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 of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) good memory is just luck (d) sleep helps you learn
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
- 3.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 4.True or false: “a number you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or notice it? (a) get it back later (b) notice it
- 6.Which of these is cramming? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) short reviews over weeks (c) 4 hours the night before (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 7.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 9, 16 (b) days 11, 15, 16 (c) all on day 16 (d) days 6, 8, 10
- 8.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “hear voices” go on? (a) skin (b) ears (c) tongue (d) eyes
- 9.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a calm, happy mind? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a normal-sized cup (b) the word in small print (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a pencil that dances
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts the night before (b) one subject all week (c) only easy subjects (d) spare days for doubts
- 13.True or false: “explaining it aloud” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics come back (b) has short breaks (c) starts weeks early (d) starts the night before
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching your sibling (b) quizzing with cards (c) re-reading the chapter (d) covering the answers
- 17.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: cram it the last night? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 18.🗣️ In Hindi, “neend” means sleep. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) I AM eating a mango (b) a KNOCK on the nose (c) I NEED sleep (d) water in a PAN
- 19.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a place to eat out”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) restrant (b) restaurent (c) restaurant (d) resturant
- 20.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 21.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or close the book? (a) check what you missed (b) close the book
- 22.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) guess the ending (b) split it into parts (c) skip the middle (d) write it faster
- 23.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: starts weeks early? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 24.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or store it? (a) pay attention (b) store it
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics each Sunday (b) review on days 1, 3, 7 (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) learning it all at once
- 26.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) we never forget (c) we forget fast at first (d) memory is fixed
- 27.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a spoon by the door, a drum by the sofa, a kettle by the dining table, an apple by the shoe rack, a bucket by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) drum (b) apple (c) spoon (d) kettle
- 29.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for inkpot, cat, umpire, tent is “Inside ___ Uncle Tiny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Big (b) Kids (c) Crazy (d) Owls
- 30.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: notice it or keep it in memory? (a) notice it (b) keep it in memory
- 31.👋 You pictured a new friend with a shiny diamond. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Surya (b) Heera (c) Vidya (d) Tara
- 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “paay” is “a PIE under your foot”. What does “paay” mean? (a) sugar (b) school (c) monkey (d) foot
- 33.⏰ You revise each of 3 chapters 2 times, for 15 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 34.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 35.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: small doodles? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 36.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 38.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) you get an extra item (c) it comes back alone (d) nothing changes
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) seeing a glowing star (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hearing a whistle (d) tasting salty chips
- 40.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) you like spelling (c) there is no list (d) the letters make no word
Answer key
- sleep helps you learn
- hear the new word
- helps you keep it
- True
- notice it
- 4 hours the night before
- days 5, 9, 16
- ears
- helps memory
- fix stops in order
- a pencil that dances
- spare days for doubts
- False
- starts the night before
- 4
- re-reading the chapter
- a weak way
- I NEED sleep
- restaurant
- 15
- close the book
- split it into parts
- a good timetable
- pay attention
- learning it all at once
- we forget fast at first
- store it
- kettle
- Crazy
- notice it
- Heera
- foot
- 90
- helps attention
- a good mind map
- False
- MVEMJSUN
- that item is lost
- tasting salty chips
- the letters make no word
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