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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 872 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) short study breaks (c) screens till midnight (d) studying very hungry
  2. 2.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
  3. 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  4. 4.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: short reviews over weeks? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
  5. 5.True or false: “a giant pink elephant” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: never using the name? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
  7. 7.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 15 spellings and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 4 of them right. How many are still wrong?
  8. 8.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 6. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 14, 19, 21 (b) all on day 21 (c) days 9, 12, 15 (d) days 8, 13, 21
  9. 9.Which of these is a fact about memory? (a) memory can’t improve (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) cramming lasts for years
  10. 10.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: keep it in memory or recall it? (a) keep it in memory (b) recall it
  11. 11.True or false: “memory can’t improve” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) its spelling backwards (b) nothing else (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
  13. 13.👋 You pictured a new friend covered in blue paint. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Kiran (b) Anil (c) Tara (d) Neel
  14. 14.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) sitting still all day (c) skipping breakfast (d) staying up very late
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) meaning makes it stick (c) pictures stick better (d) we forget without review
  16. 16.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) neither (b) both (c) dessert (d) desert
  17. 17.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  18. 18.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “not boring”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) intristing (b) interisting (c) intresting (d) interesting
  19. 19.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  20. 20.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) PAISA (b) ASIAP (c) APISA (d) AISAP
  21. 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know”? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
  22. 22.🧪 Active recall or passive review: watching it again? (a) active recall (b) passive review
  23. 23.⏰ You revise each of 3 chapters 3 times, for 20 minutes each time. How many minutes is that in all?
  24. 24.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Silly Wise Nani (b) Nani Eight Silly Wise (c) Eight Nani Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eight Nani
  26. 26.🃏 You test yourself on 12 dates and get 9 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping revision (b) never testing yourself (c) testing yourself (d) learning without meaning
  28. 28.True or false: “noticing the face” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
  30. 30.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we forget fast at first (b) we never forget (c) forgetting starts late (d) memory is fixed
  31. 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 802168859. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 802 168 59 (b) 802 168 859 (c) 820 168 859 (d) 802 168 8859
  32. 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Seven Green (b) Green Wins Seven (c) Wins Green Seven (d) Seven Wins Green
  33. 33.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a school in a SHAWL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaabi (b) shala (c) sakhar (d) paay
  34. 34.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) well (b) sock (c) spell (d) sell
  35. 35.🔗 Your link story: a giant pencil pulls an ant; the ant sings to a wallet; the wallet chases a ladder; the ladder rolls into an owl. Which item comes right after the ant? (a) pencil (b) owl (c) wallet (d) ant
  36. 36.True or false: “shell” rhymes with “bell”. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a plain grey box (b) a blurry shape (c) a giant pink elephant (d) a normal-sized cup
  38. 38.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside Bakes Goats Young Old ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Runs (c) Bunny (d) Yum
  39. 39.👋 Which spelling trick fits the word “separate”? (a) it has a double e (b) it starts with “per” (c) it rhymes with gate (d) there is “a rat” in it
  40. 40.🗣️ 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

Answer key

  1. short study breaks
  2. 130
  3. step 2
  4. spaced practice
  5. True
  6. loses names
  7. 2
  8. days 8, 13, 21
  9. pictures stick better
  10. keep it in memory
  11. False
  12. the word’s meaning
  13. Neel
  14. a full night’s sleep
  15. cramming lasts for years
  16. dessert
  17. step 1
  18. interesting
  19. 7
  20. PAISA
  21. a rhyme
  22. passive review
  23. 180
  24. False
  25. Nani Eight Silly Wise
  26. 3
  27. testing yourself
  28. False
  29. one you know very well
  30. we forget fast at first
  31. 802 168 859
  32. Seven Wins Green
  33. shala
  34. sock
  35. wallet
  36. True
  37. a giant pink elephant
  38. Runs
  39. there is “a rat” in it
  40. hear the new word

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