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  • For a feed back control system to be stable, the


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  • A. roots of the characteristic equation should be real.
  • B. poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the left half of the complex plane.
  • C. Bode plots of the corresponding open loop transfer function should monotoni-cally decrease.
  • D. poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the right half of the complex plane.

  • Correct Answer
  • poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the left half of the complex plane. 


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    • 1. Suppose that the gain, time constant and dead time of a process with the following transfer function:Gc(s) = 10 exp( - 0.1s)/(0.5s + 1) are known with a possible error of ± 20% of their values. The largest permissible gain Kc of a proportional controller needs to be calculated below taking the values of process gain, time constant and dead time as

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    • A. 8, 0.6, 0.08
    • B. 12, 0.6, 0.12
    • C. 8, 0.6, 0.12
    • D. 12, 0.4, 0.08
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    • 2. A bimetallic thermometer as compared to industrial mercury in glass thermometer has almost the same

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    • A. temperature measuring range (- 40°C to 450°C).
    • B. accuracy (± 1% of span).
    • C. speed of response.
    • D. all a, b & c.
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    • 3. Gas analysis is commonly done using the

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    • A. thermal conductivity cell
    • B. X-ray diffraction
    • C. mass spectrometer
    • D. emission spectrometer
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    • 4. The transfer function of a pure dead time system with dead time ?d is

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    • A. 1/(?ds + 1)
    • B. ?ds + 1
    • C. e-?ss
    • D. e?ds
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    • 5. Process degree of freedom indicates __________ number of controllers to be used.

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    • A. the maximum
    • B. the minimum
    • C. both maximum and the minimum
    • D. nothing about the
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    • 6. __________ controller has the maximum stabilising time.

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    • A. P
    • B. PD
    • C. PI
    • D. PID
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    • 7. __________ type of element is normally not used in the bimetallic thermometers.

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    • A. Flat spiral
    • B. Bourdon tube
    • C. Single helix
    • D. Multiple helix
    • Discuss
    • 8. Flow rate of sludge is not measured by a/an

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    • A. orificemeter
    • B. open weir
    • C. kennison nozzle
    • D. both(b)&(c)
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is not a second order instrument?

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    • A. Mercury in glass thermometer with covering.
    • B. Bare mercury in glass thermometer.
    • C. Pressure gauge with one bellow, two tubes and a tank.
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Thermal wells used in temperature measurements should have

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    • A. very thick walls.
    • B. low emissivity.
    • C. polished surface.
    • D. high transmissivity of radiation.
    • Discuss


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