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1. What is an IOU?

A company, owned by stockholders for profit, that provides utility services

A company that provides utility services for the government

A government-owned utility company

A company that provides utility services for a profit

Answer

Correct Answer: A company, owned by stockholders for profit, that provides utility services

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2. What does Interruptible Gas mean?

Gas sold to customers with a provision that permits curtailment of service.

Gas that is not renewable.

Gas that can only be used by industry.

Gas that is not flammable.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gas sold to customers with a provision that permits curtailment of service.

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3. What is a specific transmission connection between one utility to another called?

Interconnection

Intricate

Internal

Intertwine

Answer

Correct Answer: Interconnection

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4. What is indexing?

A method of storing data on a computer

Tying the commodity price of oil in a contract to published index prices.

A measure of the changes in the prices of a representative sample of goods and services

Tying the commodity price of gas in a contract to published index prices.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tying the commodity price of gas in a contract to published index prices.

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5. What is an imbalance?

Contract to deliver a certain volume of gas over a period of time

Discrepancy between the amount of gas that a seller contracted to deliver and the actual volumes used or delivered.

A state of being out of control

The act of using or delivering gas

Answer

Correct Answer: Discrepancy between the amount of gas that a seller contracted to deliver and the actual volumes used or delivered.

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6. What drives the turbine generators in a hydroelectric plant?

Falling water

Coal

Nuclear fission

Natural gas

Answer

Correct Answer: Falling water

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7. What is the main purpose of a headstation?

To store petroleum products

Mainline receipt points on the pipeline

To act as a control center for the pipeline

To help regulate flow in the pipeline

Answer

Correct Answer: Mainline receipt points on the pipeline

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8. What does the term "Green Pricing" refer to?

Creating awareness about the importance of renewable energy

Marketing of electricity produced through renewable technologies

Use of recycled materials in products

Offering discounts to customers who use renewable energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Marketing of electricity produced through renewable technologies

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9. What is Green Energy?

Energy produced from fossil fuels.

Energy produced from renewable energy resources.

Energy produced from non-renewable resources.

Energy produced from nuclear sources.

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy produced from renewable energy resources.

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10. What is a gigawatthour?

One million watt-hours

Ten million watt-hours

One hundred million watt-hours

One billion watt-hours.

Answer

Correct Answer: One billion watt-hours.

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11. What is a gigawatt?

One million watts.

One trillion watts.

One billion watts.

One thousand watts.

Answer

Correct Answer: One billion watts.

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12. What is a Gigajoule?

A unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz.

A unit of length equal to 1,000 kilometers.

A unit of energy equaling approximately 1 million Btu or 1 MMBtu.

A unit of area equal to 1,000,000 square meters.

Answer

Correct Answer: A unit of energy equaling approximately 1 million Btu or 1 MMBtu.

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13. What does a fuel cell use to generate electricity?

Diesel

Nuclear fission

Natural gas

Gasoline

Answer

Correct Answer: Natural gas

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14. What does a fossil-fuel plant use as its source of energy?

Solar

Hydro

Coal, petroleum, or gas

Wind

Answer

Correct Answer: Coal, petroleum, or gas

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15. What is a fossil fuel?

Any naturally occurring organic fuel, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas

Any renewable fuel

Any man-made fuel

Any naturally occurring inorganic fuel

Answer

Correct Answer: Any naturally occurring organic fuel, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas

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16. What is the highest quality sales of gas transportation or electric transmission service offered to customers under a filed rate schedule?

Firm Service

Unscheduled Service

Interruptible Service

Secondary Firm Service

Answer

Correct Answer: Firm Service

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17. What is firm gas?

Gas sold on a continuous and generally long-term contract.

Gas which is not flammable.

Gas which has a distinctive odor.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gas sold on a continuous and generally long-term contract.

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18. After expiration, all option contract rights or obligations become _____ ?

Null and void

Unenforceable

Active

Voidable

Answer

Correct Answer: Null and void

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19. What does ESCO stand for?

