NERC EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Uncontrolled loss of 300 MW or firm system load for 15
minutes or more. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Load shedding 100 MW under emergency operational policy. -
CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Voltage Reductions 3% or more - applied system-wide -
CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Public Appeals - Emergency conditions to reduce demand -
CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - System islanding. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Cyber/physical sabotage, terrorism or vandalism that causes
major damage or infrastructure or operations. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Complete operational failure or shutdown of the transmission
and/or distribution system. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Cyber/physical sabotage, terrorism or vandalism that could
cause major damage or infrastructure or operations. - CORRECT ANSWER -6 hours
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Loss of electric service to more than 50,000 customers for 1
hour or more. - CORRECT ANSWER -6 hours
, Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Fuel supply emergency that could affect electric system
adequacy and reliability. - CORRECT ANSWER -6 hours
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Damage or destruction of a facility that results in actions to
avoid a BES emergency. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - BES emergency resulting in a voltage deviation of equal to or
greater than 10% of nominal voltage for over 15 minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -24
hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Damage or destruction of a facility that results from actual or
suspected human action. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Physical threat to its facility (excluding weather) which has the
potential to degrade normal operation. Or a suspicious device or person at facility. - CORRECT
ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Total generation loss of 2000 MW for Eastern and Western
Interconnect or 1400 MW for ERCOT. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business
day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Unplanned evacuation of control room for more than 30
minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Complete loss of monitoring or control capability for more than
30 minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
All available resources are in use. Non-firm tags have been curtailed. what EEA level? -
CORRECT ANSWER -EEA 1
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Uncontrolled loss of 300 MW or firm system load for 15
minutes or more. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Load shedding 100 MW under emergency operational policy. -
CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Voltage Reductions 3% or more - applied system-wide -
CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Public Appeals - Emergency conditions to reduce demand -
CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - System islanding. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Cyber/physical sabotage, terrorism or vandalism that causes
major damage or infrastructure or operations. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Complete operational failure or shutdown of the transmission
and/or distribution system. - CORRECT ANSWER -1 hour
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Cyber/physical sabotage, terrorism or vandalism that could
cause major damage or infrastructure or operations. - CORRECT ANSWER -6 hours
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Loss of electric service to more than 50,000 customers for 1
hour or more. - CORRECT ANSWER -6 hours
, Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Fuel supply emergency that could affect electric system
adequacy and reliability. - CORRECT ANSWER -6 hours
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Damage or destruction of a facility that results in actions to
avoid a BES emergency. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - BES emergency resulting in a voltage deviation of equal to or
greater than 10% of nominal voltage for over 15 minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -24
hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Damage or destruction of a facility that results from actual or
suspected human action. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Physical threat to its facility (excluding weather) which has the
potential to degrade normal operation. Or a suspicious device or person at facility. - CORRECT
ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Total generation loss of 2000 MW for Eastern and Western
Interconnect or 1400 MW for ERCOT. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business
day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Unplanned evacuation of control room for more than 30
minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
Time to report to NERC/DOE? - Complete loss of monitoring or control capability for more than
30 minutes. - CORRECT ANSWER -24 hours/End of business day
All available resources are in use. Non-firm tags have been curtailed. what EEA level? -
CORRECT ANSWER -EEA 1
