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Control system objective questions C.

it does not involve output measurements


 What is the algebraic sum of the reference D. it does not has the ability to control the
input and feedback? system transient response
A. error signal Which one of the following effects in the
B. error detector system is not caused by negative feedback?
C. controlled system A. reduction in gain
D. controlled output B. increased in bandwidth
Which principle does the linear system follow? C. increase in distortion
A. principle of energy conservation D. reduction in output impedance
B. principle of mass conservation Which of the statement is correct with regard
C. principle of electromagnetism to the bandwidth of the control loop system:
D. principle of superposition A. in systems where the low frequency
______ control systems have unpredictable & magnitude in 0 dB on the bode diagram, the
non-repeatable. bandwidth is measured at the -3 dB frequency
A. static B. the bandwidth is the measurement of the
B. dynamic accuracy of the closed loop system
C. deterministic C. the stability is proportional to the bandwidth
D. stochastic D. the system with larger bandwidth provides
The pressure inside the furnace is measured by slower step response and lower fidelity ramp
A. gauge response
B. thermometer Which of the statements are the advantages of
C. manometer closed loop systems over the open loop
D. barometer system:
On what difference does the pneumatic system A. the overall reliability of the open loop
works? system is more than the closed loop system is
A. speed more than closed loop system.
B. pressure B. the transient response in closed loop system
C. area decays more quickly than in open loop system.
D. length C. in open loop system closing the loop
In a thermal system, the temperature of the increases the gain of the system
medium is D. in open loop system the effect of parameter
A. increasing variation is reduced
B. decreasing In control system excessive bandwidth is not
C. zero employed because
D. uniform A. noise is proportional to bandwidth
How many parameters does process control B. it leads to low relative stability
refer to? C. it leads to slower time response
A. 1 D. noise is proportional to the square of the
B. 3 bandwidth
C. 5 Feedback control system is basically
D. 7 A. high pass filter
What is the effect of feedback in the overall B. low pass filter
gain of the system? C. band pass filter
A. increases D. band stop filter
B. decreases Which of the following will not decrease as a
C. zero result of introduction of negative feedback?
D. no change A. instability
In a temperature control system, what B. bandwidth
conversion in signal takes place? C. overall gain
A. digital to analog D. distortion
B. analog to digital As compared to the closed loop system, an
C. error to digital open loop system is
D. error to analog A. more stable but less accurate
Which of the following are the not B. less stable as well as less accurate
characteristics of the closed loop systems? C. more stable as well as more accurate
A. it does not compensate for disturbance D. less stable but more accurate
B. it reduces the sensitivity of plant-parameter  Insertion of negative feedback in control
variations system affects:
A. the transient response to vanish uniformly
B. the transient response to decay very fast A linear system at rest is subject to an input
C. no change in transient response signal r(t)=1-e . The response of the system
-t

