CONTROL SYSTEMS

A good control system has all the following features except_____________?

A. good stability
B. slow response
C. good accuracy
D. sufficient power handling capacity

The initial response when tne output is not equal to input is called__________?

A. Transient response
B. Error response
C. Dynamic response
D. Either of the above

has tendency to oscillate______________?

A. Open loop system

B. Closed loop system
C. Both A. and B.
D. Neither A. nor B.

Which of the following statements is not necessarily correct for open control
system ?

A. Input command is the sole factor responsible for providing the control action
B. Presence of non-linearities causes malfunctioning
C. Less expensive
D. Generally free from problems of non-linearities

In an open loop control system____________?

A. Output is independent of control input

B. Output is dependent on control input
C. Only system parameters have effect on the control output
D. None of the above

Which of the following is an open loop control system ?

A. Field controlled D.C. motor

B. Ward Leonard control
C. Metadyne
D. Stroboscope

A control system in which the control action is somehow dependent on the

output is known as____________?

A. Closed loop system

B. Semi closed loop system
C. Open system
D. None of the above
In open loop system_____________?

A. the control action depends on the size of the system

B. the control action depends on system variables
C. the control action depends on the input signal
D. the control action is independent of the output

A car is raining at a constant speed of 50 km/h, which of the following is the

feedback element for the driver ?

A. Clutch
B. Eyes
C. Needle of the speedometer
D. Steering wheel
F. None of the above

A control system working under unknown random actions is called_________?

A. computer control system

B. digital data system
C. stochastic control system
D. adaptive control system

Any externally introduced signal affecting the controlled output is called

a______________?

A. feedback
B. stimulus
C. signal
D. gain control

____________is a part of the human temperature control system?

A. Digestive system
B. Perspiration system
C. Ear
D. Leg movement

In closed loop control system, with positive value of feedback gain the overall
gain of the system will______________?

A. decrease
B. increase
C. be unaffected
D. any of the above

For open control system which of the following statements is incorrect ?

A. Less expensive
B. Recalibration is not required for maintaining the required quality of the
output
C. Construction is simple and maintenance easy
D. Errors are caused by disturbances
An automatic toaster is a ___________ loop control system?

A. open
B. closed
C. partially closed
D. any of the above

A closed loop system is distinguished from open loop system by which of the
following ?

A. Servomechanism
B. Feedback
C. Output pattern
D. Input pattern

_______________is a closed loop system?

A. Auto-pilot for an aircraft

B. Direct current generator
C. Car starter
D. Electric switch

Which of the following should be done to make an unstable system stable ?

A. The gain of the system should be decreased

B. The gain of the system should be increased
C. The number of poles to the loop transfer function should be increased
D. The number of zeros to the loop transfer function should be increased

By which of the following the control action is determined when a man walks
along a path ?

A. Brain
B. Hands
C. Legs
D. Eyes

Which of the following devices are commonly used as error detectors in

instruments ?

A. Vernistats
B. Microsyns
C. Resolvers
D. Any of the above

The band width, in a feedback amplifier_______________?

A. remains unaffected
B. decreases by the same amount as the gain increase
C. increases by the sane saaaajajt as the gain decrease
D. decreases by the same amount as the gain decrease
_______________is an open loop control system?

A. Ward Leonard control

B. Field controlled D.C. motor
C. Stroboscope
D. Metadyne

As a result of introduction of negative feedback which of the following will not

decrease ?

A. Band width
B. Overall gain
C. Distortion
D. Instability

Zero initial condition for a system means_______________?

A. input reference signal is zero

B. zero stored energy
C. ne initial movement of moving parts
D. system is at rest and no energy is stored in any of its components

Transfer function of a system is used to calculate which of the following ?

A. The order of the system

B. The time constant
C. The output for any given input
D. The steady state gain

The output of a feedback control system must be a function of_______?

A. reference and output

B. reference and input
F. input and feedback signal
D. output and feedback signal

A.C. servomotor resembles_____________?

A. two phase induction motor

B. Three phase induction motor
C. direct current series motor
D. universal motor

A control system with excessive noise, is likely to suffer from__________?

A. saturation in amplifying stages

B. loss of gain
C. vibrations
D. oscillations
On which of the following factors does the sensitivity of a closed loop system
to gain changes and load disturbances depend ?

A. Frequency
B. Loop gain
C. Forward gain
D. All of the above

Regenerative feedback implies feedback with_______________?

A. oscillations
B. step input
C. negative sign
D. positive sign

increases the steady state accuracy?

A. Integrator
B. Differentiator
C. Phase lead compensator
D. Phase lag compensator

The second derivative input signals modify which of the following ?

A. The time constant of the system

B. Damping of the system
C. The gain of the system
D. The time constant and suppress the oscillations
F. None of the above

Which of the following statements is correct for a system with gain margin
close to unity or a phase margin close to zero ?

A. The system is relatively stable

B. The system is highly stable
C. The system is highly oscillatory
D. None of the above

The transient response, with feedback system_____________?

