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.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) tables learned long ago (b) your home address (c) the last line you read (d) the national anthem
- 2.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) how to ride a bicycle (b) a new word for a minute (c) your birthday (d) your mother tongue
- 3.👋 You meet a new classmate called Chandni. The name means “moonlight”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) holding a dove of peace (b) floating up in the sky (c) sitting on a cloud (d) in soft moonlight
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an apple by the dining table, a glass by the sofa, a needle by the TV, a ball by the kitchen, a mango by the shoe rack. Where did you place the glass? (a) TV (b) shoe rack (c) kitchen (d) sofa
- 5.🔗 Your link story: a giant ice cream tickles a drum; the drum chases an owl; the owl rolls into a rope; the rope bounces onto a whistle. Which item comes right after the drum? (a) drum (b) owl (c) rope (d) whistle
- 6.🔢 A 10-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence must keep the list… (a) backwards (b) in the same order (c) in any order (d) in ABC order
- 8.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) its spelling backwards (b) its colour (c) what each letter means (d) nothing else
- 9.True or false: “the word in small print” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) throw it away for good (b) review it sooner (c) wait a month (d) never test it
- 11.🔤 What is an acronym? (a) first letters as a word (b) a type of number (c) a drawing (d) a long poem
- 12.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) linking to what you know (c) making a picture of it (d) skipping revision
- 13.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) AMFJ (b) FMAJ (c) JFMA (d) FJMA
- 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 15.Which of these is cramming? (a) short reviews over weeks (b) a little every day (c) gaps that grow longer (d) one huge session
- 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 17.True or false: “cram it the last night” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these helps your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) screens till midnight (c) feeling very stressed (d) sitting still all day
- 19.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they are longer (b) one word holds a list (c) they always rhyme (d) they need no learning
- 20.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true”? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 22.🧠 Which step of memory is this: store it? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using it in a sentence (b) not asking again (c) rushing the greeting (d) thinking of your reply
- 24.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 25.True or false: “noticing the face” helps you keep a new name. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔗 Your link story: a giant bucket sits on a candle; the candle pulls a kettle; the kettle falls into a violin; the violin crashes into an apple. Which item comes right after the candle? (a) apple (b) violin (c) bucket (d) kettle
- 27.True or false: “how to swim” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) drinking enough water (c) revising before bed (d) screens till midnight
- 29.True or false: “one reading is enough” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) notes while listening (c) three tasks at once (d) TV on while studying
- 32.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) an hour of games (b) a long TV show (c) a short walk or stretch (d) scrolling videos
- 33.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📝 A list to learn, in order: ladder, tiger, key, parrot, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LTKPA (b) APKTL (c) TLKPA (d) TKPAL
- 36.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) fruit and vegetables (c) revising before bed (d) sitting still all day
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the page (b) copying notes neatly (c) quizzing with cards (d) highlighting everything
- 38.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) VIBGYOR (c) IBGYORV (d) ROYGBIV
- 39.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) smelling a stinky sock (b) tasting salty chips (c) seeing a glowing star (d) stroking soft fur
- 40.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- the last line you read
- a new word for a minute
- in soft moonlight
- sofa
- owl
- 5
- in the same order
- what each letter means
- False
- review it sooner
- first letters as a word
- skipping revision
- JFMA
- step 1
- one huge session
- step 3
- True
- a full night’s sleep
- one word holds a list
- step 4
- a rhyme
- step 2
- using it in a sentence
- short-term memory
- True
- kettle
- True
- screens till midnight
- False
- one you know very well
- notes while listening
- a short walk or stretch
- False
- True
- LTKPA
- sitting still all day
- quizzing with cards
- VIBGYOR
- smelling a stinky sock
- False
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