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: “closed-book writing” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these is cramming? (a) gaps that grow longer (b) starting the exam eve (c) a little every day (d) short reviews over weeks
- 3.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming the last night (b) learning without meaning (c) skipping revision (d) explaining to a friend
- 6.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 1 or 6 (b) 0 or 5 (c) any digit (d) 2 or 7
- 7.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) topic in the centre (b) details on small twigs (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in a corner
- 8.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 9.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) clock (b) tree (c) night (d) rain
- 10.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 11.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Every Sing Wet”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Seven (b) All (c) Runs (d) Nani
- 12.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗓️ What does spaced repetition mean? (a) reading it 10 times now (b) never reviewing (c) reviewing with gaps (d) reviewing once
- 14.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) three chunks, not ten (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is a smaller number (d) it is printed bigger
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) a full night’s sleep (c) drinking enough water (d) playing outdoors
- 16.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
- 17.🗓️ You forgot a card at a review. What next? (a) throw it away for good (b) review it sooner (c) never test it (d) wait a month
- 18.🗣️ 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
- 19.True or false: “your mother tongue” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔗 Your story skips an item. What happens when you recall? (a) you get an extra item (b) it comes back alone (c) nothing changes (d) that item is lost
- 21.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “not the same”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) differant (b) different (c) diffrent (d) diferent
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making a picture of it (b) one long session only (c) using it in a sum (d) reviewing the next day
- 23.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north, in order: north, east, south, west? (a) ENSW (b) ESWN (c) WSEN (d) NESW
- 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 25.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) hearing it only once (b) rushing the greeting (c) using it in a sentence (d) looking at your phone
- 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a wallet by the dining table, an apple by the TV, a lamp by the door, a tomato by the shoe rack, an anchor by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) tomato (b) wallet (c) anchor (d) apple
- 28.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
- 29.🎨 Adding sound, smell or movement to a picture makes it… (a) too slow (b) useless (c) harder to keep (d) easier to keep
- 30.Which of these makes you lose a new name? (a) saying the name back (b) looking at your phone (c) using it in a sentence (d) linking it to a picture
- 31.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a maths sum (c) a long story (d) a list in a fixed order
- 32.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) rock (b) string (c) knock (d) block
- 33.🎵 What makes a memory rhyme stick even more? (a) writing it tiny (b) no rhythm at all (c) saying it once quietly (d) a beat or a tune
- 34.🗺️ Mind map of “Our five senses”: which detail goes on the “tongue” branch? (a) feel rough or smooth (b) see colours (c) taste sour (d) feel a light touch
- 35.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 36.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: picture the first item? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) CEPC (c) ECCP (d) ECPC
- 38.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) a number you just heard (c) how to swim (d) the last line you read
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mixes subjects each day (b) starts the night before (c) no time for review (d) no spare days
- 40.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
Answer key
- True
- starting the exam eve
- long-term memory
- step 1
- explaining to a friend
- 0 or 5
- topic in a corner
- helps you keep it
- night
- a fact
- Nani
- True
- reviewing with gaps
- three chunks, not ten
- hours with no break
- one you know very well
- review it sooner
- find a sound-alike word
- False
- that item is lost
- different
- one long session only
- NESW
- step 3
- using it in a sentence
- fix stops in order
- anchor
- find a sound-alike word
- easier to keep
- looking at your phone
- a list in a fixed order
- string
- a beat or a tune
- taste sour
- helps attention
- step 1
- ECPC
- how to swim
- mixes subjects each day
- 2
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