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.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
- 2.🧪 Active recall or passive review: teaching your sibling? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 3.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 4.🎵 Which word rhymes with “rain”? (a) bake (b) run (c) chain (d) ring
- 5.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 6.True or false: “staring at the page” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧪 Active recall or passive review: quizzing with cards? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 8.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or recall it? (a) store it (b) recall it
- 9.🔗 Your link story: a giant radio bounces onto a parrot; the parrot sits on a tiger; the tiger falls into an umbrella; the umbrella pulls a candle. Which item comes right after the parrot? (a) parrot (b) candle (c) radio (d) tiger
- 10.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) desert (b) both (c) dessert (d) neither
- 11.📅 The digits 02042016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/04/2016 (b) 0204/20/16 (c) 02/0420/16 (d) 020/420/16
- 12.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) copy a friend (b) buy new pens (c) start the last day (d) write the exam dates
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking a question (b) three tasks at once (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
- 14.📅 You learn a history timeline on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 15.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 17.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) one (b) fun (c) done (d) bee
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) feeling very stressed (b) screens till midnight (c) a healthy breakfast (d) staying up very late
- 19.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 20.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 4 hours the night before? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 21.🔢 A 8-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) topic in a corner (b) details on small twigs (c) all in one colour (d) copying a whole page
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 5847270234. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 584 727 0234 (b) 584 727 02234 (c) 584 727 023 (d) 854 727 0234
- 24.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you know very well
- 25.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the day after Tuesday”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Wednsday (b) Wednesday (c) Wedensday (d) Wensday
- 26.True or false: “linking to what you know” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) east (b) south (c) west (d) north
- 28.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 29.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) after a year (d) later today and tomorrow
- 30.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a violin by the gate, a jug by the shoe rack, a needle by the sofa, a sock by the TV, a duck by the door. What did you place by the TV? (a) duck (b) violin (c) sock (d) needle
- 32.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) everyone forgets things (b) testing yourself helps (c) memory can’t improve (d) we forget without review
- 33.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 1 (E) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) adult (d) larva
- 34.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no breaks at all (b) one subject all week (c) no time for review (d) self-tests every week
- 35.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 36.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “feel a light touch” goes on the “tongue” branch. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) pills give super memory (c) pictures stick better (d) some kids never forget
- 39.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) no review until the test (b) starting the exam eve (c) one huge session (d) 15 minutes on 4 days
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spare days for doubts (b) has short breaks (c) sleep time kept (d) only easy subjects
Answer key
- store it
- active recall
- breaks attention
- chain
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- active recall
- store it
- tiger
- dessert
- 02/04/2016
- write the exam dates
- three tasks at once
- 13
- True
- link it to the next item
- bee
- a healthy breakfast
- spaced practice
- cramming
- 4
- details on small twigs
- 584 727 0234
- one you know very well
- Wednesday
- False
- north
- 14
- later today and tomorrow
- 13
- sock
- memory can’t improve
- egg
- self-tests every week
- step 4
- False
- True
- pictures stick better
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- only easy subjects
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