BMFI (SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING)

EXAMINATION PAPER
END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION

EE387: CLASSICAL CONTROL.

DATE: APRIL, 2016
TIME ALLOWED: THREE (3) HOURS
PROGRAMME: COMPUTER ENGINEERING/ SCIENCE
LEVEL: 300
INSTRUCTION: READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
LECTURER: ERIC LEO ASIAMAH

ATEMPT SIX QUESTIONS

Q5 Reduce the block diagram below to open loop form:
Q1 Briefly explain with an aid of a diagram what is a control system.(10
marks)

Q2 As control engineers we tolerate the differences between desired

response and actual response because of the many advantages of control
systems, state five of these advantages.(10marks)
Q3. (a) Briefly explain with an aid of a diagram Open Loop Control
System.
(b) State two advantages and two disadvantages of open loop control
system.
(10marks)
Q4. (a) Give one practical example each of an open loop control system and
closed loop control system.
(b) Briefly explain the thermostatic control of room temperature as an
example of closed loop control system.(10marks)

(10 marks)
Q6 (a) Briefly explain with an aid of a diagram Closed Loop Control
System.
(b) State two advantages and two disadvantages of closed loop control
system.
(10marks)
Q7 (a) How do we determine if a System is Stable?
(b) A feedback control system has the open loop transfer function G(s) =
10 (s +10)
s (s+5) .
Determine the error in the response of the system to an input, r(t) = t2
(10 marks)