NERC Test Questions With 100% Correct Answers

NERC Test Questions With 100%
Correct Answers




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.A Reliability Adjustment Arranged Interchange must be approved by who? -
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? -




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ANSWER-Other interconnected TO and BA




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.According to EOP-002, what actions are acceptable in an operating capacity
or energy emergency by a BA? - ANSWER-Bringing on all available


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generation, postponing equipment maintenance, scheduling interchange
purchases, and reduce firm load
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.According to NERC, where should voltage be maintained during restoration?
- ANSWER-90 to 110 percent of Nominal
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.After a system modification is made, how long does the TO have to update
restoration plans? - ANSWER-90 days
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.After how long does a complete loss of monitoring capability meet reporting
threshold? - ANSWER-30 minutes



.After how long must a complete loss of voice communications be reported? -
ANSWER-30 minutes

,.An RC backup control facility is not required to be available during what two
conditions? - ANSWER-Planned outages of two weeks or less; unplanned
outages




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.BA and RC are given responsibility and authority to make decisions to
alleviate what? - ANSWER-Capacity and energy emergencies



.BA not serving native load minimum frequency bias is based on... -




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ANSWER-The montlhly average Frequency Bias is at least 1 % of the BA
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.BA serving native load minimum frequency bias is based on... - 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)
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.By what means does an RC notify other RCs of a declared EEA? -
ANSWER-The RCIS - Reliability Coordinator Information System
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.Describe Attachment 1 and attachment 2 of EOP-004 Event Reporting: -
ANSWER-Att 1 is the events required to be reported; Att 2 is the Event
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Reporting Form



.During an EEA 2 what must BA and market participants with resources do to
help? - 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... -
ANSWER-responsibility and authority



.Each BA must report its Bias Setting and the method for determining it to
which entity? - ANSWER-NERC Operating Committee




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.Emergency plans are made for what three conditions? - ANSWER-Generating
Capacity loss, Transmission System loss, Load Shedding plans




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.Events meeting event report threshold: - ANSWER-Damage, destruction or
physical threats physical threats to a facility, physical threats to a control
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center, public appeal for load reduction, system-wide voltage reduction >3%,



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manual or automatic firm load shedding >100MW; voltage deviation +/- 10%
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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
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monitoring capabilities
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.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? - ANSWER-As
soon as possible and not to exceed 30 minutes
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.For how long must a BES control center be evacuated to meet the event
reporting requirement? - ANSWER-30 minutes



.Frequency Bias needs to be as close as practical to or _______ than the BA
Frequency Response. - ANSWER-Bias setting must be equal to or GREATER
than the frequency response