Control Engineering
Control Engineering
A new type of device appears to accumulate charge according to the expression q(t)=(15t 2
−12t) mC (t in s) in the interval of 0 ≤ t < 5 s, at what time does the current flowing into
the device equal zero?
A. 0.8s
B. 0.4s
C. 0.475s
D. 0.2ms
Answer: B
2. Which of the following is not true regarding to the following circuit shown in the figure
below.
A. Vs = i(R1 +R2)
R2
B. VR2= Vs( )
R1+ R 2
R1
C. VR2= Vs( )
R1+ R 2
Vs
D. i= ( )
R1+ R 2
Answer: C
A. eat – ebt
B. eat + ebt
C. a.eat – b. ebt
D. a.eat + b. ebt
Answer: D
4. Consider the circuit shown in figure below and determine Rab,
A. 2.5
B. 7.5
C. 25
D. 1.66
Answer: D
5. For the circuit shown in the figure the current ‘I’ is given by
A. 2A
B. 3A
C. 1A
D. zero
Answer: C
6. The switch is the circuit below is closed for long time and opened at t = 0. What is the
value of v (capacitor voltage) at steady state?
A. 1V
B. 24V
C. 0V
D. 6V
Answer: B
7. The Thevenin’s equivalent voltage Vth across the terminal A and B of the network shown
in the figure is given by
A. (64+48j)V
B. (48j – 64)V
C. (48 + 64j )V
D. (48 - 64j)V
Answer: A
a b
A. 9.44
B. 39
C. 8.97
D. 9
Answer: C
9. The maximum power that can be transferred to the load resistor RL from the voltage
source in the figure is
A. 1W
B. 10 W
C. 0.25 W
D. 0.5 W
Answer: C
10. What happens if the following program is executed in C and C++?
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
int new = 5;
printf(“%d”, new);
}
A. Error in C and successful execution in C++
B. Error in both C and C++
C. Error in C++ and successful execution in C
D. A successful run in both C and C++
Answer C
Answer A
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int array[] = {10, 20, 30};
cout << -2[array];
return 0;
}
A. -15
B. -30
C. compile time error
D. garbage value
Answer B
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int a = 3, b =4;
cout << a | b;
return 0;
}
A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 8
Answer C
15. For inserting a new line in C++ program, which one of the following statements can be
used?
A. \n
B. \r
C. \a
D. \t
Answer A
16. Which of the following gives the 4th element of the array?
A. Array;
B. array[0];
C. array[3];
D. array[4];
Answer C
17. What is the output of below program?
int main()
{
int a = 10;
cout<<a++;
return 0;
}
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 9
Answer A
18. A zener diode is always connected in
A. Reverse bias
B. Forward bias
C. either reverse or forward bias
D. none of the above
Answer: A
Answer: B
Answer: A
21. A transistor is connected in CB mode. If it is not connected in CE mode with same bias
voltages, the values of base, collector and emitter current will
A. remain the same
B. increase
C. decrease
D. none of the above
Answer: A
Answer: C
25. The best frequency response of amplifier is achieved using
A. RC coupling
B. Transformer coupling
C. Direct coupling
D. None of the above
Answer: C
26. Why the number of stages that can be directly coupled is limited
A. Due to changes in temperature cause thermal instability
B. Circuit becomes heavy and costly
C. It becomes difficult to bias the circuit
D. None of the above
Answer : A
27. The period of signal of x(t) = sin t+ cos √ 2t is
A. π / √ 2
B. 3 π
C. 2 π
D. The signal is not periodic
Answer: D
28. The even part of a signal x(n) = u(n) + u(– n) is
A. u(n) – u(– n)
B. u(n) + u(– n)
C. u(– n) – u(n)
D. 2u(n)
Answer: B
( )
n
−1
29. The Impulse response of a LTI system is given as h(n)= u(n) .The step response is
4
[ ( )]
n
1 −1
A. 5+
4 4
[ ( )]
n
1 −1
B. 5−
4 4
[ ( )]
n
1 −1
C. 4+
4 4
[ ( )]
n
1 −1
D. 4−
4 4
Answer: B
s
30. H(s) the transfer function and H(s)= 2 (σ ←1). Then the function is
