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kWantera Entrance Exam
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Preguntas del test (30)
1The 7 operating divisions of General Electric are, GE Power and Water, GE Oil and Gas, GE Energy Management, GE Aviation, GE Healthcare, GE Transportation & GE Capital.
- AVerdadero
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2According to the 2010 Energy Information Administration what was the approximate distribution of consumption between industrial, residential and commercial users?
- A8.9 Tcf industrial, 3.3 Tcf residential and 1Tcf commercial users
- B6 Tcf industrial, 5.2 Tcf residential and 3 Tcf commercial users
- C6.6 Tcf industrial, 4.8 Tcf residential and 3.2 Tcf commercial users
- D7 Tcf industrial, 3 Tcf residential and 3 Tcf commercial users
- ENone of the above
3There are 27 major natural gas distribution hubs in the United States.
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4RMR is the acronym for Running Major-Returns.
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5The ‘3 dimensions’ of Big Data are:
- ASets
- BVolume
- CVolatility
- DVariety
- EVelocity
6What was the average price per kWh in 2005?
- A$1 per kWh
- B25 cents per kWh
- C10 cent per kWh
- D$1.11 per kWh
- ENone of the above
7The following are the 10 ISO/RTOs in North America: 1. PJM, 2. CAISO, 3. NEISO, 4. MISO, 5. NYISO, 6. SPP, 7. NBSO, 8. OIESO, 9. AESO, & 10. ERCOT
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8What is the approximate mix of electricity consumption in the United States?
- A23 percent industrial, 21 percent residential and 18 percent commercial users & 28 percent transportation
- B38 percent industrial, 36 percent residential and 26 percent commercial users & .05 percent transportation
- C30 percent industrial, 29 percent residential and 28 percent commercial users & 13 percent transportation
- D45 percent industrial, 35 percent residential and 15 percent commercial users & 5 percent transportation
- ENone of the above
9Most of the electricity transmission in the United States is via Direct Current.
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10Who is Calvin Knight and what does he do?
- ANational Data Scientist - Predicts Energy Prices within PJM
- BCTO of kWantera - Chief Technology Officer
- CNational Account Manager for kWantera - leads sales person
- DGE Ventures - Board Member
- ENone of the Above
11What was the original name of kWantera?
- AOminiscientek
- BGridkWants
- CMobileFusion
- DDatera
12The acronym OASIS stands for Open Access Same-Time Information System, in which the transmission utilities are required to post the availability of transmission service.
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13What is the acronym/symbol for the number of kilowatts used in an hour is the amount of electricity a customer uses or a power plant generates over a period of time?
- AkH
- BkW
- CkWh
- DkW/Eh
14FTR's are contracts that give market participants an offset, or hedge, against transmission congestion costs in the day-ahead market. They protect the holder the costs of arising from transmission congestion over a specific path of the grid
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15How often do wholesale markets clear?
- AEvery fifteen minutes.
- BEvery hour.
- CEvery day.
- DEvery five days.
- ENone of the above.
16The deliberate withholding of supply is an attempt to manipulate market prices.
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17The average cost to store a Gigabite of data using Hadoop is 35 cents.
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18There are 160 major natural gas trading hubs on Ice in the United States.
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19Hadoop uses Disaggregated File System (DFS).
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20What are the 2 distinct markets for natural gas in the United States?
- AMISO & PJM
- BFutures Market & Options Market
- CCash Market & Forward Market
- DISO & ICE
- ENone of the above.
21The acronym RTAP stands for "Real Time Analytic Processing".
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22The three types of unconventional natural gas include Conventional: Tight sands gas, Coalbed methane gas & Shale gas.
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23The 7 criteria for evaluating the quality of data include Accuracy, Integrity, Completeness, Validity, Consistency, Uniformity & Density.
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24By dollar volume and electricity volume, what is the largest ISO/RTO in the United States?
- ACAISO
- BERCOT
- CMISO
- DPJM
- EFERC
25Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL open-source Distributed Database Management System.
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26Four types of Ancillary Services include, regulation, operating reserves, black start and reactive power.
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27The name kWantera dirives from 'k' - Coulomb's law constant, 'Want', wanting lower energy prices, 'Era', we are now in an era of predicting energy prices with data science.
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28Who was kWantera's first customer?
- AUPMC Hospitals
- BUS Steel
- CAlcoa
- DDuquesne University
- EWestinghouse
29Five types of renewable energy include, wind, biomass, solar, geothermal, biogas.
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30Curtailing, Shifting and On-Site Generation are the three most popular forms of Demand Response in the US.
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Información
- Descripción
- This quiz is an essential component of the On-Boarding Program for kWantera Incorporated.
- Autor
- reginamassack
- Idioma
- English
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