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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 597 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5.True or false: “only listening again” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎵 Which word does “sea” rhyme with? (a) night (b) tree (c) sun (d) cake
  7. 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. 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your birthday? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  9. 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. 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) lake (b) wing (c) bite (d) chain
  11. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15.True or false: “practice improves memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “rushing the greeting” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
  17. 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. 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. 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. 20.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  21. 21.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
  22. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 27.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 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. 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. 30.True or false: “all in one colour” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
  31. 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. 32.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: sitting still all day? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
  33. 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. 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. 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. 36.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rake (b) shake (c) wake (d) train
  37. 37.🧪 Active recall or passive review: staring at the page? (a) passive review (b) active recall
  38. 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. 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. 40.True or false: “directions told just now” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 23/04/1986
  2. chunking
  3. you can rebuild it
  4. say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
  5. False
  6. tree
  7. a bus made of ice
  8. long-term memory
  9. what each letter means
  10. bite
  11. an acronym
  12. you need a review
  13. chunking
  14. we never reviewed them
  15. False
  16. False
  17. some kids never forget
  18. re-reading the chapter
  19. your best friend’s name
  20. 4
  21. passive review
  22. a funny, moving one
  23. step 3
  24. short-term memory
  25. cramming the last night
  26. 6
  27. True
  28. on the teacher and board
  29. monkey
  30. True
  31. 13
  32. hurts memory
  33. step 4
  34. a SACK full of sugar
  35. a list in a fixed order
  36. train
  37. passive review
  38. days 6, 8, 11
  39. MVEMJSUN
  40. False

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