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.🔍 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.True or false: “topic in the centre” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗺️ 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.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 7.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) playing outdoors (b) skipping breakfast (c) short study breaks (d) revising before bed
- 9.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 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.True or false: “light” rhymes with “clock”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “asking a question” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 15.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) fun (b) block (c) rake (d) sing
- 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.True or false: “phone in another room” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 18.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 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.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: no review until the test? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 21.True or false: “one subject all week” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: notes while listening? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 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.✏️ 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.✏️ 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.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in the same order (d) in ABC order
- 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.✏️ 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.🎵 Which word does “brain” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) tree (c) rain (d) bell
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping breakfast (b) drinking enough water (c) studying very hungry (d) an all-night cram
- 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.🧰 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.🔢 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.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.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: details on small twigs? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 36.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing once (d) reviewing with gaps
- 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.🔍 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.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it slows down (b) it speeds up (c) nothing changes (d) you forget more
- 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
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- False
- 07/07/2011
- attract bees
- loses names
- a weak picture
- a smart way
- skipping breakfast
- long-term memory
- Dogs Cats Silly
- False
- True
- one subject all week
- a good mind map
- sing
- 18
- False
- lets it fade
- hearing a whistle
- cramming
- False
- helps attention
- RVFS
- Eight Cook Pigs Cook
- Eat Cook Pigs Cats
- in the same order
- the letters make no word
- a silly, funny one
- rain
- drinking enough water
- no breaks at all
- an acronym
- 268 872 443
- all reviews on one day
- a good mind map
- reviewing with gaps
- south
- one reading is enough
- it slows down
- true
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