ECE-403

Control System Questions

Chapter:2
1. What is control system? Define basic terminologies of control system;
system, plant, feedback control.
2. What is energy storage element? Give some examples of them for different
type of systems with their energy definition. (Table-2.2)
3. Differentiate open loop & close loop control system with example &
advantage.
4. BD of CLS & OLS.
5. Discuss state concepts of a system. (A-2.4)
6. Determine overall form for function of a feedback control system. (2.5)
7. Transfer function and BD. (2.5)
8. Differentiate mechanical translation & rotational system. (2.6)
9. Draw corresponding mechanical network of the following system & write
related equation. (A-2.6)

10. Define mechanical & rotation system with related diagrams.

11. What are the network element of this system?
12. What is DC servo motor? Explain its operation. (2.13)
13. What is AC servo motor? Explain its operation.
14. Determine the effective moment of inertia and damping of a gear train. (A-
2.8)
15. Prove that the close loop control function does not depend on forward gain
G1, G2 of the system.
16. Draw the corresponding mechanical network of the following system and
write related system equation. (A-2.6)

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 17. What is Analogous circuit? (A-2.7)

Chapter: 3
Solution to Differential Equation
18. Steady state and transient response. (3.3)
19. Singlarity Function. 3.2
20. Write about step, ramp & parabolic function. 3.4
21. What is damping ratio and undamped natural frequency.Derive damping
ratio and undamped natural frequency from a quadratic factor of the form-
b2m2 + b1m + b0. ( 3.5)
22. Define Time Constant. (3.6)
23. Define- peak overshoot, duplicating time, setting time, rise time. (3.10)
24. State transition matrix. (3.14)
25. Steady state error co efficient. ( 6.7)
26. Determine the value of Ka, Kv, Kp, for type 0,1,2 system, where the symbols
have their usual meaning. (6.7.)

Chapter: 4
Laplace Transform
27. Definition, application of laplace transform. (Ch-4.2, 4.3,)
28. L.T theory. (4.4)
29. Inverse laplace transformation .
30. Heaviside Partial Fraction Expansion Theorem. 4.8
31. Derive the ILT of F(s) = 1/s(s^2 + w^2) . (4.8)
32. Derive the ILT of F(s) = (s+2) / {s(s+1) (s+3)} . (A-137)
33. Advantage & limitation of Laplace Transform . (A-4.6)
34. State real differentiation & integration. (4.4)
35. Derive the ILT of F(s) = 5(s+2)/{s^2 (s+1) (s+3)} . A-4.4

Chapter:5
System Representation
36. A temperature control system. 5.2
37. Overall transfer function. 5.3
38. Definitions of 5.4
39. Position control system. (5.5)
40. Draw the state diagram determine the state transition equation for the
following equation:
y + (R/L)y + (1/LC)y = (1/LC)u. (5.8)
41. Draw the BD of a feedback system. Find control ratio, open loop transfer
function and forward transfer function for this system. (5.4)\
42. Define: reference input, controlled variable, actuating signal and error for a
system. (Chapter 5)
43. SFG. 5.7.
44. Discuss mason gain formula .
45. Example f fig. 5.26
46. Diagonalizing a matrix. 5.10
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 47. Calculate the gain of the systems : from ogata, nise abd azzo

48. Determine the overall transmittance of following diagram using mason gain
rule : Nise- example 5.7, page- 252.
49. Simplifications of Block Diagrams From Nise Examples and exercises.

Chaptet :6
Control System Characteristics
50. Routh stability criteria. (note)
51. Fine the stability system of the having characteristics equations/ Transfer
functions:
Q(s) =
52. Steady state error co-efficients. 6.7
53. Convert a non-unity feedback system to a unity feedback system. (6.10)
54. Non-unity feedback systems. 6.10
Chapter:7
Root Locus
55. Short note: Root locus, Bode plot .
56. Plotting roots of a characteristic equations . (note)
57. Correlation between sinusoidal & time response. (8.2)

Reference Book: Linear Control System Analysis by John J.D.

Azzo, Ogata and Nise.

**Read the whole class lectures, Study from depth,

and Follow no shortcut way if wanna get good score.
Good Luck!**

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