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.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) a drawing (b) a type of number (c) first letters as a word (d) a long poem
- 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a new word for a minute? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 3.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) green (b) white (c) saffron
- 4.True or false: “kite” rhymes with “rain”. (a) False (b) True
- 5.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) neither (b) dessert (c) both (d) desert
- 6.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: pay attention or get it back later? (a) pay attention (b) get it back later
- 7.📆 Why plan some spare days? (a) to skip revision (b) to start late (c) to waste time (d) for doubts and surprises
- 8.📝 A list to learn, in order: lamp, pencil, orange, guava. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) POGL (b) GOPL (c) LPOG (d) PLOG
- 9.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) a mind map (d) an acronym
- 10.🔢 Use the pattern of the 9 times table. Which of these numbers is in the 9 times table? (a) 80 (b) 82 (c) 83 (d) 81
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) a good night’s sleep (c) making a picture of it (d) reading it once only
- 12.🧠 What are the three steps of memory, in order? (a) recall, store, notice (b) notice, store, recall (c) read, write, sleep (d) look, forget, guess
- 13.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a quiet place to study (b) one task at a time (c) phone in another room (d) chatting in class
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) asking a question (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
- 15.🎵 Which word does “rake” rhyme with? (a) cake (b) rain (c) clock (d) night
- 16.🧪 Active recall or passive review: copying notes neatly? (a) active recall (b) passive review
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
- 18.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: link it to the next item or picture the first item? (a) link it to the next item (b) picture the first item
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in ABC order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in any order
- 20.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) turn the TV on (b) read it again, focused (c) read it faster (d) skip the chapter
- 21.⏱️ You study in 3 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 22.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) studying when sleepy (b) skipping revision (c) reading it once only (d) reviewing the next day
- 23.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) block (b) train (c) lock (d) knock
- 24.🔢 You want to remember the number 340133851415. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3401 3381 5415 (b) 3401 3385 115 (c) 3401 3385 1415 (d) 3401 3385 11415
- 25.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) the list is short (b) there is no list (c) you like spelling (d) the letters make no word
- 26.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one task at a time (b) daydreaming in class (c) phone in another room (d) a quiet place to study
- 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) one with no picture (d) a silly, funny one
- 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: coconut, kettle, shoe? (a) Kind Crazy Seven (b) Seven Kind Crazy (c) Crazy Kind Seven (d) Kind Seven Crazy
- 30.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a maths sum (b) a picture (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 33.True or false: “snake” rhymes with “cake”. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 35.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) ped (c) paani (d) kitaab
- 36.📉 You forgot something you learned last week. That means… (a) memory is broken (b) you should give up (c) you need a review (d) you are not smart
- 37.Which of these is cramming? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) starting the exam eve (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) gaps that grow longer
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: banana, cat, tomato? (a) Crazy Bakes Toys (b) Crazy Toys Bakes (c) Toys Crazy Bakes (d) Bakes Crazy Toys
- 39.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) only a few (b) a whole book (c) hundreds (d) no limit
- 40.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) forever (b) for years (c) until next month (d) only a short while
Answer key
- first letters as a word
- short-term memory
- white
- False
- dessert
- pay attention
- for doubts and surprises
- LPOG
- chunking
- 81
- reading it once only
- notice, store, recall
- chatting in class
- asking a question
- cake
- passive review
- ECPC
- picture the first item
- in the same order
- read it again, focused
- 70
- reviewing the next day
- train
- 3401 3385 1415
- the letters make no word
- hear the new word
- daydreaming in class
- a silly, funny one
- Crazy Kind Seven
- False
- put pictures at stops
- a list in a fixed order
- True
- 15
- aai
- you need a review
- starting the exam eve
- Bakes Crazy Toys
- only a few
- only a short while
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