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				This section includes 53 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Control Systems knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | " A.C. servomotor resembles" | 
| A. | " Two phase induction motor" | 
| B. | " Three phase induction motor" | 
| C. | " Direct current series motor" | 
| D. | " Universal motor" | 
| Answer» B. " Three phase induction motor" | |
| 2. | " The differential term in the riccati equation in infinite regulator is:" | 
| A. | " Finite" | 
| B. | " Positive" | 
| C. | " Infinite" | 
| D. | " Zero" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | " 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" | 
| Answer» C. " Output pattern" | |
| 4. | " Tracking problem can be in:" | 
| A. | " Infinite state regulators" | 
| B. | " Finite state regulator" | 
| C. | " Sub-optimal state regulators" | 
| D. | " Non-linear regulators" | 
| Answer» D. " Non-linear regulators" | |
| 5. | " The position and velocity errors of a type-2 system are :" | 
| A. | " Constant, constant" | 
| B. | " Constant, infinity" | 
| C. | " Zero, constant" | 
| D. | " Zero, zero" | 
| Answer» D. " Zero, zero" | |
| 6. | " Pneumatic controller" | 
| A. | " Flexible operation" | 
| B. | " High torque high speed operation" | 
| C. | " Fire and explosion proof operation" | 
| D. | " No leakage" | 
| Answer» D. " No leakage" | |
| 7. | " The method of choosing compensator is the configuration must be:" | 
| A. | " Forward path" | 
| B. | " Cascade and feedback compensation" | 
| C. | " Feed forward configuration" | 
| D. | " All of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. | " Hydraulic controller:" | 
| A. | " Flexible operation" | 
| B. | " High torque high speed operation" | 
| C. | " Fire and explosion proof operation" | 
| D. | " No leakage" | 
| Answer» C. " Fire and explosion proof operation" | |
| 9. | " For minimizing the transfer function the condition is :" | 
| A. | " Second differentiation of the function must be zero" | 
| B. | " Second differentiation of the function must be positive" | 
| C. | " Second differentiation of the function must be negative" | 
| D. | " Second differentiation of the function must be complex" | 
| Answer» D. " Second differentiation of the function must be complex" | |
| 10. | " 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" | 
| Answer» C. " Distortion" | |
| 11. | " Which one of the following statement is correct?A plant controlled by a proportional controller. If a time delay element is introduced in the loop its:" | 
| A. | " Phase margin remains the same" | 
| B. | " Phase margin increases" | 
| C. | " Phase margin decreases" | 
| D. | " Gain margin increases" | 
| Answer» D. " Gain margin increases" | |
| 12. | " 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" | 
| Answer» C. " The number of poles to the loop transfer function should be increased" | |
| 13. | " __________increases the steady state accuracy." | 
| A. | " Integrator" | 
| B. | " Differentiator" | 
| C. | " Phase lead" | 
| D. | " Phase lag" | 
| Answer» B. " Differentiator" | |
| 14. | " The output of the system is considered near :" | 
| A. | " 1" | 
| B. | " 2" | 
| C. | " 3" | 
| D. | " 0" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. | " Which one of the following compensation is required for improving the transient response of the system?" | 
| A. | " Phase lead compensation" | 
| B. | " Phase lag compensation" | 
| C. | " Gain compensation" | 
| D. | " Both phase lag compensation and gain compensation" | 
| Answer» B. " Phase lag compensation" | |
| 16. | " _______________ is a closed loop system." | 
| A. | " Auto-pilot for an aircraft" | 
| B. | " Direct current generator" | 
| C. | " Car starter" | 
| D. | " Electric switch" | 
| Answer» B. " Direct current generator" | |
| 17. | " The special case of the tracking problem with input equal to zero:" | 
| A. | " Free response" | 
| B. | " Regulator problem" | 
| C. | " Forced response" | 
| D. | " Output regulator problem" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. | " For the stable system in discrete optimal control systems:" | 
| A. | " Poles must lie outside the unit circle" | 
| B. | " Poles must lie within the unit circle" | 
| C. | " Poles must be on the unit circle" | 
| D. | " Pole must be in infinity" | 
| Answer» C. " Poles must be on the unit circle" | |
| 19. | " The regulators that convert the non-linear stability into linear stability:" | 
| A. | " Linear" | 
| B. | " Sub-optimal" | 
| C. | " Finite" | 
| D. | " Infinite" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. | " The optimization method based on dynamic programming views :" | 
| A. | " Control problem as the multistage decision problem" | 
| B. | " Control input as a time sequence of decisions" | 
| C. | " A sampled data system gives rise to sequence of transformations of the original state vector" | 
| D. | " All of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. | " In Infinite regulator the optimal control cannot be differentiated from other controls." | 
| A. | " True" | 
| B. | " False" | 
| Answer» B. " False" | |
| 22. | " Riccati equation is formed by using:" | 
| A. | " Output regulator problem" | 
| B. | " Finite state regulator problem" | 
| C. | " Infinite state regulator problem" | 
| D. | " Tracking problem" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. | " In tracking problem the parameter reduced is :" | 
| A. | " Error" | 
| B. | " Output" | 
| C. | " Input" | 
| D. | " State" | 
| Answer» B. " Output" | |
| 24. | " Z-transform is used in:" | 
| A. | " Continuous optimal control problem" | 
| B. | " Discrete optimal problem" | 
| C. | " Control systems" | 
