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A Transmission Service Provider is an entity that both owns and operates transmission facilities on the Bulk Electric System.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER- B) False
True/False
The NERC Functional Model is designed so that the functions of Generator Owner and Generator Operator can be performed by two different entities.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER- A) True
How many forms of identification are required when taking the NERC System Operator Certification exam?
A) 4
B) 9
C) 1
D) 2 - CORRECT ANSWER- 2
The NERC came into existence as a result of the Electric Power Reliability Act of what year?
A) 1958
B) 2005
C) 1967
D) 1997 - CORRECT ANSWER- 1967
True/False
According to the NERC Functional Model, there is no difference between the function and the entity.
A) True
B) False - CORRECT ANSWER- B) False
True/False
RF Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. FERC Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
- NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation
- FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
- RF Reliability First
True/False
Balancing Authorities are responsible to ensure that transmission facilities are
operated within the limits that are established by the Transmission Owners. -
CORRECT ANSWER- False
The first power pool in the industry was created in 1927 and was known as which
of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER- Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection
How many Interconnections are there in North America?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 2
D) 8 - CORRECT ANSWER- A) 4
True/False
All four Interconnections operate at Hz, but are not in synchronization with each other.
A) 59Hz/False
B) 62Hz/True
C) 60HZ/True
D) 60.02Hz/False - CORRECT ANSWER- C) 60Hz
How many High-Voltage Direct Current transmission lines are there in operation between the Western and ERCOT Interconnections?
A) 2
B) 0
C) 5
D) 3 - CORRECT ANSWER- B) 0
Match the Interconnection with the approximated size in MWs.
- Eastern 78,000 MW
- ERCOT 610,000 MW
- Western 42,000 MW
4. Quebec 265,000 MW - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Eastern 610,000 MW
B) Comparing how well a Balancing Area's ACE performs in conjunction with the Frequency Error of the Interconnection
C) Comparing how well a Balancing Authority's' ACE performs in conjunction with the Frequency Error of the Interconnection
D) Comparing how well ACE performs in conjunction with the Frequency Error of
the Interconnection - CORRECT ANSWER- B) Comparing how well a Balancing
Area's ACE performs in conjunction with the Frequency Error of the Interconnection
In the ACE equation β represents which of the following?
A) Frequency Bias
B) Frequency
C) MW
D) Scheduled Interval - CORRECT ANSWER- A) β is the Frequency Bias Setting
(MW/0.1 Hz) for the Balancing Authority. The constant factor 10 converts the frequency setting to MW/Hz
Each Balancing Authority is required to balance its resources and demand in real‐ time so that its clock‐minute average of its Area Control Error (ACE) does not exceed its BAAL for more than how long?
A) 15 clock minutes
B) 30 minutes
C) 25 consecutive clock minutes
D) 30 consecutive clock minutes - CORRECT ANSWER- D) 30 consecutive clock
minutes
(NIA - NIS) - 10 β (FA - FS) - IME is the formula for the equation? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ACE (Area Control Error) Equation
The Contingency Event Recovery Period is minutes.
A) 30 mins
B) 60 mins
C) 90 mins
D) 15 mins - CORRECT ANSWER- C) 90 mins
The reporting threshold for a DCS event is % of the MSSC.
A) 50%
B) 80%
C) 75%
D) 20% - CORRECT ANSWER- B) 80%
If you have a DCS event and 40 seconds later you have another event and the total amount exceeds your MSSC, how is the compliance calculation handled?
A) They are treated as a single event and reported but not subject to the compliance calculation
B) They are treated as different events and reported but not subject to the compliance calculation
C) They are treated as a single event but not reported and not subject to the compliance calculation
D) They are treated as different events and not reported but subject to the
compliance calculation - CORRECT ANSWER- A) They are treated as a single
event and reported but not subject to the compliance calculation
If the MSSC for a BA is 800 MW, what is the DCS reporting threshold?
A) 240 MW
B) 640 MW
C) 840 MW
D) 300 MW - CORRECT ANSWER- B) 640 MW (80 %)
A BA that is part of a multiple BA Interconnection that is not receiving overlap regulation and uses a fixed Frequency Bias Setting must have its calculated setting
validated by the - CORRECT ANSWER- ERO (Electric Reliability Organization)
The Frequency Bias Setting for a Balancing Area must be expressed in?
