Quiznetik
Control Systems | Set 1
1. In an open loop control system
A. output is independent of control input
B. output is dependent on control input
C. only system parameters have effect on the control output
D. none of the above
Correct : A. output is independent of control input
2. For open control system which of the following statements is incorrect ?
A. less expensive
B. recalibration is not required for maintaining the required quality of the output
C. construction is simple and maintenance easy
D. errors are caused by disturbances
Correct : B. recalibration is not required for maintaining the required quality of the output
3. A control system in which the control action is somehow dependent on the output is known as
A. closed loop system
B. semiclosed loop system
C. open system
D. none of the above
Correct : A. closed loop system
4. In closed loop control system, with positive value of feedback gain the overall gain of the system will
A. decrease
B. increase
C. be unaffected
D. any of the above
Correct : A. decrease
5. Which of the following is an open loop control system ?
A. field controlled d.c. motor
B. ward leonard control
C. metadyne
D. stroboscope
Correct : A. field controlled d.c. motor
6. Which of the following statements is not necessarily correct for open control system ?
A. input command is the sole factor responsible for providing the control action
B. presence of non-linearities causes malfunctioning
C. less expensive
D. generally free from problems of non-linearities
Correct : B. presence of non-linearities causes malfunctioning
7. In open loop system
A. the control action depends on the size of the system
B. the control action depends on system variables
C. the control action depends on the input signal
D. the control action is independent of the output
Correct : D. the control action is independent of the output
8. has tendency to oscillate.
A. open loop system
B. closed loop system
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
Correct : B. closed loop system
9. A good control system has all the following features except
A. good stability
B. slow response
C. good accuracy
D. sufficient power handling capacity
Correct : B. slow response
10. A car is raining at a constant speed of 50 km/h, which of the following is the feedback element for the driver ?
A. clutch
B. eyes
C. needle of the speedometer
D. steering wheel
Correct : C. needle of the speedometer
11. The initial response when tne output is not equal to input is called
A. transient response
B. error response
C. dynamic response
D. either of the above
Correct : A. transient response
12. A control system working under unknown random actions is called
A. computer control system
B. digital data system
C. stochastic control system
D. adaptive control system
Correct : C. stochastic control system
13. An automatic toaster is a ______ loop control system.
A. open
B. closed
C. partially closed
D. any of the above
Correct : A. open
14. Any externally introduced signal affecting the controlled output is called a
A. feedback
B. stimulus
C. signal
D. gain control
Correct : B. stimulus
15. A closed loop system is distinguished from open loop system by which of the following ?
A. servomechanism
B. feedback
C. output pattern
D. input pattern
Correct : B. feedback
16. is a part of the human temperature control system.
A. digestive system
B. perspiration system
C. ear
D. leg movement
Correct : B. perspiration system
17. By which of the following the control action is determined when a man walks along a path ?
A. brain
B. hands
C. legs
D. eyes
Correct : D. eyes
18. Which of the following devices are commonly used as error detectors in instruments ?
A. vernistats
B. microsyns
C. resolvers
D. any of the above
Correct : D. any of the above
19. Which of the following should be done to make an unstable system stable ?
A. the gain of the system should be decreased
B. the gain of the system should be increased
C. the number of poles to the loop transfer function should be increased
D. the number of zeros to the loop transfer function should be increased
Correct : B. the gain of the system should be increased
20. increases the steady state accuracy.
A. integrator
B. differentiator
C. phase lead compensator
D. phase lag compensator
Correct : A. integrator
21. A.C. servomotor resembles
A. two phase induction motor
B. three phase induction motor
C. direct current series motor
D. universal motor
Correct : A. two phase induction motor
22. As a result of introduction of negative feedback which of the following will not decrease ?
A. band width
B. overall gain
C. distortion
D. instability
Correct : A. band width
23. Regenerative feedback implies feedback with
A. oscillations
B. step input
C. negative sign
D. positive sign
Correct : D. positive sign
24. is an open loop control system.
A. ward leonard control
B. field controlled d.c. motor
C. stroboscope
D. metadyne
Correct : B. field controlled d.c. motor
25. A control system with excessive noise, is likely to suffer from
A. saturation in amplifying stages
B. loss of gain
C. vibrations
D. oscillations
Correct : A. saturation in amplifying stages
26. Zero initial condition for a system means
A. input reference signal is zero
B. zero stored energy
C. ne initial movement of moving parts
D. system is at rest and no energy is stored in any of its components
Correct : D. system is at rest and no energy is stored in any of its components
27. Transfer function of a system is used to calculate which of the following ?
A. the order of the system
B. the time constant
C. the output for any given input
D. the steady state gain
Correct : C. the output for any given input
28. The band width, in a feedback amplifier.
A. remains unaffected
B. decreases by the same amount as the gain increase
C. increases by the sane saaaajajt as the gain decrease
D. decreases by the same amount as the gain decrease
Correct : C. increases by the sane saaaajajt as the gain decrease
29. load disturbances depend ?
