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Question Bank For Unit 5
Sub Name : Control Systems Engineering Department : Mechatronics
Sub Code : EC8391 Year & Sec : III

PART – A
1. What are the advantages of state space analysis?
2. Define state & state variable.
3. Name the methods of state space representation of phase variables.
4. How the modal matrix is determined?
5. Write the properties of state transition matrix.
6. Determine the controllability of the system described by the state equation.

7. Mention the need for state variables.

8. Define state equation.

9. Give the concept of controllability.

10. What are phase variables?

11. What is observability?
12.
What are the drawbacks of transfer function model analysis?
13. What are the advantages of state space modeling using phase variable?
14. What is state transition matrix? How it is related to state of a system?
15. Write the solution of homogeneous equation.

16. Write the solution of non-homogeneous equation.

17. What is resolvant matrix?

18. What is modal matrix?

19. What is the need for controllability test?

20. What is the need for observability test?
21. State the duality between controllability and observability.

22. What is the effect of pole-zero cancellation in transfer function?

23. Draw the block diagram of the system described by the state model.
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24. Draw the signal graph of the system described by the state model.

25.
A system is characterized by the differential equation Determine its
transfer function

PART – B
1. Obtain the state model of electrical network [13]

2. Determine the state model of field controlled dc motor [13]

3. Obtain the state model of the system whose transfer function is [13]

4. A feedback has a closed loop transfer function [13]

Construct three different state model for this system and give block diagram
representation for each state model.

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8. Check the controllability and observability of the system given below [13]

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