D. the transient response decays at slow rate for t>0 is given by c(t)=1-e . The transfer
-2t

Open loop system is ______ stable than closed function of the system is:
loop system A. (s+2)/(s+1)
A. more B. (s+1)/(s+2)
B. less C. 2(s+1)/(s+2)
C. inclined D. (s+1)/2(s+2)
D. exponential A transfer function has two zeroes at infinity.
For the gain feedback system, does not affect Then the relation between the numerator (N)
the system output if KG is : and the denominator degree (M) of the
A. small transfer function is:
B. negative A. n=m+2
C. one B. n=m-2
D. very large C. n=m+1
Determine the sensitivity of the overall transfer D. n=m-1
function for the system shown in the figure When deriving the transfer function of a linear
below, at w=1 rad/sec with respect to the element
feedback path transfer function. A. both initial conditions and loading are taken
A. 1.11 into account
B. -1.11 B. initial conditions are taken into account, but
C. 2.22 the element is assumed to be not loaded
D. -2.22 C. initial conditions are assumed to be zero but
Primary purpose of using Feedback is : loading is taken into account
A. to reduce the sensitivity of the system to D. initial conditions are assumed to be zero
parameter variations. and the element is assumed to be not loaded
B. to increase the bandwidth of the system If the initial conditions for a system are
C. to reduce the noise and distortion of the inherently zero, what does it physically mean?
system A. the system is at rest but stores energy
D. to increase stability of the system B. the system is working but does not store
Which of the following is not the feature of energy
modern control system? C. the system is at rest or no energy is stored
A. quick response in any of its part
B. accuracy D. the system is working with zero reference
C. correct power level input
D. no oscillation Use mason’s gain formula to find the transfer
The output of the feedback control system function of the given signal flow graph:
must be a function of:
A. reference input
B. reference output
C. output and feedback signal
D. input and feedback signal A. abd/1-(ac)
The principle of homogeneity and superposition B. abdeg/1-(bc+ef)+bcef
are applied to: C. abd/1-(bc+ef)+bcef
A. linear time invariant systems D. adcdef/1-(bc+ef)+bcef
B. nonlinear time invariant systems se mason’s gain formula to find the transfer
C. linear time variant systems function of the following signal flow graph:
D. nonlinear time invariant systems
In continuous data systems:
A. data may be continuous function of time at
all points in the system
B. data is necessarily a continuous function of
time at all points in the system
C. data is continuous at the inputs and output
parts of the system but not necessarily during
intermediate processing of the data
D. only the reference signal is continuous A. abcd+efg/1-cd-fg-cdfg
function of time B. acdfg+bcefg/1-cd-fg-cdfg
C. abef+bcd/1-cd-fg-cdfg D. output and feedback signal
D. adcdefg/1-cd-fg-cdfg A control system with excessive noise, is likely
Loop which do not possess any common node to suffer from
are said to be ______ loops. A. saturation in amplifying stages
A. forward gain B. loss of gain
B. touching loops C. vibrations
C. non touching loops D. oscillations
D. feedback gain Zero initial condition for a system means
Signal flow graphs: A. input reference signal is zero
A. they apply to linear systems B. zero stored energy
B. the equation obtained may or may not be in C. initial movement of moving parts
the form of cause or effect D. system is at rest and no energy is stored in
C. arrows are not important in the graph any of its components
D. they cannot be converted back to block Transfer function of a system is used to
diagram calculate which of the following?
The relationship between an input and output A. the order of the system
variable of a signal flow graph is given by the B. the time constant
net gain between the input and output node is C. the output for any given input
known as the overall D. the steady state gain
A. overall gain of the system The band width, in a feedback amplifier.
B. stability A. remains unaffected
C. bandwidth B. decreases by the same amount as the gain
D. speed increase
Use mason’s gain formula to calculate the C. increases by the same amount as the gain
transfer function of given figure: decrease
D. decreases by the same amount as the gain
decrease
On which of the following factors does the
sensitivity of a closed loop system to gain
changes and load disturbances depend?
A. frequency
A. g1/1+g2h
B. loop gain
B. g1+g2/1+g1h
C. forward gain
C. g2/1+g1h
D. all of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
The transient response, with feedback system,
Use mason’s gain formula to find the transfer
A. rises slowly
function of the given figure:
B. rises quickly
C. decays slowly
D. decays quickly
The second derivative input signals modify
which of the following?
