This document contains 8 questions related to optimal control theory for an exam. The questions cover various topics:
1) Bellman's principle of optimality and applying it to find optimal trajectories.
2) Deriving recurrence relations for dynamic programming and explaining its characteristics.
3) Finding the optimal control law using the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation to minimize a performance measure.
4) Explaining the fundamental theorem of calculus of variations and determining an extremal for a given functional.
5) Deriving costate equations, determining the control to minimize the Hamiltonian, and boundary conditions for optimal transfer between states.
6) Explaining how two-point boundary value problems can be solved using variation of extrem