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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test

Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 97 · 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.🗣️ 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9.True or false: “one key word per branch” makes a poor mind map. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
  11. 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. 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. 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. 14.Which of these helps your memory? (a) an all-night cram (b) studying very hungry (c) screens till midnight (d) playing outdoors
  15. 15.😴 You go to bed at 9:00 PM and wake up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
  16. 16.True or false: “ring” rhymes with “king”. (a) True (b) False
  17. 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. 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. 19.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: your home address? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  20. 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. 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. 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. 23.True or false: “playing outdoors” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
  24. 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. 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. 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. 27.True or false: in a mind map of “Our five senses”, “hear music” goes on the “skin” branch. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧠 Which step of memory is this: pay attention? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1
  29. 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. 30.🔗 In the story method, items are joined by… (a) funny actions (b) plain lists (c) numbers (d) colours only
  31. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 36.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: a full night’s sleep? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
  37. 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. 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. 39.True or false: “the national anthem” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?

Answer key

  1. find a sound-alike word
  2. no time for review
  3. memory can’t improve
  4. fewer things to hold
  5. in the same order
  6. say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
  7. step 3
  8. a normal-sized cup
  9. False
  10. spaced practice
  11. holds up the leaves
  12. an elephant with HOT tea
  13. hair blown by the wind
  14. playing outdoors
  15. 8
  16. True
  17. no spare days
  18. that item is lost
  19. long-term memory
  20. west
  21. step 1
  22. water and a short break
  23. True
  24. step 4
  25. something you understand
  26. step 3
  27. False
  28. step 1
  29. we forget fast at first
  30. funny actions
  31. not asking again
  32. make it big and funny
  33. have tiny pores
  34. review on days 1, 3, 7
  35. to keep the order
  36. helps memory
  37. it slows down
  38. ant
  39. True
  40. 6

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