A. g1+g2 A. the time constant of the system
B. g1+g1/1-g1h+g2h B. damping of the system
C. g1+g2/1+g1h+g2h C. the gain of the system
D. g1-g2 D. the time constant and suppress the
Regenerative feedback implies feedback with oscillations
A. oscillations The transient response, yt(t), of a system
B. step input becomes ______ as t tends to infinity.
C. negative sign A. 0
D. positive sign B. 1
explanation:-regenerative feedback that is the C. infinity
positive feedback implies feedback with positive sign D. undefined
and for complementary root locus is for the A control system working under unknown
regenerative feedback. random action is called
The output of a feedback control system must A. computer control system
be a function of B. digital data system
A. reference and output C. stochastic control system
B. reference and input D. adaptive control system
C. input and feedback signal
The first order control system, which is is well Zero initial condition for a system means
designed, has a A. input reference signal is zero
A. small bandwidth B. zero stored energy
B. negative time constant C. no initial movement of moving parts
C. large negative transfer function pole D. system is at rest and no energy is stored in
D. none of the above any of its components
Zero-order hold used in practical The first order control system ,which is well
reconstruction of continuous-time signals is designed has a
mathematically represented as a weighted-sum A. small bandwidth
of rectangular pulses shifted by: B. negative time constant
A. any multiples of the sampling interval C. large negative transfer function pole
B. integer multiples of the sampling interval D. none of the above
C. one sampling interval A zero order hold is used with sampled data
D. 1 second intervals system to
Sampling can be done by: A. make it critically damped
A. impulse train sampling B. reconstruct the sampled signal
B. natural sampling C. improve the stability of the system
C. flat-top sampling D. convert it to a continuous system
D. all of the mentioned A controller is basically a ______.
The first step required to convert analog signal A. sensor
to digital is : B. comparator
A. sampling C. amplifier
B. holding D. clipper
C. reconstruction Z and Laplace transform are related by:
A. s = ln z
D. quantization B. s =ln z/t
Sampling is necessary : C. s =z
A. in complex control systems D. s= t/ln z
B. where high accuracy is required What is the z-transform of the signal x[n] =
C. non automated control systems anu(n)?
D. automated control system A. x(z) =1/z-1
______ is a sampling pattern which is repeated B. x(z) = 1/1-z
periodically C. x(z) = z/z-a
A. single order sampling D. x(z) = 1/z-a
B. multi order sampling Which one of the following rules determine the
C. zero order sampling mapping of s-plane to z-plane?
D. unordered sampling A. right side of the s-plane maps into outside
Aliasing is caused when: of the unit circle in z-plane
A. sampling frequency must be equal to the B. left half of s-plane maps into inside of the unit
message signal circle
B. sampling frequency must be greater to the C. imaginary axis in s-plane maps into the
message signal circumference of the unit circle
C. sampling frequency must be less to the D. all of the mentioned
message signal Assertion (A): The z-transform of the output of
D. sampling frequency must be greater than or equal the sampler is given by the series. Reason (R):
to the message signal The relationship is the result of the application
The signal is reconstructed back with the help of z = e-sT, where T stands for the time gap
of between the samples.
A. zero order hold circuits A. both a and r are true and r is correct
B. extrapolations explanation of a
C. signal is reconstructed with zero order holds B. both a and r are true but r is not
and extrapolations correct explanation of a
D. signal is not reconstructed C. a is true but r is false
A control system working under unknown D. a is false but r is true
random actions is called ______.
A. computer control system Inverse z-transform of the system can be
B. digital data system calculated using:
C. stochastic control system A. partial fraction method
D. adaptive control system B. long division method
C. basic formula of the z-transform With feedback _____ reduces.
D. all of the mentioned A. system stability
Difference equation model results in: B. system gain
A. sampled-data systems C. system stability and gain
B. numerical analysis of continuous time D. damping
systems Asymptotic stability is concerned with:
C. continuous time feedback systems A. a system under influence of input
D. both a & b B. a system not under influence of input
Which of the following is an advantage of C. a system under influence of output
Laplace transform method D. a system not under influence of output
A. it gives solution in frequency domain only A linear time invariant system is stable if :
