NERC Final Assessment Correct answers | LATEST questions and answers already passed

NERC Final Assessment Correct answers | LATEST questions and answers already passed When using a dynamic schedule and the energy profile in an hour is >250 MW and the actual hourly integration deviates from the hourly energy profile by ____ the tag must be modified. A. 100 MW B. 10% C. 50 MW D. 25% - B. 10% Dry steam plants, flash steam plants, and binary cycle power plants are the three main types of what kind of generating plant? A. Nuclear generators B. Combustion turbine generators C. Geothermal generators D. Hydroelectric generators - C. Geothermal generators Which type of solar technology converts electromagnetic energy in sunlight directly into direct current? A. Concentrating solar thermal B. Solar DC inverter C. Photovoltaic D. Solar batteries - C. Photovoltaic If a reliability coordinator identifies that there is a potential transmission related problem in the area, who should they notify? A. Marketers in the area B. Other reliability coordinators in the interconnection C. All purchasing selling entities D. Generation operators in the area of the potential problem - B. Other reliability coordinators in the interconnection Restoration services on critical telecommunications channels should be available _____. A. 24 hours per day B. Within 12 hours of a telecommunication channel failure C. By the end of the next business day D. Within 72 hours of the contingency occurring - A. 24 hours per day According to NERC, A balancing authority may elect to fulfill its contingency reserve obligations by participating as a member of a _____ A. ISO B. Reserve sharing group C. RTO D. Regional reliability organization - B. Reserve sharing group If you were to experience the northern lights what would be your concern with the operation of the power system? A. System harmonics causing oscillations B. A reduction of MVAR consumption C. Generator output reduction D. Transformer overheating - D. Transformer overheating Your BA has a net scheduled interchange of 650 MW and your actual interchange is 800 MW. The frequency bias setting for your BA is 65 MW/0.1 Hz. There is a disturbance on the system and the actual frequency is 60.02 Hz. What is your ACE? A. -163 MW B. -137 MW C. 137 MW D. 163 MW - D. 163 MW Which of the following complies with the control performance 1 standard? A. CPS = 95% B. CPS = 125% C. CPS = 90% D. CPS = 80% - B. CPS = 125% Generators have the ability to be used as voltage control devices. If a generator raises its VAR output the system operator should expect the system voltage to A. Decrease B. Increase C. Not change D. Collapse - B. Increase if a BA has 500 MW of spinning reserves and of that 300 are regulating reserves, by definition, NERC requires the regulating reserves must be ____? A. Online and AGC responsive B. Able to ramp to full load within 10 minutes C. Able to be online within 10 minutes D. Able to be online within 5 minutes - A. Online and AGC responsive There is a shunt capacitor on your system that has a rating of 50 MVAR @ 138 KV. The voltage at the time of switching the capacitor in service is 124 KV. What would be the expected output of the capacitor? A. 45 MVAR B. 43.5 MVAR C. 50 MVAR D. 40.5 MVAR - D. 40.5 MVAR Which mode of AGC operation is the one that NERC states will be used unless such operation is adverse to the system or interconnection Reliability? A. Constant interchange B. Tie-line Bias C. Constant frequency D. Load-frequency bias - B. Tie-line Bias You have a 600 MW unit that is currently loaded at 300 MW and frequency drops .2 Hz. What will the new output of the generator be as a result of the drop in frequency due to droop characteristic? A. 300 MW B. 340 MW C. 260 MW D. 380 MW - B. 340 MW If a BA is unable to calculate its ACE for more than ____ it shall notify its RC. A. 15 minutes B. 60 minutes C. 30 minutes D. 20 minutes - C. 30 minutes The system frequency is currently 60.03 Hz. The Synchronized generating capacity is 3200 MW. The system load is currently 2200 MW. What is the maximum amount of load block that should be restored? A. 160 MW B. 220 MW C. 110 MW D. 320 MW - A. 160 MW A balancing authority has a bias setting of -150 MW. The frequency falls .05 Hz due to an external disturbance. How many MW would you expect this balancing authority area to provide to the disturbance? A. +150 MW B. +75 MW C. -150 MW D. -75 MW - B. +75 MW When a RC must curtail or hold an interchange transaction to respect transmission service reservation priorities or to mitigate potential or actual SOL violation, the RC shall inform the _____ listed on the interchange transaction tag of the greatest reliable level at which the affected interchange transaction may flow. A. Transmission service provider B. Transmission operator C. Source balancing authority D. Sink balancing authority - D. Sink balancing authority Each generator operator shall provide generator outage information daily for scheduled generator outages planned for the next day. Why is this important? A. So the RC & TOP can do their studies B. So marketing knows how much gas to buy C. So the BA knows how much power to buy D. So the plant can determine staffing requirements - A. So the RC & TOP can do their studies You are a TOP and you have changed relay settings for your UVLS scheme in the northern part of your system. Your neighbor just to the north of you has a major generating facility rated @ 1000 MW and they supply most of the MVAR for the area. They also monitor the MVAR flows on most of the lines in the area due to an NRC requirement regarding MVAR for a nuclear plant. Of the parties listed below, who does not need to be notified of the changes made to the relay settings A. Transmission service providers B. Balancing authorities C. Transmission operators D. Generation operators - A. Transmission service providers Areas of North America with igneous rock formations would be subject to which of the following due to the igneous rock formations? A. Earthquakes B. High customer load C. Impacts of GMD activity D. Earthquake aftershocks - C. Impacts of GMD activity If you use a dynamic schedule that is less than or equal to 250 MW, how much does the average energy profile have to vary by in order to have to submit a new or modified tag? A. 25 MW B. 25% C. 10% D. 10 MW - A. 25 MW The data scan rate for the ACE calculation has to occur at least every ____ A. Four seconds B. 10 seconds C. 15 seconds D. Six seconds - D. Six seconds The MSSC for your BA area is 850 MW. A defined disturbance for DCS reporting would be equal to how many MW's? A. 680 B.