Environmental Science and Conservation Organisation

Energy Service Company

European Society of Cardiology

Endangered Species Conservation Ordinance

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy Service Company

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20. What does the EPAct do?

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 addresses a wide variety of energy issues.

The EPAct was created in 1992.

The EPAct is a power generator.

The EPAct is a class of power generator.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 addresses a wide variety of energy issues.

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21. What does the Energy Policy Act of 1992 create?

Legislative

Energy

A new class of power generator

Classroom

Answer

Correct Answer: A new class of power generator

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22. What does the EPA stand for?

Educational Policy Agency

Equal Protection Agency

Environmental Pollution Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Answer

Correct Answer: Environmental Protection Agency

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23. What is the primary source that provides the power that is converted to electricity?

Chemicals

Energy Source or Energy Fuel

Mechanical

Other means

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy Source or Energy Fuel

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24. What is an Energy Service Company?

A company that conserves and provides energy resources.

A company that boycots and provides energy-related products and services.

A company that markets and provides energy-related products and services.

A company that manages and provides energy resources.

Answer

Correct Answer: A company that markets and provides energy-related products and services.

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25. What does the energy charge portion of an electric bill depend on?

The electric energy (kWh) consumed or billed.

The number of appliances used.

The time of day the energy is used.

The length of time the energy is used.

Answer

Correct Answer: The electric energy (kWh) consumed or billed.

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26. What does "end-user" most commonly refer to?

Large commercial, industrial, or utility consumers

Small commercial or retail users

The party who physically uses the commodity

Producers of the commodity

Answer

Correct Answer: Large commercial, industrial, or utility consumers

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27. What is the embedded cost?

The past cost of all facilities in the electric or gas supply system.

The future cost of all facilities in the electric or gas supply system.

The historical cost of all facilities in the electric or gas supply system.

The present cost of all facilities in the electric or gas supply system.

Answer

Correct Answer: The historical cost of all facilities in the electric or gas supply system.

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28. When was the Electric Power Research Institute founded?

1974

1972

1973

1971

Answer

Correct Answer: 1972

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29. What does Edison Electric Institute represent?

Electric utilities

Oil and natural gas

Fossil fuels

Renewable energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Electric utilities

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30. What is a distribution line?

A line or system for distributing power from a transmission system to a customer.

It is any line operating at less than 69,000 volts.

It is any line operating at more than 69,000 volts.

A line or system for transmitting power from a distribution system to a customer.

Answer

Correct Answer: A line or system for distributing power from a transmission system to a customer.

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31. What is the maximum voltage for a distribution line?

34,000 volts

42,000 volts

69,000 volts

23,000 volts

Answer

Correct Answer: 69,000 volts

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32. What is the delivery of electricity to the retail customer's home or business called?

Generation

Transmission

Distribution

Consumption

Answer

Correct Answer: Distribution

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33. What is the other name for small-scale power generation?

Decentralized Generation

Centralized Generation

Distributed Generation

Community Generation

Answer

Correct Answer: Distributed Generation

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34. What does Disco stand for?

Digital Content

Department of Corrections

Dance club

Distribution company

Answer

Correct Answer: Distribution company

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35. What does a Disco electric utility company own?

Transmission

Storage

Generation

Distribution

Answer

Correct Answer: Distribution

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36. What is deregulation?

The process of making it illegal for companies to operate without regulation.

The process of merging two or more companies to create a monopoly.

The process of putting restrictive regulations on companies to prevent competition from entering the market.

The process of removing restrictive regulations on previously regulated companies and allowing for competition to enter the market.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of removing restrictive regulations on previously regulated companies and allowing for competition to enter the market.

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37. What is Demand-Side Management?

The process of managing the production of energy

The process of managing the trading of energy

The process of managing the consumption of energy

The process of managing the distribution of energy

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of managing the consumption of energy

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38. What is the Demand Charge?

The amount customers are billed for each unit of gas or power they use.

