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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
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How many forms of identification are required when taking the NERC System Operator Certification exam?
The NERC came into existence as a result of the Electric Power Reliability Act of what year?
How many certification credentials does NERC have examinations for?
Match the acronym with the appropriate organization.
FERC North American Electric Reliability Corp
NERC Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
FRCC Reliability First
Energy Regulatory Commission
True/False
According to the NERC Functional Model, there is no difference between the function and the entity.
A) True
True/False
Analysis type questions are designed to be the least complex from a human cognitive process.
A) True
True/False
A Transmission Service Provider is an entity that both owns and operates transmission facilities on the Bulk Electric System.
A) True
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
How many High-Voltage Direct Current transmission lines are there in operation between the Western and ERCOT Interconnections?
Match the Interconnection with the approximated size in MWs.
A) Comparing how well a Transmission Operator's ACE performs in conjunction with the Frequency Error of the Interconnection
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
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
(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
minutes
The Contingency Event Recovery Period is minutes.
A) 30 mins
B) 30 mins
C) 90 mins
The reporting threshold for a DCS event is % of the MSSC.
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
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 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
Reliability Coordinators
BAs use to automatically direct the loading of regulating reserves on their
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
-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
-450 + (x) = -50, x= 400
Units with nameplate ratings of 10 MW or greater should be equipped with
All of the reasons listed below can be a cause of inadvertent accumulation except
- CORRECT ANSWER- Market response
C) 6 seconds
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
help maintain the reporting ACE
The MSSC for your BA is 650 MW. A defined disturbance for DCS reporting would
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.
Control Performance Standard 2(CPS 2) was replaced as a Balancing Authority
Response
Each Distribution Provider (DP) shall comply with all operating instructions issued by the , including shedding firm load, unless such actions
If a Transmission Operator has an anticipated emergency condition, it shall
Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, and Generator Operator shall plan and coordinate scheduled outages of all of the following system voltage regulating equipment, among affected Balancing Authorities and Transmission
Transformers
Each Transmission Operator shall, when practical, operate to protect against instability, uncontrolled separation, or cascading outages resulting from multiple
Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall
What two pieces of information must each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority have available to predict the system's near-
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
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
(only Generator Operator can monitor Generator Output)
Each Generator Operator shall inform its and the
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
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
