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Nptel Control Engineering Assignment 1 Mcqs

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about control engineering concepts. The questions cover topics such as: disturbances to control systems, ways to mathematically model systems, properties of linear systems, characteristics of static and dynamic systems, basic elements of electrical and mechanical systems, equations for common circuit elements like resistors and capacitors, equations describing forces and torques in mechanical systems, and predator-prey models.

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Nptel Control Engineering Assignment 1 Mcqs

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions about control engineering concepts. The questions cover topics such as: disturbances to control systems, ways to mathematically model systems, properties of linear systems, characteristics of static and dynamic systems, basic elements of electrical and mechanical systems, equations for common circuit elements like resistors and capacitors, equations describing forces and torques in mechanical systems, and predator-prey models.

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NPTEL

Control Engineering
Assignment 1

MCQs

Note: A question can have multiple answers

1. Which of the following act as a disturbance to an air conditioner (control system) in a room?
(a) Persons entering the room
(b) Change in ambient temperature
(c) Change in the reference temperature setting
(d) All of the above
2. Which of the following is a way representing a model mathematically?
(a) Differential equations
(b) Laplace equations
(c) State space equations
(d) All of the above
3. Which of the following properties are satisfied by a linear system:
(a) Property of superposition
(b) Commutative property
(c) Associative property
(d) None of the above
4. Which of the following is a linear system:
(a) y(t) = 2t + 5
(b) y(t) = t2 + 5
(c) y(t) = t sin(t)
(d) y(t) = t(1 + t)
5. The system y(t) = u(t) + 2u(t − 1) + 5u(t − 2) is:
(a) Static and Causal
(b) Static and Non-Causal
(c) Dynamic and Causal
(d) Dynamic and Non-Causal
6. The system y(t) = u(t) is:
(a) Static and Causal
(b) Static and Non-Causal

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(c) Dynamic and Causal
(d) Dynamic and Non-Causal
7. The system y(t) = u(t) + 6u(t − 3) + 5u(t + 1) is:
(a) Static and Causal
(b) Static and Non-Causal
(c) Dynamic and Causal
(d) Dynamic and Non-Causal
8. A static system is always causal
(a) True
(b) False
9. A static system is characterized by the following:
(a) Presence of memory
(b) Memorylessness
(c) Depends on past and present inputs
(d) Depends only on present input
10. Which of the following physical laws describe an electrical system:
(a) Kirchhoff’s current Law
(b) Newton’s laws of motion
(c) Thermodynamic laws
(d) Kirchhoff’s voltage law
11. What are the basic elements of an electrical system:
(a) Mass, Spring, Damper
(b) Resistor, Inductor, Capacitor
(c) Force, Torque
(d) Pressure, Discharge, Energy
12. What are the basic elements of a mechanical system:
(a) Mass, Spring, Damper
(b) Resistor, Inductor, Capacitor
(c) Force, Torque
(d) Pressure, Discharge, Energy
13. Voltage across an inductor element L is given by:
R
(a) V = L Idt
(b) V = L dI
dt
(c) V = LI
(d) V = LI 2
14. Voltage across a capacitor element C is given by:

2
R
(a) V = C Idt
(b) V = C dI
dt
(c) V = CI
= C1 Idt
R
(d) V
15. What is the equation pertaining to Kirchhoff’s current law at Node 1 in Fig. 15

V
R
(a) I = R + L V dt
(b) I = V R + L dV
R dt
(c) I = VR + L1 V dt
(d) I = V R + L1 V dt
R

16. What is the equation pertaining to Kirchhoff’s voltage law around loop 1 in Fig. 16

I
R
(a) V = R +C Idt
(b) V = IR + C dI
I 1
Rdt
(c) V = R + C RIdt
(d) V = IR + C1 Idt
17. Force acting on a mass M causing displacement x is given by:
(a) F = M dx
dt
2
(b) F = M ddt2x
(c) F = M x
(d) F = M x2
18. Torque acting on a inertia element J causing displacement θ is given by:
(a) T = J dθ
dt
(b) T = Jθ
(c) T = Jθ2
2
(d) T = J ddt2θ
19. The force acting on the spring element K shown in the Fig. 19 is given by:

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(a) F = K(x˙1 − x˙2 )
(b) F = K(x1 + x2 )
(c) F = K(x1 − x2 )
(d) F = K(x˙1 + x˙2 )
20. Which of the following terms represents the loss of energy in the model equation of a lossy pendulum
θ̈ + MBL2 θ̇ + Lq sin θ = 0

(a) θ̈
B
(b) M L2 θ̇
q
(c) L sin θ
(d) 0

21. In the following Predator-Prey model, what happens to the prey population x in the absence of
predators y = 0:
dx
dt = αx − βxy
dy
dt = −γy + δxy

(a) x = 0
(b) x grows exponentially
(c) x → ∞ as t → ∞
(d) x remains constant
22. In the following Predator-Prey model, what happens to the predator population y in the absence
of prey x = 0:
dx
dt = αx − βxy
dy
dt = −γy + δxy

(a) y = 0
(b) y grows exponentially
(c) y → 0 as t → ∞
(d) y remains constant

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