A set monthly fee, paid only when customers use gas or power.

A set monthly fee for gas or power whether it is used or not.

The portion of a gas or electric charge that reflects a customer’s contract requirements.

Answer

Correct Answer: The portion of a gas or electric charge that reflects a customer’s contract requirements.

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39. Where does natural gas exit one system and enter another?

Delivery Point

Burning Point

Inlet Point

Exit Point

Answer

Correct Answer: Delivery Point

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40. What is the delivery month?

The specific month in which delivery of the actual commodity takes place.

The specific year in which delivery of the actual commodity takes place.

The specific day of the week in which delivery of the actual commodity takes place.

The specific season in which delivery of the actual commodity takes place.

Answer

Correct Answer: The specific month in which delivery of the actual commodity takes place.

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41. How many BTUs are in one Dekatherm?

10 million

2 million

1 million

100 million

Answer

Correct Answer: 1 million

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42. What is a degree day?

A day in which the temperature is exactly at a certain degree

A day in which the temperature is above or below a certain degree

A day on which someone receives a degree

A measure of temperature variation from standard, used primarily in connection with heating and cooling loads.

Answer

Correct Answer: A measure of temperature variation from standard, used primarily in connection with heating and cooling loads.

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43. What is Customer Choice a synonym for?

Regulation or manipulation

Deregulation or restructuring

Autonomy or control

Empowerment or disempowerment

Answer

Correct Answer: Deregulation or restructuring

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44. What does the term "Curtailment" mean?

The act of cutting off

A type of fabric

Reduction in scheduled capacity or energy delivery as a result of transmission constraints.

An abbreviation

Answer

Correct Answer: Reduction in scheduled capacity or energy delivery as a result of transmission constraints.

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45. Current Delivery Month is also called what?

The present month

The month closest to delivery

The futures contract

The spot month

Answer

Correct Answer: The spot month

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46. What is the unit used to measure the strength of an electric current?

Amperes

Volts

Watts

Ohms

Answer

Correct Answer: Amperes

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47. What is the standard temperature that a cubic foot of gas is measured at?

0 degrees Celsius

32 degrees Fahrenheit

68 degrees Celsius

60 degrees Fahrenheit

Answer

Correct Answer: 60 degrees Fahrenheit

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48. What is a Cooperative Electric Utility?

An electric utility that is owned by a cooperative.

A utility that provides electric service to cooperatives.

A utility that is operated by a cooperative.

An electric utility that is owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its service.

Answer

Correct Answer: An electric utility that is owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its service.

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49. What is a convergence merger?

A merger of companies with complementary products

A merger of two companies with the same type of product

A merger of companies with different types of products, such as electric and natural gas services.

A merger of companies from different industries

Answer

Correct Answer: A merger of companies with different types of products, such as electric and natural gas services.

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50. What is the near-month futures contract?

A contract in which the delivery of the underlying asset will take place at the middle of the month

A contract in which the delivery of the underlying asset will take place at the beginning of the month

A contract in which the delivery of the underlying asset will take place at the end of the month

Answer

Correct Answer: A contract in which the delivery of the underlying asset will take place at the end of the month

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51. What does "Contract Path" refer to?

The distance between two points on a map

A set period of time in which a contract is valid

A Point of Receipt to Point of Delivery route for which capacity rights and contract prices have been established.

The legal process of creating a contract

Answer

Correct Answer: A Point of Receipt to Point of Delivery route for which capacity rights and contract prices have been established.

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52. Contract demand is a minimum or maximum amount?

There is no such thing as contract demand

Maximum amount

Contract demands are always met

Minimum amount

Answer

Correct Answer: Maximum amount

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53. What is the meaning of "Contango Market"?

Prices are equal in succeeding delivery months and in the nearest delivery month.

Prices are progressively higher in succeeding delivery months than in the nearest delivery month.

Prices are progressively lower in succeeding delivery months than in the nearest delivery month.

There is no relationship between prices in succeeding delivery months and in the nearest delivery month.

