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.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a red kite fly? (a) sound (b) touch (c) taste (d) sight
- 2.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) touch (c) taste (d) smell
- 3.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) NUSJMEVM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 5.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 13, 17, 19 (b) days 8, 12, 19 (c) days 10, 14, 18 (d) all on day 19
- 6.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) write (b) know (c) learn (d) say
- 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 9.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 10.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) noticing the face (b) looking at your phone (c) saying the name back (d) using it in a sentence
- 11.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) forgetting starts late (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
- 12.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) carries food to parts (c) take in water from soil (d) hold the plant firm
- 13.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to change the number (b) to make them longer (c) fewer things to hold (d) no reason
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Every Cats Play Crazy (b) Cats Play Crazy Every (c) Cats Every Play Crazy (d) Crazy Play Cats Every
- 15.🔗 Your link story: a giant sock tickles an ant; the ant falls into a ball; the ball bounces onto an urn; the urn rolls into a needle. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) needle (b) sock (c) ant (d) ball
- 16.👋 You meet a new classmate called Tara. The name means “star”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding the Earth (b) covered in blue paint (c) in soft moonlight (d) wearing a shiny star
- 17.True or false: “tables learned long ago” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🏰 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
- 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “you keep all you read”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 20.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 22.Which of these is cramming? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) a little every day (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) one huge session
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking it to a picture (b) writing it down later (c) never using the name (d) asking how to spell it
- 24.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 1 (M) stand for? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
- 25.True or false: “blank-page recall” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) pictures stick better (c) meaning makes it stick (d) memory can’t improve
- 29.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 30.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 2. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 31.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAEA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) ANSAEAA
- 32.True or false: “never using the name” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) reviewing after a week (c) linking to what you know (d) testing yourself
- 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) one with no picture
- 35.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 36.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 37.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) harder to keep (c) too slow (d) easier to keep
- 38.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) make (b) bright (c) knock (d) kite
- 39.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) tasting raw mango (c) tasting bitter karela (d) watching fireworks
Answer key
- sight
- smell
- 10
- MVEMJSUN
- days 8, 12, 19
- 2
- know
- short-term memory
- 11
- looking at your phone
- we forget fast at first
- green, flat and thin
- fewer things to hold
- Every Cats Play Crazy
- ball
- wearing a shiny star
- False
- put pictures at stops
- a myth
- a strong picture
- step 4
- one huge session
- never using the name
- Mercury
- True
- True
- put pictures at stops
- memory can’t improve
- breaks attention
- 9
- AANSAEA
- False
- cramming the last night
- a silly, funny one
- 16
- one you know very well
- easier to keep
- make
- 95
- smelling a stinky sock
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