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 want to remember the number 176596642997. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1756 9664 2997 (b) 1765 5966 42997 (c) 1765 9664 2997 (d) 1765 6642 997
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a nest by the teacher’s desk, a wallet by the library, a goat by the blackboard, an apple by the playground, a banana by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) banana (b) apple (c) wallet (d) nest
- 3.True or false: “chain” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.True or false: “the last line you read” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) VEMJSUNM (c) NUSJMEVM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: the last line you read? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 9.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) earlier, with more time (b) the last night (c) after the exam (d) nowhere
- 10.🎵 Which word rhymes with “night”? (a) bite (b) key (c) sea (d) sing
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “leaves” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) take in water from soil (c) make seeds (d) have tiny pores
- 12.📅 The digits 07022011 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 07/02/2011 (b) 07/0220/11 (c) 0702/20/11 (d) 070/220/11
- 13.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) they always rhyme (c) they are longer (d) one word holds a list
- 14.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) changes daily (b) means something to you (c) is very long (d) has no pattern
- 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) mez (b) bhaat (c) shala (d) kitaab
- 16.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) tree (c) rain (d) sun
- 17.🧪 What is the best way to remember what you study? (a) listen once (b) read it many times (c) test yourself often (d) highlight it all
- 18.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a sweet brown treat”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) choclate (b) chocolate (c) chocolat (d) chocklate
- 20.🔗 Your link story: a giant urn falls into a key; the key bounces onto a rope; the rope rolls into a nest; the nest tickles an onion. Which item is number 4 in your list? (a) key (b) onion (c) nest (d) rope
- 21.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: an all-night cram? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 22.👋 You meet a new classmate called Shanti. The name means “peace”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) floating up in the sky (b) riding a big sea wave (c) carrying many books (d) holding a dove of peace
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) a full night’s sleep (c) short study breaks (d) a calm, happy mind
- 24.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: say it aloud? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying when sleepy (b) reading it once only (c) a good night’s sleep (d) one long session only
- 26.Which of these is active recall? (a) only listening again (b) watching it again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) closed-book writing
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, apple, watch? (a) Wins All Cats (b) Cats All Wins (c) All Wins Cats (d) All Cats Wins
- 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) eyes on the speaker (c) studying half-asleep (d) chatting in class
- 29.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) read a new list (b) replay the story (c) guess (d) start from nowhere
- 30.📅 The digits 14092012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 140/920/12 (b) 14/0920/12 (c) 14/09/2012 (d) 1409/20/12
- 31.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a kite as big as a house (b) a far-off still tree (c) a dull white wall (d) a normal-sized cup
- 32.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) not asking again (b) rushing the greeting (c) looking at your phone (d) linking it to a picture
- 33.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “short study breaks” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 35.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny My Aunty Jeeps (b) Jeeps Funny My Aunty (c) Aunty My Funny Jeeps (d) Funny Jeeps My Aunty
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old topics come back (b) starts the night before (c) self-tests every week (d) sleep time kept
- 37.Which of these is passive review? (a) explaining it aloud (b) closed-book writing (c) teaching your sibling (d) watching it again
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 287070916. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 228 707 0916 (b) 287 070 916 (c) 287 007 916 (d) 870 709 16
- 39.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 8, 10, 12 (b) all on day 19 (c) days 12, 17, 19 (d) days 8, 13, 19
- 40.😴 You go to bed at 9:30 PM and wake up at 5:30 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
Answer key
- 1765 9664 2997
- nest
- True
- 5
- False
- MVEMJSUN
- helps you keep it
- short-term memory
- earlier, with more time
- bite
- have tiny pores
- 07/02/2011
- one word holds a list
- means something to you
- bhaat
- cake
- test yourself often
- True
- chocolate
- nest
- hurts memory
- holding a dove of peace
- hours with no break
- a smart way
- a good night’s sleep
- closed-book writing
- Cats All Wins
- eyes on the speaker
- replay the story
- 14/09/2012
- a kite as big as a house
- linking it to a picture
- True
- True
- Jeeps Funny My Aunty
- starts the night before
- watching it again
- 287 070 916
- days 8, 13, 19
- 8
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