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.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) you keep what you notice (b) it only helps in sport (c) it doesn’t matter (d) it makes you tired
- 2.🔗 Your link story: a giant wallet sits on an anchor; the anchor pulls a frog; the frog bounces onto a vase; the vase tickles a mirror. Which item is number 2 in your list? (a) wallet (b) mirror (c) anchor (d) frog
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a number you just heard (b) the last line you read (c) directions told just now (d) tables learned long ago
- 4.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) no picture at all (b) a plain, still one (c) just the word (d) a funny, moving one
- 5.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it wastes time (b) it is only for babies (c) it helps learning stick (d) it erases memory
- 6.📅 The digits 23052016 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 23/0520/16 (b) 2305/20/16 (c) 230/520/16 (d) 23/05/2016
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cramming lasts for years (b) we forget without review (c) good memory is just luck (d) one reading is enough
- 8.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a rhyme about cats (b) a list of numbers (c) a very long word (d) initials match the list
- 9.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
- 10.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 11.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) TV on while studying (c) a goal for each session (d) eyes on the speaker
- 12.😴 You go to bed at 10:00 PM and wake up at 7:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 13.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic is “___ Ants Ice Seven Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Pigs (b) Bakes (c) Owls (d) Young
- 14.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: a formula card? (a) a weak way (b) a smart way
- 15.📆 Good or poor revision timetable: has short breaks? (a) a good timetable (b) a poor timetable
- 16.🗂️ Why do we split long numbers into chunks? (a) no reason (b) fewer things to hold (c) to change the number (d) to make them longer
- 17.🗣️ 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
- 18.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) cram it the last night (b) say it aloud (c) skip what letters mean (d) read it once
- 19.True or false: “15 minutes on 4 days” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “a bus made of ice” makes a weak memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
- 23.🔗 In the story method, which comes first: replay the story or keep linking in order? (a) replay the story (b) keep linking in order
- 24.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) green, flat and thin (b) have tiny pores (c) make food using sunlight (d) take in water from soil
- 25.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or link it to the meaning? (a) hear the new word (b) link it to the meaning
- 26.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 27.👀 You keep thinking about a match while you study. What helps? (a) note it, then go back (b) think about it more (c) watch the match (d) give up studying
- 28.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 29.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: tasting bitter karela? (a) sight (b) smell (c) taste (d) touch
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
- 31.👋 “Dessert” or “desert”: which has two s, for two helpings of sweets? (a) desert (b) neither (c) both (d) dessert
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: jeep, monkey, umbrella, rope. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) RUMJ (b) MJUR (c) MURJ (d) JMUR
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 308323950970. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0383 2395 0970 (b) 3083 2395 0970 (c) 3083 2395 090 (d) 3083 2395 09970
- 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is spelled the same (d) is always in Hindi
- 36.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: old topics each Sunday? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 37.True or false: “knee” rhymes with “tree”. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “review on days 1, 3, 7” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔗 Which link is stronger for “pen” and “cup”? (a) both the same (b) the pen near a cup (c) the pen stirring tea (d) neither
- 40.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
Answer key
- you keep what you notice
- anchor
- tables learned long ago
- a funny, moving one
- it helps learning stick
- 23/05/2016
- we forget without review
- initials match the list
- a weak picture
- 45
- TV on while studying
- 9
- Pigs
- a smart way
- a good timetable
- fewer things to hold
- find a sound-alike word
- say it aloud
- False
- False
- 15
- step 4
- keep linking in order
- take in water from soil
- hear the new word
- step 4
- note it, then go back
- 7
- taste
- hear the new word
- dessert
- JMUR
- step 1
- 3083 2395 0970
- sounds like the new word
- spaced practice
- True
- False
- the pen stirring tea
- a first-letter sentence
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