Feedback Lec (Prelim) 7.

The diagram below shows a closed-loop

control system. What element is
1. These are devices used to regulate the
represented by the circle labeled X?
behavior of other devices.
a. The user
a. Feedback
b. The goal
b. Control systems
c. The error signal
c. Controlled variable
d. The forward path
d. Time invariant system
8. In a temperature control system, what
2. An open loop control system utilizes an
represent the output of the system
actuating device to control a process
a. The heating element
________.
b. The required temperature
a. Using feedback
c. The actual temperature achieved
b. In engineering design
d. The heat produced by the system
c. Without using feedback
d. In engineering synthesis
9. What is meant by a system?
a. Any closed volume for which all
3. A system with more than one input
inputs and outputs are known.
variable or more than one output
b. Any combination of elements that
variable.
has a single input and single output.
a. Robust control system
c. Any combination of components or
b. Open-loop feedback system
elements that has a useful function
c. Multivariable control system
d. None of the above
d. Closed-loop feedback system
10. A temperature control system is
4. Control engineering is applicable to
a. An open-loop system
which fields of engineering?
b. A closed-loop system
a. Electrical and biomedical
c. Process-control system
b. Mechanical and aerospace
d. ON/OFF control system
c. Chemical and environmental
d. All of the above
11. In an open-loop system
a. System variables affect the output
5. Control engineers are concerned with
signal
understanding and controlling the
b. Output signal has no control on the
segments of their environments, often
input signal
called _______.
c. None of the variables have any effect
a. Risk
on the input signal
b. Systems
d. None of the above
c. Trade-offs
d. Design synthesis
12. Pick out the linear systems:
𝑑 2 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
6. Feedback always helps to i. +8 + 𝑦(𝑡) = 𝑢(𝑡)
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡
𝑑𝑦(𝑡) 𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
a. Stabilize gain ii. 𝑦 +7 = 8𝑢(𝑡)
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
b. Increase gain 𝑑 2 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
iii. 3 + 2𝑡 + 3𝑡 2 𝑦(𝑡) = 6
c. Control the output 𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡

