Under 46 CFR §199.280, all survival craft required for abandonment by the total number of persons on board a cargo vessel must be capable of being launched with their full complement of persons and equipment within what time period from the abandon-ship signal?

Why A is correct

46 CFR §199.280(d) requires all survival craft required for abandonment to be capable of being launched with full complement within 10 minutes of the abandon-ship signal. The 30-minute figure in option B appears in 46 CFR §199.245(b), which applies to a different vessel category. The 5-minute figure in option C refers to crew preparation time for embarkation under §199.130(a)(5), not total launch time.