A. rises slowly
B. rises quickly
C. decays slowly
D. decays quickly

Which of the following statements is correct for any closed loop system ?

A. All the co-efficients can have zero value

B. All the co-efficients are always non-zero
C. Only one of the static error co-efficients has a finite non-zero value
D. None of the above
A controller, essentially, is a________________?

A. sensor
B. clipper
C. comparator
D. amplifier

In a stable control system backlash can cause which of the following ?

A. Underdamping
B. Overdamping
C. Poor stability at reduced values of open loop gain
D. Low-level oscillations

In a control system the output of the controller is given to_____________?

A. final control element

B. amplifier
C. comparator
D. sensor
F. none of the above

Due to which of the following reasons excessive bond width in control

systems should be avoided ?

A. It leads to slow speed of response

B. It leads to low relative stability
C. Noise is proportional to band width
D. None of the above

In an automatic control system which of the following elements is not used ?

A. Error detector
B. Final control element
C. Sensor
D. Oscillator

The capacitance, in force-current analogy, is analogous to_____________?

A. momentum
B. velocity
C. displacement
D. mass

Mass, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to________________?

A. charge
B. current
C. inductance
D. resistance
The viscous friction co-efficient, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous
to______________?

A. charge
B. resistance
C. reciprocal of inductance
D. reciprocal of conductance
F. none of the above

In thermal-electrical analogy charge is considered analogous to_________?

A. heat flow
B. reciprocal of heat flow
C. reciprocal of temperature
D. temperature
F. none of the above

In liquid level and electrical system analogy, voltage is considered analogous

to_____________?

A. head
B. liquid flow
C. liquid flow rate
D. none of the above

In force-voltage analogy, velocity is analogous to______________?

A. current
B. charge
C. inductance
D. capacitance

In electrical-pneumatic system analogy the current is considered analogous

to_____________?

A. velocity
B. pressure
C. air flow
D. air flow rate

The temperature, under thermal and electrical system analogy, is considered

analogous to_______________?

A. voltage
B. current
C. capacitance
D. charge
F. none of the above

The transient response of a system is mainly due to________________?

A. inertia forces
B. internal forces
C. stored energy
D. friction
A signal other than the reference input that tends to affect the value of
controlled variable is known as_________________?

A. disturbance
B. command
C. control element
D. reference input

The transfer function is applicable to which of the following ?

A. Linear and time-in variant systems

B. Linear and time-variant systems
C. Linear systems
D. Non-linear systems
F. None of the above

signal will become zero when the feedback signal and reference signs are
equal?

A. Input
B. Actuating
C. Feedback
D. Reference

In a system zero initial condition means that______________?

A. The system is at rest and no energy is stored in any of its components

B. The system is working with zero stored energy
C. The system is working with zero reference signal

With feedback __________ increases?

A. system stability
B. sensitivity
C. gain
D. effects of disturbing signals

_____________is the reference input minus the primary feedback?

A. Manipulated variable
B. Zero sequence
C. Actuating signal
D. Primary feedback

______________By which of the following the system response can be tested

better ?

A. Ramp input signal

B. Sinusoidal input signal
C. Unit impulse input signal
D. Exponentially decaying signal
___________From which of the following transfer function can be obtained ?

A. Signal flow graph

B. Analogous table
C. Output-input ratio
D. Standard block system
F. None of the above

Which of the following is the output of a thermocouple ?

A. Alternating current
B. Direct current
C. A.C. voltage
D. D.C. voltage
F. None of the above

Which of the following is exhibited by Root locus diagrams ?

A. The poles of the transfer function for a set of parameter values

B. The bandwidth of the system
C. The response of a system to a step input
D. The frequency response of a system
F. None of the above

________________directly converts temperature into voltage?

A. Thermocouple
B. Potentiometer
C. Gear train
D. LVDT
F. None of the above

An amplifying can give which of the following characteristics ?

A. Constant current
B. Constant voltage
C. Constant current as well as constant voltage
D. Constant current, constant voltage and constant power
F. None of the above

In a control system integral error compensation _________________ steady

state error?

A. increases
B. minimizes
C. does not have any effect on
D. any of the above

A differentiator is usually not a part of a control system because it_________?

A. reduces damping
B. reduces the gain margin
C. increases input noise
D. increases error
When the initial conditions of a system are specified to be zero it implies that
the system is________________?

A. at rest without any energy stored in it

B. working normally with reference input
C. working normally with zero reference input
D. at rest but stores energy

When the initial conditions of a system are specified to be zero it implies that
the system is______________?

A. at rest without any energy stored in it

B. working normally with reference input
C. working normally with zero reference input
D. at rest but stores energy

A phase lag lead network introduces in the output_______________?

A. lag at all frequencies

B. lag at high frequencies and lead at low frequencies
C. lag at low frequencies and lead at high frequencies
D. none of the above

Which of the following devices is used for conversion of co-ordinates ?

A. Micron
B. Selsyn
C. Synchro-resolver
D. Synchro-transformer

Which of the following is the definition of proportional band of a controller ?

