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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
- 2.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 3.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) looking at your phone (b) rushing the greeting (c) writing it down later (d) never using the name
- 4.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) a colour for each branch (b) one key word per branch (c) small doodles (d) topic in a corner
- 5.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 flashcards and get 19 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 2 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 6.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 7.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) for years (b) forever (c) until next month (d) only a short while
- 8.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 6:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 9.🔢 You want to remember the number 104550528. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 104 550 528 (b) 104 550 58 (c) 105 450 528 (d) 110 455 0528
- 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 11.True or false: “feeling very stressed” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 12.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) keep going for hours (b) eat lots of sweets (c) give up for the day (d) water and a short break
- 13.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) one subject all week (b) spare days for doubts (c) self-tests every week (d) has short breaks
- 14.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no time for review (b) self-tests every week (c) late nights every day (d) no breaks at all
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) linking to what you know (b) explaining to a friend (c) learning without meaning (d) making a picture of it
- 16.Which of these helps your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) feeling very stressed (c) sitting still all day (d) an all-night cram
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) revising before bed (b) short study breaks (c) fruit and vegetables (d) staying up very late
- 18.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a dull, plain one (c) a very long one (d) a silly, funny one
- 19.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) playing outdoors (c) a calm, happy mind (d) screens till midnight
- 20.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “draw a labelled picture” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2
- 23.🎵 Which word does “thing” rhyme with? (a) night (b) king (c) rain (d) clock
- 24.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 25.True or false: “cram it the last night” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying the name back (b) using it in a sentence (c) hearing it only once (d) writing it down later
- 27.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 28.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) one long session only (b) reading it once only (c) explaining to a friend (d) skipping revision
- 29.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: sleep time kept? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 30.🔢 You want to remember the number 2737817167. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 273 781 71167 (b) 273 787 1167 (c) 273 817 167 (d) 273 781 7167
- 31.🔗 Your link story: a giant cat bounces onto a mirror; the mirror jumps over an apple; the apple tickles an owl; the owl chases an onion. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) onion (b) mirror (c) cat (d) apple
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) read it once (b) see where it comes from (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) never use it in sums
- 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an orange by the classroom door, a vase by the notice board, a key by the teacher’s desk, a flute by the stairs, a glass by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) orange (b) key (c) glass (d) flute
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sock that smells awful (b) a kite as big as a house (c) a frog wearing a crown (d) the word in small print
- 36.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) nothing else (c) what each letter means (d) its spelling backwards
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: nest, rose, umbrella? (a) Rani Nani Under (b) Under Rani Nani (c) Nani Rani Under (d) Rani Under Nani
- 38.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) spell (c) smell (d) sea
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) seeing a glowing star (c) smelling wet earth (d) tasting bitter karela
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all reviews on one day (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) one huge session (d) no review until the test
Answer key
- notice it
- spaced practice
- writing it down later
- topic in a corner
- 4
- the letters make no word
- only a short while
- 8
- 104 550 528
- breaks attention
- False
- water and a short break
- one subject all week
- self-tests every week
- learning without meaning
- drinking enough water
- staying up very late
- a silly, funny one
- screens till midnight
- False
- True
- step 1
- king
- breaks attention
- True
- hearing it only once
- helps memory
- explaining to a friend
- a good timetable
- 273 781 7167
- mirror
- see where it comes from
- lets it fade
- glass
- the word in small print
- what each letter means
- Nani Rani Under
- sea
- hearing a drum boom
- review on days 1, 3, 7
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