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This section includes 110 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Electrical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
51. |
Is the reference input minus the primary feedback.$? |
A. | Manipulated variable |
B. | Zero sequence |
C. | Actuating signal |
D. | Primary feedback |
Answer» D. Primary feedback | |
52. |
an be extended to systems which are time-varying ?$? |
A. | Bode-Nyquist stability methods |
B. | Transfer functions |
C. | Root locus design |
D. | State model representatives |
Answer» E. | |
53. |
Any externally introduced signal affecting the controlled output is called a$? |
A. | feedback |
B. | stimulus |
C. | signal |
D. | gain control |
Answer» C. signal | |
54. |
The type-2 system has ________ at the origin.$? |
A. | No net pole |
B. | Net pole |
C. | Simple pole |
D. | Two poles |
Answer» E. | |
55. |
Is an open loop control system. |
A. | Ward Leonard control |
B. | Field controlled D.C. motor |
C. | Stroboscope |
D. | Metadyne |
Answer» C. Stroboscope | |
56. |
Is a part of the human temperature control system. |
A. | Digestive system |
B. | Perspiration system |
C. | Ear |
D. | Leg movement |
Answer» C. Ear | |
57. |
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» B. Selsyn | |
58. |
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» B. Overall gain | |
59. |
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 |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. The system is working with zero stored energy | |
60. |
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» D. Exponentially decaying signal | |
61. |
An automatic toaster is a ______ loop control system. |
A. | open |
B. | closed |
C. | partially closed |
D. | any of the above |
Answer» B. closed | |
62. |
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» C. increased values of open loop gain | |
63. |
In a stable control system saturation can cause which of the following ? |
A. | Low-level oscillations |
B. | High-level oscillations |
C. | Conditional stability |
D. | Overdamping |
Answer» D. Overdamping | |
64. |
In a system low friction coefficient facilitates |
A. | Reduced velocity lag error |
B. | Increased velocity lag error |
C. | Increased speed of response |
D. | Reduced time constant of the system |
Answer» B. Increased velocity lag error | |
65. |
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 |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
66. |
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. | |
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» B. Bode plot | |
68. |
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 |
Answer» B. liquid flow | |
69. |
In force-voltage analogy, velocity is analogous to |
A. | current |
B. | charge |
C. | inductance |
D. | capacitance |
Answer» B. charge | |
70. |
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 |
Answer» E. | |
71. |
Mass, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to |
A. | charge |
B. | current |
C. | inductance |
D. | resistance |
Answer» D. resistance | |
72. |
The transient response of a system is mainly due to |
A. | inertia forces |
B. | internal forces |
C. | stored energy |
D. | friction |
Answer» D. friction | |
73. |
In electrical pneumatic system analogy the current is considered analogous to |
A. | velocity |
B. | pressure |
C. | air flow |
D. | air flow rate |
Answer» E. | |
74. |
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» C. Lead-lag compensation | |
75. |
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 |
E. | any of the above |
Answer» B. stable | |
76. |
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 | |
77. |
The viscous friction co-efficient, in force-voltage analogy, is analogous to |
A. | charge |
B. | resistance |
C. | reciprocal of inductance |
D. | reciprocal of conductance |
E. | none of the above |
Answer» C. reciprocal of inductance | |
78. |
In case of type-1 system steady state acceleration is |
A. | unity |
B. | infinity |
C. | zero |
D. | 10 |
Answer» C. zero | |
79. |
The temperature, under thermal and electrical system analogy, is considered analogous to |
A. | voltage |
B. | current |
C. | capacitance |
D. | charge |
E. | none of the above |
Answer» B. current | |
80. |
Hydraulic torque transmission system is analog of |
A. | amplidyne set |
B. | resistance-capacitance parallel circuit |
C. | motor-generator set |
D. | any of the above |
Answer» D. any of the above | |
81. |
With feed back _____ reduces. |
A. | system stability |
B. | system gain |
C. | system stability and gain |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. system stability and gain | |
82. |
The capacitance, in force-current analogy, is analogous to |
A. | momentum |
B. | velocity |
C. | displacement |
D. | mass |
Answer» E. | |
83. |
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» B. larger damping ratio | |
84. |
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 | |
85. |
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 |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
86. |
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 | |
87. |
In thermal-electrical analogy charge is considered analogous to |
A. | heat flow |
B. | reciprocal of heat flow |
C. | reciprocal of temperature |
D. | temperature |
E. | none of the above |
Answer» E. none of the above | |
88. |
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 |
Answer» E. | |
89. |
Which of the following is an electromagnetically device ? |
A. | Induction relay |
B. | Thermocouple |
C. | LVDT |
D. | Any of the above |
E. | None of the above |
Answer» D. Any of the above | |
90. |
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 |
E. | None of the above |
Answer» B. The bandwidth of the system | |
91. |
technique is not applicable to nonlinear system ? |
A. | Nyquist Criterion |
B. | Quasi linearization |
C. | Functional analysis |
D. | Phase-plane representation |
Answer» B. Quasi linearization | |
92. |
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) |
E. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Phase-lag | |
93. |
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» D. Time response | |
94. |
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» E. | |
95. |
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 |
E. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Linear and time-variant systems | |
96. |
Which of the following devices is used for conversion of co-ordinates ? |
A. | Microsyn |
B. | Selsyn |
C. | Synchro-resolver |
D. | Synchro-transformer |
Answer» D. Synchro-transformer | |
97. |
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 |
E. | None of the above |
Answer» E. None of the above | |
98. |
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 |
Answer» E. | |
99. |
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 |
E. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Analogous table | |
100. |
has tendency to oscillate. |
A. | Open loop system |
B. | Closed loop system |
C. | Both (A) and (B) |
D. | Neither (A) nor (B) |
Answer» C. Both (A) and (B) | |