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
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
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
kind of generating plant?
A. Nuclear generators
B. Combustion turbine generators
C. Geothermal generators
D. Hydroelectric generators
C. Geothermal generators
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
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
