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CONTROL ENGINEERING – Final Exam 2021

PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of your answer in a separate sheet. No erasures.

1. The purpose of automatic control is to make controlled objects;

a. do what it wants b. search for works c. follow rules d. none of the above

2. The two problems that should be answered in learning automatic control

a. Analysis and synthesis b. input and output c. position and motion d. start and stop

3. An open loop and closed loop system both consist of elements with the same precision
a. open loop b. closed loop c. almost the same d. exactly the same

4. In which system does the output signal affect the control?

a. open loop b. closed loop c. neither d. both

5. Which system has a better capability for disturbance resistance?

a. open loop b. closed loop c. neither d. both

6. It is called the controlled variable.

a. feedback b. offset c. input d. output

7. It is used to compare the input and feedback signal.

a. reference element b. feedback element c. comparison element d. amplification element

8. It measures the adjusted variable

a. reference element b. feedback element c. comparison element d. amplification element

9. It augments signals
a. reference element b. feedback element c. comparison element d. amplification element

10. It generates input signal

a. reference element b. correcting element c. actuator element d. feedback element

11. It stabilizes the control system

a. reference element b. correcting element c. actuator element d. feedback element

12. It operates the controlled objects

a. reference element b. correcting element c. actuator element d. feedback element

13. The process of determining differential equation that represent the system
a. analysis b. synthesis c. feedback d. modelling

14. It is the response process of the output signal of the system under a certain input signal from initial state to the
steady state.
a. step process b. ramp process c. steady response d. transient response

15. It is the output status of the system under a certain input signal when time approaches infinity.
a. step process b. ramp process c. steady response d. transient response

16. Other term for steady state.

a. Infinite state b. static state c. long-term response d. immediate response

17. Other term for Transient response.

a. Transient process b. transient state c. transient output d. transient term

18. An input signal where the input variable instantaneously changes in fixed value, such as the instant mergence or
termination of an input signal
a. step-step function b. step function c. ramp-step function d. hyperbolic sine function

19. An input signal where the input variable is changing at a constant speed.
a. impulse function b. fourier sine-cosine function c. ramp function d. Cauchy-euler function
20. An input signal where the input variable is changing at a constant acceleration.
a. hyperbolic sine function b. ramp-step function c. impulse-step function d. parabolic function

21. An input signal where the input variable has amplitude of infinite and the duration of infinitesimal.
a. parabolic function b. impulse-step function c. impulse function d. Cauchy-Euler function

22. The time taken for the response curve to first reach the steady-state value from time zero, that is, the time taken for
the response curve to rise from zero to the steady-state value.
a. peak time b. rise time c. settling time d. delayed time

23. The time taken for the response curve to reach the peak value.
a. peak time b. rise time c. settling time d. delayed time

24. It is computed by taking the first derivative of the curve and equating it to zero.
a. rise time b. peak time c. settling time d. delayed time

25. It is computed by equating the equation of the curve to the steady-state value.
a. steady-state time b. transient time c. rise time c. overshoot time

26. The difference between the maximum peak value and the steady-state value.
a. maximum error b. minimum clearance c. maximum offset d. maximum overshoot

27. The shortest time taken for the response curve to enter and remain within the error allowance band.
a. rise time b. delayed time c. settling time d. transient time

28. The time taken for the response curve to rise from zero to 50% of the steady state value.
a. rise time b. delayed time c. steady-state time d. transient response time

29. The number of times that the response curve oscillates within the settling time.
a. oscillation number b. overshoots number c. cyclic number d. nusselt number

30. To approximate some high-order systems.

a. laplace systems b. fourier’s systems c. low-order systems d. response systems

31. In the transfer function of the system, if the numerator and denominator have a zero and a pole that have negative
real parts and are similar in values, then the zero and the pole can be cancelled together.
a. dipole addition b. zero cancellation c. roots variation d. dipole cancellation

32. In some high-order systems, if the negative real part of the pole of the system is further away from the imaginary
axis, the corresponding the pole will __________in the transient response.
a. artenuate slower b. fluctuate c. attenuate faster d. converge

