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CONTINUOUS TIME
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS 1 2
MULTIPLECHOICE
MULTIPLE CHOICEQUESTIONS
QUESTION =e j (t1)
   
and x3(t) = cos  2t    Which sig-
3 
 
1 . The period of a signal x (t ) = 3 sin (4t ) +
nal is/are aperiodic
7 cos (10t ) is
(a) x3(t) only (b) x2(t) and x3(t)
(a) 10  sec (b) 5 sec
(c) x2(t) only (d)none of above
(c) 6 sec (d)x (t) is not periodic
5 . A signal g(t) is defined as
2 . Match List I (signal) with List II (Period of the
signal) and select the answer using the codes
t , 0 t 1
given below g(t) =  .
0, elsew h ere
List I List II
The even part of the signal g (t) is
 2 
P. f1(t) = sin  t 1. 15 Unit
 3 
t / 2, – 1  t  0

(a) ge(t) = t / 2, 0  t  1
 2   4  0,
Q. f2(t) = sin  t  cos  t  2. 3 Unit  elsew h ere
 5   3 
 t / 2, – 1  t  0
R. f3(t) = sin 3t 3.aperiodic 
(b) ge(t) = t / 2, 0  t  1
0, elsew h ere

S. f4(t) = f1(t)  2 f3(t) 4.2/3 unit

Codes :  t / 2, – 1  t  0

P Q R S (c) ge(t) = 2t 0 t 1
0, elsew h ere

(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 3 2 1 4 2t , –1 t  0

(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) ge(t) = 2t , 0 t 1
(d) 2 1 4 3 0, elsew h ere

3 . Which of the following signal is not periodic ?
2, t  0
(a)sin (10t ) (b) 2 cos (15t ) 6 . A CT signal is defined as x(t) = 
0, t  0
(c)sin (10t ) (d) none of these
the odd part of x(t) is an unit
 
4. Consider the signal x1(t) = 5cos  4t   , x2(t) (a) step function (b) signum function
 3
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS 3
(c) impulse function (d) ramp function (b) g1(t) is an energy, g2(t) is a power signal.

7 . The odd part of a unit step signal is (c) Both g1(t) and g2(t) are power signals.

(d) Both g1(t) and g2(t) are energy signals.


x0(t)
9 . The energy of the signal shown in figure is ‘
½

(a) x(t)

t A
0
x0(t) e–t

t
½ 0

t
(b) 0
(a) A2/2 (b) A2
–1/2
(c) A2/4 (d) None of above

x0(t)  
j  2t  
1 0 .The signal x(t) = e  4  is

½
(a) a power signal
t
(c) 0 (b) an energy signal
–1/2
(c) neither a power nor an energy
x0(t ) (d) none of above
½

(d) 1 1 .A signal x(t), defined over the range 3  t  3,


has energy equal to 12 units. Match List I (sig-
t
–1/2 0 ½ nal) with List II (Energy of the signal) and se-
lect correct answer using the codes given below

List I (Signals) List II (Energy)


8 . Two signals g1(t) and g2(t) are shown in the fol-
lowing figures P. 2x(t) 1. 48 unit

g1(t) Q.x(3t) 2. 12 units


5 R. x(t  4) 3. 4 unit

S. 2x(2t) 4.24 unit


t
–2 0 2 Codes :
g2(t)
P Q R S
5
(a) 1 3 2 4
..... .....
(b) 4 3 1 2
t
–6 –2 0 2 6
(c) 1 4 3 2
Which of the following statement is true?
(d) 4 1 2 3
(a) g1(t) is a power signal, g2(t) is an energy
signal.

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1 2 .Consider the following statement regarding a 1


signal x(t) = e|t|.

1. x(t) is an energy signal

2. x(t) is an odd signal


t
1 0 1

3. x(t) is an even signal 2 2

4. x(t) is neither even nor odd. Which of the following waveform is correct for

Which is the above statement is/are true? g(t) = 3(2t/3) + 3(t/ 3)

g(t)

(a) only 4 (b) 1 and 3 3

(c) 1 and 4 (d) 1 and 2


1.5
1 3 .Two signals f (t) and g(t) and shown in the fig- (a)
ure below 0 
t
–
 
f (t) g(t)

3 6

2
1 3
(b)
t
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 t
0 
–
 
g ( t)

g(t)
1

t
–1 0 1 (c)
t
Which of the following is the correct expression –
0 
 
of f (t) ?
g(t)
(a) f (t) = g(t) + g(t + 2) + g(t + 3) 6
(b) f (t) = g(t) + g(t – 2) + g(t – 3)

(c) f (t) = g(t) + g(t/2) + g(t/3)


(d)
(d) f (t) = g(t) + g(2t) + g(3t)
t
0 
1 4 .Consider a unit triangular function (t) and a –
 

unit rectangular function  (t) as shown in fig- 1 5 .Consider the signal x(t) and y(t) shown is fig-
ure ures
(t) x ( t)
x ( t)
1
1 1

t t t
 0  0  
–1 0 1

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Which of the following is correct statement ? x2(t)

(a) y(t) is amplitude scaled version of x(t) 1

(b) y(t) is time scaled version of x(t) by a factor (a)


of 2.
(c) y(t) is time advanced version of x(t) by 2 t
  0
units. x2(t)

(d) y(t) is time delayed version of x(t) by 2 units. 1

Common Data For Q. 16 and 17: (b)


The plot of a signal x(t) is shown in figure t
  0
x ( t)
x2(t)
1
1

(c)
t
 3 t
  0
1 6 .Plot for the signal x1(t) = x[0.5(t  2)] will be x2(t)

x1(t ) 1

1 (d)
(a) t
  8
t
 2 0
x1(t) 1 8 .For a unit impulse function (t), which of the
following is true ?
1

(b) (a)  a t  t 0    1  t 
  a
t
  8 (b) [a(t  t0)] = |a|(t  t0)
x1(t)
1
1 (c)  a t  t 0     t  t 0 
a

(c) (d) [a(t  t0)] = |a|(t)


t
  10
x1(t) 1 9 .Consider three signals x1(t) = u(t  1), x2(t) =
r(t) – r(r – 2) and x3(t) = (1 + e–6t) u(t) where
1 u(t) and r(t) are unit–step function and unit–
ramp function respectively. Which of the signals
(d)
have finite energy ?
t
  8 (a) x1(t) and x2(t) (b) x1(t) only

(c) x2(t) and x3(t) (d) x2(t) only


1 7 .Plot for this signal x2(t) = x(0.5t  1) will be

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2 0 .The period of signal x(t) = 5t – 2 cos 5000t is


x  2   x  2 
(a) x(2) + x(–2) (b)
(a) 0.96 ms (b) 1.4 ms 2
(c) 0.4 ms (d) Not periodic
(c) 2x(2) + 2x(2) (d) None of these
2 1 .The period of signal x(t) = 4 sin 3t + 3 sin t is 2 6 .The value of the function

2 2   at  b  sin 2 t  4 dt where a > 0, is
(a) sec (b) sec
3 3
a 
(c) 2 sec (d)Not periodic sin 2  – 4 
b 
(a) 1 (b)
2 2 .Ths signal x(t) = e–4t u(t) is a b
(a) power signal with power Px = 1/4
(b) power signal with power Px = 0 a 
(c) energy signal with energy Ex = 1/4 sin 2  – 4 
 b 
(d) energy signal with energy Ex = 0 (c) 0 (d)
a
 
j  2t  
 4 2 7 .For the signal x(t) = (t + 1) u(t  1) – tu(t)
2 3 .Ths signal x(t) = e is a
–u(t – 2) the correct waveform is
(a) power signal with Px = 1
(b) power signal with Px = 2 1

(c) energy signal with Ex = 2



(d) energy signal with Ex = 1 (a) t
0 1
2 4 .Consider the two signal shown in figure below.
–1
x ( t) y ( t)
2 4
1
2
 2  4 6
t 
 –1 0  –1 0  2  4 (b) 0 1
t
–1 –2

–1
The signal y(t) can be represented as

1
1 
(a) 2 x  t  2   2
 2 
(c) t
(b) 2x(2t – 2) – 2 0 1 

(c) –2x(–2t + 2) + 2 –1

 1 
(d) 2 x   t  4   2 1
 2 

 (d) 0
t
1 
2 5 .The function  x  r    r  2     r  2 dr is
equal to –1

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2 8 .Consider the following CT systems with an in- (a) S1 and S3 (b)S1 and S4
put x(t) and output y(t).
(c) only S1 (d)S1, S3 and S4

dx (t ) 3 2 .Which of the following properties are possessed


System P : y(t) =
dt by a full wave rectifier system ?
(a) Linearity (b) time-invariance
System Q : y(t) = ex (t )
(c) both (A) and (B) (d) none of these
System R : y(t) = 3x(t)
3 3 .A CT system is governed by the following equa-
System S : y(t) = 3x(t) + 5 tion
Which of the above system is/are linear
t

(a) P, R, S (b) Only R y(t) =  t   x   d 


0
(c) P and R (d) All are linear
Where y(t) and x(t) are output and input re-
2 9 .Consider two CT system given by following in-
spectively. The system is
put output relationship
(a) Linear and time-variant
System I : y(t) = sin[x(t)]
(b) Non-linear and time-invariant
System II : y(t) = tsin[x(t)] (c) Linear and time-invariant
(d) Non-linear and time-variant
Which of the above system is/are time-invari-
ant? 3 4 .A system described by the following differential
equation is
(a) I only (b)II only

(c) both I and II (d) neither I nor II d 2 y t   3t dy t   y


y t  2 t  = x(t)
dt dt
3 0 .The system described by following relationship
is (a) static, linear and time-invariant
(b) dynamic, linear and time-variant
dy (t ) (c) static, non-linear and time-invariant
 2 y t  = x2(t)
dt (d) dynamic, non-linear and time-variant

3 5 .For an input x(t), the output y(t) of a modulator


(a) Linear and Time-invariant is given by y(t) = x(t) cos 2fct where fc is the
(b) Non-linear and Time-variant carrier frequency. The system is
(c) Linear and Time-variant
(d) Non-linear and Time-invariant (a) dynamic, non-linear and time-invariant
(b) static, linear and time variant
(c) static, non-linear and time-invariant
3 1 .Consider the following systems with an input (d) dynamic, linear and time-invariant
x(t) and output y(t). The systems are
3 6 .A CT system has the input relationship y(t) =
S1 : y(t) = x2(t) x(5t). The system is
S2 : y(t) = t2x(t) (a) static, linear and time-variant
S3 : y(t) = x(t ) 2 (b) dynamic, linear and time-variant
(c) dynamic, linear and time-invariant
S4 : y(t) = x(– t) (d) static, linear and time-invariant
The time-invariant systems are 3 7 .Which of the following system is causal {x(t) is
input, y(t) is output}

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(a) y(t) = 2x2(t) + x(t – 4) The graph for y(t) = x(t) * x(t) will be

(b) y(t) = x(t – 4) + x(4 – t) y ( t)

2t 2a
(c) y(t) =  x  r dr

(a)

(d) none of these –2a –a a


t
0 2a

3 8 .A system with input x(t) and output y(t) is de- y(t)

scribed as 2a

dy t   8t y (b)
t  = t2x(t)
dt t
–2a 0 2a
The system is

(a) Linear and non-causal y(t)

(b) Non-linear and causal


1/2a
(c) Linear and causal
(d) Non-linear and non-causal
(c)
3 9 .The equation y(t) = 4x(t) + 7 described a sys-
tem with an input x(t) and an output y(t). The t
–2a 0 2a
system is
y(t)
(a) Linear and invertible
1/2a
(b) non-linear and non invertible
(d)
(c) linear and non invertible
t
a 0 a
(d) non-linear and invertible

4 0 .Let P be linearity, Q be time-invariance R be


causality and S be stability. A CT system is de- 4 2 .Two CT signals are given in the figure below
scribed by following relationship
x( t) h ( t)
y(t) = tx(t)
1
where x(t) is input and y(t) is output. The above 1
system has the properties
(a) P, Q, R (b) P, R, S  t
 0 
t
0

(c) P, R (d)P, Q, R, S
The convolution y(t) of above two signal for an
4 1 .Consider a rectangular pulse shown in the fig-
interval 0  t < 1 is
ure below

y(t) (a) 0 (b) t + 1

1 (c) 1 – t (d) – 1 – t

4 3 .For a unit step signal u( t), the convolution


u(t) * u(t) equals to

t
–a 0 a

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(a) t2u(t) (b) u(t) 4 6 .The figure shows two signal x(t) and h(t) as

(c) tu(t) (d) 2u(t) x ( t)

4 4 .For an input x(t) = e–2(t – 3)u(t), output of a sys-


tem having impulse response h(t) = e–tu(t) will
1
be
(a) e6(e–t – e–2t)u(t) (b) e6(e–2t + e–t)u(t)
t
4 6
e 6 t
(c) e6(–e–t – e–2t)u(t) (d)
3

e  e 2t u t  h ( t)

2
4 5 .Two continuous time signals are given as follows

sin t , 0  t  2 
x (t) = 
0, elsewh er e t
–5 –4

and Which of the waveforms in the option corre-


sponds to convolution x(t) * h(t)
1, t  0 y ( t)
y(t) = 
0, t  0 2

Convolution z (t) = x (t) * y(t) is


(a)
z ( t)
t
–1.5 0 1.5
1
y ( t)
 
0 t
(a)
2
1

x(t) (b)
t
–1 0.5 2
1
y ( t)
(b)
2

 t
0 
(c)
x ( t)
t
–1.5 –1 0 1 1.5
2
y ( t)

2
(c)

t
(d)
0  
t
x ( t) –1 0 1 2

1 4 7 .Which of the following convolution is not cor-


rect?
(d)
(a) x(t) * (t) = x(t)
t
0  
(b) x(t) * (t – t0) = x(t0)

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t
(a) y(t) = c (t – a) (b) y(t) = c(t/a)
(c) y(t) = c(t + a) (d) y(t) = c(at)
(c) x(t) *u(t) =  x   d 
0
5 0 .What function convolved with –3 cos(t) would
(d) none of these produce 6 sin(t) ?

