NERC Test Questions Latest Update 2024-2025
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A Reliability Adjustment Arranged Interchange must be approved by who? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Only the source and sink, the key word to remember is Adjustment
A TO must coordinate its load shedding plans, excluding UFLS, with who? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Other interconnected TO and BA
According to EOP-002, what actions are acceptable in an operating capacity or energy
emergency by a BA? - CORRECT ANSWER: Bringing on all available generation,
postponing equipment maintenance, scheduling interchange purchases, and reduce
firm load
According to NERC, where should voltage be maintained during restoration? -
CORRECT ANSWER: 90 to 110 percent of Nominal
After a system modification is made, how long does the TO have to update restoration
plans? - CORRECT ANSWER: 90 days
After how long does a complete loss of monitoring capability meet reporting threshold? -
CORRECT ANSWER: 30 minutes
After how long must a complete loss of voice communications be reported? -
CORRECT ANSWER: 30 minutes
An RC backup control facility is not required to be available during what two conditions?
- CORRECT ANSWER: Planned outages of two weeks or less; unplanned outages
,BA and RC are given responsibility and authority to make decisions to alleviate what? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Capacity and energy emergencies
BA not serving native load minimum frequency bias is based on... - CORRECT
ANSWER: The montlhly average Frequency Bias is at least 1 % of the BA estimated
yearly peak generation per .1 Hz (Load = 1 % demand; No Load = 1 % Gen)
BA serving native load minimum frequency bias is based on... - CORRECT ANSWER:
The monthly average Frequency Bias is at least 1% of the BA estimated yearly peak
demand per .1 Hz (Load = 1 % demand; No Load = 1 % Gen)
By what means does an RC notify other RCs of a declared EEA? - CORRECT
ANSWER: The RCIS - Reliability Coordinator Information System
Describe Attachment 1 and attachment 2 of EOP-004 Event Reporting: - CORRECT
ANSWER: Att 1 is the events required to be reported; Att 2 is the Event Reporting Form
During an EEA 2 what must BA and market participants with resources do to help? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Immediately contact the Energy Deficient Entity
Each BA and RC shall have the ____ and clear decision-making ____ to take whatever
actions are needed to ensure reliability of its respective area... - CORRECT ANSWER:
responsibility and authority
Each BA must report its Bias Setting and the method for determining it to which entity? -
CORRECT ANSWER: NERC Operating Committee
Emergency plans are made for what three conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Generating Capacity loss, Transmission System loss, Load Shedding plans
Events meeting event report threshold: - CORRECT ANSWER: Damage, destruction or
physical threats physical threats to a facility, physical threats to a control center, public
appeal for load reduction, system-wide voltage reduction >3%, manual or automatic firm
, load shedding >100MW; voltage deviation +/- 10% for 15 minutes; IROL or SOL
violation, loss of Firm load, System separation (islanding), generation loss, complete
loss of offsite power to a nuclear plant, transmission loss, control center evacuation,
complete loss of voice comm or monitoring capabilities
Following a Contingency or other event that results in an IROL violation, how long does
the TO have to bring the system back into limits? - CORRECT ANSWER: As soon as
possible and not to exceed 30 minutes
For how long must a BES control center be evacuated to meet the event reporting
requirement? - CORRECT ANSWER: 30 minutes
Frequency Bias needs to be as close as practical to or _______ than the BA Frequency
Response. - CORRECT ANSWER: Bias setting must be equal to or GREATER than the
frequency response
Geo magnetic disturbances induce what type of current? - CORRECT ANSWER: Large
amounts of low frequency current that can enter the system through grounds and cause
equipment damage, namely to transformers
How can an EEA be initiated? - CORRECT ANSWER: Only by an RC at the RCs own
request, upon request of a BA or upon request of a LSE
How do we know comms will be good? - CORRECT ANSWER: They will manage,
alarm, test and/or actively monitor, especially emergency comm facilities and equipment
(non-routine equipment)
How does a BA account for the Frequency Bias of a shared unit? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Each BA will account for their portion of the governor droop response in their
Bias Setting
How does BA include remote BA, jointly owned generation in its ACE? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Using dynamic schedule and pseudo ties for its ACE, reflecting its respective
share of the unit governor droop response in their Hz Bias.
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