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.True or false: “a carry while adding” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) studying half-asleep (c) short planned breaks (d) phone in another room
- 3.📅 The digits 02092006 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 02/0920/06 (b) 02/09/2006 (c) 020/920/06 (d) 0209/20/06
- 4.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 5.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 5. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 6.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hope for the best (b) review and use it often (c) hear it once (d) read it once
- 7.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) meaning makes it stick (c) sleep helps you learn (d) cramming lasts for years
- 8.True or false: “a little every day” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) copy it 50 times blindly (b) cram it the last night (c) test yourself weekly (d) read it once
- 10.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 11.👀 Does this help attention or break it: studying half-asleep? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Crazy Pink Cook Eight (b) Cook Pink Crazy Eight (c) Crazy Eight Pink Cook (d) Eight Crazy Pink Cook
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a drum by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the playground, an owl by the classroom door, a vase by the library, a spoon by the blackboard. Where did you place the rope? (a) blackboard (b) teacher’s desk (c) playground (d) library
- 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, umbrella, key? (a) Up Kids Mum (b) Kids Up Mum (c) Mum Up Kids (d) Up Mum Kids
- 15.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 16.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) violet (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 483102153. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 483 102 1153 (b) 431 021 53 (c) 843 102 153 (d) 483 102 153
- 18.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) taste sour (b) feel hot and cold (c) taste sweet (d) smell flowers
- 19.🔗 Your link story: a giant spoon crashes into a coconut; the coconut sits on a jalebi; the jalebi sings to a guava; the guava falls into a net. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) jalebi (b) coconut (c) guava (d) net
- 20.True or false: “you keep all you read” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
- 22.👋 You pictured a new friend with a shiny diamond. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Tara (b) Chandni (c) Heera (d) Prithvi
- 23.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) you like spelling (b) there is no list (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny, cramped writing (b) copying a whole page (c) topic in a corner (d) lines that link ideas
- 25.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “pictures stick better”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 27.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 28.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pictures stick better (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) one reading is enough
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jolly My Aunty (b) Aunty My Funny Jolly (c) Funny My Aunty Jolly (d) Jolly Funny My Aunty
- 31.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) smelling wet earth (b) tasting bitter karela (c) watching fireworks (d) smelling jasmine
- 32.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) the main topic (c) a small detail (d) the date
- 33.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) easier to keep (b) too slow (c) useless (d) harder to keep
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only easy subjects (b) starts the night before (c) no time for review (d) sleep time kept
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a coconut by the TV, an apple by the sofa, a jug by the shoe rack, a fan by the door, a tent by the gate. Where did you place the tent? (a) sofa (b) gate (c) door (d) shoe rack
- 36.Which of these is active recall? (a) staring at the page (b) watching it again (c) explaining it aloud (d) highlighting everything
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) 4 hours the night before (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) short reviews over weeks
- 38.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 39.👋 You meet a new classmate called Vidya. The name means “learning”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) with a gold medal (b) riding a big sea wave (c) carrying many books (d) hair blown by the wind
- 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
Answer key
- True
- studying half-asleep
- 02/09/2006
- 60
- 14
- review and use it often
- cramming lasts for years
- False
- test yourself weekly
- helps attention
- breaks attention
- Eight Crazy Pink Cook
- playground
- Mum Up Kids
- a smart way
- blue
- 483 102 153
- feel hot and cold
- guava
- False
- hear the new word
- Heera
- the letters make no word
- lines that link ideas
- False
- a fact
- step 1
- spaced practice
- one reading is enough
- Jolly Funny My Aunty
- watching fireworks
- the main topic
- easier to keep
- sleep time kept
- gate
- explaining it aloud
- 4 hours the night before
- step 3
- carrying many books
- store it
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