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 kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 2.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 3.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) change the topic (b) ask for their phone (c) say it back: “Hi, Riya!” (d) nod and forget
- 4.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 5.📝 A list to learn, in order: ice cream, violin, urn, needle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) IVUN (b) NUVI (c) VIUN (d) VUNI
- 6.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “water in a PAN”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) billi (b) paani (c) aam (d) shala
- 7.True or false: “feeling very stressed” helps your memory. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “checking messages” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 9.Which of these is passive review? (a) closed-book writing (b) only listening again (c) explaining it aloud (d) quizzing with cards
- 10.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it makes you tired (b) it only helps in sport (c) you keep what you notice (d) it doesn’t matter
- 11.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: picture the first item or keep linking in order? (a) picture the first item (b) keep linking in order
- 12.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a healthy breakfast? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 13.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing with gaps (d) reviewing once
- 14.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a long story (b) a maths sum (c) a picture (d) a list in a fixed order
- 15.True or false: “attention comes first” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 17.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) harder to keep (c) too slow (d) useless
- 18.📅 The digits 05111953 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 05/1119/53 (b) 0511/19/53 (c) 051/119/53 (d) 05/11/1953
- 19.📅 The digits 01101960 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 011/019/60 (b) 0110/19/60 (c) 01/10/1960 (d) 01/1019/60
- 20.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
- 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 22.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) one subject all week (b) sleep time kept (c) starts the night before (d) only easy subjects
- 23.True or false: “rake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your best friend’s name (b) a price you just heard (c) tables learned long ago (d) the national anthem
- 25.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) green, flat and thin (b) grow under the ground (c) hold the plant firm (d) make seeds
- 26.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) collection (b) condensation (c) evaporation (d) precipitation
- 27.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 28.📅 The digits 23121950 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 231/219/50 (b) 23/1219/50 (c) 2312/19/50 (d) 23/12/1950
- 29.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: testing yourself? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 30.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) colour it again (b) frame it (c) throw it away (d) redraw it from memory
- 31.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 31 (d) 28
- 32.🎵 Which word does “fun” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) tree (c) clock (d) sun
- 33.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 34.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: smelling wet earth? (a) sight (b) taste (c) touch (d) smell
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very stressed (b) studying very hungry (c) a calm, happy mind (d) skipping breakfast
- 36.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: making a picture of it? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 37.👀 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) read it again, focused (d) skip the chapter
- 38.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 29 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) 27
- 39.🔢 You want to remember the number 520183782. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 520 187 82 (b) 520 183 7882 (c) 520 183 782 (d) 520 183 872
- 40.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) what each letter means (c) its spelling backwards (d) nothing else
Answer key
- a rhyme
- link it to the meaning
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- short-term memory
- IVUN
- paani
- False
- True
- only listening again
- you keep what you notice
- picture the first item
- helps memory
- reviewing with gaps
- a list in a fixed order
- True
- step 1
- easier to keep
- 05/11/1953
- 01/10/1960
- add more stops
- put pictures at stops
- sleep time kept
- True
- a price you just heard
- make seeds
- precipitation
- step 4
- 23/12/1950
- helps you keep it
- redraw it from memory
- 30
- sun
- hurts memory
- smell
- a calm, happy mind
- helps you keep it
- read it again, focused
- 27
- 520 183 782
- what each letter means
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