33. A specialized transformer used to couple electrical signals between two parts that rotate in relation to each other.
They may be either cylindrical or pancake shaped.
a. Inductosyn b. rotary transformer c. encoder d. incremental encoder

34. A high-precision displacement measuring element based on the principles of electromagnetic induction. It adopts a
multi-polar structure, which compensates for the errors in both the electronic part and the magnetic part.
a. Inductosyn b. rotary transformer c. encoder d. incremental encoder

35. A sensor of mechanical motion that generates digital signals in response to motion. As an electro-mechanical device,
it is able to provide motion control system users with information concerning position, velocity and direction.
a. Inductosyn b. rotary transformer c. encoder d. incremental encoder

36. It is also referred to as a quadrature encoder. This type of encoder utilizes sensors that use optical, mechanical or
magnetic index counting for angular measurement.
a. Inductosyn b. rotary transformer c. encoder d. incremental encoder

A mass – spring – system has the following parameters: stiffness K = 1200 N/m; mass m = 15 kg; damping coefficient k d =
120 Ns/m.
37. Calculate the time constant.
a. 0.112 s b. 1.12 s c. 0.0112 s d. 11.2 s
38. What is the critical damping coefficient?
a. 2683 Ns/m b. 268.3 Ns/m c. 26.83 Ns/m d. 2.683 Ns/m

39. Find the damping ratio.

a. 44.7 b. 4.47 c. 0.447 d. 0.0447

40. If a constant force of 22 N is applied, what will be the static position of the mass?
a. 180 mm b. 0.18 mm c. 1.8 mm d. 18 mm

41. Calculate the force needed to make the mass move with the constant acceleration of 12 m/s 2 at the point where the
velocity is 1.2 m/s.
a. 39.6 N b. 396 N c. 3.96 N d. 3960 N

42. If the transfer function of a hydraulic motor is T/p = k q where kq is known as nominal displacement (m3/radians),
calculate the torque of a hydraulic motor with a nominal displacement of 8 cm 3/radian and an input pressure of 90 bar.
a. 72 Nm b. 720 Nm c. 7.2 Nm d. 0.72 Nm

43. A potentiometer produces 50 mV per degree of rotation of its shaft. Calculate the angle when the output is 4 V.
a. 800 b. 900 c. 1000 d. 1100

44. A turbine flow meter coupled to an electric voltage generator produces 4 mV for each litre/s flowing. Calculate the
output when 1 V is produced.
a. 100 L/s b. 150 L/s c. 200 L/s d. 250 L/s

Let the transfer function of the above figure be x/p (S) = A/m/(S2 + 2δωnS + ωn2). Given m=50 kg. kd=80 N s/m, ks=2000
N/m and A=0.2 m2.
45. Determine the natural frequency.
a. 632.5 rad/s b. 63.25 rad/s c. 6.325 rad/s d. 0.632 rad/s

46. What is the damping ratio.

a. 1.26 b. 0.126 c. 12.6 d. 126

47. Determine the natural gain.

a. 1x10-4 b. 1x10-3 c. 1x10-2 d. 0.1

48. What is the time constant?

a. 158 s b. 15.8 s c. 1.58 s d. 0.158 s

A standard second order system is subjected to a unit step disturbance and a recording is made of the time – output
response. It is found that ratio of two successive amplitudes is 3.6 and the periodic time is 0.641 s.
49. Determine the damping ratio.
a. 0.2 b. 2 c. 0.02 d. 20

50. What is the natural frequency of the system?

a. 10 rad/s b. 0.1 rad/s c. 0.01 rad/s d. 1 rad/s
PART II: Find what is asked on each number. Write your answers in your answer sheet.
1. Reduce the block diagram.
H2

Xo
G1 G2 G3
XI

H3

H1

2. For the system, find the natural frequency, damping ratio, overshoot value, peak time and settling time (error
allowance band of 5%).

100
XI s ( 50 s+ 4 ) Xo

0.02

3. Assume the open-loop function of a unity feedback system is G(s) = (2S + 1)/s 2. Determine the unit step response
and the unit impulse response of the system.

0.4 s+1
4. Let the transfer function of a unity feedback control system be G ( s )= . Determine the unit step input
s ( s+ 0.6 )
response and find its rise time as well as the maximum overshoot value.