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 acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) NESW (b) WSEN (c) ESWN (d) ENSW
- 2.🗺️ After drawing a mind map, how do you test yourself? (a) frame it (b) colour it again (c) redraw it from memory (d) throw it away
- 3.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: short reviews over weeks? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 5.🧪 Active recall or passive review: only listening again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 6.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a carry while adding? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 7.True or false: “a new word for a minute” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: violin, ladder, jug? (a) Jolly Lazy Very (b) Lazy Jolly Very (c) Lazy Very Jolly (d) Very Lazy Jolly
- 9.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a clear, tidy desk? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 10.Which of these is active recall? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) staring at the page (c) teaching your sibling (d) highlighting everything
- 11.🔢 A 9-digit number is split into chunks of 3 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 12.🔗 Your link story: a giant jalebi pulls an onion; the onion tickles a jeep; the jeep falls into an apple; the apple jumps over a nest. Which item comes right after the onion? (a) nest (b) apple (c) jeep (d) jalebi
- 13.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 14.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for wallet, ice cream, vase, urn is “___ Inside Vines Up”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Wet (b) Nine (c) Seven (d) Mice
- 16.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 6 (E) stand for? (a) Europe (b) Africa (c) Antarctica (d) Asia
- 17.🔢 You want to remember the number 962410135. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 962 241 0135 (b) 962 410 135 (c) 624 101 35 (d) 962 401 135
- 18.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) explaining to a friend (c) learning without meaning (d) testing yourself
- 19.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or learn the topic? (a) close the book (b) learn the topic
- 20.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) pills give super memory (b) good memory is just luck (c) meaning makes it stick (d) cramming lasts for years
- 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 22.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 23.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 24.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, pencil, lamp? (a) Love Pigs Toys (b) Pigs Toys Love (c) Toys Pigs Love (d) Pigs Love Toys
- 25.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) hundreds (c) a whole book (d) no limit
- 26.True or false: “all reviews on one day” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
- 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: pencil, needle, tomato? (a) Neat Tea Pigs (b) Neat Pigs Tea (c) Pigs Neat Tea (d) Tea Neat Pigs
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Funny Jump Mum All (b) All Mum Funny Jump (c) Jump Funny Mum All (d) Funny Mum All Jump
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 30.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 1. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 12 (b) days 3, 5, 7 (c) days 3, 6, 12 (d) days 7, 10, 12
- 31.True or false: “ideas with no links” makes a good mind map. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “asking how to spell it” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a healthy breakfast (b) a full night’s sleep (c) feeling very stressed (d) a calm, happy mind
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for umpire, candle, spoon, anchor is “___ Cook Seven All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Bunny (c) Nani (d) Pink
- 35.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, sugar does (b) yes, many do (c) yes, energy drinks (d) no — habits help most
- 36.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a doll by the park gate, a parrot by the fruit cart, a tent by the swing, a shoe by the slide, a nest by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) tent (b) parrot (c) shoe (d) doll
- 38.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) a calm, happy mind (c) fruit and vegetables (d) short study breaks
- 39.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) read it once (b) copy it 50 times blindly (c) cram it the last night (d) draw a labelled picture
- 40.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
Answer key
- NESW
- redraw it from memory
- False
- spaced practice
- passive review
- short-term memory
- True
- Very Lazy Jolly
- helps attention
- teaching your sibling
- 3
- jeep
- keep linking in order
- choose a place you know
- Wet
- Europe
- 962 410 135
- learning without meaning
- learn the topic
- meaning makes it stick
- step 1
- 115
- 5
- Toys Pigs Love
- only a few
- True
- Pigs Neat Tea
- Jump Funny Mum All
- a rhyme
- days 3, 6, 12
- False
- True
- feeling very stressed
- Under
- no — habits help most
- breaks attention
- parrot
- studying very hungry
- draw a labelled picture
- link it to the next item
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