Answer

Correct Answer: Prices are progressively higher in succeeding delivery months than in the nearest delivery month.

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54. What is Compressed Natural Gas used for?

In vehicles only

For domestic use only

In pipelines only

In vehicles and in other applications not attached to a pipeline

Answer

Correct Answer: In vehicles and in other applications not attached to a pipeline

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55. Which of the following is not a function of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission?

Standards and practices

Oversight of commodity futures trading activities

Dispute resolution

Approving new commodity futures contracts

Answer

Correct Answer: Oversight of commodity futures trading activities

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56. What is the commodity charge based upon?

The amount of manpower needed to transport it

The amount of time spent using or transporting it

The amount of effort used in transporting it

The volume actually used or transported

Answer

Correct Answer: The volume actually used or transported

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57. What is the CFTC?

Credit Futures Trading Commission

Commonwealth Futures Trading Commission

Central Financial Transaction Commission

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Answer

Correct Answer: Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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58. What does the Commitment of Traders Report detail?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average

The price of crude oil

The exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen

The volume of long and short positions

Answer

Correct Answer: The volume of long and short positions

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59. What are commercial and trade accounts?

Hedgers who buy or sell contracts to minimize risk

Consumers who buy future contracts for goods

Investors who speculate on the price movement of a commodity

Companies like El Paso or Enron.

Answer

Correct Answer: Companies like El Paso or Enron.

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60. What is the process of coal gasification?

The process of converting coal into gas.

The process of converting coal into electricity.

The process of converting water into steam.

The process of converting natural gas into coal.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of converting coal into gas.

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61. How is methane generated during coal formation?

It is a byproduct of burning coal

It is contained in the coal microstructure

It comes from natural gas deposits

It is a product of mining coal

Answer

Correct Answer: It is contained in the coal microstructure

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62. What is co-firing?

The process of burning natural gas in conjunction with another fuel to reduce air pollutants.

The process of burning natural gas to produce electricity.

The process of burning natural gas in conjunction with coal to reduce air pollutants.

The process of burning coal in conjunction with another fuel to reduce air pollutants.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of burning natural gas in conjunction with another fuel to reduce air pollutants.

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63. What is the purpose of odorizing natural gas?

To make it more flammable

So that leaks can be detected

To make it less flammable

To make it more volatile

Answer

Correct Answer: So that leaks can be detected

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64. What is a circuit?

The process of making electrical contact

A set of electronic components that are connected together by conductors

A measure of the power of an electric current

A conductor or a system of conductors through which electric current flows.

Answer

Correct Answer: A conductor or a system of conductors through which electric current flows.

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65. What is the procedure that allows end users to resolve monthly or daily differences between actual nominations and actual usage called?

Billing

Useage

Pay in

Cash out

Answer

Correct Answer: Cash out

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66. What is the market for a cash commodity where the actual physical product is traded?

Cash Market

Futures Market

Commodity Market

Stock Market

Answer

Correct Answer: Cash Market

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67. What is the assignment or release of firm gas transportation rights to another party called?

Rate Schedule Change

Unused Capacity Refund

Capacity Release

Annual Charge

Answer

Correct Answer: Capacity Release

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68. What is the capacity charge?

A type of energy

The energy charge

An element in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions

A unit of measurement

Answer

Correct Answer: An element in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions

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69. What is the capacity assignment?

The assignment of a specific right to firm transportation service on an interstate natural gas pipeline.

The regulation of interstate natural gas pipelines by the government.

The selling of natural gas transportation rights on an interstate pipeline.

The unloading of natural gas from an interstate pipeline

Answer

Correct Answer: The assignment of a specific right to firm transportation service on an interstate natural gas pipeline.

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70. What is the unit of measurement for capacity?

Gal

KWh

Ft3

Btu/h

Answer

Correct Answer: KWh

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71. How many days are in a calendar month?

Answer

Correct Answer: 31

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72. What does bypassing a utility company allow a retail customer to do?

