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.🔗 Your link story: a giant flute rolls into a pencil; the pencil bounces onto an ice cream; the ice cream falls into a mango; the mango tickles an umpire. Which item comes right after the flute? (a) mango (b) pencil (c) flute (d) ice cream
- 2.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📅 The digits 10061958 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 100/619/58 (b) 10/0619/58 (c) 1006/19/58 (d) 10/06/1958
- 4.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: using it in a sum? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 5.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) skip 5 items (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
- 6.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
- 7.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “for sure”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) definately (b) defenitely (c) definitely (d) definitly
- 8.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) no reason (c) quick to see and recall (d) it saves ink
- 9.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries water upward (c) hold the plant firm (d) make seeds
- 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or keep it in memory? (a) get it back later (b) keep it in memory
- 11.True or false: “short study breaks” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) a very long one
- 13.True or false: “sell” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 15.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: one key word per branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 16.🎵 Which word does “spring” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) king (d) clock
- 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Fly Mice All Jump (b) Jump Fly Mice All (c) All Mice Fly Jump (d) Fly Jump Mice All
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 20.Which of these is cramming? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) a little every day (c) 4 hours the night before (d) gaps that grow longer
- 21.True or false: “studying very hungry” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a blurry shape (c) a far-off still tree (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 23.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) never using the name (b) using it in a sentence (c) looking at your phone (d) not asking again
- 24.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a cat paying a BILL (b) water in a PAN (c) a DOLL with big eyes (d) a fish lighting a MATCH
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) you keep all you read (b) some kids never forget (c) one reading is enough (d) we forget without review
- 26.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
- 27.True or false: “mixes subjects each day” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it down later (b) not asking again (c) hearing it only once (d) never using the name
- 30.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: bucket, kite, rope, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KBRC (b) KRCB (c) CRKB (d) BKRC
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) key (b) sea (c) bee (d) done
- 33.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 34.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
- 35.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 36.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) it uses numbers (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) each link leads on
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “take in water from soil” go on? (a) leaves (b) roots (c) flowers (d) stem
- 38.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 39.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 9, the tens digit is 9 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 9. What is 9 × 9?
- 40.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) SLFR (b) RSLF (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
Answer key
- pencil
- False
- 10/06/1958
- helps you keep it
- add more stops
- link it to the next item
- definitely
- quick to see and recall
- green, flat and thin
- keep it in memory
- False
- a silly, funny one
- False
- explain it simply
- a good mind map
- king
- Jump Fly Mice All
- step 3
- step 2
- 4 hours the night before
- True
- a mango that sings
- using it in a sentence
- a DOLL with big eyes
- we forget without review
- pay attention
- False
- step 3
- writing it down later
- False
- BKRC
- done
- breaks attention
- west
- 15
- each link leads on
- roots
- 5
- 81
- RSLF
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