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.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 8924629526. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 924 629 526 (b) 892 462 9526 (c) 892 462 5926 (d) 889 246 29526
- 3.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) first letters as a word (d) a type of number
- 4.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it rhymes (b) it uses numbers (c) stories are short (d) each link leads on
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mirror by the shoe rack, a shoe by the TV, an orange by the sofa, a key by the gate, a van by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) mirror (b) van (c) shoe (d) orange
- 6.📅 The digits 27051975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 27/0519/75 (b) 27/05/1975 (c) 2705/19/75 (d) 270/519/75
- 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 8.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) skip that topic (b) give up the plan (c) adjust the plan calmly (d) study all night
- 9.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: say it aloud? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a guava by the dining table, a jeep by the sofa, a bucket by the shoe rack, a glass by the door, a duck by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) guava (b) glass (c) jeep (d) bucket
- 11.True or false: “sock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) evaporation (b) condensation (c) precipitation (d) collection
- 13.True or false: “copy it 50 times blindly” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) three chunks, not ten (c) it is printed bigger (d) it has fewer digits
- 15.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a very long word
- 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) cramming lasts for years (c) pills give super memory (d) everyone forgets things
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SLFR (c) SRLF (d) RSLF
- 18.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 19.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) for doubts and surprises (b) to skip revision (c) to waste time (d) to start late
- 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
- 21.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no spare days? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 23.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) no reason (b) fewer things to hold (c) to change the number (d) to make them longer
- 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a flute by the classroom door, a goat by the library, an anchor by the blackboard, a vase by the stairs, a doll by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) doll (b) flute (c) anchor (d) goat
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) screens till midnight (c) a calm, happy mind (d) skipping breakfast
- 27.True or false: “fruit and vegetables” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge session (b) 4 hours the night before (c) no review until the test (d) a little every day
- 29.Which of these is cramming? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) old topics each Sunday (c) a little every day (d) no review until the test
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 31.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) you keep all you read (c) practice improves memory (d) testing yourself helps
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never use it in sums (b) skip what letters mean (c) mix up the letters (d) see where it comes from
- 33.True or false: “looking at your phone” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
- 35.😴 You have a test tomorrow. What is better? (a) revise, then sleep well (b) play games all night (c) skip sleep and dinner (d) study all night
- 36.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell flowers” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in any order (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
Answer key
- spaced practice
- 892 462 9526
- first letters as a word
- each link leads on
- van
- 27/05/1975
- passive review
- adjust the plan calmly
- a smart way
- glass
- True
- evaporation
- True
- three chunks, not ten
- initials match the list
- everyone forgets things
- RSLF
- 7
- for doubts and surprises
- ECPC
- a poor timetable
- put pictures at stops
- fewer things to hold
- step 4
- anchor
- a calm, happy mind
- False
- a little every day
- no review until the test
- hear the new word
- you keep all you read
- see where it comes from
- True
- notice it
- revise, then sleep well
- True
- True
- in the same order
- breaks attention
- a strong picture
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