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.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 2.✏️ 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
- 3.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: revising before bed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 4.🔢 A 20-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 5.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 6.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Vans Ink ___ Goats Young Only Rani”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Aunty (b) Big (c) Mum (d) Wet
- 8.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 10.True or false: “sleep time kept” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) covering the answers
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) know what each letter is (b) a formula card (c) mix up the letters (d) draw a labelled picture
- 13.📅 The digits 04102013 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 041/020/13 (b) 04/1020/13 (c) 04/10/2013 (d) 0410/20/13
- 14.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 15.True or false: “answering old questions” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 16.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 17.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) we never reviewed them (d) memory is fixed
- 18.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for net, wallet, apple, guava is “___ Wet Aunty Grab”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Uncle (b) All (c) Neat (d) Yum
- 19.True or false: “sea” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 20.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 21.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 572739165100. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 5727 3916 510 (b) 5727 3916 51100 (c) 5727 3916 5100 (d) 5727 9316 5100
- 23.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for saffron, white, green is “___ Wise Goats”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Silly (b) Yum (c) Tea (d) Every
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “___ Ice Bakes Green Yaks Old Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Inside (b) Owls (c) Sing (d) Very
- 25.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to swim (b) directions told just now (c) tables learned long ago (d) your best friend’s name
- 26.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “ideas with no links” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 29.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) short reviews over weeks (d) all reviews on one day
- 31.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: asking how to spell it? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 32.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mix up the letters (b) skip what letters mean (c) cram it the last night (d) test yourself weekly
- 34.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 35.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) watching it again (c) copying notes neatly (d) blank-page recall
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jalebi by the TV, an ant by the sofa, a flute by the door, an urn by the shoe rack, a pencil by the dining table. What did you place by the door? (a) ant (b) pencil (c) jalebi (d) flute
- 37.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 38.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) making a picture of it (b) never testing yourself (c) studying when sleepy (d) learning without meaning
- 39.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
- 40.True or false: “the last line you read” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 4
- a silly, funny one
- helps memory
- 5
- to keep the order
- helps attention
- Big
- True
- step 4
- False
- covering the answers
- mix up the letters
- 04/10/2013
- a fact
- True
- the letters make no word
- we never reviewed them
- Neat
- False
- helps memory
- hurts memory
- 5727 3916 5100
- Silly
- Very
- directions told just now
- True
- False
- step 3
- True
- all reviews on one day
- helps with names
- passive review
- test yourself weekly
- helps you keep it
- blank-page recall
- flute
- step 3
- making a picture of it
- a list in a fixed order
- True
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