s −s−2
A. Causal and stable
B. Causal and unstable
C. Non-causal and stable
D. Non-causal and unstable
Answer: D
31. Unit impulse response of a system is f(t) = e−t , for t ≥ 0, for this system, the steady state
value of the output for unit step input is equal to
A. 1
B. –1
C. 0
D. ∞
Answer: A
32. The Laplace transform of the following signal given in the following figure is equal to:
g
(t)
t
0 3 5
1
A. ¿)
s
1
B. ¿ )
s
1
C. ¿ )
s
−3 s
e 5s 3s
D. ( e −e )
s
Answer: D
n
33. x[n] = a u[n] where a is real. z-transform of x[n] is
z
A. , z < a
z−a
z
B. , z > a
z−a
z
C. , z > a
z+ a
z
D. , z < a
z+ a
Answer: B
A. 3, 4
B. 1, 2
C. 1, 3
D. 2, 4
Answer: B
Ks
35. If the driving point admittance function of a 1-port network is Y ( s )= ,it can be
s +α
realized using
A. Parallel combination of R, L
B. Series combination of R, L
C. Parallel combination of R, C
D. Series combination of R, C
Answer D
36. For an RC driving point impedance function, the poles and zeros
A. Should alternate only on the negative real axis
B. Should alternate on the imaginary axis
C. Should alternate on real axis
D. Can lie anywhere on the left half plane
Answer A
37. An ideal filter should have
A. Zero attenuation in the attenuation band
B. Zero attenuation in the pass band
C. Infinite attenuation in the passband
D. None of the above
Answer B
38. If two two-port networks are connected in parallel, and if the port current requirement is
satisfied, which one of the following is true
A. The ABCD-parameter matrices add
B. The z -parameter matrices add
C. The y-parameter matrices add
D. None of the above
Answer C
39. Match the List-I (Forms) with List-II (Networks)
List I List II
a Cauer I 1 L in series arms and C in shunt arms of a ladder
Answer A
Answer D
41. Ideal response of filter takes place in
A. Pass band and stop band frequency
B. Stop band frequency
C. Pass band frequency
D. None of the mentioned
Answer C
42. A network function can be completely specified by
A. Poles and zeros
B. Real parts of zeros
C. Real parts of poles
D. Poles, zeros, and a scale factor
Answer D
43. A device that is used to switch one of several input lines to a single output line is called a
A. Comparator
B. Multiplexer
C. Decoder
D. Encoder
Answer C
44. If the period of a clock signal is 500 ps, the frequency is____________
A. 20 MHz
B. 2 GHz
C. 200 MHz
D. 20 GHz
Answer B
45. In the binary number 1000, the weight of the column with the 1 is
A. 8
B. 10
C. 6
D. 4
Answer A
46. 2’s complement of binary number 0101 is
A. 1111
B. 1011
C. 1101
D. 1110
Answer B
Answer C
Answer B
A. 1 clock period
B. 3 clock periods
C. 2 clock periods
D. clock period
Answer A
51. The chemical used in breather for transformer should have the quality of
A. cooling the transformer oil
B. cleansing the transformer oil
C. absorbing moisture
D. ionizing air
Answer C
52. Power factor of a synchronous motor is unity when
A. the armature current is maximum
B. the armature current is zero
C. the armature current is maximum
D. none of the above
Answer C
A. Vs
B. Vs/2
C. 2Vs
D. Zero
Answer B
60. The output current wave of a single-phase full bridge inverter on RL load is
A. a sine wave
B. a square wave
C. a triangular wave
D. constant dc
Answer C
61. In AC voltage controllers the
A. variable ac with fixed frequency is obtained
B. variable ac with variable frequency is obtained
C. variable dc with fixed frequency is obtained
D. variable dc with variable frequency is obtained
Answer A
62. The below given output voltage waveform can be obtained by a
A. Ampere
B. Kilowatt
C. VA
D. All of the above
Answer A
76. Identify an instrument in which the value of the measure variable show the instantaneous
value of the quantity under measurement?
