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90+ Control Systems Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) .

51.

is the reference input minus the primary feedback.

A. manipulated variable
B. zero sequence
C. actuating signal
D. primary feedback
Answer» C. actuating signal
52.

With feedback _____ increases.

A. system stability
B. sensitivity
C. gain
D. effects of disturbing signals
Answer» A. system stability
53.

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
Answer» C. unit impulse input signal
54.

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
Answer» A. reduced velocity lag error
55.

Spring constant in force-voltage analogy is analogous to

A. capacitance
B. reciprocal of capacitance
C. current
D. resistance
Answer» B. reciprocal of capacitance
56.

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)
Answer» A. laplace transform and fourier integral
57.

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
Answer» A. smaller damping ratio
58.

specified ________ input signal.

A. acceleration
B. velocity
C. position
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
59.

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
Answer» B. reduced values of open loop gain
60.

The type 0 system has ______ at the origin.

A. no pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
Answer» A. no pole
61.

The type 1 system has ______ at the origin.

A. no pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
Answer» C. simple pole
62.

The type 2 system has ______ at the origin.

A. no net pole
B. net pole
C. simple pole
D. two poles
Answer» D. two poles
63.

The position and velocity errors of a type-2 system are

A. constant, constant
B. constant, infinity
C. zero, constant
D. zero, zero
Answer» C. zero, constant
64.

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
Answer» B. ramp
65.

In case of type-1 system steady state acceleration is

A. unity
B. infinity
C. zero
D. 10
Answer» B. infinity
66.

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
Answer» A. not necessarily stable
67.

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
Answer» A. root locus
68.

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
Answer» C. relative stability
69.

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
Answer» B. lag-compensation
70.

technique is not applicable to nonlinear system ?

A. nyquist criterion
B. quasi linearization
C. functional analysis
D. phase-plane representation
Answer» A. nyquist criterion
71.

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)
Answer» A. phase-lead
72.

The phase lag produced by transportation relays

A. is independent of frequency
B. is inverseh’proportional to frequency
C. increases linearly with frequency
D. decreases linearly with frequency
Answer» C. increases linearly with frequency
73.

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

A. acceleration
B. speed
C. speed and acceleration
D. displacement
Answer» B. speed
74.

is not a final control element.

A. control valve
B. potentiometer
C. electropneumatic converter
D. servomotor
Answer» B. potentiometer
75.

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
Answer» C. the range of measured variables through which the air output changes from maximum to minimum
76.

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
Answer» B. pressure signal to position change
77.

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
Answer» A. differential bellows and straingauge
78.

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

A. microsyn
B. selsyn
C. synchro-resolver
D. synchro-transformer
Answer» C. synchro-resolver
79.

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
Answer» C. reduce steady state error
80.

technique gives quick transient and stability response

A. root locus
B. bode
C. nyquist
D. nichols
Answer» A. root locus
81.

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
Answer» C. lag at low frequencies and lead at high frequencies
82.

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

A. static friction
B. backlash
C. saturation
D. none of the above
Answer» C. saturation
83.

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
Answer» D. state model representatives
84.

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
Answer» D. at rest but stores energy
85.

Which of the following is an electromagnetically device ?

A. induction relay
B. thermocouple
C. lvdt
D. any of the above
Answer» C. lvdt
86.

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
Answer» C. increases input noise
87.

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

A. oscillatory
B. critically damped
C. overdamped
D. underdamped
Answer» D. underdamped
88.

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
Answer» B. minimizes
89.

An amplidyne 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
Answer» D. constant current, constant voltage and constant power
90.

Which of the following can be measured by LVDT?

A. displacement
B. velocity
C. acceleration
D. any of the above
Answer» D. any of the above

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