4 8 .The input-output relationship of a CT system is  


given as (a) 3(t + ) (b) 3  t  
 2


   
y(t) =  t    2  x   d  (c) 2  t   (d) 2  t  
 2   2


j t
The impulse response of the system is 5 1 .A signal x(t) = e 0 is convolved with another
h(t)
signal h(t) shown in figure

h(t)
1

(a) 1

t
0 2
h ( t)

2 t
–0.5 0 0.5
1
Let y(t) = x(t) * h(t), then for what value of 0,
(b)
y(0) = 0?
t
0 1 2 
(a)  (b)
h ( t) 2

3

(c) (d) 2
4
2
(c)
5 2 .Let x(t) and y(t) are the input and output of an
LTI system described as
t
0 1
h(t) t
2 t  
2
y(t) = e x( – 1)d 

(d)
The system is
t
0 1 2
(a) non-causal and stable
4 9 .A signal y(t) is a function of two CT signals x(t) (b) causal and stable
and h(t) given as (c) causal and unstable
(d) non-causal and unstable

y(t) =  x    a  h  t    d  5 3 .The impulse response of four CT system S1, S2,

S3 and S4 are given respectively as
If c (t) = x(t) * h(t), then y(t) in terms of c(t)
1 t /
will be expressed as h1(t) = (t) h2(t) = e u t 

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1
h3(t) = u(t) – u(t – 2) h4(t) = cos(100t) u(t) (a)  u  t     t    

Which of these system is not BIBO stable
1
(b)  u  t   u  t    
(a) S1 (b) S2 
(c) S3 (d) S4 1
(c)  u  t    
5 4 .A causal system has the following impulse re- 
sponse h(t) = [2e–3t – e–2t] u(t). 1
(d)    t     t    
For an input x(t) = u(t), the output is 

5 6 .The impulse response of the system shown in


 1 2t 2 3t 
(a)  e  e  u  t  figure is
2 3 
x( t) +

+
 1 2 3t 1 2t  –
(b)   e  e  u  t 
6 3 2 
f
–2t
(c) (4e – 6e )u(t) –3t

(d) (4e–2t – 6e–3t + 6)u(t) f

5 4 .The impule response of an LTI system is shown y(t)


in the figure
(a) h(t) = e–tu(t) (b) h(t) = (et + e–t)u(t)
h( t)
(c) h(t) = (sin t)u(t) (d) h(t) = t2u(t)

5 7 .The block diagram representation of a CT sys-


tem is shown in the figure below. The system is
et, t  0
e–t, t  0
x( t) +
+


t + 0.5
+

+
The step response is

(a) 2 + et – e–t y ( t)
–0.1
(b) etu(– t + 1) + 2 – e–t
(c) etu(– t + 1) + (2 – e–t)u(t)
(d) et + [2 – e–t – et]u(t) (a) BIBO Stable (b) BIBO Unstable
5 5 .The impulse response of the system shown in (c) Marginally stable (d) none of these
figure is
5 8 .Consider a causal LTI system described by fol-
x(t) x(t) + y( t)
lowing differential equation
h1(t) = u (t) ( t)
h 3(t) = 

dy t   2y
t  = 4x(t)
h 2(t) = ( t – ) dt

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The correct block diagram representation of the 6 3 .The system y(t) = |x(t)|has the properties
system is
(a) P, Q, R, S (b) P, Q, R
x ( t) 4 y ( t)
+  + (c) Q, R, S (d) R, S, P

(a)
dy t   8y
–2
6 4 .The system t t  = x(t) has the prop-
dt
x(t) 4 y(t)
 +
erties

(b)  (a) P, Q, R, S (b) P, Q, R


–2 (c) P, R (d) P, S

x(t) –2 y(t) t 3
 + 6 5 .The system y(t) =  x   d  has the proper-
(c)  ties

4 (a) P, Q, R (b) Q, R
x ( t) –2 y ( t)
+  + (c) P, Q (d) P, S

(d)  6 6 .The continuous time convolution y(t) = [u(t) –


4
u(t – 2)] * u(t) is
(a) tu(t) + (2 – t)u(t – 2)
(b) (2 – t)u(t) + tu(t – 2)
Common Data For Q. 59 to 65 : (c) tu(t) + (t – 2)u(t – 2)
Let P be Linearity, Q be Time-Invariance, R be (d) (t – 2)u(t) + tu(t – 2)
Causality and S be stability 6 7 .The continuous time convolution y ( t ) =
5 9 .The system y(t) = u{x(t)} has the properties cos t[u(t + 1) – u(t – 2)] * u(t) is

(a) P, Q, R, S (b) Q, R, S sin t


(a) u t  1   u t  1  
 
(c) R, S (d) S
sin t
6 0 .The system y(t) = x(t – 5) – x(3 – t) has the (b) u t  1 

properties

(a) P, Q, R, S (b) Q, R, S sin t


(c) u  t  1

(c) P, Q, S (d) P, R, Q
sin t
(d) u t 
t  
6 1 .The system y(t) = x   has the properties
2
Common Data For Q. 68 to 69
(a) P, Q, R, S (b) P, Q
Suppose that
(c) P, R (d) P, S

6 2 .The system y(t) = cos(2t)x(t) has the proper- 1, 0  t  1


x(t) = 
ties 0, elsewh er e
(a) P, Q, R, S (b) Q, R, S
t 
(c) P, R, S (d) P, Q, S h(t) = x   , where 0 < a  1.
a 

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6 8 .The y(t) = x(t) * h(t) is
g( t)

y(t) 4

(a)
(b) 0
t
a t –1 1
0 1 1+a 8 8

y(t)

g( t)

(b)
4

a t
0 1–a 1

y ( t)

(c) t
–1 0 1
8 8
(c) g(t)

t
0 1+a 1+a 2
2

y(t)

(d) t
0
(d) –1 1
4 4
t
0 a 1–a 1+a 7 1 .The impulse response of a continuous-time LTI
system is
6 9 .If dy(t)/dt contains only three discontinues, the
value of a is
 t t  100  
(a) 1 (b) 2 h(t) =  2e  e 100 u t 
 
(c) 3 (d) 0
The system is
7 0 .The graph for function g(t) = rect (4t) * 4(2t)
is (a) causal and stable
(b) causal but not stable
g( t) (c) stable but not causal
(d) neither causal nor stable
2
7 2 .The impulse response of an LTI system is h(t) =
e–6|t|. The system is
(a) t (a) causal and stable
–1 0 1
8 8 (b) causal but not stable
(c) stable not causal
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7 3 .The impose response of an LTI system is h(t) =


e–6tu(3 – t). The system is dy t 
y(0–) = 0,  1 , x(t) = sin t u(t)
(a) Causal and stable dt 0
(b) causal but not stable
(c) stable but not causal The output of the system si
(d) neither causal nor stable

7 4 .The impulse response of an LTI system is h(t) =


5 3 1 13
e–4tu(t – 2) The system is (a) sin t  cos t  e t  e 4t ,t  0
34 34 6 61
(a) causal and stable
5 3 13 1
(b) causal but not stable (b) sin t  cos t  e 4t  e t ,t  0
(c) stable not causal 34 34 51 6
(d) neither causal nor stable
3 5 13 1
7 5 .Consider the impulse response of two LTI sys- (c) sin t  cos t  e 4t  e t ,t  0
34 34 51 6
tem
3 5 1 13
S1: h1(t) = e–(1 –2j)u(t) and (d) sin t  cos t  e 4t  e 4t ,t  0
34 34 6 51
S2 : h2(t) = e–t cos2tu(t)
The stable system is 7 8 .Consider a system described by following differ-
ential equations with initial condition
(a) S1 (b) S2
(c) Both S1 and S2 (d) None
d 2 y t   6 dy t   8 y
7 6 .Consider a system descried by following differ- 2 t  = 2x(t);
dt dt
ential equation with initial condition

dy t   10 y dy t 
t  = 2x(t), y(0–) = 1, x(t) = u(t) y(0–) = 1, = 1, x(t) = e–tu(t)
dt dt 0 

Output of the system will be The output of the system is

1
(a)
5

1  4e 10t u t   (a)
2 t 5 2t 5 4t
e  e  e , 0
3 2 6
1
(b)
5

1  4e 10t  (b)
2 5 2t 5 4t
 e  e , 0
3 2 6

1 (c) 4 + 5(3e–4t + e–4t), t  0


(c) 
5

1  4e 10t u t   (d) 4 – 5(3e–2t + e–4t), t  0

7 9 .Consider a system described by following differ-


1 ential equations with initial condition

(d)  1  4e 10t
5

d 2 y t y 3dx t ;
7 7 .Consider a system described by following differ- t  =
ential equations with inital condition dt 2 dt

dy t 
d 2 y t y(0–) = 1, = 1, x(t) = 2te–tu(t)
  5 dy t   4 y dx  t  dt
t  = ; 0 
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The output of the system is y ( t)

(a) sin t + 4 cos t – 3te–3t + t, t  0 1


(b) 4 sin t – cos t – 3te–t, t  0
(c) sin t – 4 cos t + 3te–3t + t, t  0 
(c) t
(d) 4 sin t + cos t – 3te–t, t  0 0 

8 0 .The response of a system S to a complex input


–1
x(t) = ej 5t is y(t) = tej 5t The system
(a) is definitely LTI y ( t)

(b) is definitely not LTI 1

(c) may be LTI  0 1


t
(d)
(d) information is insufficient

8 1 .The response of a system S to a complex input


x(t) = ej 8t is specified as y(t) = cos 8t The sys- –1
tem
(a) is definitely LTI
(b) is definitely not LTI 8 3 .Consider a CT system in figure below.
(c) may be LTI
(d) information is insufficient x( t) 


8 2 .Consider a CT system shown below in figure.

y( t)

y( t)
Ths system is
x( t) y( t)
–1 1 (a) causal, BIBO-unstable
x(t) (b) causal, BIBO-stable
(c) non-causal, BIBO-unstable
(d) non-causal BIBO-unstable
Input to this system is x(t) = rect(t – 0.5) –
rect(t + 0.5). The output y(t) is
NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS
y ( t) 1 . The period of the signal g(t) = 2 cos (10t + 1)
+ sin (4t – 1) is equal to _________ sec.
1

0  2 . The average power (Pg) of the signal g(t) shown


(a) 
t
in figure is _____

–1
g(t)
y(t)

1 5

(b) t
 0 1
t
–3 0 3
–1

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3 . The average power of the signal x(t) shown in 8 . If (t) is an unit impulse function, then the value
figure is _____ 
of integral t equals to –––
x ( t)  e   2t  2  dt

5
.... .... 9 . The period of signal x(t) = 14 + 50 cos 60t is
____ sec.
t
–10 –6 –2 0 2 6 10
Common Data For Q. 10 and 11 :

Let the CT unit impulse function be defined by


4 . The rms value of a voltage signal x ( t ) =
20 cos (5t) cos (10t) V is ______ volt. 1  x 
(x) = xlim  tri   , a > 0
     
5 . The power of a periodic signal shown in figure is
_______ unit. The function (x) has an area of one regard-
less the value of 

x ( t)
1 0 . What is the area of the function (4x) ?

4 1 1 .What is the area of the function (–6x) ?

1 2 .A signal x(t) is defined as x(t) = 2tri[2(t – 1)] +

t  3 
6rect   . The value of x   is ________
–5 –2 0 2 5 7
t 4 2
–2
1 3 .The convolution of two signals x(t) and h(t) is
y(t) = x(t) * h(t). If the signal z(t) = x(2t) *
6 . The energy of a signal x(t) is Ex, and the energy
for a signal y(t) = x(at – b) is Ey. If a = 2, b = 3, z t 
then Ey /Ex = _________ h(2t), hen = ______________
y  2t 

7 . A signal x(t) and its transformed signal y(t) are 1 4 .Consider two signal x(t) and h(t) as shown in
shown in figure (A) and figure (B) respectively. the figure. What is the value of convolution y(t)
If y(t) = x(at + b), then value of b is ____________ = x(t) * h(t) at t =  ?

x(t) x( t)

1 1 sin t

0  
t

t –1
–1 0 2 3
Figure (A)

y(t)
h(t)

1
1

t
0 5 2 8 3
3 3 t
Figure (B)

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1 5 .Let y(t) = e–tu(t) * (t – 1), then the value of 4 . x(t) = 5sin(10t + 30°)
y(2) is ________ (a) is an odd signal

(b) a power signal


1 6 .The impulse response of an LTI system is h(t) =
(c) has an even part as well as an odd part
tk
t2u(t), the step response will be u t  such (d) none of the above
k
that the value of k is __________ 5 . The signal x(t) = 10ej10t is

(a) an energy signal


dy t 
1 7 .A system is described by +2y(t) = x(t).
dt (b) a power signal
for an input x(t) = tu(t), the forced response (c) neither energy nor power signal
yF(t) of the system will be k(k – k) such that the
value of k is ____________ (d)both energy and power signal

6 . A complex valued signal x(t) = xR(t) + jxI(t)



has conjugate symmetry if
1 8 .If T(t) =   t  n T  , then power of the sig-
n 
(a) xR(t) is odd while xI(t) is even
nal x(t) = 4rect(t) * 4(t) is ________ unit. (b) xR(t) and xI(t) are both odd
1 9 .The impulse response of a system is h(t) = (c) xR(t) is even while xI(t) is odd
(t – 0.5). If two such systems are cascaded, the (d)xR(t) and xI(t) are both even
impulse response of the overall system will be

k(t – k) such that the value of k is ______
7 . The value of  2 cos t   d  is


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (a) 0 (b) /2


1 . The sum of two periodic signals having periods (c) 1 (d) 2
T1 and T2 is periodic only if the ratio of their
8 . The Fourier series for a periodic signal is given
respective periods (T1/T2) is
as

x(t) = cos(1.2t) + cos(2t) + cos(2.8t)


(a) an irrational number (b) a rational number
The fundamental frequency of the signal is
(c) an odd number (d) an even number
(a) 0.2 Hz (b) 0.6 Hz
2 . A signal is given by x(t) = 2 cos(t)sin2(t) +
(c) 1.0 Hz (d) 1.4 Hz
2cos(t) + sin(t) + sin2(t). The odd compo-
nent of x(t) is 9 . Consider the periodic signal x ( t ) =
(1+0.5 cos40t) cos200t, where t is in seconds.
(a) cos(t) sin2(t) (b) sin(t)
Its fundamental frequency, in Hz, is
(c) sin2(t) (d) cos(t)
(a) 20 (b) 40
3 . f (t) is even while g(t) is odd. If x(t) = f (t) +
(c) 100 (d) 200
g(t) and y(t) = f (t)g(t) then x(t) and y(t) are
respectively 1 0 .If x1(t) = sin t + cos4t and x2(t)= sin5t +
3sin 13t, then
(a) neither, even (b) odd, even
(a) x1 and x2 both are periodic
(c) neither, odd (d) even, odd
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(c) x1 is periodic, but x2 is not periodic P3 : Linear and time-invariant


(d) x1 is not periodic, but is periodic
Relations

  R1 : y(t) = t2x(t)
1 1 .The power in the signal x(t) = 8 cos  20  –  +
 2
R2 : y(t) = t|x(t)|
4 sin (15t) is
R3 : y(t) = |x(t)|
(a) 40 (b) 41
R4 : y(t) = x(t – 5)
(c) 42 (d) 82
(a) (P1, R1), (P2, R3), (P3, R4)
1 2 .Which of the following is true ? (b) (P1, R2), (P2, R3), (P3, R4)
(c) (P1, R3), (P2, R1), (P3, R2)
(a) A finite signal is always bounded
(d) (P1, R1), (P2, R2), (P3, R3)
(b) A bounded signal always possesses finite en-
1 6 .Asserton (A) : The systeM, described by y2(t)
ergy
+ 2y(t) = x2(t) + x(t) + c is a linear and static
(c) A bounded signal is always zero outside the system.
interval [t0,t0] for some t0 Reason (R) : The dynamic system is charac-
terized by differential equation.
(d) A bounded signal is always finite
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
   explanation of A
1 3 .The integral   t  6 sin (t)dt evaluates to
6 (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the
correct explanation of A
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

(c) 0 (d) 1 7 .Which one of the following system is a causal
2
system?
1  2 t 2 /2 [y(t) is output and u(t) is an input step function]
1 4 .The integral  t e  1  2t dt is equal
2  
(a) y(t) = sin (u(t + 3))
to (b) y(t) = 5u(t) + 3u(t – 1)
(c) y(t) = 5u(t) + 3u(t + 1)
1 1 (d) y(t) = sin(u(t – 3)) + sin(u(t + 3))
(a) e 1/8 (b) e 1/8
8 2 4 2
1 8 .Assertion (A) : A memory less system is causal.
1
(c) e 1/2 (d) 1 Reason (R) : A system is causal if the output
2 at any time depends only on values of input at
that time and in the past.
1 5 .Let x(t) be the input and y(t) be the output of a
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
continuous time system. Match the syste prop-
explanation of A
erties P1, P2 and P3 with system relations R1,
(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the
R2, R3, R4
correct explanation of A
Pro pert ies (c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
P1 : Linear but NOT time-invariant
1 9 .The governing differential equations connecting
P2 : Time-invariant but NOT linear
output y(t) and the input x(t) of four continuous
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respectively. Match List I (Equation) with List 
II (System Category) and select the correct an-  x  t    g(2)d where h(t) is shown in the
swer using the codes given below lists : graph.
List I h( t)

dy t   4y
A. 2t t  = 2tx(t)
dt
t
0
dy t   4y
B. y t  t  = 2x(t)
dt
Which of the following four properties are pos-
d 2 y t   2 dy t   y dx t 
C. 4 t   3 sessed by the system ?
dt 2 dt dt
BIBO : Bounded input gives a bounded output.
2
 dy t  dx t  Causal : The system is causal,
D.    2t y t   4
 dt  dt
LP : The system is low pass.

