UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PESHAWAR
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Mid-semester Examination (Spring 2020) 8th Semester
CONTROL SYSTEMS (Online Examination)
Time Allowed: 2 hours Max Marks: 20
I. A unity feedback control system of the second order has the closed-loop transfer
10
function: T ( s ) 2 . Work out the followings (Questions 1-12) with choice
s 4 s 10
of correct answer from the multiple choices.
(CLO 1 and CLO 2) (12*0.5 = 06 Marks)
1. The un-damped natural frequency wn (rad/sec) has a value:
a. 10 b. 4 c. 3.16 d. 2.43
2. The value of damping coefficient ζ is:
a. 2 b. 0.63 c. 4 d. 0.36
3. The damping frequency wd (rad/sec) has the value:
a. 3.43 b. 0.77 c. 3.16 d. 2.72
4. The approximate rise time in mili-seconds of transient response is:
a. 930 b.712 c. 810 d. 850
5. The approximate time in seconds to reach first overshoot is:
a. 0.99 b. 1.3 c. 1.1 d. 1.2
6. The settling time of transient response in seconds is:
a. 1 b. 2.2 c. 2.37 d. 2
7. The percentage overshoot of the system transient response is:
a. 10 b. 9.5 c. 7.8 b. 8.2
8. The system is characterized in terms of damping as:
a. Critical damped b. undamped c. over-damped d. under-damped
9. The system Type is:
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. None of a, b & c
10. The DC gain of the system is:
a. 100 b. 10 c. 4 d. 1
11. The system has static error constant of:
a. 1 b. 0.28 c. 5 d. 2.5
12. The steady-state error is:
a. 40% b. 30% c. 20% d. 10%
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II. Figure (1) shows a unity feedback control system. (Questions 13-14)
(CLO 1 and CLO 2) (2*2 = 04 Marks)
Figure (1)
13. The range of values of K for which the system will remain stable is:
a. K > 0 b. 0 < K < 853.33 c. 0 < K < 142 d. 142 < K < 853.33
14. The frequency in Hz at which the system will oscillate freely is:
a. 0.55 b. 0.41 c. 0.63 d. 0.37
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III. An electrical system is shown in Figure (2). (Questions 15-18)
(CLO 1 and CLO 2) (4*1 = 04 Marks)
Figure (2)
Work out for the state-space representation in the order form shown below:
diL
dt
dvc iL
1
vc v(t )
dt 1
dvc2 vc 2
dt
iL
v 0 (t ) vc1 v(t )
vc 2
15. The system matrix A is:
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
a. 2 0 1 b. 1 1 1
c. 2 0 1 d. 1 0 0
0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16. The input matrix B is:
1 0 1 1
a. 0 b. 0 c. 0 d. 0
1 1 1 1
17. The output matric C is:
a. 0 1 1 b. 0 1 1 c. 1 0 0 d. 0 0 1
18. The direct transmittance matrix D is:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 d. 0
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IV. The open-loop transfer function of a unity feedback control system is given as:
K
KG( s ) H ( s ) . For plotting the root locus, choose the correct
( s 2)( s 5)( s 10)
choice from the multiple choices given with each question. (Questions 19-30)
(CLO 2) (12*0.5 = 06 Marks)
19. Number of loci are:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
20. One of the real axis loci will lie between:
a. –5 and –10 b. –2 and –5 c. –2 and –10 d. –5 and –∞
21. The breakaway point is located on the real axis at:
a. –3.33 b. –8.33 c. –12.66 d. –2.33
22. The center of asymptotes is located on the real axis at:
b. –3.33 b. –2.33 c. –7.66 d. –5.66
23. The root locus will cross the imaginary axis (jw-crossing) at:
a. ±j8.94 b. ±j5.88 c. ±j2.43 d. non-existence
24. The expected gain at jw-crossing is:
a. 1311.9 b. 1258.7 c. 1358.7 d. non-existence
25. If the dominant closed-loop pole: –2 + j5 is selected, then at this pole the damping
coefficient is:
a. 0.25 b. 0.44 c. 0.13 d. 0.37
26. For the same dominant closed-loop pole: –2 + j5, the un-damped natural frequency in
rad/sec will be:
a. 5.4 b. 15.4 c. 4.54 d. 8
27. The damping line will have an angle (degrees) subtended in the positive direction (CCW)
is:
a. 97.4 b. 104.4 c. 111.7 d. 116.1
28. The settling time in seconds for same dominant closed-loop pole: –2 + j5 is:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
29. The system gain at the dominant closed-loop pole: –2 + j5 is:
a. 100 b. 125 c. 275 d. 135
30. The phase angle (degrees) of a closed-loop pole lying on the root locus is:
a. 90 b. 180 c. 270 d. 0
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