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The vessel is underway in calm conditions and the chief officer wants a quick inspection of damage near the waterline that was noticed that morning. Is overside work permitted in this situation?

A. Yes, provided a lifejacket is worn
B. Yes, if completed within 10 minutes
C. No - overside work should not be carried out while underway except in genuine emergency situations; this should wait until alongside or at anchor
D. Yes, since conditions are calm
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A bosun has rigged a bosun's chair for a quick five-minute job inspecting a navigation light bracket on the foremast. He decides not to load test the chair since the job is short. What is the correct action?
A. Proceed - short jobs don't require load testing
B. Stop the job; the chair, gantlines and lizards must be load tested to at least 4x working load every time it is rigged, regardless of job duration
C. Load test only if the chair has not been used in the last week
D. Substitute a quick visual check in place of the load test
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While a crew member is working overside on a painting raft, the deck observer is also asked by the duty officer to relieve the gangway watch for ten minutes. What should happen?
A. Continue work but reduce to single-handed deck cover
B. The observer can do both - it's only ten minutes
C. Overside work must be suspended until a dedicated observer with no other duties is available
D. The worker overside can self-monitor via radio instead
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