4. Stability and Design Trade-Offs

Root-locus Intuition — Quiz

Test your understanding of root-locus intuition with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

What does a root-locus plot show?

Question 2

At zero feedback gain, where do root-locus branches begin?

Question 3

If a system has more open-loop poles than open-loop zeros, what happens to the extra root-locus branches as the gain becomes very large?

Question 4

As closed-loop poles move closer to the imaginary axis from the left half-plane, what usually happens to the system?

Question 5

Which statement best describes the real-axis rule for root locus?
Root-locus Intuition Quiz — Control And Mechatronics | A-Warded