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: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “ears” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 3.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 4.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is cramming? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) short reviews over weeks (c) one huge session (d) old topics each Sunday
- 7.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) starting the exam eve (c) one huge session (d) all reviews on one day
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a MAZE on a table”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) chaabi (c) dola (d) paay
- 9.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: noticing the face? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never using the name (b) looking at your phone (c) not asking again (d) saying the name back
- 11.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wins Silly (b) Wins Grab Silly (c) Silly Wins Grab (d) Wins Silly Grab
- 12.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: screens till midnight? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 13.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) picture a tiled floor (c) skip it (d) read it once
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) is always in Hindi (d) means the same
- 15.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) plane (b) lane (c) train (d) shell
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) one key word per branch (c) ideas with no links (d) copying a whole page
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ESWN (b) WSEN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 19.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your birthday (b) directions told just now (c) your best friend’s name (d) the national anthem
- 20.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 21.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 22.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 78 (b) 83 (c) 81 (d) 80
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a rose by the park gate, a mango by the fruit cart, a guava by the bus stop, a ball by the banyan tree, a lemon by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) lemon (c) rose (d) mango
- 24.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) skip sleep and dinner (b) revise, then sleep well (c) play games all night (d) study all night
- 25.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 1 (S) stand for? (a) white (b) saffron (c) green
- 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 27.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) teaching your sibling (c) copying notes neatly (d) covering the answers
- 28.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: learn the topic or close the book? (a) learn the topic (b) close the book
- 29.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) an OTP you just got (c) your mother tongue (d) a carry while adding
- 30.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an owl by the kitchen, a key by the sofa, an orange by the bed, a fan by the TV, a kettle by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) fan (b) key (c) orange (d) owl
- 32.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on the teacher and board (b) on your phone (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
- 33.True or false: “an all-night cram” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: glass, umpire, monkey, parrot, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UGMPI (b) UMPIG (c) GUMPI (d) IPMUG
- 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) good memory is just luck
- 37.Which of these is cramming? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) old topics each Sunday (d) no review until the test
- 38.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 39.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 40.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: drinking enough water? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
Answer key
- False
- a list in a fixed order
- long-term memory
- True
- True
- one huge session
- old topics each Sunday
- mez
- helps with names
- saying the name back
- Silly Wins Grab
- hurts memory
- picture a tiled floor
- sounds like the new word
- True
- shell
- one key word per branch
- NESW
- directions told just now
- step 3
- 11
- 80
- rose
- revise, then sleep well
- saffron
- link it to the meaning
- copying notes neatly
- learn the topic
- your mother tongue
- 95
- key
- on the teacher and board
- True
- link it to the next item
- GUMPI
- practice improves memory
- no review until the test
- step 3
- lets it fade
- helps memory
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