CONTROL SYSTEMS ROOT LOCUS

1) Figure given below shows the root locus plot (location of poles not given) of a third order system
whose open loop transfer function is
(A) K / s3
(B) K / [s2 (s + 1)]
(C) K / [s (s2 + 1)]
(D) K / [s (s2 1)]

2) The root locus of a unity feedback system shown in figure, the closed loop transfer function
C(s)/R(s) of the system is
(A) ( )( ) (B) ( )( )
(C) ( )( )
(D) ( )( )

3) A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function, G(s) = K / s2. The root locus plot

Ans: (B)
4) An open loop transfer function G(s) of a system is G(s) = K / [s (s + 1) (s + 2)] for a unity feedback
system, the breakaway point of the root loci on the real axis occurs at
(A) 0.42 (B) 1.58 (C) 0.42 and 1.58 (D) None

5) The gain at the breakaway point of the root locus of a unity feedback system with open loop transfer
function ( ) = ( )( ) is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 9

6) A closed loop system has the characteristic function (s2 4) (s + 1) + K (s 1) = 0. Its root locus
plot against K is (options are not clear)

7) The open loop transfer function G(s) of a unity feedback control system is given as ( ) = ( )
(A) three roots with nearly equal real parts exist on the left half of the s-plane
(B) one real root is found on the right half of s-plane
(C) the root loci cross the j axis for a finite value of k; k 0
(D) three real roots are found on the right half of s-plane

8) The characteristic equation of a closed loop system is ( + 1)( + 3) + ( + 2) = 0; > 0.

Which of the following statements is true?
(A) its roots are always real (B) it cannot have a breakaway point in the range 1<Re(s)<0
(C) two of its roots tend to infinity along the asymptotes Re(s) = 1
(D) it may have complex roots in the right half plane

9) The open loop poles of a third order unity feedback system are at 0, -1, -2. Let the frequency
corresponding to the point where the root locus of the system transits to unstable region be K. Now
suppose we introduce a zero in the open loop transfer function at -3, while keeping all the earlier
open loop poles intact. Which one of the following is TRUE about the point where the root locus
of the modified system transits to unstable region?
(A) it corresponds to a frequency greater than K (B) it corresponds to a frequency less than K
(C) it corresponds to a frequency K
(D) root locus of modified system never transits to unstable region