Control Systems MCQ

Control Systems MCQ

1)   Which system exhibits the initiation of corrective action only after the output gets affected?
a. Feed forward
b. Feedback
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Feedback

2)   What should be the nature of bandwidth for a good control system?
a. Large
b. Small
c. Medium
d. All of the above

ANSWER: Large

3)   If an impulse response of a system is e-5t, what would be its transfer function?
a. 1/ s – 5
b. 1/ s + 5
c. (s+1) / (s+5)
d. (s2 – 5s)/ (s-5)

ANSWER: 1/ s + 5

4)   Which among the following are the elements of rotational motion?
a. Mass, Spring, Friction
b. Inertia, Damper, Spring
c. Work, Energy, Power
d. Force, Pressure, Viscocity

ANSWER: Inertia, Damper, Spring

5)   Match the following notations with their meanings:
A. G(s) ———- 1) Laplace of error signal
B. H(s) ———- 2) Laplace of output signal
C. C(s) ———- 3) Forward transfer function
D. E(s) ———- 4) Feedback transfer function

a. A- 2, B- 3, C- 1, D- 4
b. A- 3, B- 4, C- 2, D- 1
c. A- 2, B- 3, C- 4, D- 1
d. A- 1, B- 2, C- 3, D- 4

ANSWER: A- 3, B- 4, C- 2, D- 1

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6)   At summing point, more than one signal can be added or _________
a. Subtracted
b. Multiplied
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Subtracted

7)   The value of variables at each node is _________the algebraic sum of all signals arriving at that node.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Equal to

8)   In signal flow graph, the product of all ______gains while going through a forward path is known as ‘Path gain’.
a. Branch
b. Path
c. Node
d. Loop

ANSWER: Branch

9)   If a type 1 system is subjected to parabolic input, what will be the value of steady state error?
a. 0
b. 100
c. Constant k
d. Infinite

ANSWER: Infinite

10)   On which factor does the steady state error of the system depend?
a. Order
b. Type
c. Size
d. Prototype

ANSWER: Type

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11)   Consider the equation S3 + 3s2 + 5s + 2 = 0. How many roots are located in left half of s-plane?
a. Zero
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

ANSWER: Three

12)   If the system is represented by characteristic equation s6 + s4 + s3 + s2 + s + 3 = 0, then the system is_________
a. Stable
b. Unstable
c. Marginally stable
d. Unpredictable

ANSWER: Unstable

13)   If poles are added to the system, where will the system tend to shift the root locus?
a. To the left of an imaginary axis
b. To the right of an imaginary axis
c. At the center
d. No shifting takes place

ANSWER: To the right of an imaginary axis

14)   For a unity feedback system with G(s) = 10 / s2, what would be the value of centroid?
a. 0
b. 2
c. 5
d. 10

ANSWER: 0

15)   If ‘ξ’ approaches to zero, the peak resonance would ________
a. Also be zero
b. Be unity
c. Tend to infinity
d. Become equal to peak overshoot

ANSWER: Tend to infinity

16)   At which condition of ‘ξ’, resonant peak does not exist and its maximum value is considered to be unity along with zero resonant frequency?
a. 0 < ξ < 0.707
b. ξ > 0.707
c. ξ = 0
d. ξ = 1

ANSWER: ξ > 0.707

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17)   If the damping of the system becomes equal to zero, which condition of the resonant frequency is likely to occur?
a. ωr = ωd
b. ωr > ωn
c. ωr < ωn
d. ωr = ωn

ANSWER: ωr = ωn

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18)   If the resonant peak is estimated to be ‘5’, which among the following would bethe correct value of damping?
a. ξ = 0.3
b. ξ = 1
c. ξ = 3.2
d. ξ = 5.55

ANSWER: ξ = 0.3

19)   If a system is said to have a damping ξ = 0.5532 with the natural frequency ωn = 2 rad/sec, what will be the value of resonant frequency (ωr)?
a. 1.2456 rad/s
b. 1.7352 rad/s
c. 2.3421 rad/s
d. 3.66 rad/s

ANSWER: 1.2456 rad/s

20)   In frequency response, the resonance frequency is basically a measure of _______ of response.
a. Speed
b. Distance
c. Angle
d. Curvature

ANSWER: Speed

21)   The frequency at which the phase of the system acquires ____ is known as ‘Phase crossover frequency’.
a. 90°
b. -90°
c. 180°
d. -180°

ANSWER: -180°

22)   At which frequency does the magnitude of the system becomes zero dB?
a. Resonant frequency
b. Cut-off frequency
c. Gain crossover frequency
d. Phase crossover frequency

ANSWER: Gain crossover frequency

23)   If the phase angle at gain crossover frequency is estimated to be -105°, what will be the value of phase margin of the system?
a. 23°
b. 45°
c. 60°
d. 75°

ANSWER: 75°

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24)   The system is said to be marginally stable, if gain margin is ______
a. 0
b. 1
c. +∞
d. None of the above

ANSWER: +∞

25)   If the constant ‘k’ is positive, then what would be its contribution on the phase plot?
a. 0°
b. 45°
c. 90°
d. 180°

ANSWER: 0°

26)   If the unity feedback system is given by the open loop transfer function G(s) = ks2 / [(1 + 0.3s) (1+ 0.05s)], what would be the initial slope of magnitude plot?
a. 20 dB/decade
b. 40 dB/decade
c. 60 dB/decade
d. Unpredictable

ANSWER: 40 dB/decade

27)   If the system is represented by G(s) H(s) = k (s+7) / s (s +3) (s + 2), what would be its magnitude at ω = ∞?
a. 0
b. ∞
c. 7/10
d. 21

ANSWER: 0

28)   According to Nyquist stability criterion, where should be the position of all zeros of q(s) corresponding to s-plane?
a. On left half
b. At the center
c. On right half
d. Random

ANSWER: On left half

29)   Consider a feedback system with gain margin of about 30. At what point does Nyquist plot crosses negative real axis?
a. -3
b. -0.3
c. -30
d. -0.03

ANSWER: -0.3

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30)   For Nyquist contour, the size of radius is _______
a. 25
b. 0
c. 1
d. ∞

ANSWER: ∞

31)   If a Nyquist plot of G (jω) H (jω) for a closed loop system passes through (-2, j0) point in GH plane, what would be the value of gain margin of the system in dB?
a. 0 dB
b. 2.0201 dB
c. 4 dB
d. 6.0205 dB

ANSWER: 6.0205 dB

32)   Which principle specifies the relationship between enclosure of poles & zeros by s-plane contour and the encirclement of origin by q(s) plane contour?
a. Argument
b. Agreement
c. Assessment
d. Assortment

ANSWER: Argument

33)   Which among the following constitute the state model of a system in addition to state equations?
a. Input equations
b. Output equations
c. State trajectory
d. State vector

ANSWER: Output equations

34)   State model representation is possible using _________
a. Physical variables
b. Phase variables
c. Canonical state variables
d. All of the above

ANSWER: All of the above

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35)   Which mechanism in control engineering implies an ability to measure the state by taking measurements at output?
a. Controllability
b. Observability
c. Differentiability
d. Adaptability

ANSWER: Observability

36)   According to the property of state transition method, e0 is equal to _____
a. I
b. A
c. e-At
d. -eAt

ANSWER: I

37)   Which among the following is a disadvantage of modern control theory?
a. Implementation of optimal design
b. Transfer function can also be defined for different initial conditions
c. Analysis of all systems take place
d. Necessity of computational work

ANSWER: Necessity of computational work

38)   Which among the following is a unique model of a system?
a. Transfer function
b. State variable
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Transfer function

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