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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 543 · 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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: “light” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧠 Fact or myth: “some kids never forget”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 538199313994. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5381 9913 3994 (b) 5381 9313 994 (c) 5381 9931 39994 (d) 5381 9931 3994
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) the national anthem (c) the last line you read (d) an OTP you just got
  6. 6.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) you can rebuild it (b) it looks smart (c) there is no need (d) it is shorter
  7. 7.📅 The digits 13011975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 13/01/1975 (b) 130/119/75 (c) 1301/19/75 (d) 13/0119/75
  8. 8.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
  9. 9.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bandar (b) sakhar (c) phool (d) chaand
  11. 11.🔗 Your link story: a giant tent chases a rose; the rose sings to a guava; the guava tickles a mango; the mango bounces onto a flute. Which item comes right after the tent? (a) guava (b) flute (c) tent (d) rose
  12. 12.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umbrella, banana, spoon, key is “Uncle Big ___ Kids”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Play (c) Silly (d) Under
  13. 13.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  14. 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  15. 15.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear a bell” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) skin (d) ears
  16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a dull, plain one (b) one with no picture (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) cramming the last night (c) linking to what you know (d) explaining to a friend
  18. 18.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a room full of books”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) libary (b) librery (c) liberry (d) library
  19. 19.🗓️ Your exam is in 14 days. You have 6 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
  20. 20.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reviewing once (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing with gaps (d) reading it 10 times now
  21. 21.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) draw a labelled picture (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) mix up the letters
  22. 22.True or false: “an all-night cram” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pillow by the TV, a whistle by the gate, a guava by the shoe rack, a goat by the door, a duck by the sofa. Where did you place the goat? (a) shoe rack (b) gate (c) door (d) TV
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) we forget without review (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
  25. 25.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  26. 26.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) carries food to parts (c) make food using sunlight (d) green, flat and thin
  27. 27.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: linking it to a picture? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
  28. 28.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) tables learned long ago (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) a new word for a minute
  29. 29.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
  30. 30.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is printed bigger (b) it is a smaller number (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it has fewer digits
  31. 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AEASNAA (b) AANSAEA (c) ANSAEAA (d) AANSAAE
  32. 32.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) using it in a sentence (b) saying the name back (c) linking it to a picture (d) rushing the greeting
  33. 33.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) read it once silently (b) say it aloud often (c) change it each day (d) never say it
  34. 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: hearing a dog bark? (a) smell (b) touch (c) sight (d) sound
  35. 35.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no spare days (b) starts the night before (c) self-tests every week (d) one subject all week
  36. 36.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 14 formulas and get 6 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 1 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  37. 37.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
  38. 38.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) reading it once only (c) learning without meaning (d) one long session only
  39. 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  40. 40.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. a myth
  4. 5381 9931 3994
  5. the national anthem
  6. you can rebuild it
  7. 13/01/1975
  8. one you know very well
  9. a first-letter sentence
  10. phool
  11. rose
  12. Silly
  13. 11
  14. helps attention
  15. ears
  16. a silly, funny one
  17. cramming the last night
  18. library
  19. 2
  20. reviewing with gaps
  21. draw a labelled picture
  22. False
  23. door
  24. memory can’t improve
  25. 6
  26. carries food to parts
  27. helps with names
  28. a new word for a minute
  29. adult
  30. three chunks, not ten
  31. AANSAEA
  32. rushing the greeting
  33. say it aloud often
  34. sound
  35. self-tests every week
  36. 7
  37. first letters as a word
  38. reviewing after a week
  39. step 3
  40. initials match the list

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