NERC RC Exam Questions With Verified Answers

Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to chargers - Answer 8-12 hours Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - Answer 2 hours Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - Answer 2 hours Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long - Answer 2 hours Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration training to field switching personnel - Answer 2 hours Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training to operating personnel responsible for startup - Answer 2 hours BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery period) - Answer 90 minutes How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - Answer 60 minutes/hourly How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - Answer 60 minutes/hourly TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating how often - Answer 60 minutes/hourly Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - Answer 60 minutes/hourly During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert is terminated - Answer 60 minutes/hourly DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - Answer 60 minutes BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond the resource loss - Answer 60 minutes Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the modification - Answer 60 minutes If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - Answer 30 minutes ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - Answer 30 minutes If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status changes from normal operation, GOP must notify TOP within how long of the change (if it does not last longer than this, no reporting necessary) - Answer 30 minutes GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - Answer 30 minutes TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - Answer 30 minutes IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL within this time frame of exceeding) - Answer 30 minutes RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - Answer 30 minutes Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC has how long to notify other BA/TOP's and neighboring RC's - Answer 30 minutes Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is reportable by BA/TOP/RC if it lasts longer than... - Answer 30 minutes Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer than... - Answer 30 minutes Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how many minutes but be reported - Answer 30 minutes Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - Answer 20 minutes When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC - Answer 15 minutes Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance, DCS) - Answer 15 minutes Congestion management requests in Eastern Interconnection from one RC to another must be implemented how quickly - Answer 15 minutes Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after how long - Answer 15 minutes Uncontrollable loss of firm load for how long is reportable (previous years peak demand >3000; >/+300mw - otherwise 200mw) - Answer 15 minutes Transmission & generator data including status, output capability, output, phase angle settings, avr status, etc. should be updated every how many minutes - Answer 10 minutes