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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 2.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 3.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 4.🗓️ Your exam is in 10 days. You have 6 chapters and need 1 day to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 5.📐 In the 11 times table up to 11 × 9, each answer… (a) is always odd (b) repeats the digit (c) ends in 0 (d) ends in 5
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) turn into fruit (c) take in water from soil (d) grow under the ground
- 7.True or false: “pictures stick better” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bee (b) rake (c) main (d) smell
- 9.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 10.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your mother tongue (b) how to swim (c) how to ride a bicycle (d) a new word for a minute
- 11.True or false: “fight” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 12.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: linking it to a picture? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 13.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 14.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 7084364383. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 078 436 4383 (b) 704 364 383 (c) 708 436 4383 (d) 708 843 64383
- 16.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 17.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 18.True or false: “no review until the test” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) hearing it only once (b) using it in a sentence (c) rushing the greeting (d) not asking again
- 21.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) sleep helps you learn (c) memory can’t improve (d) practice improves memory
- 22.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) it speeds up (b) you forget more (c) it slows down (d) nothing changes
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) WGS (b) WSG (c) GWS (d) SWG
- 24.📅 The digits 01052002 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 010/520/02 (b) 01/0520/02 (c) 01/05/2002 (d) 0105/20/02
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 26.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 27.True or false: “making a picture of it” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “the national anthem” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “has short breaks” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) haathi (c) phool (d) paay
- 31.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 32.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) what each letter means (b) nothing else (c) its colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) hold the plant firm (b) make food using sunlight (c) grow under the ground (d) take in water from soil
- 34.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 36.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a normal-sized cup (c) a plain grey box (d) a dull white wall
- 38.True or false: “a number you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗓️ Your exam is in 12 days. You have 4 chapters and need 2 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 40.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) active recall (b) passive review
Answer key
- passive review
- 17
- one word holds a list
- 4
- repeats the digit
- turn into fruit
- False
- smell
- 8
- a new word for a minute
- True
- helps with names
- lets it fade
- helps attention
- 708 436 4383
- 12
- the letters make no word
- False
- True
- using it in a sentence
- memory can’t improve
- it slows down
- SWG
- 01/05/2002
- a silly, funny one
- hurts memory
- True
- True
- False
- phool
- helps memory
- what each letter means
- make food using sunlight
- False
- choose a place you know
- False
- a giant pink elephant
- False
- 4
- passive review
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