COURSE TITLE: DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS.

COURSE CODE: EEEP3201

CONTINUOUS ASSESSEMENT: 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
DURATION: 10:30 -12:15. Answer all questions neatly on A4 PAPERS (maximum number of pages is 3)

SECTION 1. MCQs: select and write the letter that corresponds to the best answer
1. The output of the feedback control system must be a function of:
a) Reference input
b) Reference output
c) Output and feedback signal
d) Input and feedback signal
2. Which of the following is not the feature of modern control system?
a) Quick response
b) Accuracy
c) Correct power level
d) No oscillation
3. Feedback can cause a system that is originally stable to become___________
a) Stable
b) Unstable
c) Conditionally stable
d) Either more stable or unstable
4. Routh Hurwitz criterion gives:
a) Number of roots in the right half of the s-plane
b) Value of the roots
c) Number of roots in the left half of the s-plane
d) Number of roots in the top half of the s-plane
5. Which of the test signals are best utilized by the stability analysis.
a) Impulse
b) Step
c) Ramp
d) Parabolic
6. Difference equation is used in:
a) Discrete time analysis
b) Continuous time analysis
c) Digital analysis
d) None of the mentioned
7. Difference equation in discrete systems is similar to the _____ in continuous systems.
a) Difference equation
b) Differential equation
c) Quadratic equation
d) None of the mentioned
8. If X(z) =(z+z-3)/(z+z-1), then x(n) series has:
a) Alternate 0s
b) Alternate 1s

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c) Alternate 2s
d) Alternate -1s
9. The poles of a digital filter with linear phase response can lie
a) Only at z =0
b) Only on the unit circle
c) Only inside the unit circle but not at z =0
d) On the left side of Real (z) =0 line
10. The discrete-time signal x (n) = (-1)n is periodic with fundamental period
a) 6
b) 4
c) 2
d) 0
11. Two sequences x1 (n) and x2 (n) are related by x2 (n) = x1 (- n). In the z- domain, their
ROC’s are
a) The same
b) Reciprocal of each other
c) Negative of each other
d) Complements of each other
12. Z and Laplace transform are related by:
a) s = ln z
b) s =ln z/T
c) s =z
d) s= T/ln z
13. Consider the following statements regarding a linear discrete-time system:
H (z) = z2+1/(z+0.5)(z-0.5)
1. The system is stable
2. The initial value of h(0) of the impulse response is -4
3. The steady-state output is zero for a sinusoidal discrete time input of frequency equal to
one-fourth the sampling frequency
Which of these statements are correct?
a) 1,2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1 and 3
d) 2 and 3
14. What is the number of roots of the polynomial F(z) = 4z3-8z2-z+2, lying outside the unit
circle?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
15. What is the z-transform of the signal x[n] = anu(n)?
a) X(z) =1/z-1
b) X(z) = 1/1-z
c) X(z) = z/z-a
d) X(z) = 1/z-a

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16. Convolution of two sequences X1[n] and X2[n] are represented by:
a) X1(z)*X2(z)
b) X1(z)X2(z)
c) X1(z)+X2(z)
d) X1(z)/X2(z)
17. Unit step response of the system described by the equation y(n) +y(n-1) =x(n) is:
a) z2/(z+1)(z-1)
b) z/(z+1)(z-1)
c) z+1/z-1
d) z(z-1)/z+1
18. The final value theorem is used for:
a) All type of systems
b) Stable systems
c) Unstable systems
d) Marginally stable systems
19. The system is stable if the pole of the z-transform lies inside the unit circle
a) True
b) False
20. Controllers play the following role in control system:
a) They amplify the signals going to the actuator
b) They act on the error signal coming out of the summing junction and output a suitable to
the actuator
c) They try to reduce steady state error optimizes overshoot.
d) All of the mentioned
SECTION B
Exercise 21 (6mks)
(a) Draw a block diagram representing a Digital control system.
(b) Differentiate between a differential equation and a difference equation
(c) State and explain some advantages of digital control systems
Exercise 23 (4mks)

Exercise 22 (5mks)