One of the most important steps in studying for tests is determining what type of information you are being tested on. If you are being tested on dates, it does little good to memorize names. If you are being tested for word-for- word, even if you remember the concepts, you will most likely not fare very well. So step one, take a look at that which
you are being tested on, and decide what kind of information it is. Then decide on the correct technique to use.

Once You Identify Your Information:

Once you understand what you’re being tested on, you can decide on a technique to use. If you’re being tested for names and dates, one technique will be applicable. If you’re being tested for verbatim word- for-word written text, another technique will be applicable.

The techniques:

When writing a tutorial such as this one, it is clearly bordering on the impossible to predict each and every testing situation, therefore, one must, as a writer of such a tutorial, give to the student the ability to change the techniques to suit his or her needs. You, as the student, must be able to take the basic principles of memory and tailor- make them so that they work for you.

Taken From: Mega Memory Workbook