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:

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 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