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 kept in long-term memory? (a) your home address (b) a carry while adding (c) an OTP you just got (d) a price you just heard
- 2.Which of these is active recall? (a) highlighting everything (b) only listening again (c) re-reading the chapter (d) explaining it aloud
- 3.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 4.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) no breaks at all (b) late nights every day (c) no time for review (d) mixes subjects each day
- 5.🧪 In teach-back, which comes first: close the book or explain it simply? (a) close the book (b) explain it simply
- 6.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) attention comes first (c) meaning makes it stick (d) sleep helps you learn
- 7.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) chunking (b) a long story (c) an acronym (d) a mind map
- 8.🧪 Why does testing yourself help memory? (a) it is faster to read (b) it needs no effort (c) recalling makes it stick (d) tests are just fun
- 9.👋 You pictured a new friend riding a big sea wave. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Sagar (b) Neel (c) Vidya (d) Tara
- 10.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: see where it comes from? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 11.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) review them, test again (b) hide them (c) start a new topic (d) ignore them
- 12.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) nothing changes (b) it slows down (c) you forget more (d) it speeds up
- 13.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a pencil that dances? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 14.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) no limit (b) only a few (c) a whole book (d) hundreds
- 15.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or replay the story? (a) link it to the next item (b) replay the story
- 16.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 Which word does “rock” rhyme with? (a) rain (b) night (c) clock (d) cake
- 18.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) the word in small print (b) a dull white wall (c) a blurry shape (d) a giant pink elephant
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dull white wall (b) a kite as big as a house (c) the word in small print (d) a far-off still tree
- 20.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the months (c) the planets (d) the rainbow colours
- 21.🔢 A 16-digit number is split into chunks of 4 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 22.True or false: “tell” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔗 Your link story: a giant rose bounces onto a tent; the tent tickles a duck; the duck falls into a ladder; the ladder crashes into an inkpot. Which item comes right after the rose? (a) duck (b) ladder (c) tent (d) inkpot
- 24.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: no breaks at all? (a) a poor timetable (b) a good timetable
- 25.📝 A list to learn, in order: parrot, tiger, frog, van, umbrella. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TPFVU (b) TFVUP (c) UVFTP (d) PTFVU
- 26.🔢 What is chunking? (a) saying it backwards (b) reading very fast (c) writing it twice (d) splitting into groups
- 27.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) feeling a prickly cactus (b) smelling jasmine (c) seeing a glowing star (d) hearing a whistle
- 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) Frogs Jeeps Mum Aunty (b) Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty (c) Aunty Mum Frogs Jeeps (d) Frogs Mum Aunty Jeeps
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ball by the classroom door, a key by the library, an orange by the blackboard, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a net by the stairs. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) net (b) key (c) orange (d) ball
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) carries water upward (b) holds up the leaves (c) carries food to parts (d) turn into fruit
- 32.🔤 “PAISA” helps you remember the oceans, biggest first. What does letter 3 (I) stand for? (a) Indian (b) Atlantic (c) Arctic (d) Southern
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) skipping revision (c) one long session only (d) a good night’s sleep
- 34.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 35.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 25 flashcards and get 11 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 12 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never using the name (b) writing it down later (c) using it in a sentence (d) linking it to a picture
- 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 40.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a laughing tiffin box? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
Answer key
- your home address
- explaining it aloud
- step 3
- mixes subjects each day
- close the book
- some kids never forget
- an acronym
- recalling makes it stick
- Sagar
- a smart way
- review them, test again
- it slows down
- a strong picture
- only a few
- link it to the next item
- False
- clock
- a giant pink elephant
- a kite as big as a house
- the rainbow colours
- 4
- False
- tent
- a poor timetable
- PTFVU
- splitting into groups
- smelling jasmine
- step 1
- Jeeps Frogs Mum Aunty
- ball
- turn into fruit
- Indian
- a good night’s sleep
- loses names
- 2
- put pictures at stops
- False
- never using the name
- breaks attention
- a strong picture
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