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.⏰ You revise each of 3 chapters 2 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 2.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) you keep all you read (d) memory can’t improve
- 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) an acronym
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Every Silly Wins Nani (b) Every Nani Silly Wins (c) Wins Silly Every Nani (d) Nani Every Silly Wins
- 6.👋 You meet a new classmate called Akash. The name means “sky”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) floating up in the sky (b) with a shiny diamond (c) wearing a shiny star (d) holding the Earth
- 7.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 8.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) staring at the page (c) covering the answers (d) watching it again
- 9.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for apple, radio, candle, igloo is “___ Rani Crazy Ink”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Ants (b) Jump (c) Vines (d) Frogs
- 10.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 11.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: read it once? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reading it once only (c) a good night’s sleep (d) reviewing the next day
- 13.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 14.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases memory (b) it is only for babies (c) it helps learning stick (d) it wastes time
- 15.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 16.True or false: “skipping revision” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 18.⏰ You revise each of 4 chapters 3 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 19.True or false: “skipping revision” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
- 21.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) learning without meaning (c) one long session only (d) reviewing the next day
- 22.🗓️ Your exam is in 17 days. You have 5 chapters and need 3 days to learn each one. The other days are for revision. How many revision days do you get?
- 23.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
- 24.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) saying it once quietly (b) writing it tiny (c) no rhythm at all (d) a beat or a tune
- 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Every Play Cats (b) Cats Play Cats Every (c) Every Cats Play Cats (d) Every Cats Cats Play
- 26.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) only in the exam (c) later today and tomorrow (d) after a year
- 27.True or false: “an OTP you just got” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) one with no picture (b) a silly, funny one (c) a very long one (d) a dull, plain one
- 29.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) never testing yourself (c) one long session only (d) linking to what you know
- 31.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “haathi” is “an elephant with HOT tea”. What does “haathi” mean? (a) key (b) book (c) nose (d) elephant
- 32.🗓️ Which is better for a test in 2 weeks? (a) 2 hours the last night (b) nothing until the day (c) 20 minutes on 6 days (d) one look today
- 33.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in the same order (b) in ABC order (c) backwards (d) in any order
- 34.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) neither (b) both the same (c) the pen near a cup (d) the pen stirring tea
- 35.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) turn into fruit (c) attract bees (d) make seeds
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) self-tests every week (b) no spare days (c) has short breaks (d) old topics come back
- 37.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
- 38.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) thinking of your reply (b) linking it to a picture (c) asking how to spell it (d) writing it down later
- 39.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) making a picture of it (c) explaining to a friend (d) one long session only
Answer key
- 120
- meaning makes it stick
- an acronym
- a first-letter sentence
- Nani Every Silly Wins
- floating up in the sky
- step 4
- covering the answers
- Ants
- hurts memory
- a weak way
- reading it once only
- spaced practice
- it helps learning stick
- 9
- False
- 16
- 120
- True
- step 4
- reviewing the next day
- 2
- close the book
- a beat or a tune
- Every Cats Play Cats
- later today and tomorrow
- False
- a silly, funny one
- put pictures at stops
- linking to what you know
- elephant
- 20 minutes on 6 days
- in the same order
- the pen stirring tea
- make food using sunlight
- no spare days
- keep it in memory
- thinking of your reply
- True
- one long session only
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