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.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) change the topic (b) ask for their phone (c) nod and forget (d) say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- 2.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: ball, lamp, umbrella? (a) Lazy Uncle Bunny (b) Bunny Lazy Uncle (c) Uncle Lazy Bunny (d) Lazy Bunny Uncle
- 3.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 4.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 5.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a dull white wall (b) a sock that smells awful (c) the word in small print (d) a blurry shape
- 6.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 7.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a PIE under your foot (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a KNOCK on the nose (d) I NEED sleep
- 8.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: skip what letters mean? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 9.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) earlier, with more time (b) after the exam (c) the last night (d) nowhere
- 10.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 12.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 13.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “smell food” go on? (a) eyes (b) nose (c) skin (d) tongue
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a sock by the swing, a pencil by the slide, a wallet by the fruit cart, an umpire by the park gate, a fan by the bench. What did you place by the swing? (a) umpire (b) wallet (c) pencil (d) sock
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ideas with no links (b) topic in the centre (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) all in one colour
- 17.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) nothing at all (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cram it the last night (b) never use it in sums (c) read it once (d) test yourself weekly
- 20.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) closed-book writing (c) covering the answers (d) watching it again
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an urn by the door, an onion by the sofa, a fan by the dining table, an inkpot by the shoe rack, a pencil by the TV. What did you place by the door? (a) pencil (b) inkpot (c) urn (d) onion
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read it once (b) never use it in sums (c) see where it comes from (d) mix up the letters
- 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 24.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, tiger, mirror, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ITMA (b) TMAI (c) AMTI (d) TIMA
- 26.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 27.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bee (b) rock (c) knee (d) shell
- 28.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a kind of pen (b) a long book (c) a memory trick (d) a type of exam
- 30.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, rope, candle, net. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) NCRJ (b) RCNJ (c) RJCN (d) JRCN
- 31.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) copying a whole page (b) details on small twigs (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) ideas with no links
- 32.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a dull white wall? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 33.Which of these is cramming? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) starting the exam eve (c) a little every day (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 34.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking it to a picture (b) rushing the greeting (c) saying the name back (d) using it in a sentence
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 37.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 38.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) fewer things to hold (b) no reason (c) to make them longer (d) to change the number
- 39.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 9, 12 (b) days 9, 13, 14 (c) all on day 14 (d) days 4, 8, 14
- 40.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) it comes back alone (c) nothing changes (d) you get an extra item
Answer key
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- Bunny Lazy Uncle
- fix stops in order
- step 3
- a sock that smells awful
- helps you keep it
- a KNOCK on the nose
- a weak way
- earlier, with more time
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- step 2
- step 3
- nose
- hear the new word
- sock
- topic in the centre
- one word holds a list
- a first-letter sentence
- test yourself weekly
- watching it again
- urn
- see where it comes from
- a myth
- True
- ITMA
- long-term memory
- rock
- False
- a memory trick
- JRCN
- details on small twigs
- a weak picture
- starting the exam eve
- False
- rushing the greeting
- choose a place you know
- step 1
- fewer things to hold
- days 4, 8, 14
- that item is lost
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