testing yourself
- hear voices
- Eat Crazy Pink Cats
- False
- hearing a whistle
- long-term memory
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