A) MW/0.1 Hz
C) 5
D) 6 - CORRECT ANSWER- A) 2
Who can serve as an Interconnection Time Monitor? - CORRECT ANSWER- Only
Reliability Coordinators
BAs use to automatically direct the loading of regulating reserves on their
system. - CORRECT ANSWER- AGC (Automatic Generation Control)
The MSSC for your BA is 650 MW. Your reporting threshold is > 520 MW. (650 x 80%). What is the percent of recovery for the following situation?
Loss of a 575 MW unit
Pre-disturbance Ace = 150 MW
Post-recovery Ace = 10 MW - CORRECT ANSWER- +150 + (-575) = -
-425 + (x) = 10, x= 435
The MSSC for your BA is 650 MW. Your reporting threshold is >/equal to 520 MW. (650 x 80%) What is the percent of recovery for the following situation?
Loss of a 600 MW unit
Pre-disturbance Ace = 150 MW
Post-recovery Ace = -50MW - CORRECT ANSWER- +150 + (-600) = -
-450 + (x) = -50, x= 400
Units with nameplate ratings of 10 MW or greater should be equipped with
governors which have a droop of % - CORRECT ANSWER- 5%,
All of the reasons listed below can be a cause of inadvertent accumulation except
- CORRECT ANSWER- Market response
Each Balancing Area shall operate its AGC on , unless such operation is
adverse to system or Interconnection reliability. - CORRECT ANSWER- Tie-Line
Frequency Bias
If a BA is unable to calculate ACE for more than it shall notify its RC -
CORRECT ANSWER- 30 minutes
When a BA is participating in a inadvertent payback with another BA who has inadvertent in the opposite direction, they are doing what type of Inadvertent payback?
A) Unilateral
B) Bilateral
C) Adjacent
D) Cross - CORRECT ANSWER- Bilateral (two entities involved)
Balancing Areas utilize AUTOMATIC GENERATION CONTROL (AGC) to? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Adjust balancing authority area's demand and resources to
help maintain the reporting ACE
The MSSC for your BA is 650 MW. A defined disturbance for DCS reporting would
be equal to how many MWs? - CORRECT ANSWER- 520MW
Defined disturbance for DCS- MSSC(80%) = 650(80%) = 520
What is the ACE based on the following information?
NIa = 350
I ME = 0
NIs = 50
FA = 59.
Bias -250MW/0.1 Hz - CORRECT ANSWER- 250 MW
Control Performance Standard 2(CPS 2) was replaced as a Balancing Authority
performance measure by which of the following measures? - CORRECT
ANSWER- BAAL (Balancing Authority ACE Limit)
What is not a cause of inadvertent accumulation? - CORRECT ANSWER- Market
Response
Each Distribution Provider (DP) shall comply with all operating instructions issued by the , including shedding firm load, unless such actions
would violate safety, equipment, regulatory or statutory requirements. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Balancing Authority
If a Transmission Operator has an anticipated emergency condition, it shall
inform? - CORRECT ANSWER- RC (Reliability Coordinator)
BA (Balancing Authority
TOPs (Transmission Operators
regulating equipment, among affected Balancing Authorities and Transmission
Operators as required except? - CORRECT ANSWER- Phase Angle Regulating
Transformers
Each Transmission Operator shall, when practical, operate to protect against instability, uncontrolled separation, or cascading outages resulting from multiple
outages, as specified by its - CORRECT ANSWER- RC (Reliability Coordinator)
Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall
monitor what? - CORRECT ANSWER- System Frequency
What two pieces of information must each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority have available to predict the system's near-
term load pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER- Weather forecasts and past load
patterns
You are in your control center on night shift. You receive an updated weather forecast for the operating day that indicates the weather is forecast to be 5
degrees hotter. What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER- Review the load
forecast to determine if any change in the load forecast is required and if the system is appropriately scheduled
Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall
monitor all of the following except? - CORRECT ANSWER- Generator output
(only Generator Operator can monitor Generator Output)
Each Generator Operator shall inform its and the
Transmission Operator of all generation resources available for use. - CORRECT
ANSWER- Hosting Balancing Authority
Who must a Transmission Operator notify if it disconnects an overloaded facility?
- CORRECT ANSWER- It's RC and Neighboring TOP's impacted by the disconnection.
If the Reliability Coordinator has determined the actions taken to address an IROL (Interconnection operating limit) or SOL (System operating limit) violation are not
appropriate or sufficient, what must it do? - CORRECT ANSWER- Direct actions
required to return the system to within limits.
After any event that results in an IROL violation, the Transmission Operator shall return its transmission system to within IROL as soon as possible, but not longer than minutes.
A) 15 mins
B) 30 mins
C) 45 mins
D) 10 mins - CORRECT ANSWER- B) 30 minutes
