schweser's volume 1 exam book - semi spoilers guess, because, necessary, difficult, all

Jolyn

have you guys noticed this year, that they are dedicating whole vignettes to calculations that they say aren’t necessary in their study notes?
the tests are not more difficult. i just hit 80 for the second time. but i’m getting almost the whole vignette wrong because i didn’t memorize the calculations.
things like contingent immunization, 2 bond hedge, etc… so i guess that is their roundabout way of telling us we should know all this stuff?