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Written solution:

The first time that she hits an elevation of $7$ meters is at $2$ seconds.

She then dips below $4$ meters after $4$ seconds. This adds $4 - 2 = 2$ seconds to the total answer.

Malaika then goes above $4$ meters at $6$ seconds. She hits $7$ meters again at $10$ seconds.

This adds $10 - 6 = 4$ more seconds to the total. She finally dips below $7$ meters for the last time at $12$ seconds.

She then falls below $4$ meters at $14$ seconds, finally adding $14 - 12 = 2$ seconds to the total time.

The desired answer is therefore $$2 + 4 + 2 = 8 \text{ seconds. }$$ Thus, B is the correct answer.