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 first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a silly, funny one (b) one with no picture (c) a dull, plain one (d) a very long one
- 2.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 2 (A) stand for? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Africa
- 3.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries food to parts” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) stem (d) roots
- 4.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 5.😴 You go to bed at 10:30 PM and wake up at 7:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 6.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) splitting into groups (d) saying it backwards
- 8.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “shala” is “a school in a SHAWL”. What does “shala” mean? (a) key (b) nose (c) school (d) rice
- 9.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) memory is fixed (b) forgetting starts late (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
- 10.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 11.True or false: “no review until the test” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “how hot or cold it is”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) temperture (b) tempreture (c) temperature (d) temprature
- 13.👀 Does this help attention or break it: short planned breaks? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 14.👋 You pictured a new friend carrying many books. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Vidya (b) Heera (c) Kiran (d) Shanti
- 15.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) how to swim (c) the last line you read (d) a price you just heard
- 16.True or false: “linking it to a picture” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) skipping breakfast (c) sitting still all day (d) studying very hungry
- 19.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) April (b) January (c) March (d) February
- 20.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) the pen near a cup (b) both the same (c) neither (d) the pen stirring tea
- 21.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 3, 5, 7 (b) days 3, 8, 14 (c) all on day 14 (d) days 7, 12, 14
- 22.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) study all night (b) give up the plan (c) adjust the plan calmly (d) skip that topic
- 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 24.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: skipping breakfast? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 25.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) 2 hours the last night (b) nothing until the day (c) 20 minutes on 6 days (d) one look today
- 27.📚 You must revise 6 chapters, 2 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 28.📉 When is the best time for the first review of today’s lesson? (a) the exam night (b) never (c) today or tomorrow (d) next month
- 29.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a long poem (c) a type of number (d) first letters as a word
- 30.🗓️ Your exam is in 12 days. You have 3 chapters and need 3 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 31.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) staring at the page (c) closed-book writing (d) re-reading the chapter
- 32.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 33.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the national anthem? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 34.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 35.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 36.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) make food using sunlight (c) holds up the leaves (d) have tiny pores
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) WSEN (b) ESWN (c) NESW (d) ENSW
- 38.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) sitting still all day (c) studying very hungry (d) playing outdoors
- 39.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 40.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, with a pill (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, by staring hard (d) yes, in a week
Answer key
- a silly, funny one
- Africa
- stem
- True
- 9
- False
- splitting into groups
- school
- we forget fast at first
- spaced practice
- True
- temperature
- helps attention
- Vidya
- how to swim
- True
- a list in a fixed order
- fruit and vegetables
- March
- the pen stirring tea
- days 3, 8, 14
- adjust the plan calmly
- picture the first item
- hurts memory
- True
- 20 minutes on 6 days
- 3
- today or tomorrow
- first letters as a word
- 3
- closed-book writing
- short-term memory
- long-term memory
- 8
- helps memory
- holds up the leaves
- NESW
- playing outdoors
- 50
- no, that is a myth
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