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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 907 · 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.🗓️ 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. 2.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  3. 3.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: stroking soft fur? (a) sight (b) taste (c) touch (d) smell
  4. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9.True or false: “pills give super memory” is a myth about memory. (a) True (b) False
  10. 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. 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. 12.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) sun (b) king (c) tree (d) cake
  13. 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. 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. 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. 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. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying very hungry (b) fruit and vegetables (c) a healthy breakfast (d) drinking enough water
  18. 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. 19.🧠 What does “recall” mean? (a) reading it again (b) bringing it back to mind (c) forgetting it (d) writing it neatly
  20. 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. 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. 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. 23.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  24. 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. 25.True or false: “answering old questions” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
  26. 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. 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. 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. 29.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) yes, with good methods (b) no, never (c) only with pills (d) only for adults
  30. 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. 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. 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. 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. 34.True or false: “everyone forgets things” is a myth about memory. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) revising before bed (b) feeling very stressed (c) short study breaks (d) playing outdoors
  36. 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. 37.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: phone in another room? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  39. 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. 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

  1. days 5, 7, 12
  2. short-term memory
  3. touch
  4. a first-letter sentence
  5. drinking enough water
  6. not paying attention
  7. no spare days
  8. 7339 3752 8168
  9. True
  10. review and use it often
  11. 3389 9360 3174
  12. cake
  13. step 1
  14. cram it the last night
  15. you keep all you read
  16. the last line you read
  17. studying very hungry
  18. helps with names
  19. bringing it back to mind
  20. ideas with no links
  21. RSLF
  22. Pigs
  23. a weak picture
  24. DIRF
  25. False
  26. one subject all week
  27. days 4, 8, 14
  28. to keep the order
  29. yes, with good methods
  30. studying when sleepy
  31. 180 284 776
  32. only easy subjects
  33. MLAFS
  34. False
  35. feeling very stressed
  36. 22/03/2012
  37. 9
  38. helps attention
  39. look-cover-write-check
  40. tent

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