Get power or natural gas from the utility company

Eliminate utility charges for distribution

Get power or natural gas from a wholesale supplier or transporter

Have to pay a higher rate for power or natural gas

Answer

Correct Answer: Eliminate utility charges for distribution

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73. What does a buyer's market indicate?

There is an abundance of goods available

There is a shortage of goods available

There is a perfect amount of goods available

Buyers are not able to be selective

Answer

Correct Answer: There is an abundance of goods available

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74. What does it mean to take a long futures position?

To sell a contract to buy an asset at a fixed price at a future date

To buy a contract to buy an asset at a fixed price at a future date

To buy a contract to sell an asset at a fixed price at a future date

To sell a contract to sell an asset at a fixed price at a future date

Answer

Correct Answer: To buy a contract to buy an asset at a fixed price at a future date

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75. What is the Burner Tip?

The point at which natural gas is used as a fuel.

The point at which oil is used as a fuel.

The point at which coal is used as a fuel.

The point at which nuclear energy is used as a fuel.

Answer

Correct Answer: The point at which natural gas is used as a fuel.

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76. What is a Bull Market?

Market in which prices are rising.

Market in which prices are stable.

Market in which prices are falling.

Market in which there is little activity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Market in which prices are rising.

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77. What is the definition of a "Bull"?

One who is short-tempered

One who is optimistic

One who expects a rise in prices

One who is argumentative

Answer

Correct Answer: One who expects a rise in prices

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78. What is the term for all electric generating plants, transmission lines and equipment?

Bulk Power System

Electric Power System

Transmission System

Generating System

Answer

Correct Answer: Bulk Power System

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79. What is the partial reduction of electrical voltage called when customer demand is higher than anticipated?

Blackout

Greyout

Brownout

Answer

Correct Answer: Brownout

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80. A retail agent who buys and sells natural gas and/or power but takes title to the commodity in the transaction is known as?

Agent

Commodities Trader

Power Trader

Broker

Answer

Correct Answer: Broker

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81. What is a boiler used for?

To power a car

Creating art

Generating steam for power, processing, or heating purposes

For math equations

Answer

Correct Answer: Generating steam for power, processing, or heating purposes

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82. What is a blackout?

A film starring Demi Moore

A type of fabric

A book by Ralph Ellison

Emergency loss of electricity through the failure of generation, transmission or distribution systems

Answer

Correct Answer: Emergency loss of electricity through the failure of generation, transmission or distribution systems

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83. A bilateral agreement is a contract that is limited to two parties that...?

Are enemies

Live in the same country

Are in the same business

Trade with each other

Answer

Correct Answer: Trade with each other

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84. What is a bilateral agreement?

A trade agreement between three or more countries

A contract that is limited exclusively to two parties that trade with each other

A contract between two companies

A contract between two individuals

Answer

Correct Answer: A contract that is limited exclusively to two parties that trade with each other

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85. What is a Bear Market?

Market in which prices are stable.

Market in which prices are declining.

Market in which there is a high demand for bears.

Market in which prices are increasing.

Answer

Correct Answer: Market in which prices are declining.

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86. What is the definition of a "bear"?

One who expects prices to remain the same.

One who is pessimistic about the future of the stock market.

One who expects prices to decline.

One who is optimistic about the future of the stock market.

Answer

Correct Answer: One who expects prices to decline.

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87. What does BCF stand for?

British Columbia Federation

1 billion cubic feet

Billion cubic feet

British Columbia Film

Answer

Correct Answer: 1 billion cubic feet

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88. What is the base load?

The maximum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time at an unsteady rate.

The maximum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time at a steady rate.

The minimum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time at an unsteady rate.

The minimum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time at a steady rate.

Answer

Correct Answer: The minimum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time at a steady rate.

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89. What is the base load plant?

A plant which runs continuously

A plant which produces electricity at an essentially constant rate and runs continuously

A plant which is operated to take all or part of the maximum load of a system

A plant which is normally operated to take all or part of the minimum load of a system

Answer

Correct Answer: A plant which is normally operated to take all or part of the minimum load of a system

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90. What is the base load capacity?

