[marek]

I think I can answer my own question here, but it would add peace of mind to get a confirmation. In the perceptron model, once you fix a dividing line/plane, you still have the choice of which region gets assigned the +1, correct?

I believe this to be the case, because the vector w and the vector -w both give the same geometry, but sign of the two vectors give opposite values. I ask because if this is not the case, and the geometry does fix the region (say "above" the plane is +1), then that would change my answer for #4.