MAE 488 Final Exam Study Guide 2025: Comprehensive Review & Practice

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MAE 488 FINAL TEST STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026

ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT

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For what values of the damping ratio, is the response a pure

sinusoid? ......ANSWER........Zeta = 0


For what values of the damping ratio, is the response unstable?

......ANSWER........Zeta < 0


For what values of the damping ratio, is the response non-

oscillatory? ......ANSWER........0>zeta>=1


For what values of the damping ratio, is the response critically

damped ......ANSWER........zeta = 1

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For what values of the damping ratio, is the response a damped

sinusoid? ......ANSWER........0 < zeta < 1


The impulse function is the derivative of the step function.

......ANSWER........True


The Taylor Series can be used to linearize a function near a

point. ......ANSWER........True


A system with negative roots in the denominator of the transfer

function is unstable ......ANSWER........False


Is the following equation linear?


z(double dot) + z(dot)*z = 0 ......ANSWER........No


The product of a complex number and it's complex conjugate is

a real number. ......ANSWER........True

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The transient response is the response due to the initial

conditions? ......ANSWER........False


The damping ratio is the ratio of the damping in a system to the

critical damping value. ......ANSWER........True


The damping ratio of a 2nd order system determines the type of

response (stable/unstable, oscillatory, under damped, or over

damped) ......ANSWER........True


Define Laplace Transform ......ANSWER........Laplace transform is

the Laplace transform of the output divided by the Laplace

transform of the input, assuming 0 initial conditions.


The free response of an ideal mass spring system will eventual

approach a constant value ......ANSWER........False