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.🗂️ 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) short-term memory (d) no memory
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mango that sings (b) a bus made of ice (c) a giant pink elephant (d) the word in small print
- 3.🔗 Your link story: a giant anchor sings to a duck; the duck falls into a van; the van rolls into a doll; the doll bounces onto a banana. Which item comes right after the van? (a) banana (b) duck (c) van (d) doll
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) sitting still all day (c) screens till midnight (d) short study breaks
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 6.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📅 The digits 01111995 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 01/1119/95 (b) 011/119/95 (c) 0111/19/95 (d) 01/11/1995
- 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 9.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) revising before bed (c) a healthy breakfast (d) an all-night cram
- 10.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a room full of books”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) libary (b) liberry (c) librery (d) library
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 4423034903. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 442 303 9403 (b) 443 034 903 (c) 442 303 4903 (d) 442 303 49033
- 12.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: spare days for doubts? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 13.🔢 You want to remember the number 5207058280. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 705 8280 (b) 520 070 58280 (c) 520 705 828 (d) 520 705 8820
- 14.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 15.Which of these is passive review? (a) blank-page recall (b) re-reading the chapter (c) covering the answers (d) closed-book writing
- 16.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 17.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) west (c) north (d) south
- 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
- 20.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 21.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) notice, store, recall (b) recall, store, notice (c) look, forget, guess (d) read, write, sleep
- 22.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 19 (b) days 12, 17, 19 (c) days 8, 13, 19 (d) days 9, 12, 15
- 23.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) date chunks
- 24.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sight (b) sound (c) touch (d) taste
- 26.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) turn the sound up (b) put it in another room (c) keep it in your hand (d) reply at once
- 27.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a list in a fixed order (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a picture
- 28.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 31.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 32.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 33.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sound (d) sight
- 34.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) a quiet place to study (c) eyes on the speaker (d) short planned breaks
- 35.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 194 and 7 (b) 1 and 947 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 36.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 37.🔗 Your link story: a giant violin crashes into a pillow; the pillow bounces onto an igloo; the igloo sings to a lemon; the lemon pulls a vase. Which item comes right before the lemon? (a) pillow (b) igloo (c) lemon (d) violin
- 38.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 39.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a very long one (c) a dull, plain one (d) a silly, funny one
Answer key
- short-term memory
- the word in small print
- doll
- short study breaks
- helps you keep it
- True
- 01/11/1995
- a strong picture
- an all-night cram
- library
- 442 303 4903
- a good timetable
- 520 705 8280
- hear the new word
- re-reading the chapter
- chunking
- False
- north
- the rainbow colours
- 150
- notice, store, recall
- days 8, 13, 19
- a first-letter sentence
- False
- touch
- put it in another room
- a list in a fixed order
- lets it fade
- a rhyme
- a fact
- helps memory
- the method of loci
- sight
- a desk full of toys
- 19 and 47
- 65
- igloo
- 5
- False
- a silly, funny one
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