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.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
- 2.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) has short breaks (b) self-tests every week (c) no time for review (d) mixes subjects each day
- 3.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) practice improves memory (b) everyone forgets things (c) memory can’t improve (d) meaning makes it stick
- 4.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) no reason (b) to make them longer (c) to change the number (d) fewer things to hold
- 5.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) in any order (b) in the same order (c) backwards (d) in ABC order
- 6.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) say it back: “Hi, Riya!” (b) change the topic (c) nod and forget (d) ask for their phone
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frog wearing a crown (b) a giant pink elephant (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a bright red flying cow
- 9.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 11.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “stem” branch? (a) hold the plant firm (b) grow under the ground (c) holds up the leaves (d) make food using sunlight
- 12.🗣️ In Hindi, “haathi” means elephant. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a cat paying a BILL (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) an elephant with HOT tea
- 13.👋 You meet a new classmate called Anil. The name means “wind”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a pink lotus (b) wearing a shiny star (c) hair blown by the wind (d) covered in blue paint
- 14.Which of these helps your memory? (a) an all-night cram (b) studying very hungry (c) screens till midnight (d) playing outdoors
- 15.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 16.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) old topics come back (b) no spare days (c) mixes subjects each day (d) self-tests every week
- 18.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) that item is lost (b) you get an extra item (c) nothing changes (d) it comes back alone
- 19.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 20.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 4 (W) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
- 21.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 22.😴 You feel thirsty and sleepy while studying. A good first step? (a) give up for the day (b) keep going for hours (c) eat lots of sweets (d) water and a short break
- 23.True or false: “playing outdoors” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 25.🧠 Which is easiest to keep in memory? (a) random letters (b) a word you never heard (c) a number read once (d) something you understand
- 26.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 27.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
- 29.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) we never forget (b) we forget fast at first (c) memory is fixed (d) forgetting starts late
- 30.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) colours only
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not asking again (b) linking it to a picture (c) writing it down later (d) saying the name back
- 32.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) keep it still (b) make it big and funny (c) make it grey (d) make it small and plain
- 33.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) take in water from soil (b) have tiny pores (c) grow under the ground (d) hold the plant firm
- 34.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) one huge session (b) learning it all at once (c) 4 hours the night before (d) review on days 1, 3, 7
- 35.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 36.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 37.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) you forget more (b) it slows down (c) it speeds up (d) nothing changes
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ant by the sofa, a spoon by the dining table, a monkey by the TV, a rose by the kitchen, an onion by the shoe rack. What did you place by the sofa? (a) monkey (b) rose (c) ant (d) onion
- 39.True or false: “the national anthem” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
Answer key
- find a sound-alike word
- no time for review
- memory can’t improve
- fewer things to hold
- in the same order
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- step 3
- a normal-sized cup
- False
- spaced practice
- holds up the leaves
- an elephant with HOT tea
- hair blown by the wind
- playing outdoors
- 8
- True
- no spare days
- that item is lost
- long-term memory
- west
- step 1
- water and a short break
- True
- step 4
- something you understand
- step 3
- False
- step 1
- we forget fast at first
- funny actions
- not asking again
- make it big and funny
- have tiny pores
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- to keep the order
- helps memory
- it slows down
- ant
- True
- 6
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