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.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) later today and tomorrow (b) only in the exam (c) never again (d) after a year
- 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 3.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fight (b) train (c) kite (d) bright
- 5.True or false: “short reviews over weeks” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a pencil by the banyan tree, a frog by the park gate, a jalebi by the slide, a lamp by the fruit cart, a tomato by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) tomato (b) frog (c) pencil (d) lamp
- 7.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 9.📅 The digits 17071982 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 1707/19/82 (b) 17/0719/82 (c) 170/719/82 (d) 17/07/1982
- 10.🔗 Why does a story keep the order of a list? (a) each link leads on (b) stories are short (c) it rhymes (d) it uses numbers
- 11.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) steps (c) tricks (d) songs
- 12.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 13.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: all reviews on one day? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 14.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the world around us”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) environmint (b) envirnment (c) enviroment (d) environment
- 15.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) neither (b) both (c) dessert (d) desert
- 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Play Crazy Eight (b) Crazy Play Cats Eight (c) Crazy Eight Play Cats (d) Eight Crazy Play Cats
- 17.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) a long story
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) grow under the ground (c) carries water upward (d) make seeds
- 19.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 5, 9, 15 (b) days 10, 14, 15 (c) days 8, 12, 16 (d) all on day 15
- 20.📅 The digits 14081961 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 14/0819/61 (b) 140/819/61 (c) 1408/19/61 (d) 14/08/1961
- 21.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: rose, guava, ant? (a) Grab Rani All (b) Rani Grab All (c) All Grab Rani (d) Grab All Rani
- 22.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) think about it more (b) note it, then go back (c) give up studying (d) watch the match
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) playing outdoors (c) short study breaks (d) a calm, happy mind
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “feel hot and cold” go on? (a) nose (b) ears (c) eyes (d) skin
- 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) they need no learning (c) they always rhyme (d) one word holds a list
- 26.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 5 (Y) stand for? (a) violet (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
- 27.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) some kids never forget (d) we forget without review
- 28.True or false: “good memory is just luck” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 30.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) make (c) bun (d) lake
- 31.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or link it to the next item? (a) picture the first item (b) link it to the next item
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tiger, coconut, watch? (a) Wise Cook Tiny (b) Tiny Cook Wise (c) Cook Tiny Wise (d) Cook Wise Tiny
- 33.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) only in exams (c) in the first day or two (d) never
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) cramming lasts for years (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) FLSR (b) SRLF (c) SLFR (d) RSLF
- 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 37.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which branch does “see colours” go on? (a) skin (b) tongue (c) eyes (d) ears
- 38.True or false: “hours with no break” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a bus made of ice? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 40.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- later today and tomorrow
- short-term memory
- step 1
- train
- True
- pencil
- False
- 17
- 17/07/1982
- each link leads on
- tricks
- 4
- cramming
- environment
- dessert
- Eight Crazy Play Cats
- an acronym
- carries water upward
- days 5, 9, 15
- 14/08/1961
- Rani Grab All
- note it, then go back
- staying up very late
- skin
- one word holds a list
- yellow
- some kids never forget
- False
- chunking
- bun
- picture the first item
- Tiny Cook Wise
- in the first day or two
- meaning makes it stick
- RSLF
- breaks attention
- eyes
- True
- a strong picture
- True
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