This document provides instructions to sketch the root locus and analyze the characteristics of a unity feedback control system with a transfer function of G(s)=K/(s-1)(s+3)(s+6) as the gain K varies from 0 to infinity, without using MATLAB. It asks the reader to identify parts of the real axis containing the root locus, asymptotes, break-in/away points, the range of K for stability, intersections with the imaginary axis, and the value of K for a pair of complex poles with a damping ratio of 0.5, then compare the sketch to a MATLAB plot.