QUIZ: Control Center & Data Exchange - Manual 1 Flashcards
1
Q
- The PJM EMS performs the real-time monitoring, security analysis, and generation control functions for the entire PJM region.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
2
Q
- How many subsystems does the PJM EMS have?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
A
c. Four
3
Q
- What serves as a data archive for operational data in near real-time?
a. Data historian system
b. Data calculating system
c. Security data system
d. EMS data system
A
a. Data historian system
4
Q
- What consists of two markets, a day-ahead market and a real-time balancing market?
a. One-settlement system
b. Two-settlement system
c. Three-settlement system
d. Four-settlement system
A
b. Two-settlement system
5
Q
- What is the software tool that is designed to enable the PJM dispatchers to manage generating unit and transmission constraint information and administer the real-time regulation market?
a. Dispatch management tool (DMT)
b. Operator management tool (OMT)
c. RCIS
d. eTAG
A
a. Dispatch management tool (DMT)
6
Q
- What system maintains transmission and ancillary services information for PJM members?
a. EMS
b. PJM OASIS
c. RCIS
d. NERC OASIS
A
b. PJM OASIS
7
Q
- What is any entity that participates in the agreement and operates and controls load (but without generation or designated transmission facilities) establishes a load service center (LSC) to facilitate its responsibilities for its load in the PJM RTO?
a. Load center
b. Load service center
c. MW service center
d. Local market center
A
b. Load service center
8
Q
- What is a participant in the agreement as a power marketer, wholesale system user, other supplier, or transmission customer establishes a marketing center to facilitate communications with PJM concerning its participation in the PJM energy market called?
a. A service center
b. MW center
c. Marketing center
d. MVAR center
A
c. Marketing center
9
Q
- Who shall provide transmission monitoring at their Local Control Centers including monitoring of circuit loading, voltages, limit violations, and contingency analysis?
a. Transmission owners
b. Transmission operators
c. Reliability coordinators
d. RROs
A
a. Transmission owners
10
Q
- Who shall prepare and implement a backup and archiving plan which minimizes the loss of vital data upon the occurrence of any hardware failure or a catastrophic system loss?
a. PJM members
b. Reliability coordinator
c. NERC
d. MISO
A
a. PJM members
11
Q
- The backup generator shall be tested periodically under load to ensure its availability under loss of power conditions.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
12
Q
- What is PJM responsible for providing to PJM RTO transmission providers and customers?
a. OASIS
b. FTMS
c. eTAG
d. OATI
A
a. OASIS
13
Q
- Transmission customers use the public internet to access PJM OASIS.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
14
Q
- What language does PJM and PJM members use as the language for all communications between them and shall issue directives in a clear, concise, and definitive manner?
a. Spanish
b. English
c. French
d. German
A
b. English
15
Q
- What system is used by PJM operators to contact LCCs, MOCs, and LSCs, either individually or simultaneously for information exchange under both normal and emergency situations?
a. Telephone system
b. All call system
c. Individual call system
d. Cell phone system
A
b. All call system
16
Q
- All operators should use their last name (at a minimum) and company name when answering a phone call and identify themselves using their last name (at a minimum) and company when initiating a phone call.
a. True
b. False
A
a. True
17
Q
- PJM utilizes how many systems for PJM EMS control information as backups for one another?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Five
A
b. Two