Electric generating equipment normally operated to serve loads on an around-the-clock basis.

The minimum amount of electric power delivered or required over a given period of time.

Both of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Electric generating equipment normally operated to serve loads on an around-the-clock basis.

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91. What is cushion gas?

The process of storing natural gas in a salt cavern

The maximum amount of natural gas that can be dissolved in water

Base gas required in a storage field to maintain sufficient pressure to keep the working gas recoverable.

The amount of natural gas required to heat one cubic foot of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit

Answer

Correct Answer: Base gas required in a storage field to maintain sufficient pressure to keep the working gas recoverable.

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92. What is another name for "Base Gas"?

Cushion Gas

Compressed Gas

Unrecoverable Gas

Holding Gas

Answer

Correct Answer: Cushion Gas

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93. In a state of backwardation, what happens to futures prices in the future months of delivery?

They are gradually increased

They remain the same

They are gradually lowered

They are volatile

Answer

Correct Answer: They are gradually lowered

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94. What is the meaning of "back month" in futures trading?

The most distant delivery month for a given commodity

The contract month before the front month

A month in which trading is slow

All contract months for futures contracts after the contract currently trading

Answer

Correct Answer: All contract months for futures contracts after the contract currently trading

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95. What is the definition of avoided cost?

The cost of a good or service

The cost of production

The amount of money that a company makes in a year

The cost a utility is sparred from

Incurring.

Answer

Correct Answer: Incurring.

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96. What does ATC stand for?

Available Transfer Capability

Amplified Transfer Capacity

Amplitude Transmission Capacity

Actual Transmission Capacity

Answer

Correct Answer: Available Transfer Capability

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97. What is the unit of measure for ATC?

British Thermal Units

Cubic Feet

Kilowatts

Megawatts

Answer

Correct Answer: Megawatts

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98. What is the definition of an Available But Not Needed Capability?

The capability of a unit to be disconnected from the power grid and reconnected within 30 minutes.

Being able to produce a product or service at a lower cost than the competition.

The ability to generate more electricity than what is currently being used.

Net capability of generating units that are operable, but not considered necessary to carry load.

Answer

Correct Answer: Net capability of generating units that are operable, but not considered necessary to carry load.

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99. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuse is located in:

Greenland

Antarctica

Alaska

Russia

Answer

Correct Answer: Alaska

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100. What is an aquifer?

A type of rock

A body of water

A machine that pumps water from a well

A water bearing permeable rock formation that is capable of storing natural gas.

Answer

Correct Answer: A water bearing permeable rock formation that is capable of storing natural gas.

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101. What is the unit of measurement of electrical current produced in a circuit by 1 volt acting through a resistance of 1 ohm?

Ohm (Ω)

Ampere (amp)

Watt (W)

Volt (V)

Answer

Correct Answer: Ampere (amp)

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102. What does APPA stand for?

Association of Publicly-owned Power Authorities

American Power Plant Association

American Public Power Association

American Publicly-owned Power Association

Answer

Correct Answer: American Public Power Association

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103. What is the full form of "ARDDs"?

Arbitrary Receipt and Delivery Points

Alternate Random Delivery Points

Average Random Designated Delivery

Alternate Receipt and Delivery Points

Answer

Correct Answer: Alternate Receipt and Delivery Points

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104. What is an aggregator?

A device that measures the amount of electricity used by a home or business

An entity responsible for planning, scheduling, accounting, billing, and settlement for energy deliveries

A company that provides electricity through a power grid

A company that generates electricity at a power plant

Answer

Correct Answer: An entity responsible for planning, scheduling, accounting, billing, and settlement for energy deliveries

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105. What is a shipper who purchases released capacity rights from a releasing shipper called?

Acquiring Shipper

Shipper

Releasing Shipper

Capacity

Answer

Correct Answer: Acquiring Shipper

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