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.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) hope for the best (b) hear it once (c) review and use it often (d) read it once
- 2.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 3. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 11 (b) days 7, 11, 15 (c) days 7, 10, 11 (d) days 4, 7, 11
- 3.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: noticing the face? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 4.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: “a number you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 2 (F) stand for? (a) January (b) April (c) February (d) March
- 7.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 8.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a times-table rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) date chunks (d) chunking
- 9.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) hearing a dog bark (c) tasting salty chips (d) tasting raw mango
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 320520374. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 320 503 74 (b) 332 052 0374 (c) 320 520 347 (d) 320 520 374
- 11.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: only easy subjects? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 12.🎵 Which word does “well” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) rain (c) tree (d) sun
- 13.📆 You missed one day of your timetable. What is best? (a) study all night (b) skip that topic (c) adjust the plan calmly (d) give up the plan
- 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 15.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) your best friend’s name (c) a price you just heard (d) a new word for a minute
- 16.Which of these is passive review? (a) covering the answers (b) closed-book writing (c) staring at the page (d) teaching your sibling
- 17.Which of these breaks attention? (a) notes while listening (b) short planned breaks (c) daydreaming in class (d) a goal for each session
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no breaks at all (b) mixes subjects each day (c) late nights every day (d) no time for review
- 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they need no learning (b) one word holds a list (c) they are longer (d) they always rhyme
- 20.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) use no route (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a drum by the blackboard, a mirror by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the classroom door, an inkpot by the playground, a candle by the library. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) shoe (b) mirror (c) inkpot (d) drum
- 22.True or false: “notes while listening” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 324139611. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 324 139 611 (b) 342 139 611 (c) 341 396 11 (d) 322 413 9611
- 24.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
- 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) fun (c) white (d) kite
- 26.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 27.👋 You meet a new classmate called Akash. The name means “sky”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) riding a big sea wave (b) in soft moonlight (c) floating up in the sky (d) with a shiny diamond
- 28.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) an OTP you just got (b) a number you just heard (c) your home address (d) a new word for a minute
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitting still all day (b) feeling very stressed (c) staying up very late (d) a healthy breakfast
- 30.True or false: “a dull white wall” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying very hungry (b) screens till midnight (c) drinking enough water (d) sitting still all day
- 32.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 33.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the list is short (d) the letters make no word
- 34.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 9, 11, 12 (b) days 5, 7, 12 (c) days 7, 10, 13 (d) all on day 12
- 35.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
- 36.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: short study breaks? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a laughing tiffin box (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a pale, tiny dot (d) a pencil that dances
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 207821111711. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 2007 8211 11711 (b) 0278 2111 1711 (c) 2078 2111 1711 (d) 2078 2111 171
- 39.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) initials match the list (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a very long word (d) a list of numbers
- 40.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) writing it twice (c) saying it backwards (d) splitting into groups
Answer key
- review and use it often
- days 4, 7, 11
- helps with names
- False
- False
- February
- hear the new word
- a first-letter sentence
- smelling a stinky sock
- 320 520 374
- a poor timetable
- bell
- adjust the plan calmly
- an acronym
- your best friend’s name
- staring at the page
- daydreaming in class
- mixes subjects each day
- one word holds a list
- add more stops
- mirror
- True
- 324 139 611
- chunking
- fun
- 7
- floating up in the sky
- your home address
- a healthy breakfast
- True
- drinking enough water
- keep linking in order
- the letters make no word
- days 5, 7, 12
- to keep the order
- helps memory
- a pale, tiny dot
- 2078 2111 1711
- initials match the list
- splitting into groups
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