ControlSystems

1. Electroniccontrolsystemshavetheseriousdrawbacksof
(a)lowreliability(b)operationaldifficulty(c)temperaturesensitiveness(d)allof
above
2. Thesystemwhosecharacteristicequationhasthefollowingrootsismarginally
stable
(a)j,j,1,1(b)3,2,0(c)2+3j,23j,2(d)3,2,1
3. Aphaselogcompensationwill
(a)improverelativestability
(b)increasethespeedofresponse
(c)increasebandwidth
(d)increaseovershoot
4. ForNyquistplotweuse
a. openloopfunction
b. closedloopfunction
c. characteristicequation
d. anyoftheabove
5. Asystemwithgainmarginclosetounityoraphasemarginclosetozerois
a. highlystable
b. oscillatory
c. relativelystable
d. noneofthese
6. Rootlocusdiagramexhibitsthe
a. frequencyresponseofasystem
b. polesofthetransferfunctionforasetofparametervalues
c. bandwidthofsystem
d. alloftheabove
7. IncreaseinthegainKmakesthesystem
a. morestable
b. unstable
c. noneofabove
8. Thetransferfunctionofasystemisusedtodetermine
a. theoutputforagiveninput
b. thetypeofsystem
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c. theinputforagivenoutput
d. thesteadystategain
9. Inaservosystemthevoltageinducedinthecontroltransformerrotoristhe
a. errorvoltage
b. drivingvoltage
c. opposingvoltage
d. noneofthese
10. Withthefeedbacksystem,thetransientresponse

a. decaysslowly
b. decaysrapidly
c. risesslowly
d. risesquickly
11. Anopenloopcontrolsystemhasits
(a)controlactionindependentoftheoutputordesiredquantity
(b)controllingaction,dependinguponhumanjudgment
(c)internalsystemchangesautomaticallytakencareof
(d)both(a)and(b)
(e)all(a),(b)and(c)

12. Aservosystemmusthave

(a)feedbacksystem
(b)poweramplifiertoamplifyerror
(c)capacitytocontrolpositionoritsderivative
(d)allofthese
(e)noneofthese

13. Themajordisadvantageofafeedbacksystemmaybe

(a)Inaccuracy
(b)inefficiency
(c)Unreliability
(d)instability
(e)Insensitivity

14. Propertiesofatransferfunction

(a)ItisratiooftwopolynomialsisSandassumeszeroinitialconditions
(b)Itdependsonsystemelementsandnotinputandoutputofthesystem
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(c)CoefficientsofthepowersofSindenominatorandnumeratorareallreal
constant.
Theorderofdenominatorisusuallygreaterthanorequaltotheorderof
numerator

(d)Allofthese
(e)Itisafunctionwhichtransferonephysicalsystemintoanotherphysical
system.

15. Theclassicalanalogousofasimpleleveris

(a)Capacitorbridge
(b)transformer
(c)mutualinductor
(d)eitherofthese

16. TwoblocksG1(s)andG2(s)canbecascadedtogetresultanttransferfunctionas

(a)G1(s)+G2(s)
(b)G1(s)/G2(s)
(c)G1(s)G2(s)
(d)1+G1(s)G2(s)
(e)1G1(s)G2(s)
(f)twoblockscannotbecascaded

17. Theprinciplesofhomogeneityandsuperpositioncanbeappliedto

(a)lineartimeinvariantsystem
(b)nonlineartimeinvariantsystem
(c)digitalcontrolsystem
(d)both(a)and(b)

18. Pickupthenonlinearsystem

(a)automaticvoltageregulator
(b)d.c.servomotorwithhighfieldexcitation
(c)temperaturecontrolofafurnacesusingthermistor
(d)speedcontrolusingSCR
(e)allofthese

19. Signalflowgraph(SFG)isa

(a)polargraph
(b)semiloggraph
(c)logloggraph
(d)aspecialtypeofgraphforanalyzingmodemcontrolsystem
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(e)atopologicalrepresentationofasetofdifferentialequations

