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NERC Reliability Coordinator (RC) Certification
Exam ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWER-2 hours
QUESTION: Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWER-2 hours
Q; Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to chargers
- ANSWER-8-12 hours
QUESTION: Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful - ANSWER-2 hours
QUESTION: Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWER-2 hours
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QUESTION: Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWER-2 hours
QUESTION: BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ANSWER-90 minutes
QUESTION: How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWER-60
minutes/hourly
QUESTION: How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - ANSWER-
60 minutes/hourly
QUESTION: TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ANSWER-60 minutes/hourly
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QUESTION: Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWER-60 minutes/hourly
QUESTION: During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ANSWER-60 minutes/hourly
QUESTION: DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWER-60
minutes
QUESTION: BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ANSWER-60 minutes
QUESTION: Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - ANSWER-60 minutes
QUESTION: If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWER-30 minutes
QUESTION: ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ANSWER-30 minutes
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QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - ANSWER-30
minutes
QUESTION: TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - ANSWER-30 minutes
QUESTION: IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL within
this time frame of exceeding) - ANSWER-30 minutes
QUESTION: RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - ANSWER-30
minutes
QUESTION: 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
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NERC Reliability Coordinator (RC) Certification
Exam ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWER-2 hours
QUESTION: Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWER-2 hours
Q; Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to chargers
- ANSWER-8-12 hours
QUESTION: Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful - ANSWER-2 hours
QUESTION: Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWER-2 hours
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QUESTION: Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWER-2 hours
QUESTION: BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ANSWER-90 minutes
QUESTION: How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWER-60
minutes/hourly
QUESTION: How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - ANSWER-
60 minutes/hourly
QUESTION: TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ANSWER-60 minutes/hourly
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QUESTION: Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWER-60 minutes/hourly
QUESTION: During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ANSWER-60 minutes/hourly
QUESTION: DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWER-60
minutes
QUESTION: BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ANSWER-60 minutes
QUESTION: Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - ANSWER-60 minutes
QUESTION: If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWER-30 minutes
QUESTION: ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ANSWER-30 minutes
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QUESTION: 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
QUESTION: GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - ANSWER-30
minutes
QUESTION: TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - ANSWER-30 minutes
QUESTION: IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL within
this time frame of exceeding) - ANSWER-30 minutes
QUESTION: RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - ANSWER-30
minutes
QUESTION: 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
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