Question about the Proctors....

I think something that those of us who haven't taken the Lab yet struggle
with is
what to expect from the Proctors. You hear from some that they're there to
help you,
but then you also here that you shouldn't go fishing for answers from them.
I'm really
trying to figure out what "types" of questions I can ask them. I've heard
that you
can ask for clarification... but what does that mean? If I have a
requirement on
the exam that is unclear will they help clear it up? If, not, what are they
there
for? If there's a requirement that could be "solved" one of two ways, after
explaining
both methods to the proctor would he/she suggest one of the two?
To help me understand better I'd like to use an example from one of the
practice
tests I'm using. This is from the "Switching" section:

"There are two links connecting Cat-2 and Cat-3 together. Make sure that if
one
link fails, the other will start working, but not until then."

Now, an earlier requirement had you shutdown all links between Cat-3 and all

other switches.... with the exception of the two links between Cat-3 and
Cat-2
 -so these two links are Cat-3s only connection to the rest of the network.
There are no specific requirements to create an etherchannel between Cat-2
and
Cat-3. So... after reading the above requirement I would think I could do
one of
two things: 1. Flex Link, 2. Normal spanning-tree, which, as long as I don't
establish
an etherchannel would block one of the two links and bring that blocked link
up
in the event that the forwarding link failed. Is this the kind of thing I
can ask a
proctor about? Can I go to him/her and repeat what I've written above... and
expect
him/her to tell me which method would be preferred?

Thanks,
Bryan R.

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