A. Absolute instrument
B. Recording instrument
C. Secondary instrument
D. Integrating instrument
Answer C
77. One of the following analog instruments has a linear scale in a measurement system?
A. Thermocouple meter
B. Moving iron meter
C. Hot wore meter
D. Moving coil meter.
Answer D
78. Magnetic tape can be used to store one of the following data.
A. .Digital Data
B. Analog data
C. Both analog & digital data
D. None of these
Answer A
79. In moving coil meters, damping is provided by
A. Damping vane in the air tight chamber.
B. The aluminum frame of the coil.
C. Eddy current disk.
D. The coil spring attached to the moving mechanism
Answer C
80. The function of shunt in an ammeter type analog instrument is to perform
A. By pass the current
B. Increase the sensitivity of the ammeter
C. Increase the resistance of ammeter
D. None of the above
Answer A
81. Determine the application that can be performed using Wein Bridge
A. Frequency determination
B. Resistance measurement only
C. Harmonic distortion analyzer
D. A and C
Answer D
82. The direction of electric field in an LCD can be determined by
A. Crystalline surface structure
B. The molecule’s chemical structure
C. Molecular Orbital Theory
D. Quantum Cellular Automata
Answer B
83. Which one of the following are integrating instruments?
A. Ammeters
B. Voltmeters
C. Wattmeter
D. Ampere-hour and watt-hour meters
Answer D
84. The spring material used in a spring control device should have the following property
A. Should be non-magnetic
B. Most be of low temperature co-efficient
C. Should have low specific resistance
D. All of the above
Answer D
85. The transfer function of the given system is given by
A. 9, 0.889, 0.762
B. 9, 0.559, 0.762
C. 9, 0.889, 0.187
D. 9, 0.667, 0.187
Answer: A
88. The closed loop transfer function for a second order system is: T(s) = 4/ (s^2 + 4s + 4).
Calculate the settling time for a 2 percent and 5 percent band.
A. 5, 2.0
B. 0, 10.0
C. 0, 1.5
D. 0, 2.0
Answer C
89. For the given closed-loop system, the ranges of the values of K for stability is:
A. K > -19.5
B. K > 8
C. -19.5 < k < 8
D. K > 0
Answer: C
90. The characteristic equation of the feedback control system is given as:
s^3 + 4s^2 + (K + 5)s + K = 0
Here, K is a scalable variable parameter. In the root loci diagram of the system, the
asymptotes of the root locus for large values of K meet at a point in the s-plane whose
coordinate is:
A. (-1.5, 0)
B. (-2, 0)
C. (-1, 0)
D. (2, 0)
Answer: B
91. In a bode-plot of a unity feedback control system, the value of phase of G(jw) at the gain
cross over frequency is -115 degrees. The phase margin of the system is:
A. 115 degrees
B. -57.5 degrees
C. -65 degrees
D. 65 degrees
Answer D
[]
y ( t ) =[4 0]
x1
x2
Where r(t) is a unit impulse function. Having initial conditions as nil, the output y(t) is
determined as
A. y ( t ) =2 e2 t
B. y ( t ) =4 e2 t
C. y ( t ) =2 e 4 t
D. y ( t ) =4 e4 t
Answer B
98. For second order system with an initial condition of
1
2 []
without any external input the
[ ]
−2 t
∅ ( t ) = e −t0
0e
The state of the system at the end of one second is
A. [0.135
0.735 ]
B. [0.135
0.368 ]
C. [0.271
0.735 ]
D. [0.135
1.470 ]
Answer A
value of x is ____________________
A. []
0
0
B. [ ]
−2
−1
C. [ ]
−1
3
D. []
0
1
Answer: A
100. For a given state space representation A= [ ]
10
04
. The state transition matrix is
[ ]
−t
∅ ( t ) = e 0
A. −4 t
0e
[ ]
−t
0e
B. ∅ ( t ) = −4 t
e 0
[ ]
−4 t
e 0
C. ∅ ( t ) = −t
0e
[ ]
−4 t
0e
D. ∅ ( t ) = −t
e 0
Answer: A