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.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a long story
- 2.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) no reason
- 3.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) not asking again (b) rushing the greeting (c) writing it down later (d) hearing it only once
- 4.True or false: “spare days for doubts” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SLFR (c) FLSR (d) SRLF
- 6.🔗 Your link story: a giant monkey chases a mirror; the mirror pulls an apple; the apple sits on a banana; the banana rolls into a tent. Which item comes right before the tent? (a) apple (b) monkey (c) mirror (d) banana
- 7.🔢 You want to remember the number 3074786460. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 304 786 460 (b) 307 476 8460 (c) 307 478 6460 (d) 307 477 86460
- 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) checking messages (b) phone in another room (c) a goal for each session (d) one task at a time
- 9.📅 The digits 05121975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 051/219/75 (b) 0512/19/75 (c) 05/12/1975 (d) 05/1219/75
- 10.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) reviewing the next day (d) cramming the last night
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping breakfast (b) hours with no break (c) playing outdoors (d) studying very hungry
- 12.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) scrolling videos (b) a long TV show (c) a short walk or stretch (d) an hour of games
- 13.📅 You learn 12 new spellings on day 6. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 4 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 14.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 15.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, doll, banana, umpire. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) DNBU (b) UBDN (c) NDBU (d) DBUN
- 16.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) you keep all you read (c) pills give super memory (d) testing yourself helps
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
- 19.🔢 You want to remember the number 312416814498. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3124 1861 4498 (b) 3124 1681 44998 (c) 3124 1681 498 (d) 3124 1681 4498
- 20.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 21.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) we never reviewed them (c) the brain is broken (d) memory is fixed
- 22.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) adjust the plan calmly (b) skip that topic (c) study all night (d) give up the plan
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your best friend’s name (b) tables learned long ago (c) your home address (d) an OTP you just got
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) the word’s meaning
- 25.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) writing it down later (b) never using the name (c) asking how to spell it (d) noticing the face
- 26.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) later today and tomorrow (c) after a year (d) never again
- 27.True or false: “starts the night before” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a frog by the stairs, a banana by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the notice board, a kite by the classroom door, a goat by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) goat (b) banana (c) frog (d) kite
- 30.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 31.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 33.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 1 (J) stand for? (a) January (b) February (c) March (d) April
- 34.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) tea (b) tell (c) spring (d) sock
- 35.🎵 Which word rhymes with “tree”? (a) tea (b) sing (c) shake (d) brain
- 36.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) good memory is just luck (c) we forget without review (d) cramming lasts for years
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) PAISA (c) AISAP (d) APISA
- 38.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) quick to see and recall (b) no reason (c) it looks empty (d) it saves ink
- 39.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 40.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hands in icy water (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) hearing a drum boom
Answer key
- a list in a fixed order
- to keep the order
- writing it down later
- True
- RSLF
- banana
- 307 478 6460
- checking messages
- 05/12/1975
- reviewing the next day
- playing outdoors
- a short walk or stretch
- 13
- step 4
- NDBU
- testing yourself helps
- 7
- a memory trick
- 3124 1681 4498
- step 1
- we never reviewed them
- adjust the plan calmly
- an OTP you just got
- the word’s meaning
- never using the name
- later today and tomorrow
- False
- short-term memory
- banana
- 9
- step 4
- step 3
- January
- tell
- tea
- we forget without review
- PAISA
- quick to see and recall
- passive review
- hearing a drum boom
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