Both great questions, where the answer will give you a level of knowledge, rather than a yes/no.

(personally, I would be a meh candidate until you probed further - but I've not touched C for.. hmm, I'm old)

I often get questions where I need to determine if they're looking the textbook answer, or a real-life answer. Usually I will go with "well generally, the answer is $Textbook. However, ..."