20. Disadvantagesofmagneticamplifier

(a)timelag,lessflexible,nonsinusoidalwaveform
(b)lowpowerconsumptionandisolationoftheactivecircuit

(c)saturationofthecore
(d)allofthese

21. Pickupfalsestatementregardingmagneticamplifiers

(a)Thegatecoilofanidealmagneticamplifierhaseitherzeroorinfinite
inductance
(b)Resistanceofcontrolandgatewindingisverysmall
(c)Magneticamplifiergasdroppingloadcharacteristics
(d)Magneticamplifiersarenotusedtocontrolthespeedofd.c.shuntmotor
(e)Magneticamplifierscanbeusedinautomaticcontrolofelectricdriversof
higherrating.

22. Highpoweramplificationisachievedbyusing

(a)pushpullamplifier
(b)amplidyne
(c)magneticamplifier
(d)DCamplifier
(e)D.C.generator

23. Pickupfalsestatementregardingservomotors

(a)Thed.c.servomotorsarelighterthanequivalenta.c.servomotors
(b)Thed.c.servomotorsdevelopshigherstartingandreversingtorquethan
equivalenta.c.servomotor.
(c)Adragcupa.c.servomotorhasonewindingsonstatorandotheronrotor
(d)Outputpowerofservomotorsvariesfrom1/20Wto100W

24. Toreducesteadystateerror

(a)decreasenaturalfrequency
(b)decreasedamping
(c)increasedampedfrequency
(d)increasetimeconstant
(f)increasegainconstantofthesystem

25. AgoodfactorforMpshouldbe

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(a)lessthan1
(b)lyingbetween1.1and1.5
(c)morethan2.2
(d)zero
(e)infinity

26. Pickupfalsestatement.RouthHurwitzcriterion

(a)isusedfordeterminingstabilityofasystem
(b)isanalgebraicprocedure
(c)givestheexactlocationofrootsofthecharacteristicequation
(d)doesnotindicaterelativedegreeofstabilityorinstability

27. Whichofthefollowingisthetimedomainmethodofdeterminingstabilityofa
controlsystem

(a)Bodeplot
(b)Nyquistplot
(c)Nicholoschart
(d)RouthHurwitzarray
(e)ConstantMand(fy)locus
(f)Rootlocustechnique

28. Thetechniquewhichgivestransientresponsequicklyaswellasstability
informationis

(a)Nyquistplot
(b)RouthHurwitzcriteria
(c)Bodeplot
(d)Rootlocusplot
(e)Nicholsplot

29. Thebandwidthcanbeincreasedbyuseof

(a)phaselagnetwork
(b)phaseleadnetwork
(c)both(a)and(b)incascade
(d)both(a)and(b)inparallel
(e)noneofthese

30. Nyquistplotisdrawnon

(a)semiloggraphpaper
(b)logloggraphpaper
(c)polargraphpaper
(d)centimetergraphpaper
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31. Ifthegainmarginispositiveandthephasemarginisnegativethesystemis

(a)stable
(b)unstable
(c)indeterminist

32. TheBodeplotisapplicableto

(a)allphasenetwork

(b)minimumphasenetwork
(c)maximumphasenetwork
(d)lagleadnetwork
(e)noneofthese

33. Thevalidrelationbetweensettingtimetsandrisetimetris

(a)tr>ts
(b)ts>tr
(c)ts=tr
(d)noneofthese

34. Asarootmovesfurtherawayfromimaginaryaxisthestability

(a)increases
(b)decreases
(c)notaffected
(d)noneofthese

35. Flatfrequencyresponsemeansthatthemagnituderatioofoutputtoinputover
thebandwidthis

(a)variable
(b)zero
(c)constant
(d)noneofabove

36. Howmanyoctavesarebetween200Hzand800Hz

(a)Twooctave
(b)Oneoctave
(c)Fouroctave
(d)Noneofabove

37. Humansystemcanbeconsideredas
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(a)openloopsystem
(b)closeloopsystemwithsinglefeedback
(c)closeloopsystemwithmultivariablefeedback
(d)noneofthese

