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.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 2.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 3.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or explain it simply? (a) check what you missed (b) explain it simply
- 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 5.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) for years (b) only a short while (c) until next month (d) forever
- 6.True or false: “your mother tongue” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 7.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Play Cats Every (b) Cats Play Crazy Every (c) Crazy Every Play Cats (d) Every Crazy Play Cats
- 8.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) ELPA (b) LEPA (c) APLE (d) LPAE
- 9.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: cram it the last night? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 10.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) you keep what you notice (c) it only helps in sport (d) it doesn’t matter
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying the name back (b) noticing the face (c) hearing it only once (d) writing it down later
- 12.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) useless (b) easier to keep (c) too slow (d) harder to keep
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) in ABC order (d) backwards
- 14.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) only for numbers (c) no, never (d) yes, with new pictures
- 15.📅 The digits 26082024 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 260/820/24 (b) 26/08/2024 (c) 26/0820/24 (d) 2608/20/24
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) a number you just heard (c) your best friend’s name (d) a price you just heard
- 17.🎵 Which word does “shake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) cake (c) king (d) sun
- 18.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
- 19.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) the last line you read (c) how to swim (d) a new word for a minute
- 20.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: a formula card? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 21.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 22.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 23.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) highlighting everything (c) teaching your sibling (d) only listening again
- 26.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 27.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 7, 14 (b) all on day 14 (c) days 9, 12, 14 (d) days 4, 6, 8
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pillow, mango, rose? (a) Pink Mum Runs (b) Runs Mum Pink (c) Mum Pink Runs (d) Mum Runs Pink
- 29.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or get it back later? (a) notice it (b) get it back later
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping breakfast (b) staying up very late (c) drinking enough water (d) screens till midnight
- 31.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 32.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) one subject all week (b) only easy subjects (c) sleep time kept (d) no breaks at all
- 33.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) scrolling while reading (c) studying half-asleep (d) a goal for each session
- 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
- 35.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 36.True or false: “block” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 38.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) learning is useless (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
- 39.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) replay the story (b) read a new list (c) start from nowhere (d) guess
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinking of your reply (b) not asking again (c) noticing the face (d) never using the name
Answer key
- short-term memory
- step 1
- explain it simply
- helps attention
- only a short while
- False
- Every Crazy Play Cats
- ELPA
- a weak way
- you keep what you notice
- hearing it only once
- easier to keep
- in the same order
- yes, with new pictures
- 26/08/2024
- your best friend’s name
- cake
- store it
- how to swim
- a smart way
- a good timetable
- 5
- step 3
- step 1
- teaching your sibling
- 85
- days 4, 7, 14
- Pink Mum Runs
- notice it
- drinking enough water
- helps you keep it
- sleep time kept
- a goal for each session
- store it
- step 3
- False
- active recall
- we never reviewed them
- replay the story
- noticing the face
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