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PADI defines "confined water" as any body of water that's confined. Pools or an ocean area that's enclosed/marked off with a reasonable depth counts as well(basically an area where the students won't have to fight currents while dealing with buoyancy).
Your shop can expect higher passing standards but if you're able to complete it to padi's standards, they can't withold things from you... For example doing every single skill demonstration quality is a good thing to do if you're working towards your IDC but if you can't do a solo no mask swim demo quality, they can't withold it from you. If they help you get there, then all the power to them.
That's news to me. I thought I read somewhere that you had to get at least a 3 on each of the 20 demo skills.