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Depended on the emergency. Sometimes, sloppily stowed equipment would "disappear", then the instructor would signal a failure that required its use. Most times they would signal the type of failure they wanted, but my trimix instructor did sneak behind us and occasionally shut down a valve ... sometimes while you're occupied doing something else he just told you to do. Sometimes it was the post you were breathing, but more often it would be the left post, to simulate a roll-off ... then he'd call for an OOA to see how you handled it. It's valid at that level ... if you're prone to panic over such a thing it's far better to find it out during a shallow drill than a deep real-life circumstance, and it will wash you out of the class immediately, as it should.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
... Bob (Grateful Diver)