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.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 2.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) seeing a red kite fly (b) feeling a prickly cactus (c) smelling wet earth (d) hearing a whistle
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) reading it once only (c) skipping revision (d) cramming the last night
- 4.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 3, the tens digit is 3 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 3. What is 9 × 3?
- 5.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reviewing after a week (b) learning without meaning (c) cramming the last night (d) reading it once only
- 6.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 7.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) asking how to spell it (b) never using the name (c) hearing it only once (d) rushing the greeting
- 8.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or replay the story? (a) keep linking in order (b) replay the story
- 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 10.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, ladder, spoon? (a) Sing Love Frogs (b) Love Sing Frogs (c) Love Frogs Sing (d) Frogs Love Sing
- 11.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) a random colour (c) its spelling backwards (d) the word’s meaning
- 12.True or false: “a price you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or picture the first item? (a) keep linking in order (b) picture the first item
- 14.True or false: “cane” rhymes with “rain”. (a) True (b) False
- 15.✏️ 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
- 16.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 17.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a plant we eat, like a carrot”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) vegetabel (b) vegtable (c) vegitable (d) vegetable
- 18.📅 The digits 24101971 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/1019/71 (b) 241/019/71 (c) 24/10/1971 (d) 2410/19/71
- 19.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) details on small twigs (b) small doodles (c) lines that link ideas (d) copying a whole page
- 20.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing with gaps (d) reviewing once
- 21.🔢 A 12-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.True or false: “scrolling while reading” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 24.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) no memory (b) long-term memory (c) short-term memory (d) muscle memory
- 25.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 26.🗺️ 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) make seeds (d) attract bees
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 1 (A) stand for? (a) North America (b) Antarctica (c) Asia (d) Africa
- 29.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “smell food” goes on the “nose” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an urn by the gate, an owl by the TV, a bucket by the shoe rack, a jalebi by the sofa, a goat by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) urn (b) bucket (c) jalebi (d) goat
- 31.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 32.Which of these is cramming? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) 15 minutes on 4 days (c) all reviews on one day (d) gaps that grow longer
- 33.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) 2 hours the last night (b) one look today (c) nothing until the day (d) 20 minutes on 6 days
- 34.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: explain it simply or close the book? (a) explain it simply (b) close the book
- 35.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “what you know”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) knowlege (b) knowladge (c) nowledge (d) knowledge
- 36.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) put it in another room (b) keep it in your hand (c) reply at once (d) turn the sound up
- 37.📅 The digits 10061969 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 10/06/1969 (b) 1006/19/69 (c) 100/619/69 (d) 10/0619/69
- 38.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) taste sweet (b) feel hot and cold (c) smell flowers (d) taste salty
- 39.True or false: “feeling very stressed” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
Answer key
- hurts memory
- hearing a whistle
- making a picture of it
- 27
- reviewing after a week
- hurts memory
- asking how to spell it
- keep linking in order
- hear the new word
- Frogs Love Sing
- the word’s meaning
- True
- picture the first item
- True
- initials match the list
- 8
- vegetable
- 24/10/1971
- copying a whole page
- reviewing with gaps
- 3
- True
- helps you keep it
- short-term memory
- step 1
- hold the plant firm
- 5
- Asia
- True
- urn
- short-term memory
- all reviews on one day
- 20 minutes on 6 days
- close the book
- knowledge
- put it in another room
- 10/06/1969
- feel hot and cold
- True
- step 3
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