1. What is Control System?

a) Control system is a system in which the output is controlled by varying the input
b) Control system is a device that will not manage or regulate the behaviour of other devices using
control loops
c) Control system is a feedback system that can be both positive and negative
d) Control System is a system in which the input is controlled by varying the output

2. Which of the following is not the feature of a modern control system?

a) Correct power level
b) No oscillation
c) Quick response
d) Accuracy

3. What is the characteristic of a good control system?

a) Insensitive to the parameter variation but sensitive to the input commands
b) Neither sensitive to parameter variations nor sensitive to input commands
c) Insensitive to the input command
d) Sensitive to parameter variation

4. Which of the following element is not used in an automatic control system?

a) Final control element
b) Sensor
c) Oscillator
d) Error detector

5. A control system working under unknown random actions is called ____________

a) Adaptive control system
b) Stochastic control system
c) Computer control system
d) Digital data system

6. Which of the following is an open loop control system?

a) Ward Leonard control
b) Metadyne
c) Stroboscope
d) Field controlled D.C. motor

7. Which of the following statements is correct for any closed loop system?
a) Only one of the static error co-efficient has a finite non-zero value
b) All the co-efficient can have zero value
c) All the co-efficient are always non-zero
d) All of the mentioned

8. What should be the nature of bandwidth for a good control system?

a) Small
b) Medium
c) Large
d) All of the mentioned

9. The output of the feedback control system must be a function of ____________

a) Output and feedback signal
b) Input and feedback signal
c) Reference input
d) Reference output

10. Which of the following statement is true about Feedback control system?
a) Equally sensitive to forward feedback path parameter changes
b) Insensitive to both forward and feedback path parameter changes
c) Less sensitive to feedback path parameter changes than to forward path parameter changes
d) Less sensitive to forward path parameter changes than to feedback path parameter changes

11. In a stable control system backlash can cause which of the following?
a) Overdamping
b) Low-level oscillations
c) Underdamping
d) Poor stability at reduced values of open loop gain
12. In a control system the output of the controller is given to
a) Amplifier
b) Sensor
c) Final control element
d) Comparator

13. A Control System with excessive noise, is likely to suffer from which of the following?
a) Oscillations
b) Saturation in amplifying stages
c) Loss of gain
d) Vibrations

14. In a temperature control system, what conversion in signal takes place?

a) Error to Digital
b) Error to Analog
c) Digital to Analog
d) Analog to Digital
15. Which of the following control systems have unpredictable & non-repeatable?
a) Stochastic control systems
b) Deterministic control systems
c) Static control systems
d) Dynamic control systems

16. In pneumatic control systems the control valve used as the final control element converts
a) Position change to pressure signal
b) Electric signal to pressure signal
c) Pressure signal to electric signal
d) Pressure signal to position change

17. Consider the following statements with respect to the feedback of the control systems.
i. Feedback can improve stability or be harmful to stability if it is not properly applied.
ii. Feedback can always improve stability
iii. In many situations the feedback can reduce the effect of noise and disturbance on system
performance.
iv. In general the sensitivity of the system gain of a feedback system of a parameter variation depends
on where the parameter is located.
a) i, ii, iii and iv only
b) i, ii and iii only
c) i, iii and iv only
d) i, ii and iv only

18. In closed loop control system, what is the sensitivity of the gain of the overall system, M to the
variation in G?
a) G/1GH
b) 1/1+GH
c) G/1+G
d) 1/1+G

19. The input signals to control systems are not known fully ahead of time, the characteristics of control
system which suddenly strain a control system are:
a) Constant velocity and acceleration
b) Sudden shock
c) Sudden change
d) All of the mentioned

20. The characteristic equation of a control system is given by s(s+4)(s2+2s+s) + k(s+1) = 0. What are
the angles of the asymptotes for the root loci?
a) 0°, 180°, 300°
b) 0°, 120°, 240°
c) 60°, 180°, 300°
d) 120°, 180°, 240°
21. Feedback control system is basically ______________
a) Band pass filter
b) Band stop filter
c) High pass filter
d) Low pass filter

