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NERC CERTIFICATION EXAM 2025-2026 NEWEST EXAM WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED A, Exams of Electrical Engineering

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

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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
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CORRECT
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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
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CORRECT
ANSWER-
A)
True
How many forms of identification are required when taking the NERC System
Operator Certification exam?
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NERC CERTIFICATION EXAM 2025-2026 NEWEST EXAM WITH

ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%

GUARANTEED PASS!!!)

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

  1. NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation
  2. FRCC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
  3. 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.

  1. Eastern 78,000 MW
  2. ERCOT 610,000 MW
  3. 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