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.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 360185375. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 360 185 375 (b) 360 158 375 (c) 360 118 5375 (d) 301 853 75
- 3.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) until next month (b) forever (c) for years (d) only a short while
- 4.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 5.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) to make them longer (b) to change the number (c) no reason (d) fewer things to hold
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a rope by the sofa, a ladder by the TV, a spoon by the gate, a mango by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umbrella (b) spoon (c) mango (d) rope
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) late nights every day (b) starts weeks early (c) has short breaks (d) mixes subjects each day
- 8.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “very pretty”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) beatiful (b) beautifull (c) beautiful (d) butiful
- 9.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: writing it down later? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 10.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) late nights every day (b) old topics come back (c) mixes subjects each day (d) starts weeks early
- 11.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your mother tongue? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 12.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) the national anthem (c) your mother tongue (d) a new word for a minute
- 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a cat paying a BILL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) aam (c) dola (d) billi
- 14.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a times-table rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 15.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 16.🎵 Which word rhymes with “sun”? (a) train (b) knock (c) bright (d) ton
- 17.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the months (b) the planets (c) the oceans (d) the rainbow colours
- 18.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 5. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 6, 9, 16 (b) all on day 16 (c) days 12, 15, 16 (d) days 7, 9, 11
- 19.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 20.👋 You meet a new classmate called Akash. The name means “sky”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding the Earth (b) floating up in the sky (c) in soft moonlight (d) covered in blue paint
- 21.🎵 Which word does “tell” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) night (c) clock (d) tree
- 22.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) old topics come back (b) no spare days (c) starts the night before (d) one subject all week
- 23.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) for doubts and surprises (b) to start late (c) to waste time (d) to skip revision
- 24.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: lemon, kettle, igloo, mango. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KLIM (b) KIML (c) LKIM (d) MIKL
- 26.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) banana (c) elephant (d) honesty
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reading it once only (c) using it in a sum (d) making a picture of it
- 28.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) long-term memory (b) muscle memory (c) no memory (d) short-term memory
- 29.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: spare days for doubts? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a fan by the swing, a lemon by the fruit cart, a banana by the park gate, an ant by the post box, a wallet by the banyan tree. Where did you place the ant? (a) banyan tree (b) post box (c) fruit cart (d) swing
- 32.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) initials match the list (d) a very long word
- 33.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
- 34.📅 The digits 16101963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 16/10/1963 (b) 16/1019/63 (c) 1610/19/63 (d) 161/019/63
- 35.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: linking to what you know? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 37.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 38.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a dull white wall (c) a giant pink elephant (d) the word in small print
- 39.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) 2 hours the last night (b) nothing until the day (c) one look today (d) 20 minutes on 6 days
- 40.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
Answer key
- False
- 360 185 375
- only a short while
- long-term memory
- fewer things to hold
- mango
- late nights every day
- beautiful
- helps with names
- late nights every day
- long-term memory
- a new word for a minute
- billi
- a first-letter sentence
- short-term memory
- ton
- the rainbow colours
- days 6, 9, 16
- helps memory
- floating up in the sky
- bell
- old topics come back
- for doubts and surprises
- a good mind map
- LKIM
- honesty
- reading it once only
- short-term memory
- a good timetable
- an acronym
- post box
- initials match the list
- the method of loci
- 16/10/1963
- short-term memory
- helps you keep it
- first letters as a word
- a giant pink elephant
- 20 minutes on 6 days
- helps attention
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