A. The range of air output as measured variable varies from maximum to minimum
B. The range of measured variables from set value
C. The range of measured variables through which the air output changes from
maximum to minimum
D. Any of the above
F. None of the above

Which of the following can be measured by the use of a tachogenerator ?

A. Acceleration
B. Speed
C. Speed and acceleration
D. Displacement
F. None of the above

In order to increase the damping of a badly underdamped system which of

following compensators may be used ?

A. Phase-lead
B. Phase-lag
C. Both A. and B.
D. Either A. and B.
F. None of the above
In a system low friction co-efficient facilitates___________?

A. reduced velocity lag error

B. increased velocity lag error
C. increased speed of response
D. reduced time constant of the system

An increase in gain, in most systems, leads to_____________?

A. smaller damping ratio

B. larger damping ratio
C. constant damping ratio
D. none of the above

A conditionally stable system exhibits poor stability at______________?

A. low frequencies
B. reduced values of open loop gain
C. increased values of open loop gain
D. none of the above

The type 1 system has _________ at the origin?

A. no pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles

The frequency and time domain are related through which of the following ?

A. Laplace Transform and Fourier Integral

B. Laplace Transform
C. Fourier Integral
D. Either B. or C.

Spring constant in force-voltage analogy is analogous to_____________?

A. capacitance
B. reciprocal of capacitance
C. current
D. resistance

Static error coefficients are used as a measure of the effectiveness of closed

loop systems for specified ___________ input signal?

A. acceleration
B. velocity
C. position
D. all of the above
The type 2 system has __________ at the origin?

A. no net pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles

Velocity error constant of a system is measured when the input to the system
is unit ___________ function?

A. parabolic
B. ramp
C. impulse
D. step

If a step function is applied to the input of a system and the output remains
below a certain level for all the time, the system is_____________?

A. not necessarily stable

B. stable
C. unstable
D. always unstable
F. any of the above

Addition of zeros in transfer function causes which of the following ?

A. Lead-compensation
B. Lag-compensation
C. Lead-lag compensation
D. None of the above

The phase lag produced by transportation relays_____________?

A. is independent of frequency
B. is inverse ’ proportional to frequency
C. increases linearly with frequency
D. decreases linearly with frequency

In pneumatic control systems the control valve used as final control element
converts____________?

A. pressure signal to electric signal

B. pressure signal to position change
C. electric signal to pressure signal
D. position change to pressure signal
F. none of the above

The effect of error damping is to______________?

A. provide larger settling lime

B. delay the response
C. reduce steady state error
D. any of the above
F. none of the above
__________________can be extended to systems which are time-varying ?

A. Bode-Nyquist stability methods

B. Transfer functions
C. Root locus design
D. State model representatives

Which of the following is an electromagnetically device ?

A. Induction relay
B. Thermocouple
C. LVDT
D. Any of the above
F. None of the above

With feed back ____________ reduces?

A. system stability
B. system gain
C. system stability and gain
D. none of the above

The transfer function technique is considered as inadequate under which of

the following conditions ?

A. Systems having complexities and non-linearities

B. Systems having stability problems
C. Systems having multiple input disturbances
D. All of the above

The first order control system, which is well designed, has a_______________?

A. small bandwidth
B. negative time constant
C. large negative transfer function pole
D. none of the above

Which of the following can be measured by LVDT ?

A. Displacement
B. Velocity
C. Acceleration
D. Any of the above

With feed back __________ reduces?

A. system stability
B. system gain
C. system stability and gain
D. none of the above
Technique gives quick transient and stability response______________?

A. Root locus
B. Bode
C. Nyquist
D. Nichols

If the gain of the critical damped system is increased it will behave as_______?

A. oscillatory
B. critically damped
C. overdamped
D. underdamped
F. none of the above

Pressure error can be measured by which of the following ?

A. Differential bellows and straingauge

B. Selsyn
C. Strain gauge
D. Strain gauge and potentiometer

_____________is not a final control element?

A. Control valve
B. Potentiometer
C. Electropneumatic converter
D. Servomotor

____________technique is not applicable to nonlinear system ?

A. Nyquist Criterion
B. Quasi linearization
C. Functional analysis
D. Phase-plane representation

Phase margin of a system is used to specify which of the following ?

A. Frequency response
B. Absolute stability
C. Relative stability
D. Time response

The position and velocity errors of a type-2 system are_____________?

A. constant, constant
B. constant, infinity
C. zero, constant
D. zero, zero
The type 0 system has ___________ at the origin?

A. no pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
F. none of the above

Which of the following is the best method for determining the stability and
transient response ?

A. Root locus
B. Bode plot
C. Nyquist plot
D. None of the above

Which of the following is the non-linearity caused by servomotor ?

A. Static friction
B. Backlash
C. Saturation
D. None of the above

A.C. servomotor is basically a____________?

A. universal motor
B. single phase induction motor
C. two phase induction motor
D. three phase induction motor