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Control System Engineering (CSE) | Set 1

1. What is the algebraic sum of the reference input and feedback?

Correct : A. error signal

2. Feedback control systems are referred to as closed loop systems.

Correct : A. true

3. Which principle does the linear system follow?

Correct : D. principle of superposition

4. control systems have unpredictable & non-repeatable.

Correct : D. stochastic

5. The pressure inside the furnace is measured by

Correct : A. gauge

6. On what difference does the pneumatic system works?

Correct : B. pressure

7. In a thermal system, the temperature of the medium is

Correct : D. uniform

8. How many parameters does process control refer to?

Correct : C. 5

9. What is the effect of feedback in the overall gain of the system?

Correct : B. decreases

10. In a temperature control system, what conversion in signal takes place?

Correct : B. analog to digital

11. Which of the following are the not characteristics of the closed loop systems?

Correct : D. it does not has the ability to control the system transient response

12. Which one of the following effect in the system is not caused by negative feedback?

Correct : C. increase in distortion

13. Which of the statement is correct with regard to the bandwidth of the control loop system:

Correct : A. in systems where the low frequency magnitude in 0 db on the bode diagram, the bandwidth is measured at the -3 db frequency

14. Which of the statements are the advantages of closed loop systems over the open loop system:

Correct : B. the transient response in closed loop system decays more quickly than in open loop system.

15. In control system excessive bandwidth is not employed because

Correct : A. noise is proportional to bandwidth

16. Feedback control system is basically

Correct : B. low pass filter

17. Which of the following will not decrease as a result of introduction of negative feedback?

Correct : B. bandwidth

18. As compared to the closed loop system, an open loop system is

Correct : A. more stable but less accurate

19. Open loop system is                        stable than closed loop system

Correct : A. more

20. For the gain feedback system, does not affect the system output if KG is :

Correct : D. very large

21. Determine the sensitivity of the overall transfer function for the system shown in the figure below, at w=1 rad/sec with respect to the feedback path transfer function.

Correct : B. -1.11

22. Primary purpose of using Feedback is :

Correct : A. to reduce the sensitivity of the system to parameter variations.

23. Which of the following is not the feature of modern control system?

Correct : D. no oscillation

24. The output of the feedback control system must be a function of:

Correct : D. input and feedback signal

25. The principle of homogeneity and superposition are applied to:

Correct : C. linear time variant systems

26. In continuous data systems:

Correct : B. data is necessarily a continuous function of time at all points in the system

27. A linear system at rest is subject to an input signal r(t)=1-e-t. The response of the system for t>0 is given by c(t)=1-e-2t. The transfer function of the system is:

Correct : C. 2(s+1)/(s+2)

28. A transfer function has two zeroes at infinity. Then the relation between the numerator(N) and the denominator degree(M) of the transfer function is:

Correct : B. n=m-2

29. When deriving the transfer function of a linear element

Correct : C. initial conditions are assumed to be zero but loading is taken into account

30. If the initial conditions for a system are inherently zero, what does it physically mean?

Correct : C. the system is at rest or no energy is stored in any of its part

31. A signal flow graph is the graphical representation of the relationships between the variables of set linear algebraic equations.

Correct : A. true

32. Use mason’s gain formula to find the transfer function of the given signal flow graph:

Correct : B. abdeg/1-(bc+ef)+bcef

33. Use mason’s gain formula to find the transfer function of the following signal flow graph:

Correct : B. acdfg+bcefg/1-cd-fg-cdfg

34. Loop which do not possess any common node are said to be                        loops.

Correct : C. non touching loops

35. Signal flow graphs:

Correct : A. they apply to linear systems

36. Signal flow graphs are reliable to find transfer function than block diagram reduction technique.

Correct : A. true

37. The relationship between an input and output variable of a signal flow graph is given by the net gain between the input and output node is known as the overall

Correct : A. overall gain of the system

38. Use mason’s gain formula to calculate the transfer function of given figure:

Correct : B. g1+g2/1+g1h

39. Use mason’s gain formula to find the transfer function of the given figure:

Correct : C. g1+g2/1+g1h+g2h

40. Regenerative feedback implies feedback with

Correct : D. positive sign

41. The output of a feedback control system must be a function of

Correct : D. output and feedback signal

42. A control system with excessive noise, is likely to suffer from

Correct : A. saturation in amplifying stages

43. Zero initial condition for a system means

Correct : D. system is at rest and no energy is stored in any of its components

44. Transfer function of a system is used to calculate which of the following?

Correct : C. the output for any given input

45. The band width, in a feedback amplifier.

Correct : C. increases by the same amount as the gain decrease

46. On which of the following factors does the sensitivity of a closed loop system to gain changes and load disturbances depend?

Correct : D. all of the mentioned

47. The transient response, with feedback system,

Correct : D. decays quickly

48. The second derivative input signals modify which of the following?

Correct : D. the time constant and suppress the oscillations

49. The transient response, yt(t), of a system becomes          as t tends to infinity.

Correct : A. 0

50. Delay time is the time required by a system to reach a quarter of its steady state value.

Correct : B. false

51. For non-unity feedback system, the error is calculated with respect to the reference signal.

Correct : B. false

52. Which of the following command will reveal the damping ratio of the system?

Correct : A. damp()

53. If the damping factor is zero, the unit-step response is

Correct : A. purely sinusoidal

54. If the damping ratio is equal to 1, a second-order system is

Correct : D. critically damped with equal roots

55. From the following graphs of the generalized transfer function 1/s+a, which plot shows a transfer function with a bigger value of a?