22. Which of the following is not a feature of a good control system?

a) Slow response
b) Sufficient power handling capacity
c) Good stability
d) Good accuracy

23. A control system is generally met with the time response specifications:
a) Damping factor
b) Setting time
c) Steady state accuracy
d) All of the mentioned

24. The open loop transfer function of the feedback control system is given by G(s) =
K(s+3)/s(s+4)2(s+5)(s+6). The number of asymptotes and the centroid of asymptotes of the root loci of
closed loop system is?
a) -4 and (-4,0)
b) 4 and (-4,0)
c) -3 and (-12,0)
d) 3 and (-12,0)

25. With negative feedback in a closed loop control system, the system sensitivity to parameter
variation:
a) Becomes infinite
b) Becomes zero
c) Decreases
26. The open loop transfer function of a plant is given as, G(s) = 1/s2-1. If the plant is operated in unity
feedback configuration, then the lead compensator that can stabilize the control system is:
a) 10(s+4)/(s+2)
b) 10(s+2)/(s+10)
c) 10(s+2)/(s+10)
d) 10(s-1)/(s+2)

27. Controllers play which of the following role in the control system?
a) They act on the error signal coming out of the summing junction and output a suitable to the actuator
b) They try to reduce steady state error optimizes overshoot
c) They amplify the signals going to the actuator
d) All of the mentioned

28. In control system excessive bandwidth is not employed because

a) It leads to slower time response
b) Noise is proportional to bandwidth
c) Noise is proportional to the square of the bandwidth
d) It leads to low relative stability

29. What is the relation between output response and input signal in closed loop system?
a) Nonlinear
b) Linear
c) Exponential
d) Parabolic

30. Which of the following is the input of a controller?

a) Signal of fixed amplitude not dependent on desired variable value
b) Desired variable value
c) Sensed signal
d) Error signal

31. Which of the following are the not characteristics of the closed loop systems?
a) It does not have the ability to control the system transient response
b) It does not involve I/O measurements
c) It reduces the sensitivity of plant-parameter variations
d) It does not compensate for disturbance
32. A control system whose step response is -0.5(1+e-2t) is cascaded to another control block whose
impulse response is e-t. What is the transfer function of the cascaded combination?
a) 1/(s+1)s
b) 0.5/(s+1)(s+2)
c) 1/(s+2)(s+1)
d) 1/(s+3)

33. Effect of feedback on sensitivity is minimum in:

a) Closed loop control system
b) Open and closed loop control systems
c) Open loop control system
d) None of the mentioned

34. A particular control system yielded a steady state error of 0.20 for unit step input. A unit integrator is
cascaded to this system and unit ramp input is applied to this modified system. What is the value of
steady-state error for this modified system?
a) 0.15
b) 0.20
c) 0.25
d) 0.10

35. Sampling is necessary ____________

a) Non automated control system
b) Automated control system
c) In complex control system
d) Where high accuracy is required

36. Which of the motions in actuators are preferred?

a) Rotary
b) Stationary
c) Non-Stationary
d) Translator
Unit 2
This set of Control Systems Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Signal Flow
Graphs”.

1. A signal flow graph is the graphical representation of the relationships between the variables of set
linear algebraic equations.
a) True
b) False
2. A node having only outgoing branches.
a) Input node
b) Output node
c) Incoming node
d) Outgoing node
3.  Loop which do not possess any common node are said to be ___________ loops.
a) Forward gain
b) Touching loops
c) Non touching loops
d) Feedback gain
4. Signal flow graphs:
a) They apply to linear systems
b) The equation obtained may or may not be in the form of cause or effect
c) Arrows are not important in the graph
d) They cannot be converted back to block diagram
5. Signal flow graphs are reliable to find transfer function than block diagram reduction technique.
a) True
b) False
6. The relationship between an input and output variable of a signal flow graph is given by the net gain
between the input and output node is known as the overall______________
a) Overall gain of the system
b) Stability
c) Bandwidth
d) Speed

Unit - 3
This set of Control Systems Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Time Domain
Analysis”.

