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 revise each of 6 chapters 3 times, for 10 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
- 2.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 3.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) the list is short (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 4.True or false: “directions told just now” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knock (b) tea (c) shock (d) block
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) the word’s meaning (b) nothing else (c) a random colour (d) its spelling backwards
- 8.True or false: “your home address” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short study breaks (b) revising before bed (c) a calm, happy mind (d) hours with no break
- 10.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pale, tiny dot? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 11.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) doodling cartoons (b) looking at the clock (c) taking short notes (d) chatting quietly
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) writing it down later (b) thinking of your reply (c) hearing it only once (d) looking at your phone
- 13.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 14.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
- 15.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 16.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
- 17.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: know what each letter is? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 18.Which of these is passive review? (a) quizzing with cards (b) teaching your sibling (c) covering the answers (d) only listening again
- 19.True or false: “linking it to a picture” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: mix up the letters? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 21.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) knock (c) swing (d) rock
- 22.True or false: “writing it down later” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: cramming the last night? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 24.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) review them, test again (b) ignore them (c) start a new topic (d) hide them
- 25.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its colour (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 26.📝 A list to learn, in order: van, sock, wallet, key. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) KWSV (b) SVWK (c) SWKV (d) VSWK
- 27.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) has short breaks (b) starts weeks early (c) late nights every day (d) sleep time kept
- 28.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 29.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) using it in a sum (c) linking to what you know (d) cramming the last night
- 30.👀 Does this help attention or break it: scrolling while reading? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) a price you just heard (c) your home address (d) your best friend’s name
- 32.True or false: “thing” rhymes with “night”. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “testing yourself helps” is a fact about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “skin” branch? (a) hear a bell (b) feel hot and cold (c) hear voices (d) taste sweet
- 35.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 36.🧪 In teach-back, you get stuck while explaining. That shows… (a) you are bad at it (b) you should stop (c) the topic is useless (d) a gap to study again
- 37.🔢 Which is a good way to chunk the year 1947? (a) 1 and 947 (b) 194 and 7 (c) 19 and 47 (d) 1 9 4 7
- 38.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) has no pattern (b) is very long (c) changes daily (d) means something to you
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) self-tests every week (b) starts the night before (c) only easy subjects (d) one subject all week
- 40.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) you keep all you read (b) meaning makes it stick (c) testing yourself helps (d) everyone forgets things
Answer key
- 180
- 2
- the letters make no word
- True
- tea
- fix stops in order
- the word’s meaning
- False
- hours with no break
- a weak picture
- taking short notes
- writing it down later
- 110
- step 3
- 95
- in the same order
- a smart way
- only listening again
- True
- a weak way
- swing
- True
- lets it fade
- review them, test again
- what each letter means
- VSWK
- late nights every day
- put pictures at stops
- cramming the last night
- breaks attention
- a price you just heard
- False
- True
- feel hot and cold
- a good timetable
- a gap to study again
- 19 and 47
- means something to you
- self-tests every week
- you keep all you read
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