Correct : D. purple plot

56. From the following graphs of the generalized transfer function 1/as2, which plot shows the transfer function for a higher a?

Correct : D. purple

57. If the damping factor is less than the damping factor at critical damping, the time response of the system is

Correct : A. underdamped

58. This makes the system underdamped since the response of the system becomes a decaying sinusoid in nature.

Correct : D. 36/(s2+2s+36)

59. The system in originally critically damped if the gain is doubled the system will be :

Correct : C. under damped

60. Let c(t) be the unit step response of a system with transfer function K(s+a)/(s+K). If c(0+) = 2 and c(∞) = 10, then the values of a and K are respectively.

Correct : C. 10 and 2

61. The damping ratio and peak overshoot are measures of:

Correct : B. speed of response

62. A system has a complex conjugate root pair of multiplicity two or more in its characteristic equation. The impulse response of the system will be:

Correct : C. a sinusoidal oscillation which rises exponentially ; the system is therefore unstable

63. The step response of the system is c(t) = 10+8e-t-4/8e-2t . The gain in time constant form of transfer function will be:

Correct : D. -7.5

64. The steady state error for a unity feedback system for the input r(t) = Rt^2/2 to the system G(s) = K(s+2)/s(s3+7s2+12s) is

Correct : B. 6r/k

65. Find the velocity error constant of the system given below :

Correct : C. 4

66. Consider the unity feedback system with open loop transfer function the minimum value of the steady state error to a ramp input r(t) = 6tu(t) is OLTF = K/s(s+1)(s+2)

Correct : B. 2

67. A ramp input applied to a unity feedback system results in 5% steady state error. The type number and zero frequency gain of the system are respectively

Correct : A. 1 and 20

68. A particular control system yielded a steady state error of 0.20 for unit step input. A unit integrator is cascaded to this system and unit ramp input is applied to this modified system. What is the value of steady- state error for this modified system?

Correct : D. 0.25

69. The error constants described are the ability to reduce the steady state errors.

Correct : A. true

70. Systems of type higher than 2 are not employed in practice.

Correct : A. true

71. Steady state refers to

Correct : A. error at the steady state

72. The disadvantages of the error constants are:

Correct : C. they do not give information of the steady state error and fail to indicate the exact manner in which the error function change with time

73. The input of a controller is

Correct : B. error signal

74. Phase lag controller:

Correct : B. reduction in steady state error

75. Addition of zero at origin:

Correct : A. improvement in transient response

76. Derivative output compensation:

Correct : C. reduction is settling time

77. Derivative error compensation:

Correct : D. increase in damping constant

78. Lag compensation leads to:

Correct : B. attenuation

79. Lead compensation leads to:

Correct : A. increases bandwidth

80. Lag-lead compensation is a:

Correct : D. second order

81. Rate compensation :

Correct : C. increases damping factor

82. Negative exponential term in the equation of the transfer function causes the transportation lag.

Correct : A. true

83. Scientist Bode have contribution in :

Correct : A. asymptotic plots

84. Scientist Evans have contribution in :

Correct : C. root locus technique

85. Scientist Nyquist have contribution in:

Correct : B. polar plots

86. Which one of the following methods can determine the closed loop system resonance frequency operation?

Correct : D. m and n circle

87. If the gain of the open loop system is doubled, the gain of the system is :

Correct : A. not affected

88. Constant M- loci:

Correct : D. circles of constant phase shift for the closed loop transfer function

89. Constant N-loci:

Correct : C. circles of constant gain for the closed loop transfer function

90. Nichol’s chart:

Correct : B. plot of loop gain with the variation in frequency

91. For a stable closed loop system, the gain at phase crossover frequency should always be:

Correct : D. > 0 db

92. Which principle specifies the relationship between enclosure of poles & zeros by s- plane contour and the encirclement of origin by q(s) plane contour?

Correct : A. argument

93. If a Nyquist plot of G (jω) H (jω) for a closed loop system passes through (-2, j0) point in GH plane, what would be the value of gain margin of the system in dB?

Correct : D. 6.0205 db

94. For Nyquist contour, the size of radius is

Correct : D.

95. According to Nyquist stability criterion, where should be the position of all zeros of q(s) corresponding to s-plane?

Correct : A. on left half

96. If the system is represented by G(s) H(s) = k (s+7) / s (s +3) (s + 2), what would be its magnitude at ω = ∞?

Correct : A. 0

97. Consider the system represented by the equation given below. What would be the total phase value at ω = 0?

Correct : C. -270°

98. In polar plots, if a pole is added at the origin, what would be the value of the magnitude at Ω = 0?

Correct : B. infinity

99. In polar plots, what does each and every point represent w.r.t magnitude and angle?

Correct : C. phasor

100. A system has poles at 0.01 Hz, 1 Hz and 80Hz, zeroes at 5Hz, 100Hz and 200Hz. The approximate phase of the system response at 20 Hz is :

Correct : A. -90°