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.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a long story
- 2.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) a calm, happy mind (c) drinking enough water (d) a full night’s sleep
- 3.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) the word in small print (c) a pencil that dances (d) a frog wearing a crown
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 5.🃏 You test yourself on 12 dates and get 7 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no time for review (b) old topics come back (c) mixes subjects each day (d) self-tests every week
- 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “attract bees” go on? (a) stem (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) roots
- 9.📝 A list to learn, in order: whistle, tent, cat, igloo. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ICTW (b) TCIW (c) WTCI (d) TWCI
- 10.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) learning is useless
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 12.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a drawing (c) a type of number (d) a long poem
- 13.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) tables learned long ago (c) your mother tongue (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 14.👋 You meet a new classmate called Sona. The name means “gold”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) with a gold medal (b) sitting on a cloud (c) floating up in the sky (d) riding a big sea wave
- 15.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 16.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: old topics come back? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 18.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 7, 9, 11 (b) all on day 16 (c) days 6, 9, 16 (d) days 12, 15, 16
- 19.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) read it many times (b) listen once (c) test yourself often (d) highlight it all
- 20.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) topic in a corner (b) lines that link ideas (c) long sentences (d) copying a whole page
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant van jumps over a pencil; the pencil falls into a key; the key tickles a lemon; the lemon bounces onto an umpire. Which item comes right after the key? (a) pencil (b) van (c) key (d) lemon
- 22.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) muscle memory (b) no memory (c) short-term memory (d) long-term memory
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 620981799087. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 6209 8179 99087 (b) 6209 8179 087 (c) 6209 8179 9087 (d) 6029 8179 9087
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 1811781019. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 181 178 1019 (b) 181 177 81019 (c) 181 178 109 (d) 811 178 1019
- 25.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 26.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 27.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for watch, monkey, shoe, radio, kettle is “___ Mum Seven Red Kites”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Kites (c) Wins (d) Nani
- 28.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) look, forget, guess
- 29.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) the last line you read (c) a price you just heard (d) how to ride a bicycle
- 30.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: draw a labelled picture? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 31.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 32.⏰ You revise each of 5 chapters 3 times, for 15 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 33.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 34.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is spelled the same (b) sounds like the new word (c) means the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 35.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) a plain box
- 36.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 8 (b) 13 (c) 10 (d) 11
- 37.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 38.📝 A list to learn, in order: sock, doll, ice cream, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DIRS (b) DSIR (c) RIDS (d) SDIR
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a new word for a minute (b) a carry while adding (c) your birthday (d) a number you just heard
- 40.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) short study breaks (b) fruit and vegetables (c) a healthy breakfast (d) staying up very late
Answer key
- an acronym
- skipping breakfast
- the word in small print
- step 2
- 5
- no time for review
- helps you keep it
- flowers
- WTCI
- we never reviewed them
- step 2
- first letters as a word
- a number you just heard
- with a gold medal
- choose a place you know
- a good timetable
- VIBGYOR
- days 6, 9, 16
- test yourself often
- lines that link ideas
- lemon
- short-term memory
- 6209 8179 9087
- 181 178 1019
- 2
- False
- Wins
- notice, store, recall
- how to ride a bicycle
- a smart way
- 4
- 225
- what each letter means
- sounds like the new word
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- 10
- breaks attention
- SDIR
- your birthday
- staying up very late
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