List II LTI : The system is linear and time-invariant.

1. Linear, time invariant and dynamic (a) Causal, LP (b) BIBO, LTI
(c) BIBO, Causal LTI (d) LP, LTI
2. Non-linear, time-invariant and dynamic
2 2 .A system with x(t) and output y(t) is defined
3. Non-linear, time-variable
2t
4. Non-linear, time-invariant and non dynamic y(t) =  x t dT . The system will be

Codes : (a) Causal, time-invariant and unstable


(b) Causal, time invariant and stable
A B C D (c) non-causal, time-invariant and unstable
(a) 3 2 1 4 (d) non-causal, time-variant and unstable
(b) 4 1 6 3
(c) 3 1 5 4 2 3 .A continuous-time system is described by y(t) =
(d) 4 2 1 3 e–|x(t)|, where y(t) is the output and x(t) is the
input. y(t) is bounded
2 0 .Consider a system with input x(t) and output
y(t) related as follows (a) only when x(t) is bounded
(b) only for t  0 if x(t) is bounded for t  0
d (c) only when x(t) is non-negative
y(t) =
dt

e –t x t  ’ (d) even when x(t) is not bounded

2 4 .A signal e–t sin(t) is the input to a real Linear


Which one of the following statement is TRUE ?
Time Invariant system. Given K and  are con-
(a) The system is nonlinear stants, the output of the system will be of the
(b) The system is time-invariant form Ke–t sin(t + ) where
(c) The system is stable
(a)  need not be equal to  but  equal 
(d) The system has memory
(b)  need not be equal to  but  equal to 
2 1 .Consider a system whose input x and output y (c)  equal to  and  equal to 
are related by the equation y ( t )= (d)  need not be equal to a and  need not be
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2 5 .Let a signal a1sin(1t + 1) be applied to a stable where u(t) is the unit step function. Which of
linear time variant system. Let the correspond- these systems is time invariant, causal, and stable
ing steady state output be represented as a2F(2t
(a) S1 (b) S2
+ 2). Then which of the following statement is
(c) S3 (d) S4
true ?
2 8 .Assertion (A) : The ‘zero-state’ response of a
(a) F is not necessarily a “Sine” or “Cosine” func-
linear constant-parameter continuous-time sys-
tion but must be periodic with 1 = 2.
tem can have components having the ‘natural
(b) F must be a “Sine” or “Cosine” function with
frequencies’ of the system.
a1 = a2
(c) F must be a “Sine” function with 1 = 2 and Reason (R) : The ‘forced frequency’ compo-
1 = 2 nents in the response of the state for any give
(d) F must be a “Sine” or “Cosine” function input may not add up to the given zero initial
with 1 = 2 value of the state. The ‘natural frequency’ com-
ponents may be needed to bridge the gap.
2 6 .The impulse response h(t) of a linear time in-
variant continuous time system is described by (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
h(t) = exp(t)u(t) + exp(t)u(– t) where u(– t) explanation of A.
denotes the unit step function, and  are real (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the
constants. This system is stable if correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(a)  is positive and  is positive
(d) A is false but R is true
(b)  is negative and  is negative
(c)  is negative and  is negative
(d)  is negative and  is positive

2 7 .The impulse response functions of four linear


systems S1, S2, S3, S4 are given respectively by

u t 
h1(t) = 1, h2(t) = u(t), h3(t) = and h4(t)
t 1
= e–3tu(t)

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6 . The odd part of x[n] would be
2
1 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (a)
2
n a 
n
(b)
2
na
n

 7 n 
1. The DT signal x[n] = 4  3 sin   1 1
 4  (c) nan (d) n an
2 2
(a) periodic with period 7
(b) periodic with period 8 7 . Which of the following statement is not a causal
(c) periodic with period 13 sequence x[n], n  0 ?
(d) not preiodic
(a) x[n] can be fully recovered from its even part
2 . Which of the following DT signal is not periodic for all n  0.
? (b) x[n] can be fully recovered from its odd part
all n > 0.
n n n
(a) cos  (b) sin    2 cos   (c) x[n] can be fully recovered from its odd part
  4   6 
 2  for all n  0.
(c) ( j )n/2 (d) ej 0.6n (d) none of these
3 . Which of the following sinusoidal sequence has 8 . Match List (Discrete time signal) with List II
the same period as x[n] = sin(0.08n) ? (type of signal) and choose answer using the
(a) sin(0.12n) (b) sin(0.2n) codes given below
(c) sin(0.16n) (d) sin(0.28n)
List - I List - II
4 . Consider a periodic discrete time exponential
P. x[n] = 3u[n – 2] 1.Even
 2 
jr  n
signal given as x[n] = N  .The fundamen- Q. x[n] = – n 2.Odd
e
tal period of x[n] will be R. x[n] = (0.2)|n| 3.Neither even nor odd
(a) N0 = gcd(r, N ) (b) N0 = N/gcd(r, N )
n n
(c) N0 = N/r (d) N0 = N /LCM(r, N ) S. x n   6   1    1 
5 5 
Common Data For Q. 5 to 6 :

Consider a DT signal x[n] = nanu[n] where u[n] Codes :


is a discrete unit step function.
P Q R S
5 . The even part of x[n] would be
(a) 3 2 1 1
1 (b) 3 1 1 2
1 n n
(a) na (b) na (c) 2 1 3 1
2 2
(d) 1 2 2 3
1 1
(c) n an (d) nan 9 . Consider the following statement regarding a DT
2 2
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signal x[n] = (– 1)nu[n] Which of above statement is/are true ?


(a) S1 only (b) S2 only
1. x[n] is periodic with period N = 2
(c) Both S1 and S2 (d) none of these
2. Power of x[n] is 0.5
1 4 .A signal x[n] = 0, for n < – 2 and n > 4. The the
3. The signal has infinite energy. values of n for which signal x[n +4] must be zero
is
Which of the above statement is/are true ?
(a) n < 2, n > 8 (b) n < 6, n > 8
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) n < – 2, n > 0 (d) n < –6, n > 0
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) none of these
1 5 .Match List I (Discrete time signal) with List II
(Energy of the signal) and select the correct
1
1 0 .The DT sequence x[n] = u n  is answer using the codes given below
2n
(a) a power sequence List - I List - II
(b) an energy sequence (Signal) (Energy of Signal)
(c) neither a power not an energy sequence P. 2nu[– n] 1. 9/8
(d) none of these Q. 2nu[– n – 1] 2.4/3
1 1 .For a discrete time signal x[n] it is given that n
1
y(n) = x[2n] Consider the following statement R.   u  n  3. 4
3 
S1 : If x[n] is periodic, then y[n] is periodic.
S. u[n] – u[n – 4] 4. 1/3
S2 : If y[n] is periodic, then x[n] is periodic.
Codes :
Which of the above statement is/are true ?
PQRS
(a) S1 only (b) S2 only
(a) 4 3 2 1
(c) Both S1 and S2 (d) none of these
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 4 1 3 2
1 2 .For a periodic signal x[n] with period N it is given (d) 1 4 2 3
that y[n] = x[2n]. Which of the following is true?
1
(a) y[n] is periodic with period N0 = N/2 if N is 1 6 .The DT signal g[n] = u[n – 1] is
n
even and with period N0 = N if N is odd
(b) y[n] is periodic with period N0 = N, whether (a) an energy signal (b) a power signal
N is even or odd. (c) neither energy nor power signal
(c) y[n] is periodic with period N0 = N/2, whether (d) none of these
N is even or odd. 1 7 .A discrete-time signal is given as below x[n] =
(d) y[n] is not necessarily periodic.
 n   n 1 
1 3 .For a discrete time signal x[n], it is given that cos    sin  7  2  The signal is
 9   

x n / 2  , n even (a) periodic with period N = 126


y[n] =  (b) periodic with period N = 32
0, n odd
(c) periodic with period N = 252
Consider the following statement (d) not periodic

S1 : If x[n] is periodic, then y[n] is periodic 1 8 A discrete-time signal is given as x [ n ] =

n n 
S2 : If y[n] is periodic then x[n] is periodic cos   co s   . The signal is
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(a) periodic with period 16  
(b) periodic with period 16( + 1) (a)  x e n    x o n   0
(c) periodic with period 8 n  n 

(d) Not periodic


 
(b)  x e n x o n   0
j    n 
6 
1 9 .A discrete-time signal is given x[n] = 2e .
The period of signal is  
(c)  x e n    x o n   0
(a) 12 (b) 12 n  n 

(c) 11 (d) x[n] is not periodic


 
20.If a signal and its even part is x[n] and xe[n] re- (d)  x e n x o n    x 2 n 
n  n 
spectively, then which one of the following rela-
tion must be true 2 3 .The signal x[n] = 3u[n – 2] is

  (a) even (b) odd


(a)  x n    x e n   0 (c) neither even nor odd
n  n 
(d) can not determine
 
2 4 .Which of the following system is linear ?
(b)  x n   2  x e n 
n  n 
{y[n] is output and x[n] is the input}

  (a) y[n] = ax[n] + b, a and b are constants.


(c)  x n   2  x e n   0
n  n  1
(b) y[n] = 2x[n] +
x n  2 
 
(d)  x n    x e n  (c) y[n] = n2x[n]
n  n 
(d) y[n] = x2[n]
2 1 . xo[n] is the odd part of a signal x[n], then which 2 5 .Which of the following input output relation is
of the following relation must be true ? that of a time-invariant system ?
  (a) y[n] = x[2n]
(a)  x n    x o n  (b) y[n] = x[n] + nx[n – 1]
n  n  (c) y[n] = x2[n – 1]
  
(d) y[n] = nx[n]
(b)  x  n   xo  n  2  xo  n 
n  n  n 
2 6 .Which of the following pair is not correctly
matched? {Input is x[n] and output is y[n]}
 (a) Linear system : y[n] = x[n2]
(c)  x o n   0 (b) Time-invariant : y[n] = x2[n – 1]
n 
(c) Causal system : y[n] = x[n] + n
  (d) Static system : y[n] = x[3n]
(d)  x n    x e  n 
n  n  2 7 .Which of the following system is not invertible?

2 2 .Even and odd parts of a signal xo[n] are xe[n] {y[n] is the output and x[n] is the input}
respectively. Which of the following relation must (a) y[n] = x[n] – x[n – 1]
be true ? (b) y[n] = cos[n]x[n]
(c) y[n] = ex[n]
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2 8 .A discrete system with an input x[n] and output


1 1
y[n] is governed by following difference equation (c) h[n] =
6   
1,1,1 (d) h[n] =  
3,2,1
6 
y[n] + 2y[n – 1] = x[n] + x2[n]. The system is
(a) non-linear but stable 3 2 .The convolution of two DT sequences x[n] =
(b) linear but unstable
(c) non-linear and unstable 1,2,0,1 and h[n] = 2,2,3 is
 

(d) linear and stable

2 9 .The following difference equation describes a 


(a) 2,4,0,2,3,6

 
(b) 2,6,7,8,2,3


discrete time system withinput x[n] and output
y[n] = ny[n – 1] + x[n], n  0 and y[– 1] = 0. The
system is 
(c) 2,6,7,8,2,3

 
(d) 2,4,0,2,3,6


(a) linear, time-invariant and BIBO stable
(b) linear, time-variant and BIBO stable 3 3 .The convolution of two sequences x [ n ] =
(c) non-linear, time-invariant and BIBO unstable
(d) linear, time-variant and BIBO unstable 2,1,2 amd h[n] = 1,1 is
 
3 0 .For an input x[n] = 3[n – 2], output y[n] of a
linear time-invariant system is given as
n n


(a) 3, 3, 2, 2  
(b) 2, 2, 3, 3


 1 1 
y[n] = 2     8   , n  2
 2 4

(c) 2, 3, 2, 3

 
(d) 2, 3, 3, 2


The impulse response h[n] of the system is
3 4 .If an input x[n] is applied to an LTI system it
1  1 
n2
1
n2  yields an output y[n]. Which of the following
(a) h[n] =      u n statement is not true?
6   2   4 

(a) When input x[n – n0] is applied, output will
  1 n  2  1 n  2  be y[n – n0]
(b) h[n] = 6        u n  (b) When input ax[n] is applied, output will be
 2   4  
 ay[n].
(c) When input x[2n] is applied, output will be
n n
1  1  1   y[2n].
(c) h[n] =       u n 
6   2  4  (d) none of these

(d) none of above 3 5 .For an input x[n], output y[n] of a system is de-
fined as
3 1 .A system with an input x[n] and output y[n] is
M 1
characterized by following equation 1
y[n] =
M
 x n  k 
k 0

1 2
y[n] =   3  k x  n  k 
6 k 0
where M is some integer. The step response of
the system is
The impulse response of the system is
n 1
 , n M
(a)s[n] =  M
1
(a) h[n] =
6  
1,2,3

(b) h[n] =
1
 
3,3,3
6 
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(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 4
n / M n  M
(b) s[n] =  (c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3
0, n M
4 0 .A DT system is described by its impulse response
n 1 given as
 , n M
(c) s[n] =  M h[n] = 2(0.4)nu[n] – (0.2)nu[n]
1, n M
The system is

n / M n  M (a) causal and stable


(d) s[n] = 
1, n M (b) causal but unstable
(c) stable but non-causal
3 6 .A system having an impulse response h[n] = (d) unstable and non-causal
(2)nu[n – 1] is
4 1 .Consider two DT sequences given as x[n] =
(a) causal and stable
(b) non-causal but stable 1, 2, 0, 1 and h[n] = 2, 2, 3 Match List I (Cor-
 
(c) causal but unstable
relation) with List II (output sequence) and
(d) non-causal and unstable
choose the correct answer using the codes given
3 7 .An LTI system is described by following differ- below:
ence equation
List I List II
y[n] = 2x[n + 1]+ 3x[n] – x[n – 1]
where y[n] and x[n] are the output and input re- P. Auto correlation rxx[n] 
1. 3, 8, 6,

7, 2, 2 
spectively. The system is

(a) causal but unstable Q. Auto correlation rhh[n] 2. 6, 10, 17,



10, 6 
(b) non-causal and unstable
(c) causal and stable
(d) non-causal but stable

R. Cross correlation rhx[n] 3. 2, 2, 7, 6,

8, 3 
3 8 .A system is defined by its impulse response h[n]
= 2nu[– 2]. The system is 
S. Cross correlation rxh[n] 4. 1, 2, 2, 6,

2, 2, 1 
(a) stable and causal
(b) stable but not causal Codes :
(c) causal but not stable P Q R S
(d) unstable and non-causal (a) 4 2 3 1
3 9 .Consider two DT system S1 and S2 described by (b) 2 4 1 3
their impulse responses (c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 2 4 3 1
S1 : h[n] = e–2|n| S2 : h[n] = 2nu[n – 1]
Common Data For Q. 42 and 43 :
The following statement are given regarding the
stablity and causality of the systems. Two finite length sequences x[n] and h[n] are x[n]

1. S1 is causal and stable.


2. S1 is stable but not causal.
  
= 1, 2, 4 and h[n] = 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
 

3. S2 is causal but unstable. 4 2 .The convolution y[n] = x[n] * h[n] will be
4. S2 is causal and stable.

Which of the above statement is/are true? 


