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.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) colours only (c) numbers (d) plain lists
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: playing outdoors? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 3.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts the night before? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 5.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it is printed bigger (c) three chunks, not ten (d) it has fewer digits
- 6.🗣️ 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
- 7.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a laughing tiffin box (c) a bus made of ice (d) a pencil that dances
- 8.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) old topics come back (b) no spare days (c) late nights every day (d) starts the night before
- 9.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) a word you never heard (b) random letters (c) something you understand (d) a number read once
- 10.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) no breaks at all (b) old topics come back (c) starts weeks early (d) self-tests every week
- 11.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 12.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) the word in small print (c) a laughing tiffin box (d) a mango that sings
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) ask for their phone (b) say it back: “Hi, Riya!” (c) nod and forget (d) change the topic
- 15.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 17.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, many do (b) yes, energy drinks (c) yes, sugar does (d) no — habits help most
- 18.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the main topic (b) a small detail (c) your name (d) the date
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never using the name (b) rushing the greeting (c) looking at your phone (d) asking how to spell it
- 20.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) book (b) elephant (c) mango (d) sugar
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
- 22.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 3 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Grab Wise Sing (b) Wise Sing Grab (c) Wise Grab Sing (d) Sing Wise Grab
- 24.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or picture the first item? (a) replay the story (b) picture the first item
- 25.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) never use it in sums (b) read it once (c) skip what letters mean (d) see where it comes from
- 26.📅 The digits 12071972 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 12/0719/72 (b) 1207/19/72 (c) 120/719/72 (d) 12/07/1972
- 27.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, owl, apple, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ONAK (b) NOAK (c) KAON (d) OAKN
- 28.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat falls into a coconut; the coconut jumps over a parrot; the parrot sits on a duck; the duck tickles a flute. Which item comes right before the flute? (a) flute (b) duck (c) goat (d) coconut
- 29.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 30.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3
- 32.True or false: “your mother tongue” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering old questions (b) closed-book writing (c) quizzing with cards (d) copying notes neatly
- 34.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) look, forget, guess (b) read, write, sleep (c) notice, store, recall (d) recall, store, notice
- 35.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) taste (b) sight (c) touch (d) sound
- 36.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) banana (b) rocket (c) elephant (d) honesty
- 37.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 39.True or false: “a good night’s sleep” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it needs no review (b) it hides the ideas (c) it shows how ideas link (d) it is longer
Answer key
- funny actions
- helps memory
- a poor timetable
- lets it fade
- three chunks, not ten
- link it to the meaning
- a far-off still tree
- old topics come back
- something you understand
- no breaks at all
- a weak picture
- the word in small print
- chunking
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- long-term memory
- a silly, funny one
- no — habits help most
- the main topic
- asking how to spell it
- book
- chunking
- 120
- Sing Wise Grab
- picture the first item
- see where it comes from
- 12/07/1972
- NOAK
- duck
- 3
- initials match the list
- step 2
- True
- copying notes neatly
- notice, store, recall
- sight
- honesty
- put pictures at stops
- a fact
- True
- it shows how ideas link
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