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 of these is passive review? (a) answering old questions (b) closed-book writing (c) re-reading the chapter (d) quizzing with cards
- 2.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 3.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 4.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) hundreds (b) no limit (c) a whole book (d) only a few
- 5.True or false: “three tasks at once” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these is passive review? (a) staring at the page (b) closed-book writing (c) quizzing with cards (d) teaching your sibling
- 7.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: learning without meaning? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a carry while adding (b) directions told just now (c) how to swim (d) a number you just heard
- 9.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) games open on screen (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
- 10.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: all in one colour? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
- 11.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: keep linking in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 12.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: check what you missed or learn the topic? (a) check what you missed (b) learn the topic
- 13.🧠 Fact or myth: “memory can’t improve”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 14.📅 The digits 20041994 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2004/19/94 (b) 200/419/94 (c) 20/0419/94 (d) 20/04/1994
- 15.True or false: “studying very hungry” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) what each letter means (c) its colour (d) nothing else
- 17.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 18.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) string (b) spring (c) kite (d) swing
- 19.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Seven eights are fifty-six, learn it fast with little ___.” (a) games (b) tricks (c) steps (d) songs
- 20.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) only a short while (c) for years (d) until next month
- 22.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) leaves (b) flowers (c) roots (d) stem
- 23.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) only numbers (b) nothing at all (c) only pictures (d) numbers and letter lists
- 24.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) bake (b) brain (c) tea (d) spell
- 26.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a long poem (c) a drawing (d) a type of number
- 27.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 28.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a random new city (c) a blank wall (d) one you never saw
- 29.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) review on days 1, 3, 7 (b) learning it all at once (c) all reviews on one day (d) no review until the test
- 30.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 31.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 32.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) never test it (b) throw it away for good (c) review it sooner (d) wait a month
- 33.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tent, orange, goat? (a) Only Toys Green (b) Green Only Toys (c) Only Green Toys (d) Toys Only Green
- 34.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) read it once (b) picture a tiled floor (c) skip it (d) copy it blindly
- 35.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 37.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for pillow, ladder, jeep, anchor is “Play Love ___ Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Lions (b) Wins (c) Goats (d) Jeeps
- 38.Which of these helps your memory? (a) skipping breakfast (b) sitting still all day (c) screens till midnight (d) drinking enough water
- 39.Which of these helps your memory? (a) screens till midnight (b) a healthy breakfast (c) hours with no break (d) skipping breakfast
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a far-off still tree? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
Answer key
- re-reading the chapter
- link it to the next item
- spaced practice
- only a few
- True
- staring at the page
- lets it fade
- how to swim
- games open on screen
- a poor mind map
- step 3
- learn the topic
- a myth
- 20/04/1994
- True
- what each letter means
- 5
- kite
- tricks
- True
- only a short while
- stem
- numbers and letter lists
- helps you keep it
- spell
- first letters as a word
- a fact
- one you know very well
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- step 4
- a smart way
- review it sooner
- Toys Only Green
- picture a tiled floor
- False
- a rhyme
- Jeeps
- drinking enough water
- a healthy breakfast
- a weak picture
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