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.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it speeds up (c) it slows down (d) you forget more
- 2.True or false: “the last line you read” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 4.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a type of number (b) first letters as a word (c) a long poem (d) a drawing
- 5.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) is always in Hindi (b) means the same (c) sounds like the new word (d) is spelled the same
- 7.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) looking at your phone (b) saying the name back (c) thinking of your reply (d) never using the name
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Green Wet Seven (b) Seven Wet Green (c) Wet Green Seven (d) Wet Seven Green
- 9.Which of these helps your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) a full night’s sleep (c) staying up very late (d) screens till midnight
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling while reading (b) short planned breaks (c) checking messages (d) daydreaming in class
- 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VMEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
- 12.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) no spare days (c) no time for review (d) one subject all week
- 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) short planned breaks (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) a desk full of toys
- 14.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a list of words only (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a dull white wall (d) a far-off still tree
- 15.True or false: “late nights every day” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) just the word (c) a plain, still one (d) no picture at all
- 17.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: one huge session? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 19.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) reply at once (c) keep it in your hand (d) put it in another room
- 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the rainbow colours (d) the months
- 21.True or false: “a bright red flying cow” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 22.📅 The digits 10061998 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 100/619/98 (b) 1006/19/98 (c) 10/0619/98 (d) 10/06/1998
- 23.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 24.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) long numbers (b) adding sums (c) drawing maps (d) new words in a language
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking it to a picture (b) never using the name (c) noticing the face (d) asking how to spell it
- 28.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump Frogs Mum ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lazy (b) Wet (c) Ants (d) Goats
- 30.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a rhyme
- 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 32.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) numbers and letter lists (d) only pictures
- 33.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 13, 17 (b) days 12, 16, 17 (c) all on day 17 (d) days 6, 10, 17
- 34.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a mind map (d) chunking
- 35.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, whistle, ball? (a) Wet Bakes Silly (b) Silly Wet Bakes (c) Wet Silly Bakes (d) Bakes Wet Silly
- 37.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to swim (b) your best friend’s name (c) a carry while adding (d) your home address
- 38.True or false: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) highlighting everything (b) teaching your sibling (c) quizzing with cards (d) covering the answers
- 40.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream sits on a sock; the sock bounces onto an ant; the ant jumps over a cat; the cat crashes into a vase. Which item is number 5 in your list? (a) vase (b) ice cream (c) sock (d) cat
Answer key
- it slows down
- False
- 19 and 47
- first letters as a word
- 10
- sounds like the new word
- saying the name back
- Seven Wet Green
- a full night’s sleep
- short planned breaks
- MVEMJSUN
- spare days for doubts
- a desk full of toys
- a kite as big as a house
- False
- a funny, moving one
- cramming
- chunking
- put it in another room
- the rainbow colours
- True
- 10/06/1998
- choose a place you know
- False
- new words in a language
- 5
- never using the name
- False
- Ants
- a first-letter sentence
- step 3
- numbers and letter lists
- days 6, 10, 17
- chunking
- recalling makes it stick
- Silly Wet Bakes
- a carry while adding
- True
- highlighting everything
- vase
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