LM3525: LM3525M-L/NOPB Fault Flag Output

Hi team,

Our customer is conducting a test with LM3525M-L/NOPBe and wants to cause a fault on the output of this part to cause the "FLAG" output signal to go active and verify the part is working properly.

Here are the customer questions:

If we short the output I assume this will cause the flag output to go active per figure 10, is that correct?
We would like to apply a short 1-5 times as part of the test, but we are wondering if doing this type of test could degrade the long term life of the part, is this a valid concern?
Also, if we can not apply a hard short to the output to cause this, how much current do we need to pull in order to get the part into overcurrent where it sets the FLAG output low?

Thanks.

Jonathan