The purpose of the cumulative portion of the final exam is not to cram your head with overwhelming details that will be forgotten by Dec 13 th . The purpose is to re-enforce your comprehension of the material, to allow you to draw connections between sections and, hopefully, to increase retention of underlying themes and concepts. This sheet contains a list of 9 review questions. They are short answer questions to be completed in a few paragraphs. There is a 1.5 page MAX for each question and most can be thoroughly answered in much less.
Brevity is encouraged.
Be sure to answer the question that is asked. Do not regurgitate every fact you can find or recall about a topic. Your examples should be drawn from course material and may come from any section of the course. When taking the exam you MAY NOT use any prewritten answers or any outside sources and complete sentences are required to receive full credit. The composition of an organelle's membranes is vital to its function and cell viability.