PJM TRANSMISSION 2026 EXAM TEST ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔True or False: What data needs a fast scan data exchange rate with PJM? Area
Control Error (ACE) and Regulation Signals - ✔✔True
✔✔Where are transmission owners required to keep satellite phones? - ✔✔Primary and
backup control centers (phones tested weekly)
✔✔True or False: This type of capacity alert is issued when the estimated operating
reserve capacity is less than the forecasted synchronized requirement? Voltage
Reduction Warning - ✔✔False, Voltage Reduction Alert
✔✔When a voltage reduction is implemented, what % is voltage reduced by at
distribution levels?
1) 0 to 2.5%
2) 2.5 to 5%
3) 5 to 7.5%
4) 7.5 to 10% - ✔✔2
✔✔What type of warning is issued if available synchronized reserves are less than the
synchronized reserve requirements?
1) Voltage Reduction Warning
2) Max Generation Warning
3) Primary Reserve Warning
4) Manual load Dump Warning - ✔✔1 (Synchronized reserves can be brought on in 10
min or load dropped in 10 minutes)
✔✔Action issued to provide relief when all other possible means of supplying internal
load has been exhausted to prevent a catastrophe or to maintain tie schedules so as
not to jeopardize the reliability of other interconnected regions? - ✔✔Manual Load
Dump
✔✔True or False: A NERC Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 1 issued during which
capacity alerts? Minimum Generation Events - ✔✔False, Maximum Generation Event
✔✔An alert is issued by NOAA when a solar storm greater than what intensity is
predicted or observed?
1) K3
2) K5
3) K7
, 4) K9 (Woof Woof) - ✔✔2
✔✔What is the line charging for a 500 kV line?
1) 1.0 MVAR per mile
2) 1.3 MVAR per mile
3) 1.5 MVAR per mile
4) 1.7 MVAR per mile - ✔✔4
✔✔Heavy Load Voltage Schedule Warning has been issued for PJM RTO. TOs should
do all of the following EXCEPT:
1) Ensure capacitors are in service
2) Set AVR to manual control
3) Remove shunt reactors
4) Ensure voltage regulators are in service
5) Ensure units maintain a reasonable MVAR reserve - ✔✔2
✔✔True or False: Electrically close is defined as: Less than 100 miles @ 230 kV -
✔✔False, less than 50 miles @ 230 kV
✔✔What is Ferranti Effect? - ✔✔Increase in voltage at the end of a long transmission
line, above the voltage at the sending end. Occurs when line is energized, but there is a
very light load, or disconnected
✔✔True or False: What frequencies are used for time corrections? 59.98 & 60.02 Hz
(59.98 corrects fast time error) - ✔✔True
✔✔After a loss of telemetry, the operator must update info how often?
1) 5 minutes
2) 15 minutes
3) 30 minutes
4) 1 hour - ✔✔3
✔✔Contingency reserves must be greater than: - ✔✔Most Severe Single Contingency
(MSSC)
✔✔In addition to DOE, a report for system disturbances must be filed with NERC and
RF within ________ of incidents or disturbances. 24 Hours
1) 1 Hour
2) 6 Hours
3) 24 Hours
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔True or False: What data needs a fast scan data exchange rate with PJM? Area
Control Error (ACE) and Regulation Signals - ✔✔True
✔✔Where are transmission owners required to keep satellite phones? - ✔✔Primary and
backup control centers (phones tested weekly)
✔✔True or False: This type of capacity alert is issued when the estimated operating
reserve capacity is less than the forecasted synchronized requirement? Voltage
Reduction Warning - ✔✔False, Voltage Reduction Alert
✔✔When a voltage reduction is implemented, what % is voltage reduced by at
distribution levels?
1) 0 to 2.5%
2) 2.5 to 5%
3) 5 to 7.5%
4) 7.5 to 10% - ✔✔2
✔✔What type of warning is issued if available synchronized reserves are less than the
synchronized reserve requirements?
1) Voltage Reduction Warning
2) Max Generation Warning
3) Primary Reserve Warning
4) Manual load Dump Warning - ✔✔1 (Synchronized reserves can be brought on in 10
min or load dropped in 10 minutes)
✔✔Action issued to provide relief when all other possible means of supplying internal
load has been exhausted to prevent a catastrophe or to maintain tie schedules so as
not to jeopardize the reliability of other interconnected regions? - ✔✔Manual Load
Dump
✔✔True or False: A NERC Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 1 issued during which
capacity alerts? Minimum Generation Events - ✔✔False, Maximum Generation Event
✔✔An alert is issued by NOAA when a solar storm greater than what intensity is
predicted or observed?
1) K3
2) K5
3) K7
, 4) K9 (Woof Woof) - ✔✔2
✔✔What is the line charging for a 500 kV line?
1) 1.0 MVAR per mile
2) 1.3 MVAR per mile
3) 1.5 MVAR per mile
4) 1.7 MVAR per mile - ✔✔4
✔✔Heavy Load Voltage Schedule Warning has been issued for PJM RTO. TOs should
do all of the following EXCEPT:
1) Ensure capacitors are in service
2) Set AVR to manual control
3) Remove shunt reactors
4) Ensure voltage regulators are in service
5) Ensure units maintain a reasonable MVAR reserve - ✔✔2
✔✔True or False: Electrically close is defined as: Less than 100 miles @ 230 kV -
✔✔False, less than 50 miles @ 230 kV
✔✔What is Ferranti Effect? - ✔✔Increase in voltage at the end of a long transmission
line, above the voltage at the sending end. Occurs when line is energized, but there is a
very light load, or disconnected
✔✔True or False: What frequencies are used for time corrections? 59.98 & 60.02 Hz
(59.98 corrects fast time error) - ✔✔True
✔✔After a loss of telemetry, the operator must update info how often?
1) 5 minutes
2) 15 minutes
3) 30 minutes
4) 1 hour - ✔✔3
✔✔Contingency reserves must be greater than: - ✔✔Most Severe Single Contingency
(MSSC)
✔✔In addition to DOE, a report for system disturbances must be filed with NERC and
RF within ________ of incidents or disturbances. 24 Hours
1) 1 Hour
2) 6 Hours
3) 24 Hours