(a) 1, 3, 7, 7,

 
7, 6, 4 (b) 1, 3, 7, 7, 7, 6, 4


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(c) 4, 6, 7, 7,

7, 3, 1  
(d) 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 3, 1

 
x2[n] = 0 ,0, 3   y [n] = 0 ,1, 0, 2
S
2 

4 3 .The cross correlation rxh[n] will be



x3[n] = 0 ,0, 0, 1 
S

 y3[n] = 1, 2 ,1
  

(a) 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 3, 1

 
(b) 1, 3,

7, 7, 7, 6, 4  The conclusion regarding the linearity of the sys-
tem is


(c) 4, 6, 7, 7, 7,

3, 1  
(d) 1, 3, 7, 7, 7,

6, 4  (a) System is linear
(b) System is not linear
(c) One more observation is required
4 4 .If a system has the impulse response h[n] =
(d) Conclusion cannot be drawn from observa-
(0.3) nu[n], then whichof the following difference
tion.
equation describes the system?
4 7 .The following input output pair have been ob-
{x[n]and y[n] are the input and output respec-
served during the operation of a linear system :
tively}.

(a) y[n] – y[n – 3] = x[n]


(b) y[n] – y[n – 1] = 0.3x[n]

x1[n] = 1, 2 ,1 

s

y1[n] = 1, 2 , 1, 0, 1

 
(c) y[n]  0.3y[n – 1] = x[n]
(d) y[n] + 0.3y[n – 1] = x[n – 1] + x[n] 

x2[n] = 1, 1,  1 
s

y2[n] = 1, 1, 0, 2

 
4 5 .The block diagram representation of a DT sys-
tem is shown below 

x3[n] = 0, 1, 1 
s
y3[n] = 1, 2, 1

 
x[ n] + y[ n]
The conclusion regarding the time invariance of

the system is
z –1
(a) System is time-invariant
0.5 (b) System is time variant
(c) One more observation is required
(d) Conclusion cannot be drawn from observa-
For a step input x[n] = u[n] with initial condi-
tion
tion y[– 1] = 0, the system response is
Common Data For Q. 48 and 49 :
1  1  n
2 Consider a dscrete time system whose input
(a) y[n] =  3   2   3 u n  output relationship is
   

1 x n  
 1
n
y[n] =  y n  1   
(b) y[n] =    u n  2 y n  1  
 2
For an input x[n] = u[n], with condition y[– 1]
(c) y[n] = [3(2)n + 2]u[n]
= 1, the output converges to some constant k as
(d) y[n] = (2n+1 + 3)u[n]
n  ,
4 6 .The following input output pairs have been ob-
4 8 .The value of k is
served during the operation of a time invariant
system : (a) 0 (b) 1
1


x1[n] = 1 ,0, 2 

S

 y1[n] = 0 ,1, 2
   (c) 2 (d)2

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4 9 .The system is
(a) linear, time-variant  n 
x   , n even
(b) non-linear, time-variant S2 : y[n] =   2 
(c) linear, time-invariant 0, n odd

(d) non-linear, time-invariant

Common Data For Q. 50 and 51 : The invertible system is

Consider a discrete time system whose input (a) S1 (b) S2


output relationship is given by equation y[n] = (c) Both S1 and S2 (d) None
y[n – 1] + 3x[n], n  0 Common Data For Q. 55 to 61 :

n Let P be linearity, Q be time invariance, R be


5 0 .Given that y[– 1] = 1 and  x k  = 2, the value causality and S be stability.
k 0
5 5 .The system y[n] = rect (x[n]) has the properties
of y[2] is
(a) P, Q, R (b) Q, R, S
(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) R, S, P (d)S, P, Q
(c) 7 (d) 6
5 6 .The system y[n] = nx[n] has the properties
5 1 .The given system is
(a) P, Q, R, S (b) Q, R, S
(a) linear and time-invariant only if y[– 1] = 0
(c) P, R (d) Q, S
(b) linear and time-variant only if y[– 1]  0
(c) non-linear time-invariant only if [– 1] = 0
n 1
(d) linear only if y[– 1] = 0 and time-variant for 5 7 .The system y[n] =  x m  has the properties
any value of y[– 1] m 

5 2 .A discrete time system is characterized by y[n] (a) P, Q, R, S (b) R, S


= x2[n] – x[ n – 1]x[n +1]. Which of the following (c) P, Q (d) Q, R
is true

(a) System is linear, time-invariant and causal 5 8 .The system y[n] = x n  has the properties
(b) System is linear, time-invariant and non-
causal (a) Q, R, S (b) R, S, P
(c) System is non linear, time-variant and causal (c) S, P, Q (d) P, Q, R
(d) System is non-linear, time-invariant and 5 9 .The system shown below has the properties
causal
x( n) 2 y (n )
5 3 .Consider a DT system whose input-output rela-
tionship is given by
y[n] = x[n + 1] –3x[n] +2x[n – 1]
The system is
(a) P, Q, R, S (b) Q, R, S
(a) causal and linear
(c) P, Q (d)R, S
(b) linear and tme Invariant
(c) causal and time Invariant 6 0 .The system shown below has the properties
(d) causal
5
5 4 .Consider the wo system
 
x[ n] 10 y[ n]
x n  1  n  0
S1 : y[n] =  (a) P, Q, R, S (b) Q, R, S
x n  n  1

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(c) P, R, S (d) P, Q, S
1 1   1 12 
6 1 .Ths system shown below has the properies (a)   n u n  (b)   n u n  2 
3 4  3 4 
x( n)  y (n )


 4 1  1 n 
(c)  3  12  4  u n  2 
  
 

(a) P, Q, R, S (b)P, Q, R  16 1 
(d)   n u n  2 
(c) P, Q (d)Q, R, S  3 4 

6 5 .The convolution y[n] = 3nu[– n + 3] * u[n – 2] is



6 2 .Consider two signal x[n] = 1,  1, 0, 1, 1 and h[n]


 3n
=  
1,  2,  3, 4 . The convolution y [ n ] =

 ,
2
n 5 3 n ,

n 5
(a)  83 (b)  83 , n 6
x[n] * h[n] is , n 6 
 2 2


(a) 1,  1, 2, 4, 1, 1

  3n
 3n
 , n 5  , n 5

(b) 1,  1,  2, 4, 1, 1

 (c)  81
2

(d)  81
6
, n 6 , n 6
 2  2


(c) 1,  1,  5, 2, 3, 5, 1, 4 
 
6 6 .The convolution of x[n] = cos  n  u[n] and h[n]

(d) 1,  1,  5, 2, 3,

 5, 1, 4  2 
= u[n – 1] is f [n]u[n – 1]. The function f [n] is
6 3 .consider two signal given below
1, n  4 m  1,4 m  2
(a) 
0, n  4 m ,4 m  3
1, n  2, 0, 1

x[n] = 2, n  1 0, n  4 m  1,4 m  2
0, eleswh er e (b) 
 1, n  4 m ,4 m  3

and h[n] = [n] – [n – 1] + [n – 4] 1, n  4 m  1,4 m  2


(c) 
The convolution y[n] = x[n] * h[n] is 0, n  4 m ,4 m  2

(a) [n] – 2[n – 1] + 4[n – 4] + [n – 5] 0, n  4 m  1,4 m  2


(b) [n + 2] + [n + 1] – [n] + 2[n – 3] + [n (d) 
1, n  4 m ,4 m  2
– 4] + [n – 5]
(c) [n + 2] – [n + 1] + [n] + 2[n – 3] – [n – 6 7 . x1[n] and x[n] are two discrete time sequences
4] + 2[n – 5] Two different convolution sums are performed
(d) [n] + 2[n – 1] + 4[n – 5] + [n – 5] on x1[n] and x2[n] gives as y[n] = x1[n] * x2[n] and
g[n] = x1[n – N1] *x2[n – N2] where N1 and N2 are
1
6 4 .The convolution y[n] = u[n] * u[n + 2] is integer constants. The sequence g[n] equals to
4n (a) y[n] (b) y[n – N1 – N2 + 1]
(c) y[n + N1 + N2 – 1] (d) y[n – N1 – N2]

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6 8 .Consider an LTI discrete time system shown in Common Data For Q. 71 to 73 :
figure below
Two discrete time systems S1 and S2 are con-
nected in cascade to form a new system S as
x[ n] h[ n] y[ n]
shown in figure below

if input x[n] is a periodic sequence with period


N then which of the following statement regard- x[ n] S2 S1 y[ n]
ing output y[n] is true ?
S
(a) y[n] is aperiodic
(b) y[n] is periodic with period N ’= 2 N 7 1 .Consider the following statement
(c) y[n] is periodic with period N ’ = N
(a) If S1 and S2 are linear, the S is linear
N (b) If S1 and S2 are nonlinear, then S is nonlin-
(d) y[n] is periodic with period N ’ =
2 ear
(c) If S1 and S2 are causal, then S is causal
6 9 . h[n] and x[n] are two discrete right sided se- (d) If S1 and S2 are time invariant, then S is
quences. If y[n] = h[n] * x[n], then which of the time invariant
following relation must be true ?
True statement are :

(a)  y  n    h  n    x n  (a) a,b,c (b) b,c,d


n n n
(c) a,c,d (d) All
(b)  y n   0 7 2 .Consider the following statement
n

(a) If S1 and S2 are linear and time invariant,


  
(c)  y n     h n    x n   the interchanging their order does not change
n  n  n  the system
(b) If S1 and S2 are linear and time varying, them
(d)  y n    h n    x n  interchanging their order does not change the
n n n
system
7 0 .The impulse response of a LTI system is given
True statement are :
n
 1 (a) Both a and b (b) Only a
as h[n] =    u n . The step response is
 2 (c) Only b (d) None

n 1 7 3 .Consider the statement


1  1 
(a) 3  2    2  u n 
   (a) If S1 and/or S2 are non causal, the S is non
 
causal
n
(b) If S1 and/or S2 are unstable, the S is unstable.
1  1 
(b) 3  2    2  u n  The statement are :
  
 
(a) Both a and b (b) Only a
(c) Only b (d) None
n 1
1  1 
(c) 3  2    2  u n  7 4 .Consider a discrete-time system S whose re-
  
  sponse to a complex exponential input ejn/2 is
specified as S : ej/2  ej3n/2. The system is
n
1  1 
(d) 3  2    2  u n  (a) definitely LTI (b) definitely not LTI
  
  (c) may be LTI (d)data insufficient

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7 5 .Ths system shown in figure below is


NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS
x[ n] 1 + y [n ] Delay Delay y[ n – 2]

+
4 unit unit
+
1 . The period of a DT signal y[n] = ( j )n/2 where j 2
= – 1 is ________
+ 1 3
+

4 j  n 1/ 2 
5
+ 2 . Period of a DT signal x[n] = e

3 . What would be the period of the signal, x[n] =



1 cos[0.5n] + sin[0.125n] + 3 cos[0.25n +/3]
2
4 . The ratio of periods of two sinusoidal sequences
(a) stable and causal x[n] = 2sin (0.6n) and y[n] = 2 sin(0.28n)is
(b) stable but not causal 5 . The energy of a signal x[n] = (a)nu[n] is 4/3 units.
(c) causal but unstable What is the value of a in the expression ?
(d) unstable and not causal
6 . If [n] is a discrete time unit impulse function,
7 6 .Consider DT system shown in figure below the then what will be the value of following
system is sumation?
+ 0.25
x[ n] y[ n]
+


+
y[n] =  n 2  n  2 
n 
Delay
unit
–1 7 . A discrete time signal x[n] is defined in terms of
+

unit impulse function as follow


Delay
unit

2 x[n] = 1 –   n  1  r 
r 3

(a) BIBO-stable, non-causal


If x[n] is expressed in terms of unit step function
(b) BIBO-unstable, causal
as x[n] = u[an – b] then the value of b is _____
(c) BIBO-stable, causal
(d) BIBO-stable, non-causal 8 . A discrete-time signal is given as
7 7 .Consider DT system shown in figure below the
 n   n   n 
system is x[n] = cos    sin  8   3 cos  4  3 
 2     
x[ n] + y[ n]
+

+ The period of signal is ________


Delay
unit 9 . Three signals x1[n], x2[n] and x3[n] are given as

 2 n 
x1[n] = cos  
(a) linear, BIBO-stable  10 
(b) linear, BIBO-unstable
(c) non-linear, BIBO-stable  2 n 
x2[n] = sin  
(d) non-linear, BIBO-unstable  25 

2 n
j
20
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The period of signal y[n] = x1[n] + x2[n] + x3[n] 1 9 .Two discrete time sequences are given as
is ____________

1 0 .A DT signal is given as  

x[n] = 1, 2, 3, 4 and h[n] = 2, 3, 2, 3  
 n  If y[n] = h[n] * x[n], what will be the value of
g[n] = cos   u n   u n  6  .
 3 
 y n  ?
n
What will be the energy of the signal?
Common Data For Q. 20 and 21 :
Common Data For Q. 11 to 12 :
Consider the cascade of the following two sys-
A discrete time signal g[n] is given as g[n] = u[n
tem S1 and S2, as shown below
+ 3] – u[u – 5]
v [n ]
1 1 .Sum of all possible values of g[n] is _______ x[ n] S2 S1 y[ n]