1. The system with the open loop transfer function 1/s(1+s) is:
a) Type 2 and order 1
b) Type 1 and order 1
c) Type 0 and order 0
d) Type 1 and order 2

2. The identical first order system have been cascaded non-interactively. The unit step response of the
systems will be:
a) Overdamped
b) Underdamped
c) Undamped
d) Critically damped

3. A third order system is approximated to an equivalent second order system. The rise time of this
approximated lower order system will be:
a) Same as the original system for any input
b) Smaller than the original system for any input
c) Larger than the original system for any input
d) Larger or smaller depending on the input
4. A system has a single pole at origin. Its impulse response will be:
a) Constant
b) Ramp
c) Decaying exponential
d) Oscillatory

5. When the period of the observation is large, the type of the error will be:
a) Transient error
b) Steady state error
c) Half-power error
d) Position error constant

6. When the unit step response of a unity feedback control system having forward path transfer function
G (s) =80/s(s+18)?
a) Overdamped
b) Critically damped
c) Under damped
d) Un Damped oscillatory

7. With negative feedback in a closed loop control system, the system sensitivity to parameter variation:
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Becomes zero
d) Becomes infinite

8. An underdamped second order system with negative damping will have the roots :
a) On the negative real axis as roots
b) On the left hand side of complex plane as complex roots
c) On the right hand side of complex plane as complex conjugates
d) On the positive real axis as real roots

9. Given a unity feedback system with G (s) =K/ s (s+4). What is the value of K for a damping ratio of
0.5?
a) 1
b) 16
c) 4
d) 2

10. How can the steady state error can be reduced?

a) By decreasing the type of the system
b) By increasing system gain
c) By decreasing the static error constant
d) By increasing the input

UNIT-5
 In frequency response, the resonance frequency is basically a measure of  _______ of
response.

a. Speed
b. Distance
c. Angle
d. Curvature

 If a system is said to have a damping ξ = 0.5532 with the natural frequency ωn = 2 rad/sec,
what will be the value of resonant frequency (ωr)?
a.  1.2456 rad/s
b. 1.7352 rad/s
c. 2.3421 rad/s
d. 3.66 rad/s

If the resonant peak is estimated to be '5', which among the following would be the correct
value of damping?

a. ξ = 0.3
b. ξ = 1
c. ξ = 3.2
d. ξ = 5.55

If the damping of the system becomes equal to zero, which condition of the resonant
frequency is likely to occur?

a. ωr = ωd
b. ωr > ωn
c. ωr < ωn
d. ωr = ωn

 At which condition of 'ξ', resonant peak does not exist and its maximum value is
considered to be unity along with zero resonant frequency?

a. 0 < ξ < 0.707

b. ξ > 0.707
c. ξ = 0
d. ξ = 1

  If 'ξ' approaches to zero, the peak resonance would ________

a. Also be zero
b. Be unity
c. Tend to infinity
d. Become equal to peak overshoot

How is the sinusoidal transfer function obtained from the system transfer function in
frequency domain?

a. Replacement of 'jω' by 's'

b. Replacement of 's' by 'ω'
c. Replacement of 's' by 'jω'
d. Replacement of 'ω' by 's'

 Which plots in frequency domain represent the two separate plots of magnitude and phase
against frequency in logarithmic value?

a. Polar plots
b. Bode plots
c. Nyquist plots
d. All of the above

 If a linear system is subjected to an input r(t) = Asin(ωt), what output will be generated?

a. c(t) = B sin (ωt + Φ)

b. c(t) = B cos (ωt + Φ)
c. c(t) = B tan (ωt + Φ)
d. c(t) = B cot (ωt + Φ)
 The magnitude & phase relationship between _________input and the steady state output
is called as frequency domain.

a. Step
b. Ramp
c. Sinusoidal
d. Parabolic