You have designed a video game called "Get Off My Lawn!" in which the player controls a virtual water hose and uses it to spray things as they walk on their virtual lawn, such as neighborhood kids, stray dogs, and salespeople. You have designed it to work with a joystick, such that large deflections of the joystick moves the spray nozzle quickly around the screen. Small deflections cause it to move slowly. This is an example of
A) zero order control
B) first order control
C) second order control
D) third order control

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is an example of first order control because the speed of the nozzle's movement is proportional to the displacement of the joystick from its neutral position, which is a characteristic of first order systems.

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