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 of these helps attention? (a) notes while listening (b) a desk full of toys (c) chatting in class (d) TV on while studying
- 2.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: draw a labelled picture? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 3.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) only once a year (d) yes, with new pictures
- 4.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 5.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 7.True or false: “starting the exam eve” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “small doodles” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) wait a month (b) review it sooner (c) never test it (d) throw it away for good
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 8312214995. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 831 221 995 (b) 831 221 49995 (c) 831 221 4995 (d) 831 221 4959
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) lane (c) won (d) fun
- 12.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) all in one colour (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in the centre (d) details on small twigs
- 13.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 14.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 2, the tens digit is 2 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 2. What is 9 × 2?
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 16.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
- 18.🔗 Your link story: a giant net bounces onto a radio; the radio chases a nest; the nest tickles an apple; the apple pulls a candle. Which item comes right after the radio? (a) radio (b) net (c) nest (d) apple
- 19.True or false: “your home address” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) staying up very late (c) an all-night cram (d) playing outdoors
- 21.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) taste (b) sound (c) sight (d) touch
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in any order (c) in the same order (d) backwards
- 23.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 24.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, umpire, goat, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGFA (b) FGUA (c) AUGF (d) UAGF
- 26.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) we forget fast at first (c) forgetting starts late (d) we never forget
- 27.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: hours with no break? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 28.📅 The digits 28032011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 280/320/11 (b) 28/0320/11 (c) 28/03/2011 (d) 2803/20/11
- 29.True or false: “using it in a sum” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinking of your reply (b) never using the name (c) looking at your phone (d) writing it down later
- 31.Which of these is cramming? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) old topics each Sunday (c) 4 hours the night before (d) gaps that grow longer
- 32.True or false: “we forget without review” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) nothing changes (b) that item is lost (c) it comes back alone (d) you get an extra item
- 34.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) guess (c) replay the story (d) read a new list
- 35.🃏 You test yourself on 10 spellings and get 5 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 36.📅 The digits 06102002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0610/20/02 (b) 061/020/02 (c) 06/1020/02 (d) 06/10/2002
- 37.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bake (b) ring (c) spring (d) kite
- 38.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or check what you missed? (a) explain it simply (b) check what you missed
- 39.🔗 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
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Funny Lazy Silly Runs (b) Silly Runs Lazy Funny (c) Silly Lazy Funny Runs (d) Runs Silly Lazy Funny
Answer key
- notes while listening
- a smart way
- yes, with new pictures
- initials match the list
- keep linking in order
- breaks attention
- True
- True
- review it sooner
- 831 221 4995
- lane
- all in one colour
- helps memory
- 18
- picture the first item
- 10
- pay attention
- nest
- True
- playing outdoors
- sight
- in the same order
- passive review
- 4
- AUGF
- we forget fast at first
- hurts memory
- 28/03/2011
- False
- writing it down later
- 4 hours the night before
- False
- that item is lost
- replay the story
- 5
- 06/10/2002
- kite
- explain it simply
- step 2
- Runs Silly Lazy Funny
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