A. frequency
B. loop gain
C. forward gain
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
30. The transient response, with feedback system,
A. rises slowly
B. rises quickly
C. decays slowly
D. decays quickly
Correct : D. decays quickly
31. The second derivative input signals modify which of the following ?
A. the time constant of the system
B. damping of the system
C. the gain of the system
D. the time constant and suppress the oscillations
Correct : D. the time constant and suppress the oscillations
32. Which of the following statements is correct for a system with gain margin close to unity or a phase margin close to zero ?
A. the system is relatively stable
B. the system is highly stable
C. the system is highly oscillatory
D. none of the above
Correct : C. the system is highly oscillatory
33. Due to which of the following reasons excessive bond width in control systems should be avoided ?
A. it leads to slow speed of response
B. it leads to low relative stability
C. noise is proportional to band width
D. none of the above
Correct : C. noise is proportional to band width
34. In a stable control system backlash can cause which of the following ?
A. underdamping
B. overdamping
C. poor stability at reduced values of open loop gain
D. low-level oscillations
Correct : D. low-level oscillations
35. In an automatic control system which of the following elements is not used ?
A. error detector
B. final control element
C. sensor
D. oscillator
Correct : D. oscillator
36. In a control system the output of the controller is given to
A. final control element
B. amplifier
C. comparator
D. sensor
Correct : A. final control element
37. A controller, essentially, is a
A. sensor
B. clipper
C. comparator
D. amplifier
Correct : C. comparator
38. The capacitance, in force-current analogy, is analogous to
A. momentum
B. velocity
C. displacement
D. mass
Correct : D. mass
39. The temperature, under thermal and electrical system analogy, is considered analogous to
A. voltage
B. current
C. capacitance
D. charge
Correct : A. voltage
40. In electrical-pneumatic system analogy the current is considered analogous to
A. velocity
B. pressure
C. air flow
D. air flow rate
Correct : D. air flow rate
41. In liquid level and electrical system analogy, voltage is considered analogous to
A. head
B. liquid flow
C. liquid flow rate
D. none of the above
Correct : A. head
42. The viscous friction co-efficient, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to
A. charge
B. resistance
C. reciprocal of inductance
D. reciprocal of conductance
Correct : B. resistance
43. In force-voltage analogy, velocity is analogous to
A. current
B. charge
C. inductance
D. capacitance
Correct : A. current
44. In thermal-electrical analogy charge is considered analogous to
A. heat flow
B. reciprocal of heat flow
C. reciprocal of temperature
D. temperature
Correct : D. temperature
45. Mass, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to
A. charge
B. current
C. inductance
D. resistance
Correct : C. inductance
46. The transient response of a system is mainly due to
A. inertia forces
B. internal forces
C. stored energy
D. friction
Correct : C. stored energy
47. signal will become zero when the feedback signal and reference signs are equal.
A. input
B. actuating
C. feedback
D. reference
Correct : B. actuating
48. as
A. disturbance
B. command
C. control element
D. reference input
Correct : A. disturbance
49. The transfer function is applicable to which of the following ?
A. linear and time-in variant systems
B. linear and time-variant systems
C. linear systems
D. non-linear systems
Correct : A. linear and time-in variant systems
50. From which of the following transfer function can be obtained ?
A. signal flow graph
B. analogous table
C. output-input ratio
D. standard block system
Correct : A. signal flow graph
51. is the reference input minus the primary feedback.
A. manipulated variable
B. zero sequence
C. actuating signal
D. primary feedback
Correct : C. actuating signal
52. With feedback _____ increases.
A. system stability
B. sensitivity
C. gain
D. effects of disturbing signals
Correct : A. system stability
53. By which of the following the system response can be tested better ?
A. ramp input signal
B. sinusoidal input signal
C. unit impulse input signal
D. exponentially decaying signal
Correct : C. unit impulse input signal
54. In a system low friction co-efficient facilitates
A. reduced velocity lag error
B. increased velocity lag error
C. increased speed of response
D. reduced time constant of the system
Correct : A. reduced velocity lag error
55. Spring constant in force-voltage analogy is analogous to
A. capacitance
B. reciprocal of capacitance
C. current
D. resistance
Correct : B. reciprocal of capacitance
56. The frequency and time domain are related through which of the following?
A. laplace transform and fourier integral
B. laplace transform
C. fourier integral
D. either (b) or (c)
Correct : A. laplace transform and fourier integral
57. An increase in gain, in most systems, leads to
A. smaller damping ratio
B. larger damping ratio
C. constant damping ratio
D. none of the above
Correct : A. smaller damping ratio
58. specified ________ input signal.
