1/29/2021 EC8391 Control Systems Engineering

EC8391 Control Systems Engineering

MODEL EXAMINATION - 29.01.2021

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In an open loop control system *

Output is independent of control input

Output is dependent on control input

Only system parameters have effect on the control output

None of the above

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A control system in which the control action is somehow dependent on the

output is known as_______ *

Closed loop system

Semi closed loop system

Open system

None of the above

In closed loop control system, with positive value of feedback gain the overall
gain of the system will *

decrease

increase

be unaffected

any of the above

A car is moving at a constant speed of 50 km/h, which of the following is the

feedback element for the driver ? *

Clutch

Needle of the speedometer

Steering wheel

None of the above

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Zero initial condition for a system means *

input reference signal is zero

zero stored energy

no initial movement of moving parts

system is at rest and no energy is stored in any of its components

In force-voltage analogy, velocity is analogous to *

current

charge

inductance

capacitance

The input of a controller is_________ *

Sensed signal

Error signal

Desired variable value

Signal of fixed amplitude not dependent on desired variable value

The system with the open loop transfer function 1/s(1+s) is: *

Type 2 and order 1

Type 1 and order 1

Type 0 and order 0

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Which one of the following is the most likely reason for large overshoot in a
control system? *

High gain in a system

Presence of dead time delay in a system

High positive correcting torque

High retarding torque

Given a unity feedback system with G (s) =K/ s (s+4). What is the value of K for a
damping ratio of 0.5? *

16

The disadvantages of the error constants are: *

They do not give the information of the steady state error when the inputs are other
than the three basic types

Error constant fail to indicate the exact manner in which the error function change
with time.

They give information of the steady state error

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

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To find system’s response by means of convolution integral ____________ of the

system is used. *

Sum

Difference

Exponential

Weighing

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

< 20 dB

< 6 dB

> 6 dB

> 0 dB

If the gain of the open-loop system is doubled, the gain margin *

Is not affected

Gets doubled

Becomes half

Becomes one-fourth

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In frequency response, the resonance frequency is basically a measure of

_______ of response. *

Speed

Distance

Angle

Curvature

If the damping of the system becomes equal to zero, which condition of the
resonant frequency is likely to occur? *

ωr = ωd

ωr > ωn

ωr < ωn

ωr = ωn

Which plots in frequency domain represent the two separate plots of magnitude
and phase against frequency in logarithmic value? *

Polar plots

Bode plots

Nyquist plots

All of the above

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The magnitude & phase relationship between _________input and the steady
state output is called as frequency domain. *

Step

Ramp

Sinusoidal

Parabolic

A linear time invariant system is stable if : *

System in excited by the bounded input, the output is also bounded

In the absence of input output tends zero

Both a and b

System in excited by the bounded input, the output is not bounded

Which one of the following statements is not correct? *

Root loci can be used for analyzing stability and transient performance

Root loci provide insight into system stability and performance

Shape of the root locus gives idea of type of controller needed to meet design
specification

Root locus can be used to handle more than one variable at a time

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While increasing the value of gain K, the system becomes *

Less stable

More stable

Unstable

Absolute stable

Linear mathematical model applies to : *

Linear systems

Stable systems

Unstable systems

Non-linear systems

___________ is a quantitative measure of how fast the transients die out in the
system. *

Unstable

Absolute stability

Conditional stability

Relative stability

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When the number of poles is equal to the number of zeroes, how many branches
of root locus tends towards infinity? *

Equal to number of zeroes

A system is said to be_____________ if it is possible to transfer the system state

from any initial state to any desired state in finite interval of time. *

Controllable

Observable

Cannot be determined

Controllable and observable

A system is said to be_________________ if every state can be completely

identified by measurements of the outputs at the finite time interval. *

Controllable

Observable

Cannot be determined

Controllable and observable

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State model representation is possible using _________ *

Physical variables

Phase variables

Canonical state variables

All of the mentioned

Which among the following constitute the state model of a system in addition to
state equations? *

Input equations

Output equations

State trajectory

State vector

According to the property of state transition method, e0 is equal to _____ *

e-At

-eAt

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Conventional control theory is applicable to ______ systems *

SISO

MIMO

Time varying

Non-linear

In regenerating the feedback, the transfer function is given by *

C(s)/R(s)=G(s)/1+G(s)H(s)

C(s)/R(s)=G(s)H(s)/1-G(s)H(s)

C(s)/R(s)=G(s)H(s)/1+G(s)H(s)

C(s)/R(s)=G(s)/1-G(s)H(s)

A signal other than the reference input that tends to affect the value of
controlled variable is known as_________ *

disturbance

command

control element

reference input

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The viscous friction co-efficient, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to *

charge

resistance

reciprocal of inductance

reciprocal of conductance

Assertion (A): It is observed that step function is first derivative of a ramp

function and impulse function is first derivative of a step function. Reason (R):
From the derived time response expression it is concluded that the output time
response also follows the same sequence as that of input functions. *

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A

Both A is True but R is false

Both A is False but R is true

For the system 2/s+1, the approximate time taken for a step response to reach
98% of its final value is: *

1s

2s

4s

8s

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Control system are normally designed to be: *

Overdamped

Under damped

Un damped

Critically damped

Assertion (A): All the systems which exhibit overshoot in transient response will
also exhibit resonance peak in frequency response. Reason (R): Large resonance
peak in frequency response corresponds to a large overshoot in transient
response. *

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

A phase lead compensating network___________ *

decreases the system bandwidth

speeds up dynamic response

reduces the steady-state error

slows down transient response

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Bode plot approach is applied to_________ *

Minimum phase network

Non minimum phase network

Any network

None of these

Routh Hurwitz criterion gives: *

Number of roots in the right half of the s-plane

Value of the roots

Number of roots in the left half of the s-plane

Number of roots in the top half of the s-plane

The intersection of asymptotes of root loci of a system with open loop transfer
function G(s)H(s) = K/s(s+1)(s+3) is________ *

1.44

1.33

-1.44

-1.33

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For non-linear systems stability cannot be determined due to: *

Possible existence of multiple equilibrium states

No correspondence between bounded input and bounded output stability and

asymptotic stability

Output may be bounded for the particular bounded input but may not be bounded for
the bounded inputs

All of the mentioned

Consider a system if represented by state space equation and x1 (t) =x2 (t), then
the system is: *

Controllable

Uncontrollable

Observable

Unstable

A transfer function of control system does not have pole-zero cancellation.

Which one of the following statements is true? *

System is neither controllable nor observable

System is completely controllable and observable

System is observable but uncontrollable

System is controllable but unobservable

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State model is generally not suitable for measuring: *

Investigation of system properties

Evaluation of time response

Real variables

Both a and b

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