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.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) reading it once only (d) a good night’s sleep
- 2.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a number read once (c) something you understand (d) a word you never heard
- 3.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a picture (c) a maths sum (d) a list in a fixed order
- 4.🗣️ 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
- 5.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 6.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: asking how to spell it? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) your birthday (c) a new word for a minute (d) directions told just now
- 8.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) dessert (b) desert (c) neither (d) both
- 9.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) chatting quietly (b) looking at the clock (c) taking short notes (d) doodling cartoons
- 10.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 2 or 7 (b) 0 or 5 (c) any digit (d) 1 or 6
- 11.📝 A list to learn, in order: doll, radio, kite, pencil, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DRKPS (b) SPKRD (c) RDKPS (d) RKPSD
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, anchor, cat? (a) Crazy All Owls (b) All Crazy Owls (c) All Owls Crazy (d) Owls All Crazy
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge session (b) no review until the test (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) learning it all at once
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 16.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) the word “umbrella” (c) a plain box (d) a giant rainbow umbrella
- 17.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) for years (b) only a short while (c) forever (d) until next month
- 18.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 19.👋 You pictured a new friend with a shiny diamond. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Vidya (b) Kiran (c) Heera (d) Chandni
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a clear, tidy desk (b) a goal for each session (c) scrolling while reading (d) one task at a time
- 21.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 22.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Sing Love Funny (b) Funny Love Sing Red (c) Sing Red Love Funny (d) Sing Love Funny Red
- 23.👋 You pictured a new friend sitting on a cloud. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Heera (b) Megha (c) Kamal (d) Neel
- 24.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) take in water from soil (b) make food using sunlight (c) holds up the leaves (d) make seeds
- 26.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a new word for a minute (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) your mother tongue (d) your birthday
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) daydreaming in class (d) one task at a time
- 28.📅 The digits 22022014 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 220/220/14 (b) 22/02/2014 (c) 22/0220/14 (d) 2202/20/14
- 29.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) some kids never forget (d) pills give super memory
- 30.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an igloo by the dining table, a key by the kitchen, a lemon by the sofa, a fan by the bed, a net by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) net (b) fan (c) key (d) igloo
- 33.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 6, the tens digit is 6 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 6. What is 9 × 6?
- 34.🔗 Your link story: a giant candle falls into a van; the van sings to an igloo; the igloo bounces onto a needle; the needle sits on a ladder. Which item comes right before the ladder? (a) ladder (b) igloo (c) needle (d) candle
- 35.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting raw mango (c) hearing a whistle (d) hearing a drum boom
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 37.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a random new city
- 38.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a pencil that dances (b) a plain grey box (c) a far-off still tree (d) a dull white wall
- 39.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, sugar does (b) yes, energy drinks (c) yes, many do (d) no — habits help most
- 40.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
Answer key
- a good night’s sleep
- something you understand
- a list in a fixed order
- find a sound-alike word
- 18
- helps with names
- your birthday
- dessert
- taking short notes
- 0 or 5
- DRKPS
- Owls All Crazy
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- step 3
- step 1
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- only a short while
- a first-letter sentence
- Heera
- scrolling while reading
- short-term memory
- Red Sing Love Funny
- Megha
- fix stops in order
- make food using sunlight
- a new word for a minute
- one task at a time
- 22/02/2014
- we forget without review
- False
- step 1
- igloo
- 54
- needle
- tasting raw mango
- fix stops in order
- one you know very well
- a pencil that dances
- no — habits help most
- helps you keep it
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