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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 679 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting the exam eve (b) all reviews on one day (c) one huge session (d) 15 minutes on 4 days
  2. 2.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📅 The digits 07072011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/07/2011 (b) 0707/20/11 (c) 07/0720/11 (d) 070/720/11
  4. 4.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) make food using sunlight (c) holds up the leaves (d) attract bees
  5. 5.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
  6. 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
  7. 7.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) skipping breakfast (c) short study breaks (d) revising before bed
  9. 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  10. 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: doll, cat, sock? (a) Silly Cats Dogs (b) Cats Silly Dogs (c) Cats Dogs Silly (d) Dogs Cats Silly
  11. 11.True or false: “light” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts weeks early (b) spare days for doubts (c) mixes subjects each day (d) one subject all week
  14. 14.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
  15. 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) fun (b) block (c) rake (d) sing
  16. 16.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  17. 17.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
  19. 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) hearing a whistle (c) hands in icy water (d) tasting salty chips
  20. 20.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: no review until the test? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
  21. 21.True or false: “one subject all week” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
  23. 23.📝 A list to learn, in order: rope, van, frog, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VFSR (b) VRFS (c) SFVR (d) RVFS
  24. 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eight Cook Pigs Cook (b) Eight Cook Cook Pigs (c) Cook Pigs Cook Eight (d) Cook Eight Pigs Cook
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Eat Cook Pigs Cats (b) Cats Pigs Cook Eat (c) Cook Pigs Cats Eat (d) Cook Eat Pigs Cats
  26. 26.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
  27. 27.✏️ 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
  28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
  29. 29.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) bell
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping breakfast (b) drinking enough water (c) studying very hungry (d) an all-night cram
  31. 31.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) no breaks at all (c) spare days for doubts (d) self-tests every week
  32. 32.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
  33. 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 268872443. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 286 872 443 (b) 268 872 4433 (c) 268 872 43 (d) 268 872 443
  34. 34.Which of these is cramming? (a) a little every day (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) all reviews on one day (d) gaps that grow longer
  35. 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
  36. 36.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing once (d) reviewing with gaps
  37. 37.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) one reading is enough
  39. 39.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) it speeds up (c) nothing changes (d) you forget more
  40. 40.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) true (b) right (c) known (d) clear

Answer key

  1. 15 minutes on 4 days
  2. False
  3. 07/07/2011
  4. attract bees
  5. loses names
  6. a weak picture
  7. a smart way
  8. skipping breakfast
  9. long-term memory
  10. Dogs Cats Silly
  11. False
  12. True
  13. one subject all week
  14. a good mind map
  15. sing
  16. 18
  17. False
  18. lets it fade
  19. hearing a whistle
  20. cramming
  21. False
  22. helps attention
  23. RVFS
  24. Eight Cook Pigs Cook
  25. Eat Cook Pigs Cats
  26. in the same order
  27. the letters make no word
  28. a silly, funny one
  29. rain
  30. drinking enough water
  31. no breaks at all
  32. an acronym
  33. 268 872 443
  34. all reviews on one day
  35. a good mind map
  36. reviewing with gaps
  37. south
  38. one reading is enough
  39. it slows down
  40. true

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