NERC Prep - Bal, Int, & Trans Exam Questions and Answers
b. NERC Operating Committee - What group can approve a change
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in the Disturbance Recovery Period for an Interconnection?
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d. NERC Disturbance Analysis Working Group
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c. Check targets and equipment - What is the first thing an operator should do after a
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relay operation?
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b. Notify adjacent Transmission and Balancing areas
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d. Notify their PSE that the transmission path is out of service
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c. Tie Lines - For the ACE equation to work properly, dynamic schedules, pseudo ties,
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frequency calculations, and all
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a. Communications
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d. Generation
c. Energy Emergency Alert Level I - What Energy Alert Level would the following
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example be categorized as?
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"A Balancing Authority, Reserve Sharing Group, or Load Serving Entity foresees, or is
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experiencing conditions where all available resources are committed to meet firm
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load, firm transactions, etc, and requests an Energy Emergency Alert."
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, a. Energy Emergency Alert Level IV L L L L
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c. Energy Emergency Alert Level I L L L L
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b. Implement the appropriate congestion management procedure. - You are a
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Reliability Coordinator in the Eastern Interconnection. A flow gate has become
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overloaded because a parallel 345kV line has relayed out and part of that load has
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transferred over to the flow gate causing an SOL and possible IROL violation. What
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would you do to relieve this violation?
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a. Notify another Reliability Coordinator and ask them if they are having any
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problem, and what should you do.
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b. Implement the appropriate congestion management procedure. L L L L L
c. Issue a Transmission warning to the Transmission Operators that lost the 345kV
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line.
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d. Place the line back in service within 30 minutes.
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b. Adjacent Balancing Authorities - Interchange schedules may be implemented
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between
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a. Source and Sink Balancing Authorities
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c. Sending, Receiving and Intermediate Balancing Authorities in the same Region.
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a. Frequency will continue to drop, generator governor response, decrease in load.
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- When the frequency of an Interconnection decreases due to the loss of a large
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generator, the
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and
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, a. Frequency will continue to drop, generator governor response, decrease in load
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b. Frequency will continue to drop, generator governor response, voltage
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regulating transformer response
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c. Voltage will continue to raise, generator AVR response, voltage regulating
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transformer response
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d. Voltage will continue to raise, generator AVR response, decrease in load
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a. That all involved reliability entities determined that there is no reliability
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problems with the Arranged Interchange. - In developing and setting up an
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Arranged Interchange, which of the following would transition the Arranged
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Interchange to the Confirmed Interchange status?
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a. That all involved reliability entities determined that there is no reliability
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problems with the Arranged Interchange.
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b. The Department of Energy (DOE) made an in-depth study of the Interchange
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Agreement and determined that it would have an adverse affect on the
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Interconnection.
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c. There are available resources to meet the load.
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d. All parties involved realized that they would not lose money for their company
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with this Interchange Agreement.
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b. He violated NERC standards - Early in the afternoon, a system operator notices that
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frequency has dropped to 59.95Hz and his balancing area's ACE is 0. In order to
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correct the under frequency condition, the operator pulses his generators to increase
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generation. Which statement best describes his actions?
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a. He followed NERC guidelines
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b. He violated NERC standards
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c. He helped the system
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d. He has not impacted the system
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b. NERC Operating Committee - What group can approve a change
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in the Disturbance Recovery Period for an Interconnection?
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a. NERC Interconnection Working GroupL L L
b. NERC Operating Committee L L
c. NERC Regional Council L L
d. NERC Disturbance Analysis Working Group
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c. Check targets and equipment - What is the first thing an operator should do after a
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relay operation?
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a. Check power system stabilizersL L L
b. Notify adjacent Transmission and Balancing areas
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c. Check targets and equipment L L L
d. Notify their PSE that the transmission path is out of service
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c. Tie Lines - For the ACE equation to work properly, dynamic schedules, pseudo ties,
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frequency calculations, and all
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a. Communications
b. Transformers
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d. Generation
c. Energy Emergency Alert Level I - What Energy Alert Level would the following
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example be categorized as?
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"A Balancing Authority, Reserve Sharing Group, or Load Serving Entity foresees, or is
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experiencing conditions where all available resources are committed to meet firm
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load, firm transactions, etc, and requests an Energy Emergency Alert."
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, a. Energy Emergency Alert Level IV L L L L
b. Energy Emergency Alert Level III L L L L
c. Energy Emergency Alert Level I L L L L
d. Energy Emergency Alert Level II L L L L
b. Implement the appropriate congestion management procedure. - You are a
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Reliability Coordinator in the Eastern Interconnection. A flow gate has become
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overloaded because a parallel 345kV line has relayed out and part of that load has
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transferred over to the flow gate causing an SOL and possible IROL violation. What
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would you do to relieve this violation?
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a. Notify another Reliability Coordinator and ask them if they are having any
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problem, and what should you do.
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b. Implement the appropriate congestion management procedure. L L L L L
c. Issue a Transmission warning to the Transmission Operators that lost the 345kV
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line.
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d. Place the line back in service within 30 minutes.
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b. Adjacent Balancing Authorities - Interchange schedules may be implemented
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between
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a. Source and Sink Balancing Authorities
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b. Adjacent Balancing Authorities L L
c. Sending, Receiving and Intermediate Balancing Authorities in the same Region.
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d. Balancing Authorities in the same Interconnection. L L L L L
a. Frequency will continue to drop, generator governor response, decrease in load.
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- When the frequency of an Interconnection decreases due to the loss of a large
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generator, the
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and
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, a. Frequency will continue to drop, generator governor response, decrease in load
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b. Frequency will continue to drop, generator governor response, voltage
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regulating transformer response
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c. Voltage will continue to raise, generator AVR response, voltage regulating
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transformer response
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d. Voltage will continue to raise, generator AVR response, decrease in load
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a. That all involved reliability entities determined that there is no reliability
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problems with the Arranged Interchange. - In developing and setting up an
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Arranged Interchange, which of the following would transition the Arranged
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Interchange to the Confirmed Interchange status?
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a. That all involved reliability entities determined that there is no reliability
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problems with the Arranged Interchange.
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b. The Department of Energy (DOE) made an in-depth study of the Interchange
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Agreement and determined that it would have an adverse affect on the
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Interconnection.
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c. There are available resources to meet the load.
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d. All parties involved realized that they would not lose money for their company
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with this Interchange Agreement.
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b. He violated NERC standards - Early in the afternoon, a system operator notices that
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frequency has dropped to 59.95Hz and his balancing area's ACE is 0. In order to
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correct the under frequency condition, the operator pulses his generators to increase
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generation. Which statement best describes his actions?
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a. He followed NERC guidelines
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b. He violated NERC standards
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c. He helped the system
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d. He has not impacted the system
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