Lee,

The first thing you must do if you are set a question that you don't understand is to talk to your teacher/lecturer/tutor!
It's unwise to try to guess or, worse, ask someone else to guess what the question means - you could waste your time answering the wrong question!
This applies equally in industry: if the project/product requirements are not clearly stated, get them clarified before you start - otherwise you'll end up with a product that the boss/customer doesn't actually want!