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A Balancing Authority b) An inaccurate load forecast
notices that Operating
Reserve has steadily
declined throughout the
hour. What is the most
likely cause?
a) Loss of a large
generator in the area
b) An inaccurate load
forecast
c) Loss of a major
transmission line
d) A malfunction of EMS
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Balancing Area A notices b) A net under-generation in the Interconnection
that the Interconnection
frequency is 59.94 Hz and
their ACE is 0. Which of
the following could be the
cause of this reading?
a) A net under-generation
in Balancing Area A
b) A net under-generation
in the Interconnection
c) A loss of load in
Balancing Area A
d) A loss of load in the
Interconnection
What is the penalty for a a) Must carry additional Contingency Reserve
Balancing Authority
violating the Disturbance
Control Standard?
a) Must carry additional
Contingency Reserve
b) Must develop a
correction action plan
c) Must re-evaluate and
change its Frequency Bias
Setting
d) Must increase its
Regulating Reserve
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Your ACE is a large c) Suspend AGC and investigate
negative value and system
frequency is 59.80 Hz.
Your AGC system is
pulsing your units down.
What should you do?
a) Place AGC in flat
frequency control
b) Place AGC in flat tie line
control
c) Suspend AGC and
investigate
d) Do nothing as this is
normal
When two identical a) Respond less to frequency deviations
generating units are
operated in parallel on
governor control, and on
machine has a 5% droop
and the other has a 10%
droop, the unit with the
greater (10%) governor
droop will:
a) Respond less to
frequency deviations
b) Respond more to
frequency deviations
c) Respond the same to
frequency deviations
d) Not adjust for
frequency changes
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Terms in this set (34)
A Balancing Authority b) An inaccurate load forecast
notices that Operating
Reserve has steadily
declined throughout the
hour. What is the most
likely cause?
a) Loss of a large
generator in the area
b) An inaccurate load
forecast
c) Loss of a major
transmission line
d) A malfunction of EMS
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,3/17/25, 7:23 PM KNOWN NERC EXAM QUESTIONS: From Class / ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS / NEWE…
Balancing Area A notices b) A net under-generation in the Interconnection
that the Interconnection
frequency is 59.94 Hz and
their ACE is 0. Which of
the following could be the
cause of this reading?
a) A net under-generation
in Balancing Area A
b) A net under-generation
in the Interconnection
c) A loss of load in
Balancing Area A
d) A loss of load in the
Interconnection
What is the penalty for a a) Must carry additional Contingency Reserve
Balancing Authority
violating the Disturbance
Control Standard?
a) Must carry additional
Contingency Reserve
b) Must develop a
correction action plan
c) Must re-evaluate and
change its Frequency Bias
Setting
d) Must increase its
Regulating Reserve
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, 3/17/25, 7:23 PM KNOWN NERC EXAM QUESTIONS: From Class / ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS / NEWE…
Your ACE is a large c) Suspend AGC and investigate
negative value and system
frequency is 59.80 Hz.
Your AGC system is
pulsing your units down.
What should you do?
a) Place AGC in flat
frequency control
b) Place AGC in flat tie line
control
c) Suspend AGC and
investigate
d) Do nothing as this is
normal
When two identical a) Respond less to frequency deviations
generating units are
operated in parallel on
governor control, and on
machine has a 5% droop
and the other has a 10%
droop, the unit with the
greater (10%) governor
droop will:
a) Respond less to
frequency deviations
b) Respond more to
frequency deviations
c) Respond the same to
frequency deviations
d) Not adjust for
frequency changes
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