NERC RC EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | RELIABILITY

NERC RC EXAM VERIFIED
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
RELIABILITY


Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
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chargers - ANSWERS-8-12 hours
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Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/
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TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ANSWERS-2 hours
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Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWERS-2 hours
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Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
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ANSWERS-2 hours
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Every 2 years TO/TOP/
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DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration training to field switching
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personnel - ANSWERS-2 hours
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Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of tr
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aining to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWERS-2 hours
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BAL-
002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
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period) - ANSWERS-90 minutes
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How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWERS-
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60 minutes/hourly
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How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
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ANSWERS-60 minutes/hourly
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TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updati
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ng how often - ANSWERS-60 minutes/hourly
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Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWERS-60 minutes/hourly
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During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
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alert is terminated - ANSWERS-60 minutes/hourly
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DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWERS-
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60 minutes
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, BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far b
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eyond the resource loss - ANSWERS-60 minutes
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Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
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modification - ANSWERS-60 minutes
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If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWERS-
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30 minutesnb




ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status changes from normal operation
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, GOP must notify TOP within how long of the change (if it does not last longer th
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an this, no reporting necessary) - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - ANSWERS-
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30 minutesnb




TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - ANSWERS-
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30 minutesnb




IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL wit
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hin this time frame of exceeding) - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - ANSWERS-
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TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC has how long to notify other BA/
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TOP's and neighboring RC's - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is reportable by BA/TOP/
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RC if it lasts longer than... - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer t
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han... - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how
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many minutes but be reported - ANSWERS-30 minutes
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Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules -
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ANSWERS-20 minutes
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When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to
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RC - ANSWERS-15 minutes
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Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbanc
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e, DCS) - ANSWERS-15 minutes
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