Quiz

1. The force-voltage analogous circuit for the mechanical system shown in Fig. is

A) B)

C) D)

2. For the signal flow graph shown in Fig., the value of X3/X1 is .............

A) 5 B) 10 C)20 D) 40

3. Which one of the following represents the linear mathematical model of the physical system shown in
the Fig. ?

d 2 x2
= k [x1 − x 2 ]
dx 2
M +B
A) dt 2 dt
 d 2 x1
= k [x1 − x2 ]
dx1
M +B
B) dt 2 dt

d 2 x2
= k [x2 − x1 ]
dx2
M 2
+B
C) dt dt

d 2 x1
= k [x2 − x1 ]
dx1
M +B
D) dt 2 dt

4. The transfer function C(s)/R(s) for the block diagram shown in Fig. is

C (s) G1
=
A)
R( s) 1 + G1H1 + G1H 2

C (s) G1
=
B)
R( s) 1 − G1H1 − G1H 2

C ( s) GHH
= 1 1 2
C)
R( s) 1 + G1H1H 2

C ( s) G1H1H 2
=
D)
R( s) 1 − G1H1H 2

5. The block diagram shown in figure gives a unity feedback closed loop control system.

The steady state error in the response of the above system to unit step input is
A)75 % B) 33% C) 25% D)50%
6. Find the stability for the following transfer function G (s ) =
50
?
s ( s + 5)
A) Stable B) Marginally stable C) Critically stable D)Unstable

7. The low frequency and high frequency asymptotes of Bode magnitude plot are -60 dB/decade and -40
dB/decade respectively. What is the type of the system?
A) Type – 1 B) Type – 2 C) Type – 3 D)Type – 0
as + 1
8. The value of 'a' in G( s) = to give phase margin = 50° will be
s2
A) 0.5 B)1 C)1.414 D)2

4
G ( s) =
9. The phase margin of a system having the loop transfer function
s(s + 1) is
A) 15° B)25° C)45° D)65°

1
10. A system described by the transfer function G ( s) = 3 is stable. The constraints on
s + αs 2 + β s + 3
'α' and 'β' are
A) α< 0 and α β > 4 B)α > 0 and α β < 4
C) α < 0 and α β < 4 D) α > 0 and α β > 4

1 + aTs
11. The transfer function of phase lead compensator is given by G ( s ) = , where T > 0 and a >1.
1 + Ts
What is the maximum phase shift provided by this compensator?

 a −1   a −1
tan −1   sin −1  
A)  a + 1 
B)
 a + 1 
 a +1  a +1
tan −1   sin −1  
C)  a − 1  D)  a −1

 0 1
A=  , the state transition matrix e AT
12.
Given
 − 1 0 
of the system is given by
 cos t sin t   sin t cos t 
 sin t cos t  − cos t sin t 
A)   B)  
 cos t sin t  − cos t − sin t 
− sin t cos t  D)  − sin t − cos t 
C)    

Y (s ) s +1
The diagonal canonical form representation for the transfer function = is given by
U ( s ) (s + 2 )(s + 5)
13.
 x&1 (t )  − p1 0   x1 (t )  1
& =   + u (t ) and
 x 2 (t )  0 − p 2   x 2 (t ) 1
.
 x1 (t ) 
y (t ) = [c1 c 2 ] 
 x 2 (t )
Find the value of c1+c2?

A) 0 B)1 C)2 D_5/3

14. The system model described by the state equations

•
 x1  = − 3 − 1  x1  + 1u
 •   2  
0   x2  0
 x2 
 x  1
and
y = [1 0] 1  +  u is
 x2  0
A) controllable and observable

B) controllable but not observable

C)observable but not controllable

D) neither controllable nor observable

15. A transfer function of control system does not have pole-zero cancellation. Which one of the
following statements is true?
A) System is observable but uncontrollable

B) System is controllable but unobservable

C) System is neither controllable nor observable

D) System is completely controllable and observable

16. Find the state space equations in observable canonical form for the following transfer function
Y ( s) s +1
= .
U ( s) ( s + 2)( s + 5)

 x&1 (t )   1 0   x1 (t )  0
& =   +  u (t )
 x 2 (t ) − 10 − 7  x 2 (t ) 1
 x (t ) 
y (t ) = [1 1] 1 
A)  x 2 (t )

 x&1 (t )  0 − 10  x1 (t )  0

 x& (t )  =    +  u (t )
 2  1 − 7   x 2 (t )  1
 x (t ) 
y (t ) = [1 1] 1 
B)  x 2 (t )

 x&1 (t )  0 − 10  x1 (t )  1

 x& (t )  =    +   u (t )
 2  1 − 7   x 2 (t ) 1
 x (t ) 
y (t ) = [0 1] 1 
C)  x 2 (t )

 x&1 (t )   1 0   x1 (t )  1
& =   +   u (t )
 x2 (t )  − 10 − 7  x 2 (t ) 1
 x (t ) 
y (t ) = [1 0] 1 
D)  x 2 (t )
•
17. The transfer function Y(s)/U(s) of a system described by the state equations x = −5 x + 2u and
y (t ) = 0.5 x is:
Y ( s) 1 Y (s) 1
= =
A)
U (s) s + 5 B)
U (s) s − 5
 Y ( s) 2 Y (s) 2
= =
C)
U (s) s + 5 D)
U (s) s − 5

18. The minimum number of states require to describe the two degree differential equation:
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

19. 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

20. The loop transfer function of a single loop control system is given by
100
G ( s) H ( s) = e − sT
s (1 + 0.01s )
The condition for the closed loop system to be stable is
A) T < 0.01 sec B) T < 0.1 sec C) T < 1 sec D) T < 10 sec