NERC Prep - Bal, Int, & Trans Exam Questions and Answers

NERC Prep - Bal, Int, & Trans Exam Questions and Answers


b.NERCOperatingCommittee -What groupcanapproveachangeinthe Disturbance
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‘ Recovery Period for an Interconnection? ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




a. NERCInterconnectionWorkingGroup ‘ ‘ ‘




b. NERCOperatingCommittee ‘ ‘




c. NERCRegionalCouncil ‘ ‘




d. NERCDisturbanceAnalysisWorkingGroup ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




c.Checktargetsandequipment -What isthefirstthing anoperatorshoulddoafter a relay
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‘ operation?
a. Checkpowersystemstabilizers ‘ ‘ ‘




b. NotifyadjacentTransmissionandBalancingareas
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c. Checktargetsandequipment ‘ ‘ ‘




d. NotifytheirPSEthatthe transmission pathisoutofservice
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c.TieLines-FortheACEequationtoworkproperly,dynamic schedules,pseudo ties,
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‘ frequency calculations, and all ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ must be metered. ‘ ‘




a. Communications
b. Transformers
c. TieLines ‘




d. Generation


c.EnergyEmergencyAlertLevel I -WhatEnergyAlertLevelwould thefollowing
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‘ example be categorized as? ‘ ‘ ‘




"ABalancingAuthority,ReserveSharingGroup,orLoadServingEntityforesees, or is
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‘ experiencing conditions where all available resources are committed to meet firm load,
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‘ firm transactions, etc, and requests an Energy Emergency Alert."
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, a. EnergyEmergencyAlertLevelIV ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




b. EnergyEmergencyAlertLevelIII ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




c. EnergyEmergencyAlertLevel I ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




d. EnergyEmergencyAlertLevelII ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




b. Implement the appropriate congestion management procedure. - You are a Reliability
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‘ Coordinator in the Eastern Interconnection. A flow gate has become overloaded because
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aparallel345kVlinehas relayed outandpart ofthatloadhas transferred over to the flow
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‘ gate causing an SOL and possible IROL violation. What would you do to relieve this
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‘ violation?
a. NotifyanotherReliabilityCoordinatorand ask themif theyarehavingany
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‘ problem, and what should you do. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




b. Implementtheappropriatecongestionmanagementprocedure. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




c. IssueaTransmission warningtotheTransmission Operatorsthatlostthe345kV line.
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d. Placethelinebackinservicewithin 30 minutes.
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b.AdjacentBalancingAuthorities -Interchangeschedulesmaybeimplemented
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‘ between ‘ .
a. SourceandSinkBalancingAuthorities ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




b. AdjacentBalancingAuthorities ‘ ‘




c. Sending,ReceivingandIntermediateBalancingAuthoritiesinthesameRegion. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




d. BalancingAuthoritiesinthesameInterconnection. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




a. Frequencywillcontinuetodrop,generatorgovernorresponse,decreaseinload. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




- When the frequency of an Interconnection decreases due to the loss of a large
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‘ generator, the ‘ ‘ until the combination of both ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




‘ and ‘ replace the output of the lost generator. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘

, a. Frequencywillcontinuetodrop,generatorgovernorresponse,decreaseinload ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




b. Frequencywillcontinuetodrop,generatorgovernorresponse,voltage ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




‘ regulating transformer response ‘ ‘




c. Voltagewillcontinuetoraise,generatorAVRresponse,voltageregulating
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‘ transformer response ‘




d. Voltagewillcontinuetoraise,generatorAVRresponse,decreaseinload ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




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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‘ ArrangedInterchange,whichofthefollowingwouldtransitiontheArranged
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‘ Interchange to the Confirmed Interchange status? ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




a. Thatallinvolvedreliabilityentitiesdetermined thatthereisnoreliability
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‘ problems with the Arranged Interchange. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




b. TheDepartmentofEnergy(DOE)madeanin-depth studyoftheInterchange
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‘ Agreement and determined that it would have an adverse affect on the ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




‘ Interconnection.
c. Thereareavailableresourcestomeettheload.
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d. Allparties involved realizedthattheywould notlosemoneyfor theircompany with
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‘ this Interchange Agreement.
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b. He violated NERCstandards -Earlyin the afternoon,a systemoperatornotices that
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frequencyhasdroppedto 59.95Hzandhisbalancing area'sACEis0.Inorder to correct
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‘ the under frequency condition, the operator pulses his generators to increase
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‘ generation. Which statement best describes his actions? ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘




a. HefollowedNERCguidelines
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b. Heviolated NERCstandards
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c. Hehelpedthesystem
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d. Hehasnotimpactedthesystem
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