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.🧪 Who can you teach back to? (a) nobody (b) only a teacher (c) anyone, even a toy (d) only adults
- 2.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a picture
- 3.True or false: “three tasks at once” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 5.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) touch (b) taste (c) sound (d) sight
- 6.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a list of numbers (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 7.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no breaks at all? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see shapes” go on? (a) tongue (b) nose (c) eyes (d) skin
- 9.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) test yourself weekly (b) read it once (c) see where it comes from (d) a formula card
- 10.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) skip what letters mean (b) say it aloud (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) cram it the last night
- 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 12.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) adult (b) pupa (c) egg (d) larva
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) memory can’t improve (b) we forget without review (c) pictures stick better (d) everyone forgets things
- 14.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the rhyme method (d) the pomodoro
- 15.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 8, the tens digit is 8 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 8. What is 9 × 8?
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) watching it again (b) staring at the page (c) quizzing with cards (d) only listening again
- 18.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: fruit and vegetables? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 20.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 21.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) your mother tongue (b) a carry while adding (c) a price you just heard (d) the last line you read
- 22.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: no review until the test? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 24.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) never reviewing (b) reviewing with gaps (c) reviewing once (d) reading it 10 times now
- 25.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 26.📅 The digits 21021978 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 21/02/1978 (b) 210/219/78 (c) 21/0219/78 (d) 2102/19/78
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the school gate, a violin by the stairs, a bucket by the teacher’s desk, a tiger by the notice board, an owl by the classroom door. Where did you place the violin? (a) notice board (b) stairs (c) school gate (d) classroom door
- 28.👀 Does this help attention or break it: daydreaming in class? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 30.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 31.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 32.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat pulls a tent; the tent chases a tomato; the tomato crashes into a tiger; the tiger bounces onto a jalebi. Which item comes right before the tomato? (a) cat (b) tomato (c) tiger (d) tent
- 33.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) read, write, sleep (c) look, forget, guess (d) notice, store, recall
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a little every day (b) short reviews over weeks (c) 4 hours the night before (d) gaps that grow longer
- 35.True or false: “mix up the letters” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wise Silly Goats (b) Silly Wise Goats (c) Goats Wise Silly (d) Wise Goats Silly
- 37.🗓️ Your exam is in 11 days. You have 3 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 38.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 39.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, urn, vase, ice cream, coconut. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UVICB (b) BUVIC (c) CIVUB (d) UBVIC
- 40.True or false: “using it in a sentence” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- anyone, even a toy
- a list in a fixed order
- False
- fix stops in order
- sight
- initials match the list
- a poor timetable
- eyes
- read it once
- say it aloud
- step 2
- egg
- memory can’t improve
- the method of loci
- 72
- 6
- quizzing with cards
- step 1
- helps memory
- picture the first item
- your mother tongue
- True
- cramming
- reviewing with gaps
- step 2
- 21/02/1978
- stairs
- breaks attention
- a first-letter sentence
- 5
- 15
- tent
- notice, store, recall
- 4 hours the night before
- False
- Silly Wise Goats
- 5
- step 1
- BUVIC
- False
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