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.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) the brain is broken (b) memory is fixed (c) we never reviewed them (d) learning is useless
- 2.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) a long poem (d) first letters as a word
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 4.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it again, focused (b) read it faster (c) turn the TV on (d) skip the chapter
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to swim (b) your mother tongue (c) the last line you read (d) your birthday
- 6.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or hear the new word? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) hear the new word
- 7.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 8.📆 What is the first step of a revision timetable? (a) copy a friend (b) buy new pens (c) write the exam dates (d) start the last day
- 9.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 10.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: studying when sleepy? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 11.🔤 “VIBGYOR” helps you remember the colours of the rainbow. What does letter 3 (B) stand for? (a) indigo (b) orange (c) violet (d) blue
- 12.🃏 You test yourself on 14 state capitals and get 8 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 15.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: test yourself weekly? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 16.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) no time for review (b) old topics come back (c) sleep time kept (d) mixes subjects each day
- 17.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: one subject all week? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 18.🗺️ How does a mind map help memory? (a) it shows how ideas link (b) it is longer (c) it needs no review (d) it hides the ideas
- 19.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) tasting salty chips (b) hearing a dog bark (c) smelling a stinky sock (d) tasting raw mango
- 20.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one long session only (b) never testing yourself (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing after a week
- 22.True or false: “rushing the greeting” makes you lose a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 611913003. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 611 913 003 (b) 161 913 003 (c) 611 913 0033 (d) 611 130 03
- 24.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) a random colour (c) nothing else (d) the word’s meaning
- 25.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reviewing once (b) reviewing with gaps (c) reading it 10 times now (d) never reviewing
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) one long session only (c) cramming the last night (d) skipping revision
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copy it 50 times blindly (b) a formula card (c) use it in a few sums (d) say it aloud
- 28.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: topic in a corner? (a) a good mind map (b) a poor mind map
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a far-off still tree (c) the word in small print (d) a pale, tiny dot
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm, happy mind (b) staying up very late (c) short study breaks (d) drinking enough water
- 31.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) nowhere (b) earlier, with more time (c) after the exam (d) the last night
- 32.🗣️ 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
- 33.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 3. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 34.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
- 35.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) chunking (b) an acronym word (c) a first-letter sentence (d) nothing at all
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at your phone (b) hearing it only once (c) writing it down later (d) never using the name
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: owl, frog, net? (a) Neat Funny Owls (b) Funny Neat Owls (c) Owls Funny Neat (d) Funny Owls Neat
- 38.📅 The digits 08021967 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 08/02/1967 (b) 08/0219/67 (c) 080/219/67 (d) 0802/19/67
- 39.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) ring (b) swing (c) run (d) sing
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) testing yourself (b) skipping revision (c) never testing yourself (d) learning without meaning
Answer key
- we never reviewed them
- first letters as a word
- step 2
- read it again, focused
- the last line you read
- hear the new word
- put pictures at stops
- write the exam dates
- True
- lets it fade
- blue
- 6
- yes, with new pictures
- step 4
- a smart way
- no time for review
- a poor timetable
- it shows how ideas link
- smelling a stinky sock
- fix stops in order
- reviewing after a week
- True
- 611 913 003
- the word’s meaning
- reviewing with gaps
- making a picture of it
- copy it 50 times blindly
- a poor mind map
- a giant pink elephant
- staying up very late
- earlier, with more time
- hear the new word
- 13
- store it
- a first-letter sentence
- writing it down later
- Owls Funny Neat
- 08/02/1967
- run
- testing yourself
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