It would be helpful to know what the target for each problem is. I assume like the Cho Chikun problems they are black to play, but everyone knows what happens when one assumes.
It would certainly make the problems easier, but the blanket question, “Status?” is still valid. It’s what you face on every move of a real game. Can you tenuki here or not? If you’re wrong you either lose immediately or you just gave your opponent a free handicap stone.