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Memory

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do scientists spend so much time studying how memory works?

a)

Because it is one of the most interesting functions of the human brain

b)

Because it is easy to process

c)

Because it can hold up to seven bits of information

d)

Because scientists are trying to figure out how memory can be so limited for many people

2.

Which statement about short-term memory is true?

a)

It can hold up our friend's new mobile phone number

b)

You will not remember it after an hour

c)

We can not put our postal code in our short-term memory

d)

We will store our e-mail password that has 9 digits in our short-term memory

3.

How does information move from short-term to long term memory?

a)

By reading it aloud when the teacher asks us to read it silently

b)

By performing a dialog

c)

By repeating after the teacher

d)

By repeating it and using it often

4.

What is long-term memory?

a)

Something new that will stay in our memory for 20-30 seconds

b)

Something can hold up to seven bits of information

c)

The place where memories are stored for a long time

d)

Memory from a scientist a long time ago

5.

What kind of things do we forget?

a)

Something that we think is necessary like our ATM PIN

b)

Things that are not important

c)

Things that we use often

d)

Things that we repeat often

6.

Who was Winston Churchill?

a)

He is the prime minister of the U.K.

b)

An Ex prime minister the U.K.

c)

The former vice president of the U.K.

d)

A person who met Shakespeare in U.K.

7.

What did Dominic O'Brien do in 1993?

a)

He has won the World Memory Championship 8 times

b)

He beat Wang Feng

c)

He broke the record by memorizing 900 numbers in an hour

d)

He wrote several books on techniques he uses to improve his memory to win the competition

8.

Who holds the record of memorizing 2,660 random numbers?

a)

Wang Feng

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Dominic O'Brien

d)

Tong Fang

9.

What can we do to improve our memory?

a)

Learning arabic

b)

Learning Indonesian

c)

Exercising annually

d)

Sleeping all the time

10.

Try to ________________ your PIN number, because it is dangerous to write it down

a)

Venue

b)

Memorize

c)

Room

d)

Fill up