Control Exam

TRUE/FALSE
2008
a) A systems steady-state response is found from its particular solution. TRUE
b) For a system to be stable, the real part of all the roots of the characteristic equation must be
positive. FALSE (real part of the roots must be negative. If there are two roots, they both
need to be negative)
c) The natural frequency of an underdamped second-order system for a step input can be
determined directly from the period of the oscillation of the response. FALSE
d) A proportional controller, used in feedback control of a first-order system, causes offset error
in the output. FALSE
e) In the following transfer function, 10 is the static sensitivity: (10(s + 31))/(2s
2
+ 3s + 2).
TRUE (be sure to get the top line into this form to get s by itself before finding static
sensitivity as the K value).
f) Hydraulic actuators can be operated under continuous, intermittent, reversing and stalled
conditions without damage. TRUE (pneumatic can be damaged by stalled conditions)
g) For the open-loop transfer function, K(s+2)/(s+1), its open-loop poles are -1 and -2. FALSE
h) A systems Bode diagram can be found by observing the steady-state response of the
systems output for a series of experimental runs in which the frequency of an input sinusoid
is varied. TRUE (body diagram is steady state vs frequency)
2007
a) Hydraulic actuators can be operated under continuous, intermittent, reversing and stalled
conditions without damage. TRUE
b) A systems steady-state response is found from its complementary solution. FALSE (because
you dont know the step size it could be under. You can find static sensitivity but not steady
state response)
c) For a system to be stable, the real part of all the roots of the characteristic equation must be
positive. FALSE
d) The rise time is the time required for the response curve to reach and stay within a range
about the final value of size specified by absolute percentage of the final value (usually 2% or
5%). FALSE settling time!
e) For the open-loop transfer function, K(s+2)/(s+1)
its root locus is a plot of the roots of the
closed-loop systems characteristic equation as K varies. TRUE
f) A systems Bode diagram can be found by observing the systems output for a series of
experimental runs in which the frequency of an input sinusoid is varied. TRUE
g) In the following transfer function, 10 is the static sensitivity: 10(s+31)/(2s^2+3s+2) FALSE
not time constant form
h) The frequency of oscillation of the transient response of an underdamped second- order
system is called the natural frequency. FALSE (dampening frequency)