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.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 3 (M) stand for? (a) February (b) April (c) March (d) January
- 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 3.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a plain box (b) a small grey dot (c) a giant rainbow umbrella (d) the word “umbrella”
- 4.📅 The digits 06111966 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 06/11/1966 (b) 061/119/66 (c) 06/1119/66 (d) 0611/19/66
- 5.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 6.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia is “Ants Ants Nani ___ Aunty Every All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Frogs (c) Crazy (d) Seven
- 7.True or false: “cramming the last night” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.Which of these is cramming? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) all reviews on one day (c) gaps that grow longer (d) old topics each Sunday
- 11.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) bright (b) kite (c) bite (d) string
- 12.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) bee (b) wing (c) thing (d) run
- 13.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 14.🔢 You want to remember the number 964233310164. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9642 3331 0164 (b) 6423 3310 164 (c) 9642 2333 10164 (d) 9624 3331 0164
- 15.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: link it to the next item? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 16.🔗 Your link story: a giant ladder chases a kite; the kite sits on an ant; the ant rolls into a ball; the ball jumps over a drum. Which item comes right before the ant? (a) kite (b) drum (c) ball (d) ant
- 17.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 18.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
- 19.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) never testing yourself (b) reviewing the next day (c) testing yourself (d) using it in a sum
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) pictures stick better (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
- 21.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a BAT made of rice (b) a book in a KIT bag (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a monkey in a BAND
- 22.True or false: “linking it to a picture” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 24.True or false: “rock” rhymes with “sun”. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📚 You must revise 6 chapters, 3 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
- 26.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) FMAJ (b) FJMA (c) JFMA (d) AMFJ
- 27.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 28.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) never (b) only in exams (c) in the first day or two (d) after ten years
- 29.True or false: “your home address” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) know what each letter is (b) say it aloud (c) skip what letters mean (d) use it in a few sums
- 31.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 33.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 34.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) turn the TV on (c) skip the chapter (d) read it again, focused
- 35.True or false: “linking it to a picture” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) TV on while studying (b) three tasks at once (c) a desk full of toys (d) a goal for each session
- 37.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: tiny, cramped writing? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 38.True or false: “highlighting everything” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or link it to the next item? (a) replay the story (b) link it to the next item
- 40.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) after a year (b) never again (c) only in the exam (d) later today and tomorrow
Answer key
- March
- long-term memory
- a giant rainbow umbrella
- 06/11/1966
- one word holds a list
- Seven
- True
- False
- a weak picture
- all reviews on one day
- string
- bee
- loses names
- 9642 3331 0164
- step 2
- kite
- helps attention
- one you know very well
- never testing yourself
- you keep all you read
- a tree on a note PAD
- False
- step 3
- False
- 2
- JFMA
- helps you keep it
- in the first day or two
- True
- skip what letters mean
- True
- 5
- step 1
- read it again, focused
- True
- a goal for each session
- a poor mind map
- True
- link it to the next item
- later today and tomorrow
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