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