PJM Test Questions with correct answers

PJM Test Questions with correct answers
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Which of the following balancing control modes is used by PJM
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under normal operations? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tie-Line Bias
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Which of the following influences does PJM consider when
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performing their system load forecast? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Weather Conditions & Day of the Week |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




All of the following are limits that must be submitted to PJM for
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generating units EXCEPT: |\ |\




1. Eco Min|\ |\




2. Eco Max|\ |\




3. Emergency Max
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4. Dynamic Instability - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dynamic
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Instability


If PJM experienced an event that caused the loss of a 1,000 MW
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generator, which of the following would most likely provide the
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quickest impact to improve the undegenerating Area Control Area
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(ACE)?
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1. Remedial Action Reserve
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2. Synch Reserve
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3. Non-Synch Reserve
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,4. Secondary Reserve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Synch Reserve
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Your system has experienced an event that caused the frequency
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to drop below 60.00 Hz, what would be the most likely event
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that occurred? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A generator on your
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system tripped offline |\ |\




How does the PJM dispatcher inform the Members of the PJM
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regulation Requirements? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All-Call |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




In order for your generator to quality to supply regulation in the
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PJM Regulation market, it must be able to respond and attain its
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desired output within how many minutes? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔5 minutes |\




Based on a generator capability curve, in order to maximize the
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MVAR output of the generator, it may be necessary to: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔decrease the MW output of the unit|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




PJM maintains a regulation quality standard which states that a
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generator may be certified to provide regulation only after it
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achieves three consecutive regulation test scores of at least -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔75% |\ |\




Which of the following would NOT be a cause for a sudden
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deviation in the balancing area ACE? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




1. incorrect interchange number
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,2. loss of a tie-line RTU
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3. loss of internal load
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4. loss of adjacent control area generation - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔loss of adjacent control area generation
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The primary purpose for the balancing area to have Regulation is
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to correct for: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔small deviations in load
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It is necessary for Generation Owner dispatchers to notify PJM of
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unplanned unit outages: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔as soon as |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


practicable


PJM should be made aware of any fuel shortage that a generator
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may experience. |\ |\




This information assists in analyzing the resources and reliably
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operating the system. A heightened awareness is expected
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during: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔extreme hot or cold conditions
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Generators are required to obtain PJM approval prior to removing
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a generating unit from service.
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The only exception is for: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔injury to
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personnel will be prevented |\ |\ |\

, Prior to removing a self-scheduled generator from service, the
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PJM member must first - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔give PJM the
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option to takeover the unit for the market
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When PJM experiences problems with their primary digital control
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signal, it sometimes becomes necessary for companies with the
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capability, to switch to the back-up signal. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




This backup signal is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Analog
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control


When PJM sends cost signals to generators, to provide direction
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for increasing or decreasing the facility output, this signal that is
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sent is known as: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dispatch Rate
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Under normal operating conditions, what is the limit that will
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provide the lowest output level of a generating unit? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Eco Min |\ |\




When PJM send out a cost signal to generators to adjust their
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output, the generating personnel adjust the output of the unit
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base on the unit's - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔price or cost curve
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incremental


Which eSuite tool is used to maintain individual generator
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regulation data that is submitted by PJM members? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔eMarket |\