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.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: test yourself weekly? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an orange by the bed, an ant by the kitchen, a vase by the TV, a drum by the sofa, a candle by the dining table. Where did you place the drum? (a) kitchen (b) dining table (c) bed (d) sofa
- 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a long poem (b) first letters as a word (c) a type of number (d) a drawing
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: skipping revision? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 3, 5, 7 (b) days 10, 15, 17 (c) all on day 17 (d) days 3, 8, 17
- 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 7.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) never (b) the exam night (c) today or tomorrow (d) next month
- 8.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) good memory is just luck (c) pills give super memory (d) cramming lasts for years
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) skipping breakfast (c) playing outdoors (d) a healthy breakfast
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a duck by the bus stop, an owl by the park gate, a coconut by the fruit cart, a spoon by the post box, a flute by the banyan tree. What did you place by the park gate? (a) spoon (b) duck (c) flute (d) owl
- 12.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) until next month (b) forever (c) only a short while (d) for years
- 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: chatting in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 14.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) initials match the list (c) a list of numbers (d) a very long word
- 15.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 16.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 17.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in any order
- 19.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 20.😴 You go to bed at 8:30 PM and wake up at 6:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 21.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) a healthy breakfast (c) studying very hungry (d) a calm, happy mind
- 22.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) new words in a language (d) drawing maps
- 23.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) skin (b) eyes (c) nose (d) ears
- 24.📅 The digits 14092008 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/920/08 (b) 14/09/2008 (c) 14/0920/08 (d) 1409/20/08
- 25.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 26.📅 The digits 11072009 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1107/20/09 (b) 11/07/2009 (c) 110/720/09 (d) 11/0720/09
- 27.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) numbers and letter lists (b) only pictures (c) nothing at all (d) only numbers
- 28.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IBGYORV (b) ROYGBIV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
- 29.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to waste time (b) to start late (c) to skip revision (d) for doubts and surprises
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
- 31.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) just the word (c) a funny, moving one (d) no picture at all
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) using it in a sum (c) studying when sleepy (d) never testing yourself
- 33.True or false: “only easy subjects” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 34.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) making a picture of it (c) reviewing after a week (d) one long session only
- 35.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) a short walk or stretch (b) scrolling videos (c) a long TV show (d) an hour of games
- 36.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 37.True or false: “testing yourself” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: copy it 50 times blindly? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 40.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) tiny, cramped writing (c) a colour for each branch (d) all in one colour
Answer key
- a smart way
- sofa
- first letters as a word
- lets it fade
- days 3, 8, 17
- link it to the next item
- today or tomorrow
- 5
- pictures stick better
- skipping breakfast
- owl
- only a short while
- breaks attention
- initials match the list
- helps memory
- a good timetable
- hurts memory
- in the same order
- True
- 10
- studying very hungry
- new words in a language
- eyes
- 14/09/2008
- step 2
- 11/07/2009
- numbers and letter lists
- VIBGYOR
- for doubts and surprises
- a first-letter sentence
- a funny, moving one
- using it in a sum
- False
- one long session only
- a short walk or stretch
- step 1
- False
- True
- a weak way
- a colour for each branch
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