A. acceleration
B. velocity
C. position
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
59. A conditionally stable system exhibits poor stability at
A. low frequencies
B. reduced values of open loop gain
C. increased values of open loop gain
D. none of the above
Correct : B. reduced values of open loop gain
60. The type 0 system has ______ at the origin.
A. no pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
Correct : A. no pole
61. The type 1 system has ______ at the origin.
A. no pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
Correct : C. simple pole
62. The type 2 system has ______ at the origin.
A. no net pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
Correct : D. two poles
63. The position and velocity errors of a type-2 system are
A. constant, constant
B. constant, infinity
C. zero, constant
D. zero, zero
Correct : C. zero, constant
64. Velocity error constant of a system is measured when the input to the system is unit _______ function.
A. parabolic
B. ramp
C. impulse
D. step
Correct : B. ramp
65. In case of type-1 system steady state acceleration is
A. unity
B. infinity
C. zero
D. 10
Correct : B. infinity
66. If a step function is applied to the input of a system and the output remains below a certain level for all the time, the system is
A. not necessarily stable
B. stable
C. unstable
D. always unstable
Correct : A. not necessarily stable
67. Which of the following is the best method for determining the stability and transient response ?
A. root locus
B. bode plot
C. nyquist plot
D. none of the above
Correct : A. root locus
68. Phase margin of a system is used to specify which of the following ?
A. frequency response
B. absolute stability
C. relative stability
D. time response
Correct : C. relative stability
69. Addition of zeros in transfer function causes which of the following ?
A. lead-compensation
B. lag-compensation
C. lead-lag compensation
D. none of the above
Correct : B. lag-compensation
70. technique is not applicable to nonlinear system ?
A. nyquist criterion
B. quasi linearization
C. functional analysis
D. phase-plane representation
Correct : A. nyquist criterion
71. In order to increase the damping of a badly underdamped system which of following compensators may be used ?
A. phase-lead
B. phase-lag
C. both (a) and (b)
D. either (a) and (b)
Correct : A. phase-lead
72. The phase lag produced by transportation relays
A. is independent of frequency
B. is inverseh’proportional to frequency
C. increases linearly with frequency
D. decreases linearly with frequency
Correct : C. increases linearly with frequency
73. Which of the following can be measured by the use of a tachogenerator ?
A. acceleration
B. speed
C. speed and acceleration
D. displacement
Correct : B. speed
74. is not a final control element.
A. control valve
B. potentiometer
C. electropneumatic converter
D. servomotor
Correct : B. potentiometer
75. Which of the following is the definition of proportional band of a controller ?
A. the range of air output as measured variable varies from maximum to minimum
B. the range of measured variables from set value
C. the range of measured variables through which the air output changes from maximum to minimum
D. any of the above
Correct : C. the range of measured variables through which the air output changes from maximum to minimum
76. In pneumatic control systems the control valve used as final control element converts
A. pressure signal to electric signal
B. pressure signal to position change
C. electric signal to pressure signal
D. position change to pressure signal
Correct : B. pressure signal to position change
77. Pressure error can be measured by which of the following ?
A. differential bellows and straingauge
B. selsyn
C. strain gauge
D. strain gauge and potentiometer
Correct : A. differential bellows and straingauge
78. Which of the following devices is used for conversion of co-ordinates ?
A. microsyn
B. selsyn
C. synchro-resolver
D. synchro-transformer
Correct : C. synchro-resolver
79. The effect of error damping is to
A. provide larger settling lime
B. delay the response
C. reduce steady state error
D. any of the above
Correct : C. reduce steady state error
80. technique gives quick transient and stability response
A. root locus
B. bode
C. nyquist
D. nichols
Correct : A. root locus
81. A phase lag lead network introduces in the output
A. lag at all frequencies
B. lag at high frequencies and lead at low frequencies
C. lag at low frequencies and lead at high frequencies
D. none of the above
Correct : C. lag at low frequencies and lead at high frequencies
82. Which of the following is the non-linearity caused by servomotor ?
A. static friction
B. backlash
C. saturation
D. none of the above
Correct : C. saturation
83. can be extended to systems which are time-varying ?
A. bode-nyquist stability methods
B. transfer functions
C. root locus design
D. state model representatives
Correct : D. state model representatives
84. When the initial conditions of a system are specified to be zero it implies that the system is
A. at rest without any energy stored in it
B. working normally with reference input
C. working normally with zero reference input
D. at rest but stores energy
Correct : D. at rest but stores energy
85. Which of the following is an electromagnetically device ?
A. induction relay
B. thermocouple
C. lvdt
D. any of the above
Correct : C. lvdt
86. A differentiator is usually not a part of a control system because it
A. reduces damping
B. reduces the gain margin
C. increases input noise
D. increases error
Correct : C. increases input noise
87. If the gain of the critical damped system is increased it will behave as
A. oscillatory
B. critically damped
C. overdamped
D. underdamped
Correct : D. underdamped
88. In a control system integral error compensation _______ steady state error
A. increases
B. minimizes
C. does not have any effect on
D. any of the above
Correct : B. minimizes
89. An amplidyne can give which of the following characteristics ?
A. constant current
B. constant voltage
C. constant current as well as constant voltage
D. constant current, constant voltage and constant power
Correct : D. constant current, constant voltage and constant power
90. Which of the following can be measured by LVDT?
A. displacement
B. velocity
C. acceleration
D. any of the above
Correct : D. any of the above