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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 705 · 40 questions
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 6.True or false: “a quiet place to study” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
  7. 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. 8.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  9. 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. 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. 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. 12.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: spare days for doubts? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
  13. 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. 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. 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. 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. 17.True or false: “a quiet place to study” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
  18. 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. 19.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the planets (d) the months
  20. 20.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
  21. 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. 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. 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. 24.True or false: “some kids never forget” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sight (b) sound (c) touch (d) taste
  26. 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. 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. 28.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: never testing yourself? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
  29. 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. 30.🧠 Fact or myth: “practice improves memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  31. 31.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
  32. 32.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
  33. 33.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: watching fireworks? (a) taste (b) smell (c) sound (d) sight
  34. 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. 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. 36.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
  37. 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. 38.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  39. 39.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
  40. 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

  1. short-term memory
  2. the word in small print
  3. doll
  4. short study breaks
  5. helps you keep it
  6. True
  7. 01/11/1995
  8. a strong picture
  9. an all-night cram
  10. library
  11. 442 303 4903
  12. a good timetable
  13. 520 705 8280
  14. hear the new word
  15. re-reading the chapter
  16. chunking
  17. False
  18. north
  19. the rainbow colours
  20. 150
  21. notice, store, recall
  22. days 8, 13, 19
  23. a first-letter sentence
  24. False
  25. touch
  26. put it in another room
  27. a list in a fixed order
  28. lets it fade
  29. a rhyme
  30. a fact
  31. helps memory
  32. the method of loci
  33. sight
  34. a desk full of toys
  35. 19 and 47
  36. 65
  37. igloo
  38. 5
  39. False
  40. a silly, funny one

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