Question about Bio Exam

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<p>Hi, I don't usually see questions this specific here, but I thought I'd ask... I'm going through the 5 Steps to a 5 Biology book (Yes, I know, Cliffs is better, yatta yatta.... my refund eligibility expired before I found that out), and when the writer was explaining Cell Respiration, he repeatedly asserted that you didn't need to know the specific chemical changes that occur during Glycolysis, Oxidative Phosphorization, the krebs cycle, etc. He explained the steps in detail, but said that it was merely for illustrative purposes, and that the 20ish bonds and decompositions and transfers of electrons and such that occur are not worth learning. </p>

<p>I mean, it sounds logical that the exam wouldn't ask anything along the lines of "What happens in the 7th step of Glycolysis?" but I just want to be sure... There weren't any questions that specific in the 50 practice questions on the CB site, but maybe some people who've taken the test feel otherwise?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Don’t bother learning specific steps of Glycolysis, just know input and output.
As far as electron transport chains go, I’d know about the cytochrome complex, but I wouldn’t worry too much about things like Ferredoxin.
I’d know about oxaloacetic acid and citric acid for the Krebs Cycle, but I don’t like doing anything half-assed, so I learned the other steps in the cycle, too.
One thing I would bother to learn are the steps in the Calvin Cycle, just to be safe, but for the others, products and reactants are okay.
And I’d also know how the ETC in the light reactions pretty well, in case there’s an essay.</p>

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<p>Ah, many thanks!</p>