38. Inafeedbacksystemthetransientresponse

(a)Decaysatconstantrate

(b)getsmagnified
(c)decaysslowly
(d)decaysmorequickly

39. Transferfunctionofasystemisusedtocalculate

(a)thesteadystategain
(b)themainconstant
(c)theorderofsystem
(d)theoutputforanygiveninput
(e)alloftheabove

40. Transferfunctionofasystemisdefinedastheratioofoutputtoinputin

(a)Laplacetransform
(b)Ztransform
(c)Fouriertransform
(d)Simplealgebraicform

41. Introductionoffeedbackdecreasestheeffectof

(a)disturbances
(b)noisesignals
(c)errorsignals
(d)alltheabove

42. Thesystemresponseofasystemcanbebesttestedwith

(a)unitimpulseinputsignal
(b)rampinputsignal
(c)sinusoidalinputsignal
(d)exponentiallydecayinginputsignal

43. Whichofthefollowingisaclosedloopsystem

(a)electricswitch
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(b)carstarter
(c)degenerator
(d)autopilotforanaircraft

44. Whichofthefollowingisusedasanerrordetector

(a)potentiometer
(b)fieldcontrolledacmotor
(c)amplidyne

(d)armaturecontrolledacmotor

45. Thebreakawaypointofrootlociare

(a)openlooppoles
(b)closedlooppoles
(c)openloopzeros
(d)closedloopzeros

46. Noiseinacontrolsystemcanbekeptlowby

(a)reducingthebandwidth
(b)attenuatingsuchfrequenciesatwhichexternalsignalsgetcoupledintothe
system
(c)both(a)and(b)
(d)noneofthese

47. Maincauseofabsoluteinstabilityinthecontrolsystemis

(a)parametersofcontrollingsystem
(b)parametersofcontrolledsystem
(c)parametersoffeedbacksystem
(d)errordetectorwherethetwosignalsarecompared

48. Basicallyacontrolleris

(a)aamplifier
(b)aclipper
(c)acomparator
(d)asummer

49. Asystemwithgainmarginclosetounityoraphasemarginclosetozerois

(a)highlystable
(b)highlyoscillatory
(c)relativelystable
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(d)noneofthese

50. Whichoffollowingelementsisnotusedinanautomaticcontrolsystem

(a)sensor
(b)errordetector
(c)oscillator
(d)finalcontrolelement

51. ACsystemsareusuallypreferredtotheDCsystemsincontrolapplications
because

(a)ACsystemsarecheaper
(b)ACsystemsaremorestable
(c)ACsystemshavebetterperformancecharacteristicsandsmallerinsize
(d)allofthese

52. Asystemhasthetransferfunction(1s)/(1+s);Itisknownas

(a)lowpasssystem
(b)highpasssystem
(c)allpasssystem
(d)noneoftheabove

53. Incontrolsystems,excessivebandwidthshouldbeavoidedbecause

(a)noiseisproportionaltobandwidth
(b)itleadstolowrelativestability
(c)itleadstoslowspeedofresponse
(d)noneofthese

54. Inmostsystems,anincreaseingainleadsto

(a)largerdampingratio
(b)smallerdampingratio
(c)constantdampingratio
(d)noneofthese

55. Astepfunctionisappliedtotheinputofasystemandoutputisoftheformy=t,
thesystemis

(a)stable
(b)unstable
(c)notnecessarilystable
(d)conditionallystable

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56. Whichofthefollowingcanbemagnifiedbymagneticamplifier

(a)voltage
(b)current
(c)power
(d)noneofabove

57. Theinductanceisnotusedinlagnetworkbecauseof

(a)bigsize
(b)timedelayandhysteresislosses
(c)highreactance
(d)noneofthese

58. Saturationinastablecontrolsystemcancause

(a)conditionalstability
(b)overdamping
(c)lowleveloscillations
(d)highleveloscillations

59. Excessivenoiseincontrolsystemscancause

(a)reductioninbandwidth
(b)reductioningain
(c)saturationinamplifyingstages
(d)oscillations

60. Thetype0systemhas

(a)netpoleattheorigin

(b)nopoleattheorigin

(c)simpleatoneorigin
(d)twopolesattheorigin

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