I'm extremely results and numbers-driven; it used to bother me (a lot more) when I received scores less than 100. It's important to me that my narratives and reports provide valuable insight to the client and I work hard to provide the information the client has asked for. Despite this, it was rare, especially when we're talking about Coyle, that I received a perfect score. This is still the case.
I've pushed back in some cases, it has never resulted in a score being readjusted or increased.
I answer any questions any of the editors send me - yes, even the ones that I've answered before, and the ones that weren't on the surveys or discussed in the client objectives, even twelve or however many days after I've visited the client's location or submitted the report. If I don't have the information the editor is requesting, I simply tell them I either no longer have the information, or that I never captured the information as I was unaware that it was being tested/measured.
While some questions may possibly be arbitrary, those editors are just trying to provide as thorough and insightful a report to the client as they can.
I've learned that as long as they keep assigning surveys to me, then they're okay with my scores, and I'm okay with that.
YMMV