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Identify the feedback structure before forming the transfer function. Check the characteristic equation and stability conditions before calculating steady-state behaviour.

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Official PYQ2002Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The system with the open loop transfer function G(s)H(s)=1s(s2+s+1)\mathrm{G}(\mathrm{s}) \mathrm{H}(s)=\frac{1}{s\left(s^{2}+s+1\right)} has a gain margin of
Official PYQ2002Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The characteristic polynomial of a system is q(s)=2s5+s4+4s3+2s2+2s+1q(s)=2 s^{5}+s^{4}+4 s^{3}+2 s^{2}+2 s+1. The system is
Official PYQ2002Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The transfer function of a system is G(s)=100(s+1)(s+100)\mathrm{G}(s)=\frac{100}{(s+1)(s+100)}. For a unit-step input to the system the approximate settling time for 2%2 \% criterion is
Official PYQ2002Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The system shown in the figure is remains stable when
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The Nyquist plot for the open-loop transfer function G(s)G(s) of a unity negative feedback system is shown in the figure, if G(s)G(s) has no pole in the right-half of ss-plane, the number of roots of the system characteristic equation in the right-half of ss-plane is
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The root-locus diagram for a closed-loop feedback system is shown in the figure is. The system is overdamped.
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
If the characteristic equation of a closed-loop system is s2+2s+2=0s^{2}+2 s+2=0, then the system is
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The transfer function of a system is given by H(s)=1s2(s−2)H(s)=\frac{1}{s^{2}(s-2)}. The impulse response of the system is
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The feeback control system in the figure is stable.
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The open-loop DC\text{DC} gain of a unity negative feedback system with closed-loop transfer function s+4s2+7s+13\frac{s+4}{s^{2}+7 s+13} is
Official PYQ2001Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
An electrical system and its signal-flow graph representations are shown in the figure respectively. The values of G2G_{2} and HH, respectively, are
Official PYQ2000Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
A system with an input x(t)x(t) and output y(t)y(t) is described by the relation. y(t)=tx(t)y(t)=t x(t). This system is
Official PYQ2000Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
An amplifier with resistive negative feedback has two left half plane poles in its open-loop transfer function. The amplifier
Official PYQ2000Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
Given that L[f(t)]=s+2s2+1,L[f(t)]=s2+1(s+3)(s+2),\mathcal{L}[f(t)]=\frac{s+2}{s^2+1}, \mathcal{L}[f(t)]=\frac{s^2+1}{(s+3)(s+2)}, h(t)=∫01f(τ)g(t−τ)dτ,L[h(t)]h(t)=\int_0^1 f(\tau) g(t-\tau) d \tau, \mathcal{L}[h(t)] is
Official PYQ2000Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
A system described by the transfer function H(s)=1s3+αs2+ks+3\mathrm{H}(s)=\frac{1}{s^{3}+\alpha s^{2}+k s+3} is stable. The constraints on α\alpha and kk are
Official PYQ2000Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
A system has a phase response given by ϕ(ω)\phi(\omega), where ww is the angular frequency. The phase delay and group delay at ω=ω0\omega=\omega_{0} are respectively given by
Official PYQ1999Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The phase margin (in degrees) of a system having the loop transfer function G(s)H(s)=23s(s+1) is \mathrm{G}(s) \mathrm{H}(s)=\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{s(s+1)} \text{ is }
Official PYQ1999Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The system moded described by the state equations is X=[012−3]x+[01]uY=[11]x\begin{array}{l} \mathrm{X}=\left[\begin{array}{cc} 0 & 1 \\ 2 & -3 \end{array}\right] x+\left[\begin{array}{l} 0 \\ 1 \end{array}\right] u \\ \mathrm{Y}=\left[\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 1 \end{array}\right] x \end{array}
Official PYQ1999Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
The gain margin (in dBd \mathrm{B} ) of a system a having the loop transfer function G(s)H(s)=2s(s+1) is \mathrm{G}(s) \mathrm{H}(s)=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{s(s+1)} \text{ is }
Official PYQ1999Control SystemsMCQ · 1 mark
For a second-order system with the closed-loop transfer function T(s)=9s2+4s+9T(s)=\frac{9}{s^{2}+4 s+9} the settling time for 22 - percent band, in seconds, is