B. it gives total solution more systematically A. system in excited by the bounded input, the
C. initial conditions are incorporated in the output is also bounded
very first step B. in the absence of input output tends zero
D. both b & c C. both a and b
Analysis of control system by Laplace D. system in excited by the bounded input, the
transform technique is not possible for output is not bounded
A. discrete time systems If a system is given unbounded input then the
B. linear systems system is:
C. time invariant systems A. stable
D. unstable continuous time systems B. unstable
Z-transform is used in: C. not defined
A. continuous optimal control problem D. linear
B. discrete optimal problem  If the impulse response in absolutely
C. control systems integrable then the system is :
D. none of the mentioned A. absolutely stable
Unit step response of the system described by B. unstable
the equation y(n) +y(n-1) =x(n) is: C. linear
A. z /(z+1)(z-1)
2
D. stable
B. z/(z+1)(z-1) If root of the characteristic equation has
C. z+1/z-1 positive real part the system is :
D. z(z-1)/z+1 A. stable
Difference equation model results in: B. unstable
A. sampled-data systems C. marginally stable
B. numerical analysis of continuous time D. linear
systems The use of sampled data control system are:
C. continuous time feedback systems A. for using analog components as the part of
D. both a and b the control loop
For relative stability of the system which of the B. for time division of control components
following is sufficient? C. whenever a transmission channel forms a
A. gain margin part of closed loop
B. phase margin D. none of the mentioned
C. both a and b Jury’s test determines whether the roots of a
D. magnitude polynomial lie:
Stability of a system implies that : A. close to unit circle
A. small changes in the system input does not B. within the unit circle
result in large change in system output C. outside the unit circle
B. small changes in the system parameters D. on the unit circle
does not result in large change in system The transformation technique in which there is
output one to one mapping from s-domain to z-
C. small changes in the initial conditions does domain is
not result in large change in system output A. approximation of derivatives
D. small changes in the initial conditions result B. impulse invariance method
in large change in system output C. bilinear transformation method
Linear mathematical model applies to : D. backward difference for the derivative
A. linear systems Parallel form of realization is done in
B. stable systems A. high speed filtering applications
C. unstable systems B. low speed filtering applications
D. all of the mentioned C. both a and b
D. none of the above Conventional control theory is applicable to
In cascade form of realization, how many bits ______ systems
should be used to represent the FIR filter A. siso
coefficients in order to avoid the quantization B. mimo
effect on filter coefficients? C. time varying
A. 5 to 10 D. non-linear
B. 12 to 14 The transfer function for the state
C. 20 to 24 representation of the continuous time LTI
D. 28 to 40 system: dq(t)/dt=Aq(t)+Bx(t) Y(t)=Cq(t)
How is the sampling rate conversion achieved +Dx(t) is given by
by factor I/D? A. c(si-a)-1b+d
A. by increase in the sampling rate with (i) B. b(si-a)-1b+d
B. by filtering the sequence to remove C. c(si-a)-1b+a
unwanted images of spectra of original signal D. d(si-a)-1b+c
C. by decimation of filtered signal with factor d The system which works on the initial condition
D. all of above without any input applied to it is called as :
 In the cascaded form of realization, the A. homogeneous system
polynomials are factored into B. non homogeneous system
A. product of 1st-order and 2nd-order C. linear system
polynomials D. non linear system
B. product of 2nd-order and 3rd-order
polynomials
C. sum of 1st-order and 2nd-order polynomials
D. sum of 2nd-order and 3rd-order
polynomials
Open loop transfer function of a system having
one zero with a positive real value is called.
A. zero phase function
B. negative phase function
C. positive phase function
D. non-minimum phase function
Consider the function F (s)= 5/s(s +3s+2), the
2

initial value of f(t) is:


A. 5
B. 5/2
C. 5/3
D.0
In a closed loop for which the output is the
speed of the motor, the output rate control can
be used to:
A. limit the speed of the motor
B. limit the torque output of the motor
C. reduce the damping of the system
D. limit the acceleration of the motor
The transfer function of any stable system
which has no zeros or poles in the right half of
the s-plane is said to be:
A. minimum phase transfer function
B. non-minimum phase transfer function
C. minimum phase frequency response
function
D. minimum gain transfer function
State model representation is possible using
_________
A. physical variables
B. phase variables
C. canonical state variables
D. all of the above

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