mcat wording

hey guys qs, sometimes mcat wording throws me off and idk how to understand it, like when they show data and ask if something is dependant or independant of factor x, i might think "yes they clearly have a positive correlation, but factor y can still carry out its function without factor x, just wayyy less" and then i think.... dependent how? yes its clearly relying on it, but its independant as in does not NEED it. then i got the qs wrong lolll

or another qs mentioned the disease causing mutation, but they were refering to the WT amino acid, not the one that results due to the mutation. does that even make any sense? surely there's a bettwe way to write these questions... :/