Title: Smart Grid Self Assessment
Course: 2016FA-MCO-115-401

Please read the questions and possible answers carefully. Provide the best possible answer.

Q: Benefits to the smart grid would include:
- enhanced reliability
- advancements in the use of alternative energies
- better informed consumers
- all of these
A: all of these
If right: Yes! All of these would be examples of the benefits of implementing the smart grid.
If wrong: No. All of these would be examples of benefits from implementing the smart grid.

Q: Implementation of the smart grid system in the United States would cause a drop in American employment.
- True
- False
A: False
If right: That is correct, employment is already on the rise due to smart grid implementation.
If wrong: No, that is not correct. Employment is already on the rise due to smart grid implementation.

Q: Privacy (protection of data about the consumer) and securing the smart grid are the two main concerns that most people have about smart grid implementation.
- True
- False
A: True
If right: Correct.
If wrong: This is true, these are the two main concerns.

Q: Smart appliances can be connected to smart meters and can help you use energy during off-peak hours (when prices can be lower).
- True
- False
A: True
If right: Good.
If wrong: This is true. Using smart appliances in conjunction with a smart meter could help you to use energy more wisely and save money.

Q: Smart grid was developed to provide more reliable electricity.
- True
- False
A: True
If right: Correct!
If wrong: This is true.

Q: Smart meters are digital meters that record electrical usage in real time and enable communication with the smart grid.
- True
- False
A: True
If right: Great!
If wrong: This is true. Smart meters are digital meters that record electrical usage in real time (intervals of an hour or less) and enable communications with the smart grid.

Q: The green button idea is
- the idea that electricity consumers who are well informed can make better usage decisions
- is an appliance that can be connected to a smart meter to help you shift energy usage to lower cost off-peak times
- is a digital meter that communicates with the smart grid
- none of these
A: the idea that electricity consumers who are well informed can make better usage decisions
If right: Great! The green button concept reasons that informed consumers can make better decisions.
If wrong: No, this is not correct. The green button concept reasons that informed consumers can make better decisions.

Q: The smart grid system would minimize the number of power outages and shorten the link of outages because it uses _________________________.
- technology and communication that improve fault detection and allows for self-healing and load balancing.
- the green button idea.
- smart appliance support.
A: technology and communication that improve fault detection and allows for self-healing and load balancing.
If right: Great!
If wrong: The correct answer is: technology and communication that improve fault detection and allows for self-healing and load balancing.