1 2 .Sum of all possible values of g[3n] is _______


1
1 3 .The convolution [n – 4] * [n + 2] * [n – 3] is S1 : Causal LTI v[n] = v[n – 1] + x[n]
2
equal to [n – k] such that the value of k is ____
S2 : Causal LTI y[n] = ay[n – 1] + b v[n]
1 4 .If the convolution y[n] = u[n] * u[n – 3] be n + k,
then the value of k is ________ The difference equation for cascaded system is
Common Data For Q. 15 to 16 :
1 3
y[n] =  y n  2   y n  1   x  n 
Let x[n] be a finite length sequence defined for –  8 4
 n  4 and h[n] be a finite length sequence de-
fined for 2  n  6. Convolution of two sequences 2 0 .What will be the value of a ?
is given as 2 1 .What is the vlaue of b ?
y[n] = x[n] * h[n]
1 5 .What is the length of y[n] ? MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1 6 .The maximum vlaue of n for which y[n]  0 is
_____
1 . The unit step function [n], in terms of unit-im-
1 7 .An inter-connection of LTI system is shown in pulse function [n] is given as
the figure. The impulse responses are h1[n] = 
0.5[n – 1] + 0.7[n] and h2[n] = [n – 1]. If the (a) u[n] =   n  k 
k 0
response of overall system be A[n] – B [n – 1] –
C [n – 2], then A + B + C = ________ ?
(b)u[n] = [n] – [n – 1]
(c) u[n] = [n] + [n – 1]
h1[n]

x [n ]
+
y[ n] (d) u[n] =  k 
k 0

h2[n] –h1[n] 2 . The continuous-time signal x(t) = sin 0t is a


periodic signal. However, for its discrete-time
counterpart x[n] = sin 0n to be periodic, the
necessary condition is
1 8 .For odd values of n, the convolution y[n] =
(– 1)n * 2nu[– n + 2] is _______ (a) 0  0 < 2 (b) 2/0 to be integer

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(c) 2/0 to be a ratio of integers finally delay v2n by 3 samples to obtain y[n]
(d) none
7 . Match LIst -I (Equation connecting input x[n]
3 . What is the phase angle of the composite sinu- and output y[n]) with List II (System category)
soidal signal resulting from the addition of v1[n] and select the correct answer using the codes
= sin[5n] and v2[n] = given below the lists :
2 cos[5n]?
LIst I
(a) + 5 (b) – 5
List II
(c) –  (d) –/3
A. y[n + 2]+y[n + 1]+y[n] = 2x[n + 1]+x[n]
4 . Consider x[n] = [4,  j 5,1  j 2.5] . The conju- B. n2y2[n] +y[n] = x2[n]

C. y[n + 1] + ny[n] = 4nx[n]
gate ani-symmetric part of the sequence is D. y[n + 1] y[n] = 4x[n]
(a) [– 4 – j2.5, j2, 4 – j2.5] 1. Linear, time-variable, dynamic
(b) [– j2.5, 1, j2.5] 2. linear, time-invariable, dynamic
(c) [– j2.5, j2, 0] 3. Non-linear, time-variant, dynamic
(d) [– 4, 1, 4] 4. Non-linear, time-invariant, dynamic
5. Non-linear, time-variable, memoryless
5 . Consider the discrete-time signal
Codes :
n ABCD
1  1, n  0
x(n) =   u[n], where u[n] =  (a) 3 5 2 1
3 0, n  0 (b) 3 2 5 4
(c) 2 3 5 1
Define the signal y[n] = x[– n], –  < n 
(d) 2 5 1 4
 8 . The discrete-time equation y[n + 1] + 0.5ny[n]
Then  y  n  equals = 0.5x[n + 1] is NOT attributable to a
n 
(a) memoryless system
2 2 (b) time-varying system
(a)  (b)
3 3 (c) linear system
(c) 3/2 (d) 3 (d) causal system

6 . Given a sequence x[n], to generate the sequence 9 . Match List-I (Input-output relation) with List-
y[n] = x[3 – 4n], which one of the following pro- II (Property of the system) and select the cor-
cedures would be correct ? rect answer using the codes below the lists :

(a) First delay x(n) by 3 samples to generates LIst I List II


z1[n], then pick every 4th sample of z1[n] to gen- A. y[n] = x[n] 1. Nonlinear, non-causal
erate z2[n], and than finally time reverse z2[n] to B. y[n] = x[n2] 2. Linear, non-causal
obtain y[n]. C. y[n] = x2[– n] 3. Linear, causal
(b) First advance x[n] by 3 samples to generate D. y[n] = x2[n] 4. Nonlinear, causal
z1[n], then pick every 4th sample of z1[n] to gen-
erate z2[n], and than finally time reverse z2[n] to Codes :
obtain y[n] ABCD
(c) First pick every fouth sample of x[n] to gen- (a) 1 4 3 2
erate v1[n], time-reverse v1[n] to obtain v2[n], and
finally advance v2[n] by 3 samples to obtain y[n] (b) 3 2 1 4
(d) First pick every fourth samples of x[n] to gen- (c) 1 2 3 4
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1 0 .Let P be linearity, Q be time-invariance, R be 1 5 .A discrete time linear shift-invariant system has
causality and S be stability. A discrete time sys- an impulse response h[n] with h[0] = 1, h[1] =
tem has the input-output relationship, – 1, h[2] = 2, and zero otherwise The system is
given an input sequence x[n] with x[0] = x[2] =
1, and zero otherwise. The number of nonzero
x n  n 1
 samples in the output sequence y[n], and the
y[n] = 0, n 0
value of y[2] are respectively
 x n  1 n  1
  
(a) 5, 2 (b) 6, 2
where x[n] is the input and y[n] is the output. (c) 6, 1 (d) 5, 3
The above system has the properties 1 6 . x[n] =0; n< – 1, n > 0, x[–1] = – 1, x[0] = 2 is
(a) P, S but not Q, R (b) P, Q, S but not R the input and y[n] = 0; n < – 1, n > 2,y[– 1] =
(c) P, Q, R, S (d) Q, R, S but not P – 1= y[1], y[0] = 3, y[2] = – 2 is the output of a
1 1 .The system described by the difference equa- discrete-time LTI system. The system impulse
tion response h[n] will be
y[n] – 2y[n – 1] + y[n – 2] = x[n] – x[n – 1] (a) h[n] = 0; n < 0, n > 2,h[0] = 1, h[1] =h[2]
has y[n] = 0 for an < 0. If x[n] = [n], then y[2] =–1
will be (b) h[n] = 0; n < – 1, n > 1,h[– 1] = 1,h[0] =
(a) 2 (b) 1 h[1] = 2
(c) zero (d) – 1 (c) h[n] = 0; n < 0, n > 3,h[0] = – 1,h[1] =
2,h[2] = 1
1 2 .The output of two system S1 and S2 for the same (d) h[n] = 0; n < – 2, n > 1,h[– 2] = h[1] = h[–
input x[n] = ej n are 1 and (– 1)n, respectively. 1] = – h[0] = 3
Which one of the following statement is correct ?
(a) Both S1 and S2 are linear time invariant (LTI) 1 7 .Given x = [a, b, c, d ] as the input, a linear time
systems invariant system produces an output y = [x, x,
(b) S1 is LTI but S2 is not LTI x, x...,<repeated N times >]. The impulse re-
(c) S1 is not LTI but S2 is LTI sponse of the system is
(d) Neither S1 nor S2 is LTI
N 1

1 3 .Consider a discrete-time system for which of the (a)   n  4 i  (b) u[n] – u[n – N ]
i 0
input x[n] and the output y[n] are related as y[n]
1 N 1
= x[n] –
3
y[n – 1]. If y[n] = 0 for n < 0 and x[n] (c) u[n] – u[n – N – 1] (d)   n  i 
i 0
= [n], then y[n] can be expressed in terms of
the unit step u[n] as
18. Given h[n] = 1, 2, 2  , f [n] is obtained by con-
  
n n volving h[n] with itself and g[n] by correlating
 1 1 
(a)    u n  (b)   u n  h  n with itself. Which one of the following state-
 3 3
ment is true?
(c) (3)nu[n] (d)(– 3)nu[n]
(a) f [n] is causal and its maximum value is 9
1 4 .The lengths of two discrete time sequence x1[n]
(b) f [n] is non-causal with maximum value is 8
and x2[n] are 5 and 7, respectively. What is the
(c) f [n] is causal and its maximum value is 9
maximum length of sequence x1[n] * x2[n] ?
(d) f [n] is non-causal with maximum value is 9
(a) 5 (b) 6
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3
II (Laplace transform) and choose the correct
answer using the codes given below.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
List I List II

1 . A CT signal is given as x(t) = [P + Qe–bt]u(t)


s
where P and Q are constant P. sin (2t) 1. 2
s 4
The ROC of Laplace transform of x(t) is
2
(a) Re (s) > max (– b,0) Q. cos (2t) 2. 2
s 4
(b) Re (s) > max (b,0)
(c) 0 < Re (s) < b s
(d) Re (s) > min (– b,0) R. sinh (2t) 3. 2
s 4
2 . The Laplace transform of (e–atcos20t)u(t) is 2
equal to S. cosh (2t) 4. 2
s 4
2
sa s  a  Codes :
(a) (b) 2
 s  a 2  02 s  a   20 PQRS

(a) 2 1 3 4
2 2
s  a   2 20 2  s  a   402 (b) 1 2 3 4
(c) (d)
s  a  s  a 2  4 20   s  a 2  402  (c) 2 1 4 3
  (d) 1 2 4 3

3 . The Laplace transform and its ROC of the sig- 5 . Which of the following plot represents correct
ROC of a signal x(t) = e2tu(– t) – e–5tu(t) ?
nal x(t) = e–a|t| is
Im(s)

2a
(a)  , – a < Re (s) < a   Re(s)
s  a2
2
(a) –2 5

2a
(b)  , Re (s) > a
s  a2
2

Im(s)
1
(c) , – a < Re (s) < a
s 2 a2
  Re(s)
2s (b) –5 2
(d) , – a < Re (s) < a
s 2 a2

4 . Match List I (Continuous Time Signal) with List


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Im(s) (Laplace transform) with List II (inverse Laplce
transform) and choose the correct answer using
the code given below
  Re(s)
(c) –5 2 List-I List-II
P. sX (s) 1. (1 – e–t), t  0

X s 
Im(s) Q. 2. e–(t – 2)u(t – 2)
s
R. X (2s) 3. – e –t, t  0

  Re(s) 1 – t /2
(d) –5 2 S. e –28X(s) 4. e u t 
2
Codes :
PQRS
6 . The pole zero diagram of a continuous time sys- (a) 4 2 1 3
tem is shown in the figure (b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 3 4 1 2
Im(s)
Common Data For Q. 8 to 10 :

Consider a signal x(t) = e–2tu(t) and its LT pair


   
–2 –1 1 2
Re(s) x(t)  X (s).
8 . The inverse Laplace transform of X (s /2) is

1 –t
(a) e u t  (b) 2e –4tu (t )
2
Match List I (ROC of System function) with List
1 –4t
II (Stability and causality) and choose the cor- (c) e –2tu (t – 2) (d) e u t 
rect answer using the codes given below 2

List I List II 9 . The inverse Laplace transform of {X (s – 2) +


X (s + 2)} is
P. Re (s) < – 2 1. unstable and non-causal (a) (e –4t + e4t)u(t) (b) (e –2t + e–6t)u(t)
Q. – 2< Re (s) < – 1 2.unstable and causal (c) (1 + e –4t)u(t) (d) (1 + e –2t)u(t)

R. – 1< Re (s) < 1 3. unstable and anticausal X s 


1 0 .The inverse Laplace transform of is
s
S. Re (s) > 1 4. stable and non-causal
(a) 2e –2tu (t ) (b) (1 + e –4t)u(t)
Codes :
PQRS  1  e 2t 
–4t
(c) 2e u(t) (d)  2 u t 
` (a) 1 2 3 4  
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 1 4 2
1
(d) 4 1 3 2 1 2 .If X (s) = is the one-sided Laplace trans-
s  2 
7 . Consider a signal x(t) = e–tu(t) and Laplace
form of x(t), then what will be the Laplace trans-

transform pair x(t)  X (s). Match List I

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Im(s)

dx t 
form of  x T  x(t – T )dT and dt
respec-
0

tively ?

s 1 Re(s)
1 s (d)
(a) , (b) , -1 1
s  2  s  2 2 s s  2   s  2 

1 s 1 1
(c) , (d) ,
s  2  s  2 
2
s  2  2
s  2  Common Data for Q. 14 and 15

A continuous LTI system with an input x(t) and


1 3 .Which of the following pole-zero plot corre-
sponds to an even function of time ? output y(t) is described by following differential
Im(s) equation

d 2 y t   dy t   2 y
2 t  =x(t)
dt dt

1 4 If the system is stable, the impulse response h(t)


Re(s)
(a) of the system will be
-1 1

1 2t 1
(a) e u t   e t u t 
3 3
Im(s) 1 2t 1 t
(b)  e u  t   e u  t 
3 3

1 2t 1 t
(c)  e u  t   e u t 
3 3
Re(s)
(b) -1 1 1 2t 1
(d) e u  t   e t u t 
3 3

1 5 If the system is causal, the impulse response h(t)


of the system will be
Im(s)
1 2t 1 t
(a)  e u  t   e u  t 
3 3
j
1 2t 1 t
(b)  e u  t   e u  t 
3 3
Re(s)
(c) -1 1
-j 1 2t 1
(c) e u t   e t u t 
3 3

1 2t 1
(d) e u t   e t u t 
3 3

1 6 .Consider the statement S1 and S2 for a causal

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and stable system with an impulse response h(t).
X (s )  Y( s)
1/s 
S1 : The system with impulse response dh(t)/dt 
must be causal ans stable. (a)
1/s
t
S2:The system with impulse response  h T dT X( s )  Y( s)
  1/s

must be causal and stable. (b)
Which of aboe statement is/are true ?
(a) only S1 (b) only S2
(c) both S1 and S2 (d) none of these X( s )  Y( s)
 1/s

1 7 .A system transfer fucntion is H ( s ) =
(c)
s
s 2
4 
. The system is
s 2
 4 s  29  X(s ) 
 1/s
Y( s)

(a) stable (b) unstable (d)
(c) marginally stable (d) none of these 1/s2

1 8 .The system whose block diagram represenetation


is shown in the figure will be stable if 2 1 .The one sided Laplace transform of signal
e2t(– t + 2) is

X(s )  1 Y( s)
e   1 e 2 s
 2 s 2
s2 –4s+4
 (a) (b)
s 2 s2
Ks

1 e  
2 s 2
e 2 8
(a) K > 4 (b) 0 < K < 8 (c) (d)
s 2 s 2
(c) K > 0 (d) K < 2
2 2 .The one-sided Laplace transform of signal sin 5t
1 9 .The block diagram representation of a continu-
is
ous time system is shown in the figure

5 s
x(t)  y(t) (a) 2
(b) 2
  s 5 s 5

5 s
4
(c) 2
(d) 2
s  25 s  25

Assume all initial conditions are zero. For an 2 3 .The Laplace transform of sin (t)u(t) is
input x(t)= u(t), output y(t) will be
1
1 (a) , Re (s) < 0
(a) e –4t
u(t) (b)
4

1  e 4t u t  1  s  2

1 1 1
(c)
4

1  t 2 u t   (d)
4
 
1  e 4 t u  t  (b)
1  s  2
, Re (s) > 0

2 0 .For a system with transform function H(s) = 1


(c) , Re (s) < 0
1
, direct form II realization of the system is 1  s  2

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1 (b) u(– t) – u(– t + 1) – (t + 2)


