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.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) checking messages (c) phone in another room (d) notes while listening
- 3.True or false: “sleep helps you learn” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🎵 Which word does “knee” rhyme with? (a) night (b) sun (c) clock (d) tree
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) copying notes neatly (c) highlighting everything (d) closed-book writing
- 7.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) skip the chapter (c) read it faster (d) read it again, focused
- 8.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 8, 11 (b) days 10, 14, 16 (c) all on day 16 (d) days 4, 8, 16
- 9.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 10, 12, 13 (b) days 5, 7, 13 (c) all on day 13 (d) days 6, 8, 10
- 10.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) watch the match (c) note it, then go back (d) give up studying
- 11.📅 The digits 17071999 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 17/0719/99 (b) 170/719/99 (c) 1707/19/99 (d) 17/07/1999
- 12.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) see where it comes from (b) test yourself weekly (c) know what each letter is (d) copy it 50 times blindly
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tent by the kitchen, a jalebi by the sofa, a pencil by the bed, a cat by the dining table, a banana by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) cat (b) banana (c) tent (d) jalebi
- 14.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 15.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Eat Play Crazy (b) Eat Cook Play Crazy (c) Cook Play Crazy Eat (d) Crazy Play Cook Eat
- 16.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a list of numbers (c) a rhyme about cats (d) initials match the list
- 17.📅 The digits 15081988 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1508/19/88 (b) 15/08/1988 (c) 15/0819/88 (d) 150/819/88
- 18.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) eyes on the speaker (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
- 19.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) give up for the day (b) keep going for hours (c) eat lots of sweets (d) water and a short break
- 20.Which of these breaks attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) phone in another room (c) notes while listening (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 21.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) one task at a time (d) three tasks at once
- 22.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 23.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a carry while adding (c) a new word for a minute (d) your mother tongue
- 24.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
- 26.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 27.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 28.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling jasmine (b) seeing a glowing star (c) watching fireworks (d) tasting salty chips
- 29.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 30.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: looking at your phone? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 31.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 18 (b) days 6, 8, 10 (c) days 12, 16, 18 (d) days 6, 10, 18
- 32.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) explaining it aloud (c) re-reading the chapter (d) closed-book writing
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “turn into fruit” go on? (a) roots (b) leaves (c) stem (d) flowers
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts the night before (b) starts weeks early (c) mixes subjects each day (d) has short breaks
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) APISA (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) ASIAP
- 36.🔗 Your link story: a giant duck falls into a key; the key bounces onto a coconut; the coconut pulls a net; the net jumps over a jeep. Which item comes right before the net? (a) coconut (b) duck (c) key (d) net
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) holds up the leaves (b) carries food to parts (c) turn into fruit (d) green, flat and thin
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 210116017. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 210 116 6017 (b) 210 116 107 (c) 210 116 017 (d) 101 160 17
- 39.True or false: “linking it to a picture” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) tests are just fun (b) it is faster to read (c) recalling makes it stick (d) it needs no effort
Answer key
- what each letter means
- checking messages
- False
- False
- tree
- closed-book writing
- read it again, focused
- days 4, 8, 16
- days 5, 7, 13
- note it, then go back
- 17/07/1999
- copy it 50 times blindly
- jalebi
- True
- Eat Cook Play Crazy
- initials match the list
- 15/08/1988
- eyes on the speaker
- water and a short break
- daydreaming in class
- one task at a time
- 5
- your mother tongue
- a fact
- find a sound-alike word
- helps attention
- long-term memory
- tasting salty chips
- step 1
- loses names
- days 6, 10, 18
- re-reading the chapter
- flowers
- starts the night before
- PAISA
- coconut
- green, flat and thin
- 210 116 017
- True
- recalling makes it stick
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