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.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 2.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) flowers (d) stem
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 4.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) staring at the page (c) watching it again (d) closed-book writing
- 5.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 6.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) reading it once only (c) skipping revision (d) testing yourself
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, anchor, umbrella, monkey, igloo is “Wet ___ Uncle Mice Inside”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Fly (b) Mum (c) Aunty (d) Lazy
- 8.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bee (b) three (c) spring (d) snake
- 10.Which of these is cramming? (a) starting the exam eve (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) old topics each Sunday (d) 15 minutes on 4 days
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 12.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no review until the test (b) starting the exam eve (c) 4 hours the night before (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 14.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) anyone, even a toy (b) only a teacher (c) nobody (d) only adults
- 15.Which of these is active recall? (a) copying notes neatly (b) re-reading the chapter (c) blank-page recall (d) staring at the page
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) copying notes neatly (c) covering the answers (d) closed-book writing
- 17.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Why do rhymes help memory? (a) they are always true (b) they are longer (c) they need no practice (d) sound patterns stick
- 19.👋 You pictured a new friend in soft moonlight. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Neel (b) Vidya (c) Chandni (d) Tara
- 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the oceans (c) the months (d) the rainbow colours
- 21.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 23.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 24.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: feeling very stressed? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 25.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 5, the tens digit is 5 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 5. What is 9 × 5?
- 26.🔤 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
- 27.📅 The digits 16021975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1602/19/75 (b) 16/02/1975 (c) 16/0219/75 (d) 160/219/75
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your home address (b) your best friend’s name (c) the national anthem (d) a carry while adding
- 29.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) never (c) in the first day or two (d) only in exams
- 30.🗂️ 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
- 31.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a long story (b) a mind map (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 32.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) some kids never forget (c) memory can’t improve (d) pictures stick better
- 34.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 35.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 36.🔢 You want to remember the number 9409609781. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 940 960 7981 (b) 940 960 971 (c) 940 960 99781 (d) 940 960 9781
- 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 228614605318. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2286 1640 5318 (b) 2286 1460 5318 (c) 2286 1460 538 (d) 2288 6146 05318
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) skin (d) tongue
- 39.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) a carry while adding (d) a new word for a minute
Answer key
- helps you keep it
- stem
- a weak picture
- closed-book writing
- a poor mind map
- testing yourself
- Aunty
- True
- spring
- starting the exam eve
- step 2
- a clear, tidy desk
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- anyone, even a toy
- blank-page recall
- copying notes neatly
- True
- sound patterns stick
- Chandni
- the rainbow colours
- yes, with new pictures
- link it to the meaning
- a first-letter sentence
- hurts memory
- 45
- ELPA
- 16/02/1975
- a carry while adding
- in the first day or two
- short-term memory
- an acronym
- False
- pictures stick better
- chunking
- close the book
- 940 960 9781
- 2286 1460 5318
- skin
- True
- how to ride a bicycle
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