The Great Blackout of 2003: What have we learned?

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1. According to the EPRI 2001 survey on cost of outages, the average annual cost of outages is: Required Question

	Less than the customer electric bill
	About equal to the customer electric bill
	Greater than the customer electric bill

2. High long-term power reliability is best achieved with: Required Question

	UPS systems
	Redundant generator system design
	Natural gas

3. Closed transition usually reduces fault current and arc-flash risk Required Question

	True
	False

4. Diesel generators are the best solution for prime/continuous generation: Required Question

	True
	False

5. One of the major risks to providing a reliable standby power engine generator plant is: Required Question

	Losing control of the construction budget
	Losing control of the construction schedule
	Lack of operation and emergency procedure training
	All of the above
	None of the above

6. The major cause of mission critical disruptions is operations and execution errors. Required Question

	True
	False

7. Lack of circuit breaker coordination affect engine plant operations because small downstream circuit breakers trip large distribution breakers upstream. Required Question

	True
	False

8. What impact does protecting switchgear have on future reliability? Required Question

	None the gear is protected by the manufacturer.
	Minimal, gear is industrial rated and the typical switchgear is designed to accommodate storage on construction sites.
	Shock and dirt can cause massive, catastrophic damage.
	It is a specified contractor responsibility and any liability is theirs.

9. Harmonic-rich loads should be picked up by the emergency generator before the motor loads? Required Question

	True
	False

10. Ground fault relays are the area of overcurrent coordination that causes the most problems in a
distribution system? Required Question

	True
	False