Time Response Analysis MCQ

21. The overall transfer function of a second-order control system is given by,

$\frac{C(s)}{R(s)}=\frac{2}{s^2+3s+2}$

The time response of this system, when subjected to a unit step response is

  1. 1 – e-2t + 2e-t
  2. 1 + e-2t + 2e-t
  3. 1 – 2e-t + e-2t
  4. 1 + e-2t
Answer
Answer. c

22.  Fora unity feedback control with $G(s)=\frac{9}{s(s+3)}$

the damping ratio is

  1. 1
  2. 0.5
  3. 0.33
  4. 0.707
Answer
Answer. b

23. The dominant poles of a servo-system are located at s = (-2 ± j2). The damping ratio of the system is

  1. 0.8
  2. 1
  3. 0.707
  4. 0.6
Answer
Answer. c

24. Unit impulse response of a given system is c(t) = -4e-t + 6e-2t. The step response for t ≥ 0 is

  1. -3e-2t + 4e-t – 1
  2. 3e2t + 4e-t + 1
  3. -3e-2t – 4e-t + 1
  4. 3e-2t + 4e-t – 1
Answer
Answer. a

25. The working of a PMMC (Permanent magnet moving coil) meter is described by a second-order differential equation

$J\frac{\mathrm{d^2}\theta}{\mathrm{d} t^2}+D\frac{\mathrm{d} \theta }{\mathrm{d} t}+S\theta = T$

where,

J = Moment of inertia of the system

D = Damping coefficient

S = Spring constant

θ = Angular deflection and

T= Activating torque.

Assuming D = 0, an undamped natural angular frequency is

  1. $\sqrt{\frac{S}{J}}$
  2. $\sqrt{\frac{J}{S}}$
  3. $\sqrt{\frac{1}{JS}}$
  4. $\sqrt{\frac{1}{4JS}}$
Answer
Answer. a

26. A unit impulse response of a second-order system is $\frac{1}{6}e^{-0.8t}\sin (0.6t)$. Then natural frequency and damping ratio of the system are respectively

  1. 1 and 0.6
  2. 1 and 0.8
  3. 2 and 0.4
  4. 2 and 0.3
Answer
Answer. b

27. For a critically damped second order system, if gain constant (K) is increased, the system behaviour

  1. becomes oscillatory
  2. becomes underdamped
  3. becomes overdamped
  4. shows no change
Answer
Answer. b

28. The transfer function of a system is $\frac{1}{1+sT}$. The input to this system is the ramp function, tu(t). The output would track this system with an error given by

  1. zero
  2. $\frac{T}{2}$
  3. T
  4. $\frac{T^2}{2}$
Answer
Answer. c

29. Damping ratio ξ and peak overshoot Mp, are measures of

  1. relative stability
  2. absolute stability
  3. speed of response
  4. steady-state error
Answer
Answer. c

30. A second-order system is described by

$2\frac{\mathrm{d^2}y }{\mathrm{d} t^2}+4\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{d} t}+8y = 8x$

The damping ratio of the system is

  1. 0.1
  2. 0.25
  3. 0.333
  4. 0.5
Answer
Answer. d