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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 858 · 40 questions
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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. 1.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
  2. 2.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a blurry shape? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  3. 3.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “read words” goes on the “eyes” branch. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) quick to see and recall (b) no reason (c) it saves ink (d) it looks empty
  5. 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) watching fireworks (b) hearing a dog bark (c) hearing a whistle (d) feeling a prickly cactus
  6. 6.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a plain grey box? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  7. 7.True or false: “white” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) reviewing with gaps (c) reviewing once (d) never reviewing
  9. 9.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) use it in a few sums (b) never use it in sums (c) mix up the letters (d) cram it the last night
  10. 10.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  11. 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) one task at a time (b) phone in another room (c) a clear, tidy desk (d) three tasks at once
  12. 12.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) dessert (b) desert (c) neither (d) both
  13. 13.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
  14. 14.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a blurry shape (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a far-off still tree (d) a plain grey box
  15. 15.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) backwards (c) in ABC order (d) in the same order
  16. 16.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  17. 17.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or notice it? (a) store it (b) notice it
  18. 18.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all in one colour (b) lines that link ideas (c) topic in a corner (d) tiny, cramped writing
  21. 21.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or keep linking in order? (a) link it to the next item (b) keep linking in order
  22. 22.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) spare days for doubts (b) no breaks at all (c) self-tests every week (d) starts weeks early
  23. 23.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  24. 24.Which memory picture uses the sense of touch? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) hearing a drum boom (c) hearing a dog bark (d) feeling a prickly cactus
  25. 25.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “Water is H-two-O, the formula you need to ___.” (a) learn (b) write (c) know (d) say
  26. 26.True or false: “no review until the test” is cramming. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the people who run a country”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) govenment (b) government (c) governmint (d) goverment
  28. 28.Which of these makes a good mind map? (a) lines that link ideas (b) topic in a corner (c) tiny, cramped writing (d) all in one colour
  29. 29.🔢 Use the pattern of the 5 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 5 times table? (a) 38 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 41
  30. 30.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
  31. 31.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 17 state capitals and get 5 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 9 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  32. 32.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: 15 minutes on 4 days? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
  33. 33.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: starting the exam eve? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an anchor by the stairs, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a spoon by the classroom door, a lemon by the notice board, a tent by the blackboard. Where did you place the tent? (a) blackboard (b) notice board (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  35. 35.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it small and plain (b) make it grey (c) keep it still (d) make it big and funny
  36. 36.Which of these helps attention? (a) TV on while studying (b) a desk full of toys (c) a goal for each session (d) daydreaming in class
  37. 37.🔢 You want to remember the number 673799932. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 673 799 9932 (b) 673 979 932 (c) 673 799 932 (d) 673 799 32
  38. 38.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a chart of the days and months”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) calander (b) calendar (c) calindar (d) calandar
  39. 39.👋 To spell a long word, first… (a) skip the middle (b) split it into parts (c) write it faster (d) guess the ending
  40. 40.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) never testing yourself (c) testing yourself (d) studying when sleepy

Answer key

  1. lets it fade
  2. a weak picture
  3. True
  4. quick to see and recall
  5. watching fireworks
  6. a weak picture
  7. True
  8. reviewing with gaps
  9. use it in a few sums
  10. 5
  11. three tasks at once
  12. dessert
  13. we forget fast at first
  14. a giant pink elephant
  15. in the same order
  16. 15
  17. notice it
  18. True
  19. step 3
  20. lines that link ideas
  21. link it to the next item
  22. no breaks at all
  23. short-term memory
  24. feeling a prickly cactus
  25. know
  26. True
  27. government
  28. lines that link ideas
  29. 40
  30. the letters make no word
  31. 3
  32. spaced practice
  33. cramming
  34. blackboard
  35. make it big and funny
  36. a goal for each session
  37. 673 799 932
  38. calendar
  39. split it into parts
  40. testing yourself

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