| D. | " None of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» C. " Control systems" | |
| 25. | " 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. | " High frequencies" | 
| Answer» C. " Increased values of open loop gain" | |
| 26. | " In case of type-1 system steady state acceleration is :" | 
| A. | " Unity" | 
| B. | " Infinity" | 
| C. | " Zero" | 
| D. | " 10" | 
| Answer» C. " Zero" | |
| 27. | " The type 1 system has ______ at the origin." | 
| A. | " No pole" | 
| B. | " Net pole" | 
| C. | " Simple pole" | 
| D. | " Two poles" | 
| Answer» D. " Two poles" | |
| 28. | " 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» C. " Impulse" | |
| 29. | " The limitation of the transfer function approach are:" | 
| A. | " The spectral factorization becomes quite complex" | 
| B. | " It is restricted to the systems with all performance index" | 
| C. | " Multi input and multi output systems are not obvious" | 
| D. | " It is useful for time varying and linear systems" | 
| Answer» B. " It is restricted to the systems with all performance index" | |
| 30. | " 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» B. " Stable" | |
| 31. | " If Q is positive semi- definite:" | 
| A. | " The optimal closed loop system is asymptotically stable" | 
| B. | " The asymptotic stability is not guaranteed" | 
| C. | " The system is stable" | 
| D. | " The system is unstable" | 
| Answer» C. " The system is stable" | |
| 32. | " Performance index can become infinite if:" | 
| A. | " One or more state are uncontrollable" | 
| B. | " The uncontrollable states are uncontrollable" | 
| C. | " The unstable states are reflected in system performance index" | 
| D. | " All of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. | " For output regulator problem in performance index the parameter which is set to zero:" | 
| A. | " Input vector" | 
| B. | " Output vector" | 
| C. | " Control vector" | 
| D. | " State vector" | 
| Answer» C. " Control vector" | |
| 34. | " The choice of control vector is considered decision of interest in :" | 
| A. | " Multistage process of N stages" | 
| B. | " Minimizing the performance index" | 
| C. | " Optimal policy or sequence" | 
| D. | " All of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. | " Which of the following devices are commonly used as error detectors in instruments?" | 
| A. | " Vern stats" | 
| B. | " Microsyn" | 
| C. | " Resolvers" | 
| D. | " All of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. | " For the stability in optimal control poles of the transfer function must be :" | 
| A. | " Located on the right half of s plane" | 
| B. | " Left half of s plane" | 
| C. | " On the s plane" | 
| D. | " None of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» C. " On the s plane" | |
| 37. | " When some of the states are inaccessible, then we may set the feedback coefficients equal to zero." | 
| A. | " True" | 
| B. | " False" | 
| Answer» B. " False" | |
| 38. | " 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 mentioned" | 
| Answer» B. " Bode plot" | |
| 39. | " In finite time regulator:" | 
| A. | " There is no restriction on the controllability of the plant" | 
| B. | " Performance index is infinite" | 
| C. | " Instability imposes problem in finite-interval control" | 
| D. | " No restriction on controllability and performance index" | 
| Answer» B. " Performance index is infinite" | |
| 40. | " The main step for solving the optimal control problem:" | 
| A. | " Transfer function of system which is optimal with respect to the given performance criterion" | 
| B. | " Compensators for the system" | 
| C. | " Minimizing the quadratic function" | 
| D. | " All of the mentioned" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. | " 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" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. | " Any externally introduced signal affecting the controlled output is called a" | 
| A. | " Feedback" | 
| B. | " Stimulus" | 
| C. | " Signal" | 
| D. | " Gain control" | 
| Answer» C. " Signal" | |
| 43. | " Electronic Controller:" | 
| A. | " Flexible operation" | 
| B. | " High torque high speed operation" | 
| C. | " Fire and explosion proof operation" | 
| D. | " No leakage" | 
| Answer» B. " High torque high speed operation" | |
| 44. | " The type 0 system has ______ at the origin." | 
| A. | " No pole" | 
| B. | " Net pole" | 
| C. | " Simple pole" | 
| D. | " Two poles" | 
| Answer» B. " Net pole" | |
| 45. | " In infinite time regulator for the final time is:" | 
| A. | " t1" | 
| B. | " t0" | 
| C. | " Infinite" | 
| D. | " Zero" | 
| Answer» D. " Zero" | |
| 46. | " When time and the state variables tend to infinity then the system becomes:" | 
| A. | " Unstable" | 
| B. | " Stable" | 
| C. | " Marginally stable" | 
| D. | " Conditionally stable" | 
| Answer» C. " Marginally stable" | |
| 47. | " For suboptimal control the value of R is assumed to be:" | 
| A. | " Positive definite" | 
| B. | " Non-positive definite" | 
| C. | " Negative" | 
| D. | " Complex" | 
| Answer» C. " Negative" | |
| 48. | " The type 2 system has at the origin." | 
| A. | " No net pole" | 
| B. | " Net pole" | 
| C. | " Simple pole" | 
| D. | " Two poles" | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. | " ______________ is a part of the human temperature control system." | 
| A. | " Digestive system" | 
| B. | " Perspiration system" | 
| C. | " Ear" | 
| D. | " Leg movement" | 
| Answer» C. " Ear" | |
| 50. | " The value of K must further follow the following constraint that the closed loop system must be:" | 
| A. | " Asymptotically stable" | 
| B. | " Stable" | 
| C. | " Marginally stable" | 
| D. | " Conditionally stable" | 
| Answer» B. " Stable" | |