d. Decrease the input impedance a. i and ii

b. ii and iii
c. i only
 d. iii only 19. The viscous damper in a mechanical
system is analogous to a _____ in a series
13. The Laplace transform of a unit step electrical system.
function is a. Resistor
a. 1 b. Inductor
b. S c. Capacitor
c. 1/s d. Amplifier
d. 1/s2
20. Rotational mechanical impedances can
14. The advantage(s) of a Laplace transform be reflected through gear trains by ___.
is/are: a. Adding the mechanical impedance
a. It gives total solution more by the ratio
systematically b. Subtracting the mechanical
b. It gives solution that is frequency impedance by the ratio
domain only c. Multiplying the mechanical
c. Initial conditions are incorporated in impedance by the ratio
the very first step d. None of the above
d. None of the above
21. The inverse Laplace transform is given
-at
15. The Laplace transform of f(t) e by
a. F(s) eat 1 𝜎+𝑗𝜔
Answer: 𝑓(𝑡) = 2𝜋𝑗 ∫𝜎−𝑗𝜔 𝐹(𝑠)𝑒 𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑡
b. F(s) e-at
c. F(s+a)
d. F(s)/(s+a) 22. The Laplace of f(at) = (1/a)F(s/a) is
known as
16. The transfer function is defined for a. Scaling theorem
a. Linear and time-variant system b. Time-shifting theorem
b. Linear and time-invariant system c. First-shifting theorem
c. Non-linear and time-variant system d. Frequency shift theorem
d. Non-linear and time-invariant
system 23. A magnetic field is developed by
stationary permanent magnets called
17. The transfer function of a system is used ____.
to study its a. Fixed field
b. Stationary field
a. Steady state behavior
b. Transient state behavior c. Static magnetic field
c. Transient and steady state d. None of the above
d. Transient state and partly steady state
24. An electric circuit that is analogous to a
18. The steady state output of a unit feedback system from another discipline is called
control system is _____.
a. Equal to reference input a. Analog
b. More than reference input b. Similar
c. Very near to reference input c. Parallel
d. Not related to reference input d. Identical
25. The idea of liquid-level control was 1+𝑠𝑅𝐶
d. 1−𝑠𝑅𝐶
applied to an oil lamp by _____.
a. Philon
31. The starting point of the description of a
b. Ktesibios
linear system may be system’s
c. Dennis Papin
a. Transfer function
d. Cornelis Drebbel
b. Dynamic equations
c. Differential equations
26. A design system that starts with the
d. All of the above
components and ends with product
assembly is called _____.
32. The Laplace transform of df(t)/dt is
a. Top-down design
a. sF(s)
b. Bottom-up design
b. F(s)-f(0)
c. Middle-up design
c. sF(s)-f(0)
d. Components first assembly
d. sF(s)+f(0)
27. The third step in control system design
33. A first order dynamic system is
process is _____.
represented by the differential equation
a. Create schematic
5x’(5) + x(t) = u(t). The corresponding
b. Develop mathematical model
transfer function and state-space
c. Create functional block diagram
representation are:
d. Transform requirements into
a. G(s) = 1/(1+5s) ; x’ = -0.2x+0.5u ; y
physical systems
= 0.4x
b. G(s) = 10/(1+5s) ; x’ = -0.2x+u ; y =
28. Pick out the time-variant systems:
𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
x
i. + 8𝑦(𝑡) = 2𝑢(𝑡) c. G(s) = 1/(s+5) ; x’ = -5x + u ; y = x
𝑑𝑡
𝑑 2 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
ii. +6 = 8𝑢(𝑡) d. None of the above
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡
𝑑 2 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑑𝑦(𝑡)
iii. 𝑡( )+2 + 3𝑦(𝑡) = 2𝑢(𝑡)
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡 34. A single-input, single-output system has
a. i and ii the state variable representation
b. ii and iii (MALABO)
c. i only
d. iii only 35. The differential equation model for two
first-order system is series is x’’(t) +
29. The transfer function of a system is 4x’(t) + 3x(t) = u(t), where u(t) is the
defined as the ratio of its output to input output of the first system and x(t) is the
output of the second system. The
a. Z transform response x(t) of the system to unit
b. Laplace Transform impulse u(t) is
c. Fourier Transform a. x(t) = e-t – 2e-2t
d. Both a and b b. x(t) = ½ e-2t – 1/3 e-3t
c. x(t) = ½ e-t – 1/3 e-3t
30. The transfer function of the network d. x(t) = e-t – e-3t
given below is
1
a. 1+𝑠𝑅𝐶 36. State variable is
𝑠𝑅𝐶 a. A non-physical object
b. 1+𝑠𝑅𝐶
𝑅𝐶 b. Observable object
c. c. A physical object
1+𝑠𝑅𝐶
 d. All of the above 43. For a parallel LC circuit with an
inductance of L and capacitance of C, and
37. Physical system is usually described by an input current I(t), the state variable
a. Linear equations equations are
b. Algebraic or differential equations a. iL’(t) = 1/L vc’(t) and vc’(t) = -1/C il(t)
c. Simultaneous equations + 1/C I(t)
d. A set of mathematical equations that b. iL’(t) = 1/L vc(t) and vc’(t) = 1/C il(t)
relate output to the inputs of the + 1/C I(t)
system c. iL’(t) = 1/L il(t) and vc’(t) = -1/C vc(t)
+ 1/C I(t)
38. A time variant system is one which d. iL’(t) = 1/L il(t) and vc’(t) = 1/C vc(t)
a. Its parameters do not change with + 1/C I(t)
time
b. Its parameters are constants 44. Objectives are identified with ____ in
c. Its outputs do not change with time control systems
d. Both its inputs and outputs do not a. Inputs
change with time b. Outputs
c. Systems
39. In state variable analysis a nth order d. Feedback
differential equation is
a. Reduced to lesser order equation 45. Windmill speed control was invented by
b. “n” first order differential equations ____.
in terms of its state variables a. Denis Papin
c. “n” simultaneous algebraic equations b. Edmund Lee
d. “n” polynomial equations c. Cornelis Drebbed
d. James Watts
40. The properties of state variables are
a. They are unique
b. They are observable
c. They are physical object
d. None of the above
41. The state variable form of equation for
the RC circuit shown
1 1
Answer: 𝑉𝑐 = 𝑉 [𝐶𝑅] − 𝑉𝑐 [𝐶𝑅]

42. The choice of state variables to passive

electrical networks is
a. Current through inductors and
capacitors
b. Current through inductors and
voltage across capacitors
c. Voltage across the inductors and
current through capacitors
d. Voltage across resistors and
capacitors