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 learn a new topic on day 4. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 12 (b) days 5, 7, 12 (c) days 6, 8, 10 (d) days 9, 11, 12
- 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sight (b) taste (c) touch (d) smell
- 4.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 5.Which of these helps your memory? (a) drinking enough water (b) skipping breakfast (c) staying up very late (d) an all-night cram
- 6.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) your brain is full (b) names can’t be learned (c) not paying attention (d) you are bad at names
- 7.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) no spare days (b) sleep time kept (c) mixes subjects each day (d) has short breaks
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 733937528168. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7339 3728 168 (b) 7333 9375 28168 (c) 7339 3752 8168 (d) 3739 3752 8168
- 9.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🗂️ How do you move something into long-term memory? (a) review and use it often (b) hear it once (c) read it once (d) hope for the best
- 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 338993603174. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3389 9366 03174 (b) 3389 9360 3174 (c) 3389 9303 174 (d) 3389 3960 3174
- 12.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) tree (d) cake
- 13.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cram it the last night (b) see where it comes from (c) know what each letter is (d) draw a labelled picture
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) attention comes first (b) practice improves memory (c) you keep all you read (d) we forget without review
- 16.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) your home address (b) the last line you read (c) how to swim (d) your best friend’s name
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying very hungry (b) fruit and vegetables (c) a healthy breakfast (d) drinking enough water
- 18.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: linking it to a picture? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 19.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
- 20.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) ideas with no links (b) small doodles (c) a colour for each branch (d) topic in the centre
- 21.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) SRLF (c) FLSR (d) SLFR
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for cat, pencil, sock, frog is “Cook ___ Sing Fly”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Under (b) Lions (c) Red (d) Pigs
- 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: drum, ice cream, rose, frog. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) FRID (b) IDRF (c) IRFD (d) DIRF
- 25.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) old topics come back (b) mixes subjects each day (c) one subject all week (d) sleep time kept
- 27.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 4, 6, 8 (b) all on day 14 (c) days 8, 12, 14 (d) days 4, 8, 14
- 28.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) to make it longer (c) no reason (d) it looks nice
- 29.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) no, never (c) only with pills (d) only for adults
- 30.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing after a week (b) using it in a sum (c) a good night’s sleep (d) studying when sleepy
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 180284776. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 180 248 776 (b) 180 284 7766 (c) 180 284 76 (d) 180 284 776
- 32.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) old topics come back (b) starts weeks early (c) has short breaks (d) only easy subjects
- 33.📝 A list to learn, in order: monkey, ladder, ant, frog, shoe. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LMAFS (b) MLAFS (c) LAFSM (d) SFALM
- 34.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) revising before bed (b) feeling very stressed (c) short study breaks (d) playing outdoors
- 36.📅 The digits 22032012 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 22/0320/12 (b) 22/03/2012 (c) 220/320/12 (d) 2203/20/12
- 37.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 39.👋 Which way of learning a spelling works best? (a) spell it aloud backwards (b) copy it 100 times (c) look-cover-write-check (d) read it once
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a candle by the fruit cart, an igloo by the swing, a rose by the slide, a tent by the bench, a doll by the park gate. What did you place by the bench? (a) doll (b) igloo (c) candle (d) tent
Answer key
- days 5, 7, 12
- short-term memory
- touch
- a first-letter sentence
- drinking enough water
- not paying attention
- no spare days
- 7339 3752 8168
- True
- review and use it often
- 3389 9360 3174
- cake
- step 1
- cram it the last night
- you keep all you read
- the last line you read
- studying very hungry
- helps with names
- bringing it back to mind
- ideas with no links
- RSLF
- Pigs
- a weak picture
- DIRF
- False
- one subject all week
- days 4, 8, 14
- to keep the order
- yes, with good methods
- studying when sleepy
- 180 284 776
- only easy subjects
- MLAFS
- False
- feeling very stressed
- 22/03/2012
- 9
- helps attention
- look-cover-write-check
- tent
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