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 digits 23041986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2304/19/86 (b) 230/419/86 (c) 23/0419/86 (d) 23/04/1986
- 2.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 3.📐 Why learn the meaning behind a formula? (a) it is shorter (b) you can rebuild it (c) there is no need (d) it looks smart
- 4.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) nod and forget (b) ask for their phone (c) change the topic (d) say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- 5.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) cake
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a list of words only (b) a bus made of ice (c) a blurry shape (d) a dull white wall
- 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 9.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) its spelling backwards (d) what each letter means
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lake (b) wing (c) bite (d) chain
- 11.🧰 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
- 12.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) you need a review (b) memory is broken (c) you should give up (d) you are not smart
- 13.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) a first-letter sentence
- 14.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) memory is fixed (b) the brain is broken (c) learning is useless (d) we never reviewed them
- 15.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “rushing the greeting” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) everyone forgets things (d) meaning makes it stick
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining it aloud (b) closed-book writing (c) covering the answers (d) re-reading the chapter
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) the last line you read (c) a price you just heard (d) your best friend’s name
- 20.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 22.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a plain, still one (b) no picture at all (c) a funny, moving one (d) just the word
- 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 24.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) no memory (c) muscle memory (d) long-term memory
- 25.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) testing yourself (b) explaining to a friend (c) reviewing after a week (d) cramming the last night
- 26.🗓️ Your exam is in 15 days. You have 3 chapters and need 3 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 27.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 28.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) out of the window (c) on your friend (d) on the teacher and board
- 29.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat pulls a tiger; the tiger sings to a monkey; the monkey tickles an umpire; the umpire jumps over a mirror. Which item is number 3 in your list? (a) umpire (b) cat (c) mirror (d) monkey
- 30.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 31.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 32.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 33.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 34.🗣️ In Marathi, “sakhar” means sugar. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a SACK full of sugar (b) I AM eating a mango (c) a MAZE on a table (d) a KNOCK on the nose
- 35.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a long story
- 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) shake (c) wake (d) train
- 37.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 38.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 8, 10, 11 (b) all on day 11 (c) days 6, 8, 11 (d) days 8, 11, 14
- 39.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
- 40.True or false: “directions told just now” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 23/04/1986
- chunking
- you can rebuild it
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- False
- tree
- a bus made of ice
- long-term memory
- what each letter means
- bite
- an acronym
- you need a review
- chunking
- we never reviewed them
- False
- False
- some kids never forget
- re-reading the chapter
- your best friend’s name
- 4
- passive review
- a funny, moving one
- step 3
- short-term memory
- cramming the last night
- 6
- True
- on the teacher and board
- monkey
- True
- 13
- hurts memory
- step 4
- a SACK full of sugar
- a list in a fixed order
- train
- passive review
- days 6, 8, 11
- MVEMJSUN
- False
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