AAMC Practice Test 2 B/B Q45 Error

[DaAlienist]

AAMC PRACTICE TEST 2 - BIO/BIOCHEM Q45 AAMC Mistake

Does anyone get an error in this question?

I just took PT 2 and Q45 in Bio/biochem asks "Under anaerobic conditions, how many moles of ATP are produced from the consumption of 5 moles of glucose?"

I figured the answer is either 10 or 20. Glycolysis produces 4 mol ATP per round, but the body only gains 2 net ATP. Thus, depending on how the AAMC means it, I get:

5 moles glucose x 4 ATP/ 1 rd = 20 moles ATP OR 5 moles glucose x 2 net ATP/1 rd = 10 moles ATP

But, all of the answers have powers of 10^24 in them.

What gives?

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[aldol16]

They got moles and molecules confused. Simple as that.

 

[Terry Toma]

They got moles and molecules confused. Simple as that.

But then shouldn't B be the right answer?

 

[aldol16]

But then shouldn't B be the right answer?

No. I don't see the right answer anywhere. 10 moles of ATP means 10*6.022E23, or 6.022E22, molecules.

 

[DaAlienist]

No. I don't see the right answer anywhere. 10 moles of ATP means 10*6.022E23, or 6.022E22, molecules.

yeah, how do you screw up something so simple? From the official test makers no less. As of now, the error is still there. I emailed the AAMC 2 days ago, no reply yet.

 

[fldoctorgirl]

Yeah it's an error, this happened to me too and I was so annoyed.