(d) , Re (s) > 0 (c) u(– t) – u(– t  1) – (t + 2)
1  s  2
(d) – u(– t) + u(– t – 1) + (t + 2)

t 2 7 .The Laplace transform of a signal x(t) is



2 4 .The Laplace transform of e 2 u(t) + e –tu(t) +
etu(– t) is s  4
X (s) = 2
, ROC : Re (s) < – 2
s  3s  2
6 s 2  2s  2
(a) , Re (s) < – 0.5 The signal x(t) is
 2s  1   s 2  1 
(a) – 3u(– t + 1) + 2u(– t + 2)
(b) [3e –t – 2e –2t]u(– t)
6 s 2  2s  2 (c) – 3u(t + 1) + 2u(t + 2)
(b) , – 1 > Re (s) > 1
 2s  1   s 2  1  (d) [3e –t – 2e t]u(t)

2 8 .The Laplace transform of a signal x(t) is


1 1 1
(c)   , – 1 < Re (s) < 1 e5 s
s  0.5 s  1 s  1 X (s) = , ROC : Re (s) < – 2
s2
1 1 1
(d)   , – 0.5 < Re (s) < 1 The signal x(t) is
s  0.5 s  1 s  1
(a) e –2t(t + 5)u(t + 5) (b) – e –2(t + 5)u(t + 5)
t
2 5 .The Laplace transform of e cos u(– t) + e u(t) 2t –t
(c) e –2(t + 5)
u(– (t + 5)) (d) – e –2(t + 5)u(– (t + 5))
t
2 9 .The time signal corresponding to
+ e 2 u(t) is
d2  1  1
s 2  2  is
1  s   1  1 , ds  s  9  s  3
(a) 2
0.5<Re(s)< 1
s  1   4 s  1 s  0.5 (a) (e –3t + t 2 sin 3t + 2t cos 3t)u(t)
(b) (e –3t + 2t sin 3t + t 2 cos 3t)u(t)
1  s   1  1 ,  3t 2t 
(b) 2 – 1<Re(s)< 1 (c)  e  sin 3t  t 2 cos 3t u t 
s  1   4 s  1 s  0.5  3 

 3t 2t t2 
 s  1 1 1 (d)  e  sin 3t  cos 3t u t 
(c) 2
  , 0.5<Re(s)< 1  3 9 
 s  1  4 s  1 s  0.5
Common Data For Q. 30 to 34
 s  1 1 1 Consider the Laplace transform pair given be-
(d) 2
  , – 1<Re(s)< 1
 s  1  4 s  1 s  0.5 low.
£
cos(2t)u(t)  X (s)
2 6 .The Laplace transform of a signal x(t) is
3 0 .The time signal corresponding to (s + 1) X (s)
1 e s
X(s) =   e2 s ROC : Re (s) < 0 is
s s
(a) [cos2t – 2sin2t]u(t)
The signal x(t) is
 sin 2t 
(b)  cos 2t  u t 
(a) u(– t) + u(– t + 1) + (t + 2)  2 

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(c) [cos2t + 2sin2t]u(t)
d 3 y t   4 d 2 y t   3 dy t 
 sin 2t  = x(t)
(d)  cos 2t  u t  dt 3 dt 2 dt
 2 
All initial condition are zero, x(t) = 10e–2t The
3 1 .The time signal corresponding to X(3s) is system output is

2  1 2  5 5 
(a) cos  t u t  (b) cos  t
3 u t  t
(a)   5e  5e
2t
 e 3t u t 
3  3  3 3 
1
(c) cos6t u(t) (d) cos 6t u t  5 t 2t 5 3 t 
3 (b)   5e  5e  e  u  t 
3 3 
3 2 .The time signal corresponding to X(s + 2) is
5 5
(a) cos2(t – 2) u(t) (b) e 2t cos2t u(t) (c) u t   5u t  1   5u t  2   u t  3 
3 3
1
(c) cos2(t + 2)u(t) (d) cos6t u(t) 5 5
3 (d) u  t   5u  t  1  5u  t  2   u  t  3 
3 3

X s 
3 3 .The time signal corresponding to is
s2 NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS
1  cos 2t
(a) 4 cos2t u(t) (b) u t  1 . The Laplace transform of a waveform f (t) shown
4
in the figure is
cos 2t 1 
(c) t 2cos2t u(t) (d) u t  F(s) = A  B e 2s  Ce 4 s 
t2 s 2 

d  3s What is the values of constants B ?


3 4 .The time signal corresponding to e X s  
ds 
f(t)
is
5
(a) t cos{2(t – 3)} u(t – 3)
(b) t cos{2(t – 3)} u(t)
(c) – t cos{2(t – 3)} u(t)
(d) – t cos{2(t – 3)} u(t) t
0 2 4
3 5 .A differential equation for a LTI system with
specified input and initial conditions is 2 . The Laplace transform of the waveform shown

1 1 
dy t   10 y in the figure is  such that the value of
t  = 10x(t), y(0 ) =1, x(t) = u(t)

s  1  e k 8 
dt
k is ________
The system output is
x(t)
(a) [1 – e–10t] u(t) (b) e–10t u(t)
(c) u(t) (d) [1 – 2e–10t] u(t) 1

3 6 .A differential equation for a LTI system with ....


specified input and initial conditions is
t
0 1 2 3 4 5

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3 . A continuous time signal has the Laplace trans- The above system is BIBO stable for a >
form __________

Common Data For Q. 8 and 9


s 1
X(s)=
s 2  4s  5 The figure shows block diagram representation
of a continuous time system
t
If the Laplace transform of  x   d  is Y (s), then Y[ sz]
X [s ] +
0


 K
s+10

sY  s 
= ____________.
X s 
a

4 . If x(t) = cos(t) u(t) and h(t) = sin(t)u(t), then


the value of y(t) = x(t) * h(t) at t = /2 will be 8 . If a = 1, then the system will be stable for K >
_____ ________

5 . A system is described by a differential equation


as follows 9 . If a = –1, then the system will be stable for K >
__________
dy t   dy 1 0 .The Laplace transform of a signal x(t) is
t  = u(t)
dt
d2  1 
Assume that the initial conditions are zero. The
X(s) =   , ROC : Re (s) > 3
ds 2  s  3 

signal, y(t) will be


1  e u t  such that the
k t
The signal x(t) = (tekt)2u(t), where the constant
k k is ________
value of k is _______ 1 1 .Consider the one-sided Laplace transform pair
6 . A CT time system with an input x(t) and output given below.
y(t) is described by followingdifferential equation £ 2s
x(t)  2
s 2
dy t   10 y
t  = x(t) The Laplace transform of e –tx ( t ) would be
dt
a s  1 
Assume that initial conditions are zero. If the , where the constant a is ________
2
input to the system be x(t) = 8e–10tu(t), then s  1  a

y t  _____________
1 2 .The Laplace transfrom of x ( t ) is X ( s ) =
t x t 
s2
2
. What is the initial of x(t) ?
7 . A system with impulse response h(t) = e u(t) is t
s  2s  3
connected as a feedback system shown in the
figure 1 9 .The L aplace transform of x ( t ) is X ( s ) =
2
x( t) +
 h ( t)
Y( t)
e–2s 6s  s . What is the initial value of x(t)?
– s 2  2s  2

2 0 .The L aplace transform of x ( t ) is X ( s ) =


a
ay( t)

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2s 2  3 
. What is the final value of x(t) ?
s 2  5s  1

2 1 .The L aplace transform of x ( t ) is X ( s ) = 6 7 8


t

1 2 3 4 5
s 2
. The final value of x(t) is _______
 2
s s  3s  1 


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS What is the value of D ?

(a) – 0.5 (b) – 1.5


 t n 1  (c) 0.5 (d) 2.0
1. £ e at u t   is equal to
  n  1  !  5 . Assertion (A): The Laplace transform of

1 1 e–atsin t is, 2
(a) (b) n s  a   2
s a s a
Reason (R) :
1 1 If the Laplace transform of f (t) = F (s), then
(c) s  a n (d)
  s a Laplace transform of e–at is f (t) = F (s + a)

2 . Inverse Laplace transform of the function (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A).
2s  5 (b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the
is
2
s  5s  6 correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(a) 2 exp(– 2.5t) cosh(0.5t) (d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
(b) exp(– 2t) – exp(– 3t)
(c) 2 exp(– 2.5t)sinh(0.5t) 6 . Given that F (s)is the onesided Laplace trans-
form of f ( t ), the L aplace transform of
(d) 2 exp(– 2.5t)cos(0.5t)
t
3 . Laplace transform of sin(t + ) is 0 f T dT is

 1
exp  s /  (a) sF (s) – f (0) (b) F s 
(a) s
s 2  2
 s 1
exp  s /  (c) 0 F   d  (d)  F  s   f  0  
(b)
s 2  2 s 

s 7 . The running integration, given by y ( t ) =


(c) 2 2
exp  s / 
s  t '
  x t dt
(d) 2 exp  s / 
s  2
(a) has no finite singularities in its double sided
4 . The Laplace transform of the waveform shown Laplace Transfrom Y (s)
in the figure is (b) produces a bounded output for every causal
bounded input
1
2
(1  Aes  Be4s  Ce6s  De 8s ) (c) produces a bounded output for every
s
anticausal bounded input
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Laplace Transform Y (s) (a) infinity (b) 2


(c) 1 (d) zero
st 
8 . Given £{f (t)} = F (s)=  f t e dt, which of 1 3 .For the function x(t), X(s) is given by X(s) =
0

the following expressions are correct ?


1. £{f (t – a)}u(t – a) = F (s)e–sa  2 
e– s   . Then, what are the initial and fi-
dF  s   s s  2  
2. £{tf (t)} =
ds nal calues of x(t), respectively ?

3. £{(t – a)f (t)} = asF (s)} (a) 0 and 1 (b) 0 and –1


df t (c) 1 and 1 (d) –1 and 0
   sF
4. £   s   f 0 

 dt 
 3s  1 
1 4 . If f (t)=L–1  3  . If xlim f t  =
Select the correct answer using the codes given 2 
 s  4 s   k  3  
s
below
1, then the value of k is
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4 (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
9 . Let the Laplace tranform of a function f (t) which
exists for t > 0 be F1(s) and the Laplace trans- 1 5 .If the Laplace transform of a signal Y( s) =
form of its delayed version f (t – T) be F2(s). Let 1
F1 * (s) be the complex conjugate of F1(s) with , then its final value is
s s  1 
the Laplace variable set s =  + j. If G(s) =
(a) –1 (b) 0
F 2 s  F1 *  s  (c) 1 (d) Unbounded
2 , then the inverse Laplace trans-
F s  1 6 .Consider the function f (t)having Laplace trans-
form
form of G(s) is
0
(a) An ideal impulse (t) F (s) = Re s   0
(b) An ideal delayed impulse (t – T) s  02
2

(c) An ideal step function u(t)


(d) An ideal delayed step function u(t – T) The final value of f (t) would be

1 0 .The convolution of the functions f1(t) = e–2tu(t) (a) 0 (b) 1


and f2(t) = tu(t) is equal to (c) – 1  f ()  1 (d) 
(a) (0.25 + 0.50t + 0.25e–2t)u(t) 1 7 .The Laplace transform of i (t) is given by I (s) =
(b) (0.25 + 0.50e–t + 0.25e–2t)u(t)
(c) (– 0.25 + 0.50t + 0.25e–2t)u(t) 2
(d) (– 0.25 + 0.50e–t + 0.25e–2t)u(t) s 1  s  .At t , The value of i (t) tends to

(a) 0 (b) 1
 27 s  97  (c) 2 (d) 
1 1 .If  2  is the Laplace transform of f (t),
 s  33s 
then f (0+) is 
1 8 .If F (s) = , then the value of lim f t 
s  2
2 x 
(a) zero (b) 97/33
(c) 27 (d) Infinity (a) cannot be determined (b) is zero
(c) is unity (d) is infinite
 2s  1 
1 2 .The final value of £–1  4 3 2  is 1 9 .The Laplace transform of a function f (t) is F (s)
 s  8s  16s  s 

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5s 2  23s  6 .
= as t , f (t)approaches representation X = AX + Bu

s s 2  2s  2 
(a) 3 (b) 5 0 
17 A=  
(c) (d)   0 
2

2 0 .Which one of the following represents the phase Which one of hte following is the natural re-
response of the function : sponse of the system following the application of
any input ?
s 2  20
H(s) = ? (a) Me t + Ne –t
s 2   0 / Q  s  20
(b) (M + Nt)e t
(c) (M + Nt)e –t

(d) M cos t + N sin t
/2
2 2 .Assertion (A): When a linear time-invariant
systeem having a system function H(s) is driven
(a)
so t
 by an input x(t) = e the forced part of the out-
0
so t
 put is H(s0) e .
/2 Reason (R): In the partial fraction expansion
of the Laplace transform of the output, the term
(b)
H s 0 
 corresponsing to the pole at s0 is . The
0 s  s0

 H s 0  so t
inverse transform of is H(s0) e .
/2
s  s0

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct


explanation of A.
 (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the
0
(c) correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
/2
2 3 .The transfer functions for the state representa-
 tion of continuous time LTI system :
/2 .
q (t ) = Aq (t) + bx(t)
.
 y (t ) =cq (t) + dx(t)
0
(d)
is given by

/2 (a) c (sI – A)–1b + d


(b) b (sI – A)–1b + d
2 1 .A linear constant parameter continuous-time (c) c (sI – A)–1b + d
system has the following A matrix in its state (d) d (sI – A)–1b + c

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2 4 .An input x(t) = exp(– 2t)u(t) +(t – 6) is ap- 2s  5 2s  7


plied to an LTI system with impulse response (c) (d)
s 3  s  3 2
h(t) = u(t). The output is
2 9 .An analog LTI system has a negative phase shift
(a) [1 – exp(– 2t)]u(t) + u(t + 6) which varies linearly with frequency. Its magni-
(b) [1 – exp(– 2t)]u(t) +u(t – 6) tude response is frequency independent. The
(c) 0.5[1 – exp(– 2t)]u(t) +u(t + 6 ) system transfer function is
(d) 0.5[1 – exp(– 2t)]u(t) +u(t – 6)
1  s
(a) (b) e–s
2 5 .A linear, time-invariant, causal continuous time 1  s
system has a rational transfer function with 1  s22 1  s   s
simple poles at s = – 2 and s = – 4 and one (c) (d) e
1  s22 1  s
simple zero at s = –1. A unit step u(t) is applied
at the input of the system. At steady state, ,the 3 0 .Ths step response of a linear invariant system is
output has constant value of 1. The impulse re- y(t) = 5e–10u(t) is the unit step function. If the
sponse of this system is output of the system corresponding to an im-
pulse input (t) is h(t), then h(t) is
(a) [exp(– 2t) + exp(– 4t)]u(t)
(a) –50e–10tu(t) (b) 5e–10t (t)
(b) [– 4exp(– 2t) – 12exp (– 4t) – exp(– t)]u(t)
(c) 5u(t) – 50e–10t (t) (d) 5(t) – 50e–10tu(t)
(c) [– 4exp(– 2t) + 12exp(– 4t)]u(t)
(d) [– 0.5exp(– 2t) + 1.5exp(– 4t)]u(t)
d 2y dy
3 1 .The differential equation 100  20 +y
2 6 .In the system shown below, x(t) = (sin t)u(t). In dt 2
dt
steady-state, the response y(t) of system with = x(t) describes a system with an input x(t) and
1 an output y(t). The system which is initially re-
transfer function H (s)  will be laxed, is excited by a unit step input. The output
s 1
y(t) can be represented by the waveform
1   1   y ( t)
(a) sin t   (b) sin t  
2  4  2  4 
1
(c) e t sin t (d) sin t – cos t (a)
2

