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.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) only with pills (b) yes, with good methods (c) no, never (d) only for adults
- 3.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts the night before? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 4.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a healthy breakfast? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 5.🔢 A 6-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 6.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Southern (b) Atlantic (c) Pacific (d) Indian
- 7.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “nose” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) smell smoke (c) feel hot and cold (d) taste salty
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 274720242. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 274 720 242 (b) 274 702 42 (c) 227 472 0242 (d) 274 270 242
- 10.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IBGYORV (c) IVBGYOR (d) VIBGYOR
- 11.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 12.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: drum, rope, sock? (a) Seven Red Dogs (b) Red Dogs Seven (c) Red Seven Dogs (d) Dogs Red Seven
- 14.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) learning it all at once (c) 4 hours the night before (d) one huge session
- 15.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) April (d) February
- 16.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 18.👋 You pictured a new friend hair blown by the wind. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Chandni (b) Vidya (c) Prithvi (d) Anil
- 19.True or false: “a far-off still tree” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) hundreds (c) no limit (d) a whole book
- 21.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck pulls a van; the van falls into a cat; the cat bounces onto a bucket; the bucket sits on a tiger. Which item comes right before the tiger? (a) bucket (b) cat (c) van (d) duck
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinking of your reply (b) looking at your phone (c) writing it down later (d) hearing it only once
- 23.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 24.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) looking at your phone (b) asking how to spell it (c) hearing it only once (d) thinking of your reply
- 25.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
- 26.🎨 Why do pictures help you memorise faster? (a) they need no attention (b) they are boring (c) words are useless (d) images stick better
- 27.True or false: “a list of words only” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “a price you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sentence (b) asking how to spell it (c) saying the name back (d) never using the name
- 30.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CPCE (d) CEPC
- 31.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LEPA (d) LPAE
- 33.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) each review lasts longer (b) to forget faster (c) to save paper (d) no reason
- 34.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 35.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant needle pulls an urn; the urn crashes into a wallet; the wallet tickles a jug; the jug sits on a cat. Which item comes right before the jug? (a) wallet (b) jug (c) needle (d) urn
- 37.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) smell (c) ring (d) shell
- 39.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a carry while adding (c) your mother tongue (d) how to swim
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 2773497913. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 277 344 97913 (b) 727 349 7913 (c) 277 349 793 (d) 277 349 7913
Answer key
- True
- yes, with good methods
- a poor timetable
- helps memory
- 3
- Indian
- smell smoke
- initials match the list
- 274 720 242
- VIBGYOR
- helps you keep it
- link it to the next item
- Dogs Red Seven
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- March
- lets it fade
- step 1
- Anil
- False
- only a few
- bucket
- writing it down later
- a list in a fixed order
- asking how to spell it
- yes, with new pictures
- images stick better
- False
- True
- never using the name
- ECPC
- False
- ELPA
- each review lasts longer
- 70
- lets it fade
- wallet
- a rhyme
- ring
- a carry while adding
- 277 349 7913
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