ELL 225 : Control Engineering Lab
Quiz 2
Name:
Entry Number:
Instructions :
• Print your choice in the grid, in the space provided.
• Print choices as A,B,C,D. (Not as a,b,c,d)
• All questions have a score of 1 mark.
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1. In the Process Control Trainer, the ‘% Proportional Band’ refers to
A. Inverse of Process Bandwidth
B. Proportional Gain
C. Process Bandwidth
D. Inverse of Proportional Gain
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2. A proportional controller ‘K’ is used to control a system with transfer function G(s) = s2 +4s−5 , the
range of K for which the closed loop system would be stable is
A. K > 5
B. 2 < K < 7
C. K < 4
D. K < 2 or K > 7
3. The problem associated with non-minimum phase systems is
A. closed loop instability
B. output instability
C. Untrackability
D. negative feedback sensitivity
4. There should be the total of number of poles and zeros to the of a point on
the real axis for it to be on root locus of G(s) for K ≥ 0.
A. odd; left
B. even; right
C. odd; right
D. even; left
5. A system G(s) has a gain crossover at 150 rad/sec and 200 rad/sec a phase crossover at 100 rad/sec and
300 rad/sec. G(s) is
A. Insufficient Data
B. Conditionally Stable
C. Stable
D. Unstable
6. For open loop stability of a system with a gain crossover frequency of ωg and a phase crossover frequency
of ωp ,
A. none of the other choices
B. ωg < ωp
C. ωg > ωp
D. ωg = ωp
7. Real and imaginary parts of a complex pole indicate
A. frequency and phase of the damped oscillations respectively
B. amplitude and gain of the damped oscillations respectively
C. frequency and amplitude of damped oscillations respectively
D. amplitude and frequency of damped oscillations respectively
8. For a type-1 system with a ramp input, the steady state error is
A. non-zero and finite
B. indeterminate
C. zero
D. infinite
9. Offset error for unit step input, is typically present in
A. P & I
B. P & PD
C. PI & PD
D. PID & P
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10. The braking mechanism used in modular servo system is
A. Contact Braking
B. Eddy Current Braking
C. Capacitive Braking
D. Magnetic Braking
11. LVDT stands for
A. Linear Variable Displacement Transformer
B. Linear Variable Displacement Transducer
C. Linear Variable Differential Transducer
D. Linear Variable Differential Transformer
(s+3)2
12. For 0 < K < ∞, the root locus of G(s) = (s−3)2
A. is never on the real axis
B. always stays on the real axis
C. always stays on the imaginary axis
D. is never on the imaginary axis
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13. Two time delay elements with delays x and y respectively, are in cascade. The overall delay is
A. xy
B. x + y
x+y
C. xy
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D. x+y
14. The main disadvantage of using a single Strain Gauge in a Wheatstone Bridge sensing circuit is that it
A. has poor sensitivity
B. is affected by temperature
C. can not be null-balanced
D. gives a non-linear response
15. The Bode magnitude plot of a system has a low-frequency slope of -20 dB/dec and a high-frequency
slope of -40 dB/dec and a high-frequency phase of -360 degrees. From this, it can be said that the
system has two more than with one RHP , all other poles/zeros
in LHP.
A. poles; zeros; zero
B. zeros; poles; pole
C. zeros; poles; zero
D. poles; zeros; pole
16. A system represented as a minimal (no pole zero cancellation) transfer function is:
A. Observable
B. Controllable
C. Both Controllable and Observable
D. Not enough data to draw conclusions
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17. If y(t) is the output of a stable first-order system with time-delay (FOPTD) to a unit step input, then
the value of the output at steady state is always
A. zero
B. cannot be determined
C. DC gain
D. 1
18. For a system with only LHP poles, a sufficient condition for stability is ensuring that the overall gain of
the open loop transfer function is
A. greater than one
B. less than one
C. greater than zero
D. less than zero
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19. Consider a plant with transfer function G(s) = s+1 . Let r(t) = 2 sin(ωt) be the input to the plant.
What will be the steady state response of the plant at frequency ω = 1 ?
√
A. 2 cos t + π4
√
B. 2 cos t − π4
C. zero
√
D. 2 sin t − π4
20. Suppose a square wave with maximum value of +1 and minimum value of 0, is applied to an integrator
block. The output is
A. Triangular Wave
B. Saw-tooth wave
C. none of the other choices
D. Sine Wave
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