Hi USB Experts,

I'd like to know how to work out whether a device will work with a USB OTG cable, or a standard USB cable, or either.

Examples:
a) To access a USB flash drive from my Samsung J7 (2016) cell phone, I use a USB OTG cable.  It has USB micro at the phone end, and USB-A female at the flash drive end.
b) On the other hand, to access a USB flash drive from my laptop or desktop PC, I use a non-OTG USB cable.  It has USB-A male at the PC end, and USB-A female at the flash drive end.

Now I have a Microsoft Surface Go, which runs Windows 10, and I think is a cross between a laptop and a tablet.  If you remove the keyboard it's more like a tablet.  It has a USB-C connector.

Questions:
Q1. Can I access USB devices like flash drives from the Surface Go via a OTG cable, non-OTG cable, or either?
Q2. How do you know?
Q3. What's the principle which allows us to decide?
Q4. Would the answers be the same for USB hubs?

Please answer Q1 - Q4 separately for clarity.  I don't just want an answer to Q1.

I've had a quick look at this Wikipedia page about USB On-The-Go, but I haven't yet found anything that answers my question.  I understand that a USB OTG cable turns a device like a phone or tablet into a host, but I don't see how that's answering my question for the Surface Go, for example.  Is it already a host?  How can I know?

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