2 7 .A linear Time Invariant system with an impulse t


y ( t)
response h(t) produces output y(t) when input
y(t) is applied. When the input x(t – T )is ap-
plied to a system with impulse response
(b)
h(t – T ),the output will be
(a) y(t) (b) y(2(t – T )) t
(c) y(t – T ) (d) y(t – 2T )
y ( t)
2 8 .Given the relationship between the input u(t)
and the output y(t) to be
t (c)
  t  
y(t) = 0  2  t   e u    d 
t
y ( t)
The transfer function Y (s)/U (s) is

2e 2 s s 2
(a) (b) 2 (d)
s 3 s  3 
t

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Z - TRANSFORM

using the codes given below the lists:


4
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
List-I List-II
1 . The z-transform and its ROC of a discrete time
sequence 1
P. u[n – 2] 1. ,| z |  1
 1  n z 2
1  z  1

 , n 0
x[n] =   2  will be
  z 1
0, n 0 Q. –u[– n – 3] 2. ,| z |  1
1  z 1

2z 1 z 1 1
(a) ,z  (b) ,z  R. u[n + 4] 3. ,| z |  1
2z  1 2 z 2 2 z 4
1  z  1

2z 1 2z 1 1
(c) ,z  (d) ,z  z 1
2z  1 2 z 1 2 S. u[– n] 4. ,| z |  1
1  z 1
2 . Consider a discrete-time signal x [ n ] = Codes :
n n
PQRS
1  1  (a) 1 4 2 3
 3  u n    2  u  n  1 . The ROC of its z-
    (b) 2 4 1 3
transform is (c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 4 2 3 1
1
(a) 3 < |z|< 2 (b) | z|  5 . Consider the pole zero diagram of an LTI sys-
2 tem shown in the figure which corresponds to
1 1 1 transfer function H(z).
(c) | z|  (d) | z| 
2 3 2 Im( z)

3 . For a signal x[n] = [n + –n]u[n], the ROC of its


z-transform would be unit plane

  Re(z)
 1  0 2 3
(a) | z |  m in |  | , (b) |z|> ||
 |  | 

 1 
(c) | z |  m a x |  | , (d) |z|< ||
 |  | 
Match List I (The impulse response) with List
II (ROC which corresponds to above diagram)
4 . Match List I (Discrete time sequence) with List
and choose the correct answer using the codes
II (z-transform) and choose the correct answer
given below: {Given that H(1) = 1}
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List-I List-II 1 0 .The z-transform of the discrete time signal x[n]


shown in the figure is
P. [(– 4)2n + 6(3)n]u[n] 1. does not exist
x [n ]
Q. (– 4)2nu[n] + (– 6)3nu[– n – 1] 2. |z|< 3
1
R. [(4)2n+ (– 6)3n]u[– n – 1] 3. |z|< 2 ....

S. 4(2)nu[– n – 1] + (– 6)3nu[n] 4. 2 <|z|< 3 n


k–1

Codes :
z k z k
PQRS (a) (b)
(a) 4 1 3 2 1  z 1 1  z 1
(b) 2 1 3 4
1  z k 1  z k
(c) 1 4 2 3 (c) 1 (d)
(d) 2 4 3 1 1z 1  z 1

6 . The z-transform of a signal x[n] is X(z) = ez + 11..Match List I (Discrete time sequence) with List
e1/z, |z| 0. x[n] would be II (z-transform) and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists.
1 1
(a)  n   (b) u n   List-I List-II
n! 2!
(c) u[n – 1] + n! (d) [n] + (n – 1)!
z 1
P. n(– 1)nu[n] 1. 2
, ROC : |z|> 1
Common Data For Q. 7 to 9
1  z  1

Consider a discrete time signal x[n] and its z-


transform X(z) given as 1
Q.– nu[– n – 1] 2. , ROC : |z|> 1
1  z  1

z 2  5z
X(z) =
z 2  2z  3
z 1
n
R. (– 1) u[n] 3. 2
, ROC : |z|< 1
7 . If ROC of X(z) is |z|< 1, then signal x[n] would 1  z 1 
be

(a) [– 2(3)n + (– 1)n]u[– n – 1] z 1


S. nu[n] 4. 2
, ROC : |z| < 1
(b) [2(3)n – (– 1)n] u[n]
(c) – 2(3)nu[– n – 1] – (– 1)nu[n]
1  z  1

(d) [2(3)n + 1]u[n]


Codes :
8 . If ROC of X(z) is |z|> 3, the signal x[n] would PQRS
be (a) 4 1 2 3
(a) [2(3)n – (– 1)n]u[n] (b) 4 3 2 1
(b) [– 2(3)n + (– 1)n]u[– n – 1] (c) 3 1 4 2
(c) – 2(3)nu[– n – 1] – (– 1)nu[n] (d) 2 4 1 3
(d) [2(3)n +1]u[n]
1 2 .A discrete time sequence is defined as x[n] =
9 . If ROC of X(z) is 1 < |z|< 3, the signal x[n]
1 n
would be  2  u[– n – 1]. The z-transform of x[n] is
n
(a) [2(3)n – (– 1)n]u[n]
(b) [–2(3)n + (– 1)n]u[– n – 1]  1 1
(c) –2(3)nu[– n – 1] – (– 1)nu[n] (a) log  z   , ROC:| z| 
 2  2
(d) [2(3)n + (– 1)n]u[– n – 1]

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(d) 2 1 4 3
 1 1
(b) log  z   , ROC:| z| 
 2 2 1 6 .Consider a signal x[n] and its z-transform X(z)
given as
(c) log(z – 2), ROC:|z|> 2
(d) log(z + 2), ROC:|z|< 2
4z
X(z) = 2
z 8 z  2z  1
1 3 .Consider a z-transform pair x[n]   X (z )
with ROC Rz. z-transform and its ROC for y[n] The z-transform of the sequence y[n] = x[0] +
= anx[n] will be x[1] + x[2] + ..... + x[n] will be
4z 2
Z  (a)
(a) X   , ROC:|a|Rx (b) X(z + a), ROC:Rx z 
 1  8 z 2  2z  1 
a 
(c) z –aX(z), ROC: Rx (d) X(az), ROC:|a|Rx 4z z  1 
(b)
1 4 .Let X(z) be the z-transform of a causal signal 8 z 2  2z  1
x[n] = anu[n] with ROC:|z|> a. Match the dis-
crete sequences S1, S2, S3, and S4 with ROC of 4z 2
their z-transforms R1, R2 and R3. (c)
z 
 1  8 z 2  2z  1 
Sequences ROC
4z z  1 
S1 : x[n – 2] R1 : |z|> a (d)
8 z 2  2z  1
S2 : x[n + 2] R2 : |z|< a
1 7 .A discrete-time system with input x[n] and out-
1 put y[n] is governed by following difference equa-
S3 : x[– n] R3 : | z | 
a tions
S4 : (– 1)nx[n]
(a) (S1, R1), (S2, R2), (S3, R3), (S4, R3) 1
y[n] – y n  1  = x[n], with initial condition
(b) (S1, R1), (S2, R1), (S3, R3), (S4, R1) 2
(c) (S1, R2), (S2, R1), (S3, R2), (S4, R3) y[– 1] = 3. The impulse response of the system
(d) (S1, R1), (S2, R2), (S3, R2), (S4, R3)
n
5n  5 1 
n
1 5 .Consider a discrete time signal x[n] =  u[n] (a) 1  , n  0 (b) , n0
2  2  2  2 
and its z-transform X(z). Match List I (discrete
signals) with Lits II (z-transform) and select the
n1 1n
correct answer using the codes given below: 51 5 1 
(c)   , n0 (d)   , n0
22 22
List-I List-II

P. x[n/2] 1. z–2X(z) 1 8 .Consider a causal system with impulse response


h[n] = (2)nu[n]. If x[n] is the input and y[n] is the
Q. x[n – 2]u[n – 2] 2. X(z 2)
output to this system, then which of the follow-
R. x[n + 2]u[n] 3. X(z/2) ing difference equation discribes the system ?

S. 2nx[n] 4. 2X(z) (a) y[n] + 2y[n + 1] = x[n]


Codes : (b) y[n] – 2y[n – 1] = x[n]
PQRS (c) y[n] + 2y[n – 1] = x[n]
(a)1 2 4 3
1
(d) y[n] – y[n – 1] = x[n]
(b) 2 4 1 3 2
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1 9 .The impulse response of system is given as h[n] 2. The system is BIBO stable
n
3. For an input x[n] = (0.5)nu[n], system output
 1 is y[n] = 2u[n] – (0.5)nu[n]
= [n] –    u[n]. For an input x[n] and out-
 2
Which of the above statement is/are true ?
put y[n], the difference equation that discribes (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3
the system is (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
(a) y[n] + 2y[n – 1] = 2x[n] 2 3 .Match List I (system transfer function) with List
(b) y[n] + 0.5y[n – 1] = 0.5x[n – 1] II (property of system) and choose the correct
(c) y[n] + 2ny[n – 1] = x[n] answer using the codes given below
(d) y[n] – 0.5y[n – 1] = 0.5x[n – 1] List-I
2 0 .A discrete time system has the following input-
z3
P. H(z) = 3
, ROC:|z|> 1.2
1 z  1.2 
output relationship y[n]  y n  1  = x[n]. If an
2
input x[n] = u[n] is applied to the system, then z2
its zero state response will be Q. H(z) = 3
ROC:|z|< 1.2
z  1.2 

1 n    1 n 
(a)    2  u n  (b) 2    u n  z4
2    2   R. H(z) = , ROC:|z|< 0.8
3
z  0.8 

 1  1 n  z3
(c)  2   2  u n  n
(d) [2 – (2) ]u[n] S. H(z) = 3
, ROC:|z|> 0.8
    z  0.8 

List-II
2 1 .The transfer function of a discrete time LTI sys-
tem is given as 1. Non-causal but stable
2. Neither causal not stable
z 3. Causal but not stable
H(z) = , ROC:|z|> 1
2
z 1 4. Both causal and stable

Codes :
Consider the following statement
PQRS
1. The system is causal and BIBO stable. (a) 4 2 1 3
2. The system is causal but BIBO unstable. (b) 1 4 2 3
3. The system is non-causal and BIBO unstable. (c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 3 2 1 4
 
4. Impulse response h[n] = sin  n u n 
2  2 4 .The transfer function of a DT feedback system is

Which of the above statements are true ? P


H(z) =
 z 
(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 4 1P  
 z  0.9 
(c) 1 only (d) 3 and 4

2 2 .A causal LTI system is described by the differ- The range of P, for which the system is stable
ence equation y[n] = x[n] + y[n – 1] will be

Consider the following statement (a) – 1.9 < P < – 0.1 (b) P < 0
1. Impulse response of the system is h[n] = u[n] (c) P > – 1 (d)P>– 0.1 or P<– 1.9

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2 4 .Consider three stable LTI systems S1, S2 and S3
z z
whose transfer functions are (a) ,| z |  3 (b) ,| z |  3
3 z 3 z
1
z 
2 3 3
S1 : H (z) = (c) ,| z |  3 (d) ,| z |  3
1 3 3 z 3 z
2z 2  z 
2 16
| n|
2
z 1 2 9 .The z-transform of   is
S2 : H (z) = 3 
2 1 4
 z 3  z 2   z
3 2 3
5 z 3 2
(a) ,  z  
 2z  3 3z  2  2 3
1 4
1  z 2  z 1
2 3 5z 2 3
S3: H (z) = (b) ,  z 
1  1 1  1 1 
z 1  z 1  z 
 2z  3 3z  2  3 2
 3  2 
5z 2 2
(c) ,  z 
Which of the above systems is/are causal ?
 2 z  3  3 z  2  3 3

5z 3 2
(a)S1 only (b) S1 and S2 (d) ,  z  
(c)S1 and S3 (d) S1, S2 and S3  2 z  3 3z  2  2 3

n 3 0 .The time signal corresponding to


1 
2 6 .The z-transform of   u n   u n  5  is 10
4  1
k z k , z  0 is
5 k 5
z 5   0.25 
(a) ,| z |  0.25
z 4  z  0.25  10 10
1 1
5
(a)  k  n  k  (b)  k  n  k 
z 5   0.25  k 5 k 5
(b) ,| z |  0.5
z 4  z  0.25  10 10
1 1
5
(c)  k   n  k  (d)  k   n  k 
z 5   0.25  k 5 k 5
(c) ,| z |  0.25
z 3  z  0.25  3 1 .The time signal corresponding to
5
z 5   0.25  1 1
(d) , all z , z  is
z 4
z  0.25  1 2 2
1 z
4
n
1 
2 8 .The z-transform of   u  n  is 
2 k 1
4  (a)   2    n  2  k  1 
k 0


4z 1 4z 1 2  k 1 
(a) ,| z |  (b) ,| z |  (b)   2   n  2  k  1  
4z 1 4 4z  1 4 k 0


1 1 1 1
(c)   2    n  2  k  1  
2 k 1
(c) ,| z |  (d) ,| z | 
1  4z 4 1  4z 4 k 0


2 8 .The z-transform of 3nu[– n – 1] is 2  k 1 
(d)   2  n  2  k  1  
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3 2 .The time signal corresponding to In (1 + z–1), Following figure shows the three different re-
|z|> 0 is gion. Choose the correct for the ROC of signal

k 1 k 1 Im
 1   n  k
 1 
(a)
k
 (b)
k
 n  k 
R1

R2 z-plane
k k
 1   n  k
 1 
(c)
k
 (d)
k
 n  k  2
R3
Re
3 3 . X[z] of a system is specified by a pole zero pat-
tern as following : 1
2
Im( z)

z-plane

  Re(z)
1 2 R1 R2 R3
3
(a) x1[n] x2[n] x3[n]
(b) x2[n] x3[n] x1[n]
(c) x1[n] x3[n] x2[n]
Consider three different soulution of x[n] (d) x3[n] x2[n] x1[n]

n Common Data For Q. 35 to 40


 1  
x1[n] = 2 n    u n  Given the z-transform pair
  3  

1 z z2
n
x2[n] =  2 u n  1   u n  x[n] =  , |z|< 4
3 n z 2  16

1 3 5 .The z-transform of the signal x[n – 2] is


x3[n] = 2 n u n  1   n
u  n  1 
3 2
z4 z  2
Correct solution is (a) (b) 2
z 2  16 z  2   16
(a) x1[n] (b) x2[n]
(c) x3[n] (d) All three 1  z  2 2
(c) (d)
3 4 .Consider three different signal z 2  16  z  2 2  16

 n
1   1
x1[n] = 2 n    u n  3 6 .The z-transform of the signal y[n] = x[n] is
  2   2n

x2[n] = 2 n u  n  1  
1
u  n  1   z  2 2 z2
2 n (a) (b)
 z  2 2  16 z 2 4

n 1
x3[n] = 2 u  n  1   u n  z  2
2
z2
2n (c) (d)
2 z 2  64
z  2   16

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3 7 .The z-transform of the signal x[– n] * x[n] is (a) n23–nu[– n] (b) n23–nu[n]
1 1
z2 16 z 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2 3 n u n  (d) 2 3 n u  n 
16 z 2  257 z 4  16 2 n n
z 2
 16 
d
43. The time signal corresponding to X(z) is
z 2
16 z 2 dz
(c) (d) 2
257 z 2  16 z 4  16 z 2
 16  (a) (n – 1)33n–1u[n – 1] (b) n33nu[n – 1]
(c) (1 – n)33n–1u[n – 1] (d) (n – 1)33n–1u[n]
3 8 .The z-transform of the signal nx[n] is 4 4 .The time signal corresponding to

