How to determine the step response given a transfer function?

To find the unit step response, multiply the transfer function by the unit step (1/s) and the inverse Laplace transform using Partial Fraction Expansion..

1. How do you find the impulse response of a system from a transfer function?
2. What is meant by the step response of a transfer system?

How do you find the impulse response of a system from a transfer function?

To find the unit impulse response of a system we simply take the inverse Laplace Transform of the transfer function.

What is meant by the step response of a transfer system?

So for any given system, if we simply multiply it's transfer function by 1/s (which means putting an integrator in cascade or series with the system), the output defined by the inverse Laplace Transform of that result will be the step response! It's that simple.