The essay questions from any AP exam are by far the most ambiguous I've seen. Here are the AP Bio essay questions I had on my exam. They have their own code that you have to learn to translate to even answer the question. Ambiguous questions are move and more common the higher the education level. Once you hit university/college level, you're lucky if the question directly tells you everything you need up front. =/

The table part was suggesting you format your expected results in a table, but you had to have them somewhere.