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.True or false: “a mango that sings” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) all on day 9 (b) days 4, 6, 8 (c) days 6, 8, 9 (d) days 3, 5, 9
- 3.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: tomato, lamp, ball? (a) Bakes Lazy Tiny (b) Tiny Lazy Bakes (c) Lazy Bakes Tiny (d) Lazy Tiny Bakes
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) learning it all at once (c) 15 minutes on 4 days (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 5.Which memory picture uses the sense of sound? (a) hearing a drum boom (b) tasting raw mango (c) smelling jasmine (d) seeing a red kite fly
- 6.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
- 7.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 5. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 8.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “see colours” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 9.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: umbrella, drum, tomato? (a) Tiny Dance Under (b) Under Dance Tiny (c) Dance Under Tiny (d) Dance Tiny Under
- 10.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a pale, tiny dot (c) a list of words only (d) a bright red flying cow
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) desert (b) both (c) dessert (d) neither
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VEMJSUNM (c) VMEMJSUN (d) MVEMJSUN
- 14.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 28 flashcards and get 16 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 7 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 15.🧠 Can memory get better with practice? (a) no, never (b) only with pills (c) yes, with good methods (d) only for adults
- 16.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: studying very hungry? (a) hurts memory (b) helps memory
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starts weeks early (b) spare days for doubts (c) starts the night before (d) sleep time kept
- 18.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: a little every day? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 19.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) spring (b) snake (c) rake (d) lake
- 20.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) copy it blindly (b) skip it (c) picture a tiled floor (d) read it once
- 21.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) no breaks at all (b) mixes subjects each day (c) old topics come back (d) has short breaks
- 22.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it doesn’t matter (c) it makes you tired (d) it only helps in sport
- 23.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 24.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) only a few (c) no limit (d) hundreds
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) three tasks at once (c) checking messages (d) a desk full of toys
- 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a KNOCK on the nose”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) chaand (b) naak (c) billi (d) shala
- 27.Which of these helps attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) checking messages (c) one task at a time (d) chatting in class
- 28.True or false: “staring at the page” is passive review. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗺️ Why use one key word on each branch? (a) it looks empty (b) it saves ink (c) quick to see and recall (d) no reason
- 30.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) an acronym (b) chunking (c) a long story (d) a mind map
- 31.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “make food using sunlight” go on? (a) roots (b) flowers (c) leaves (d) stem
- 32.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: using it in a sentence? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 33.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 34.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: keep linking in order or link it to the next item? (a) keep linking in order (b) link it to the next item
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking how to spell it (b) rushing the greeting (c) using it in a sentence (d) saying the name back
- 36.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 37.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing the next day? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 38.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: seeing a glowing star? (a) smell (b) sound (c) sight (d) taste
- 39.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a desk full of toys? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 40.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) using it in a sum (b) making a picture of it (c) a good night’s sleep (d) one long session only
Answer key
- False
- days 3, 5, 9
- Tiny Lazy Bakes
- learning it all at once
- hearing a drum boom
- fix stops in order
- 18
- False
- Under Dance Tiny
- a bright red flying cow
- 5
- dessert
- MVEMJSUN
- 5
- yes, with good methods
- hurts memory
- starts the night before
- spaced practice
- spring
- picture a tiled floor
- no breaks at all
- you keep what you notice
- breaks attention
- only a few
- phone in another room
- naak
- one task at a time
- True
- quick to see and recall
- an acronym
- leaves
- helps with names
- helps you keep it
- link it to the next item
- rushing the greeting
- 5
- helps you keep it
- sight
- breaks attention
- one long session only
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