What is the reason for checksumming symmetric keys in ciphers like BATON?

Are symmetric keys distributed with the checksum acting as a
authentication tag? Are symmetric keys pre-tested for resilience
against, for example, chosen ciphertext and related key attacks?

Jeff
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