Acidic Solution vs. Basic Solution

[Sophia Kim 1C]

When balancing redox reactions will the question always say if its in an acidic vs basic solution or would we need to know the difference between the two?

[Emilie Hoffman 1E]

It should always state whether or not the solution the reaction is happening in is acidic or basic because that facilitates the addition of water, H+, or OH-. My TA said that you should always be given this as a part of the initial condition.

[McKenna disc 1C]

Yeah, I'm assuming that since it was always given to us in the book's homework problems, it'd always be given to us on a test!