32 z 2 32 z 2  z 2  z 2 
(a) (b)   X(z) is
2 2
 2 
z 2
 16  z 2
 16 
1
(c)
32 z
(d)
32 z (a)
2
 x n  2   x n  2  
2 2
 z 2  16  z 2
 16  (b) x[n + 2] – x[n – 2]
1
3 9 .The z-transform of the signal x[n + 1] + x[n – 1] (c)
2
 x  n  2   x  n  2 
is
(d) x[n – 2] – x[n + 2]

z 1
2


z 1
2

z z 2 1 
(a) 2 2 (b) 2 4 5 .The time signal corresponding to {X(z)}2 is
z  1   16 z  1   16 z  16
(a) [x[n]]2 (b) x[n] * x[n]
z 2  –1  z 
(c) (d) None (c) x(n) * x[– n] (d) x[– n] * x[– n]
z 2 – 16
4 6 .A causal system has
4 0 .The z-transform of the signal x[n] * x[n – 3]is
1 1
z 3 z7 Input, x[n] =  n    n  1    n  2  and
(a) 2 (b) 2
4 8
z 2
 16  z 2
 16 
3
z5 Ouput, y[n] =  n    n  1 
z 4
(c) 2 (d)
z 2
 16  z 2
 16 
2

The impulse response of this system is

n n
Common Data For Q. 41 to 44 : 1   1  1  
(a) 5    2   u n 
3   2  4  
z
Given the z-transform pair 3nn2u[n]  X(z)
n n
4 1 .The time signal corresponding to X(2z) is 1  1   1  
(b) 5
3   2 
 2  4  u n 
  
n
(a) n23nu[2n] (b)   3  n 2u n 
 2 n n
1  1   1  
(c) 5    2   u  n 
n 3   2 
3   4  
(c)   n 2u n  (d) 6nn2u[n]
2
n n
1  1  1  
4 2 .The time signal corresponding to X(z –1) is (d)  5
3   2 
 2  4  u  n 
  

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4 7 .Consider the following three systems x[ z]


+

 z –1 z –1 y [z ]

y1[n] = 0.2y[n –1]+x[n] –0.3x[n – 1]+0.02x[n –2]


y2[n] = x[n] – 0.1x[n – 5]
2
y3[n] = 0.5y[n – 1] + 0.4x[n] – 0.3x[n – 1]
The equivalent system are n 
2 

(a) y1[n] and y2[n] (b) y2[n] and y3[n]


(a) 2  2 
1   1  u n   12 n 
n

(c) y3[n] and y1[n] (d) all


2n 1
4 8 .The transfer function of a system is given by H(z) (b)
2
 n

1   1  u n    n 
2
z  3z  2 
= . The system is n 
1  2 
z 2 z 
4
(c) 2  2 
1   1  u n   12 n 
n

(a) causal and stable 2n  n 1


(b) causal, stable and minimum phase (d) 1   1  u  n     n 
2   2
(c) minimum phase
(d) none of the above
NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS
4 9 .The transfer function of a system is H(z) =
z
4 z 1 1 1 . Let x[n]  X(z) be a z-transform pair, where
e
2
, z  . The h[n] is
 1 1  4 z 2
1  4 z  X(z) = . What will be the value of x[5] ?
  z 3

(a) stable (b) causal 2 . The z-transform of a discrete time sequence y[n]
(c) stable and causal (d) none of the above
kz k
= n[n + 1]u[n] is k 1
such that the value
5 0 .The transfer function of a system is given as z 1

of k is _______________
 1
2 z   3 . A signal x[n] has the following z-transform X(z)
 2
H(z) =
 1  1 1
z   z  
2  3 = log(1 – 2z), ROC:|z|< . Let the signal be
 2

Consider the two statements x n / 2  , if n is even


y[n] = 
0, if n is odd
Statement (1) : System is causal and stable.

Statement (2) : Inverse system is causal and The z-transform of y[n] is X(zk) such that the
stable. value of k is ______

The correct option is 4 . Let X(z) be z-transform of a discrete time se-

(a) (1) is true (b) (2) is true 1


2

(c) Both are true (d) Both are false quence x[n] =    u  n  .Consider another sig-
 2
5 1 .The impulse response of the system shown be- nal y[n] and its z-transform Y(z) given as Y(z) =
low is X(z3). What is the value of y[n] at n = 4 ?

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5 . Let X(z) be the z-transform of a DT signal x[n] – 1] + x[n – 2] is stable if |c|< _________
given as
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
0.5 z 2
X(z) =
 z  1  z  0.5  1 . The mapping z = esT from s -plane to z -plane, is

(a) one to one (b) many to one


The initial value of x[n] is __________
(c) one to many (d) many to many
6 . The transfer function for the system realization
2 . The z-transform of the time function
k z  1   1
shown in the figure will be such that 
z 2   n  k  is
k 0
the value of k is ____________
x [n ] + + y [n ] z 1 z
 4 
(a) (b)
+ + z z 1
z –1
z 2
2 3 (c) z  1 2 (d)
z 1
  z
7 . Consider a cascaded system shown in the figure
3 . The z-transform X(z) of a sequence x[n] is given
x [n ] y [n ]
h1[n] h2[n] 0.5
by X[z] = . It is given that the region of
1  2z 1
where,
convergence of X(z) includes the unit circle. The
1 1 
n value of x[0] is
h1[n] =  n    n  1  and h 2 n     u n 
2 2   (a) – 0.5 (b) 0
(c) 0.25 (d 0.5
If an input x[n] = cos(n) is applied, then out-
put y[n] = k cos n where the constant k is ______ 4 . Given that F(z) and G(z) are the one-sided z-
transforms of discrete time functions f (nT) and
8 . The block diagram of a discrete time system is g(nT), the z-transform of f (kT)g(nT – kT) is
shown in the figure below given by
x [n ] y [n ]
 az –1 (a) f (nT )g(nT)z –n (b) f (nT )z –n g(nT)z –n
(c)f (kT )g(nT –nT)z –n (d) f (nT –kT )g(nT)z –n

5 . The z-transform of a signal is given by C (z) =

The system is BIBO stable for ||< ___________ 


1z 1 1  z 4  . Its final value is
9 . Let x[n] = [n – 1] + [n + 2]. If unilateral z- 
4 1 z 1

transform of the signal x[n] be
(a) 1/4 (b) zero
X(z) = zk
(c) 1.0 (d) nfinity
then, the value of constant k is ___________
6 . If the function H1(z) = (1 + 1.5z –1 – z –2) and
1 0 .If z-transform is given by X(z) = cos(z ), |z|> 0, –3
H2(z) = z 2 + 1.5z – 1, then
then what will be the value of x[12] ?

(a) the poles and zeros of the functions will be


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the same response h[n] = 2[n – 3] where


(b) the poles of the functions will be identical
1, n  0
but not zeros [n] = 
(c) the zeros of the functions will be identical 0, ot h er wise
but not the poles
(d) neither the poles nor the zeros of the two The output at n = 4 is
functions will be identical (a) –6 (b) zero
7 . A system can be represented in the form of state (c) 2 (d) –4
equations as 1 1 .The z-transform of a signal x[n] is given 4z–3 +
z[n + 1] = As[n]+Bx[n] 3z–1 + 2 – 6z2 + 2z3 it is applied to a system,
y[n] = Cs[n]+Dx[n] with a transfer function H(z) = 3z–1 –2

where A, B, C and D are matrices, s[n] is the Let the output be y[n]. Which of the following is
state vector. x[n] is the input and y[n] is the out- true ?
put. The transfer function of the system H(z) = (a) y[n] is non causal with finite support
Y(z)/X(z) is given by (b y[n] is causal with infinite support
(a) A(zI – B)–1C + D (b) B(zI – C)–1D + A (c) y[n] = 0;|n|> 3
(c) C(zI – A)–1B + D (d) D(zI – A)–1C + B (d) Re Y  z   z  e j    Re Y  z   z  e  j 
8 . For the system shown, x[n] = k[n], and y[n] is
1 Im Y  z   z  e j  Im Y  z   z  e j ; –  < 
related to x[n] as y[n]– y n  1  = x[n]
2
1 2 . H(z) is a transfer function of a real system. When
a signal x[n] = (1 +j )n is the input to such a
x( n) System y (n )
system, the output is zero. Further, the Region

What is y[n] equal to ?  1 1 


of convergence (ROC) of 1  z  H(z) is the
 2 
(a) k (b) (1/2)nk
(c) nk (d) 2n entire Z-plane (except z = 0). It can then be

9 . A system with transfer function H(z) has impulse inferred that H(z) can have a minimum of
response h(.) defined as h(2) = 1, h(3) = –1
(a) one pole and one zero
and h(k) = 0 otherwise. Consider the following
(b) one pole and two zeros
statement
(c) two poles and one zero
S1 : H(z) is a low-pass filter. (d) two poles and two zero

S2 : H(z) is an FIR filter. 1 3 .A discrete-time signal, x[n], suffered a distor-


tion modeled by an LTI system with H(z) =
which of the following is correct ?
(1 – az –1), a is real and |a|> 1. The impulse
(a) Only S2 is true response of a stable system that exactly
(b) Both S1 and S2 are false compenstates the magnitude of the distortion is
(c) Both S1 and S2 are true, and S2 is a reason n n
for S1 1  1 
(a)   u n  (b)    u  n  1 
(d) Both S1 and S2 are true, but S2 is not a a  a 
reason for S1
(c) anu[n] (d) anu[– n –1]
1 0 .A sequence x(n) with the z-transform X(z) = z4
1 4 .Assertion (A) : An LTI discrete system repre-
+ z2 – 2z + 2 – 3z –4 is applied as an input to a
sented by the difference equation y[n + 2] – 5y[n
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+ 1] + 6y[n] = x[n] is unstable. S1 : The system is stable and causal for
ROC:|z|> 1/2
Reason (R) : A system is unstable if the roots
of the characteristic equation lie outside the unit S2 : The system is stable but not causal for
circle. ROC:|z|< 1/4

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct S3 : The system is neither stable nor causal for
explanation of A. ROC: 1/4 <|z|< 1/2
(b) Both A nd R are true but R is NOT the cor-
Which one of the following statements is valid ?
rect explanation of A.
(a) Both S1 and S2 are true
(c) A is true but R is false.
(b) Both S2 and S3 are true
(d) A is false but R is true.
(c) Both S1 and S3 are true
1 5 .Consider the following statements regarding a (d) S1, S2 and S3 are all true
linear discrete-time system
1 7 .Two linear time-invariant discrete time systems
S1 and S2 are cascaded as shown in the figure
z 2 1
H(z) = below. Each system is modelled by a second or-
 z  0.5  z  0.5  der difference equation. The difference of the
overall cascaded system can be of the order of
1. The system is stable
S1 S2
2. The initial value h(0) of the impulse response
is –4
(a) 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 (b) either 2 or 4
3. The steady-state output is is zero for a sinu-
(c) 2 (d) 4
soidal discrete time input os frequency equal to
one-fourth the sampling frequency. 1 8 .Two system H1(z) and H2(z) are connected in
cascade as shown below. The overall output y[n]
Which of these statements are correct ?
is the same as the input x[n] with a one unit
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 delat. The transfer function of the second sys-
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 tem H2(z) is
1 6 .Assertion (A) : The discrete time system
discribeed by y[n] = 2x[n] + 4x[n – 1] is unstable. x( n) H 1( z) =
(1–0.4z–1)
H 2 (z ) y (n )
(1–0.6z–1)
(here y[n] is the output and x[n] the input)

Reason (R) : It has an impulse response with a


finite number of non-zero samples.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (a)
1  0.6 z 1
(b)

z 1 1  0.6 z 1 
explanation of A
z 1
1  0.4 z  1
1  0.4 z  1

(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the


correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false (c)

z 1 1  0.4 z 1  (d)
1  0.4 z 1

(d) A is false R is true 1  0.6 z  1



z 1 1  0.6 z 1 
1 7 .The transfer function of a discrete time LTI sys- 1 9 .A cascade of three Linear Time Invariant sys-
tems is causal and unstable. From this, we con-
3
2  z 1 clude that
tem is H(z) = 4 . Consider the
3 1 1 2 (a) each system in the cascade is individually
1 z  z
4 8 causal and unstable
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one system is causal This system is stable for range of values of K


(c) at least one system is causal and all systems
are unstable  1
(a)  1,  (b) [– 1, 1]
(d) the majority are unstable and the majority  2
are causal
 1   1 
2 0 .A digital filter having a transfer function H(z) = (c)   ,1  (d)   ,2 
 2   2 
p 0  p1 z 1  p 3 z 3
is implemented using Direct 2 2 .Assertion (A) : The z-transform of the output
1  d 3 z 3
of an ideal sampler is given by
Form-I and Direct Form-II realizations of IIR
K1 K 2 K
structure. The number of dealy units required Z  f t   = K 0   2 ···  nn
z z z
in Direct Form-I and Direct Form-II realilzations
are, respectively Reason (R) : The relationship is the result of
application of z = e–sT, where T stands for the
(a) 6 and 6 (b) 6 and 3 time gap between the samples.
(c) 3 and 3 (d) 3 and 2 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
2 1 .Consider the discrete-time system shown in the explanation of A
figure where the impulse response of G(z) is g(0) (b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the
= 0, g(0) = 0,g(1) = g(2) = 1,g(3) = g(4) = ··· correct explanation of A
=0 (c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
G(z)

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5
3 . Consider a CT signal shown in the figure below
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
x ( t)
1 . A continuous time signal is defined as
1

–0.5
e 2t , t 0 
t

x(t) =  1 , t 0 –1
 2t
 e , t 0
The magnitude spectra |X(j)| of the signal is
The fourier transform of the signal is
|X( j) |

2 j  4 2
(a) 2 (b) 2
4 4
(a) 
2 –6 –4 –2   
(c) j   4 (d) does not exist –2

f |X (j)|
2 . If x(t)  X(j) = 8sinc2(/), then which of
the following waveform corresponding to signal 2
x(t) ? (b)
x(t) 
–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
x(t)
8
4 |X(j) |

(a) (b) 2
t
–2 0 2 t 
– 
–1 0 1 (c) –2 
x (t)
–2
4

(c) |X (j)|

t
–2 0 2 2
(d) –2 2
x( t) 
8

4 . Consider the following statements regarding the


(d) CTFT of two functions f2(t) and f2(t) shown in
the figure
t
–1 0 1
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f1(t) f 2(t) (b)  X  j d  =0
1 
1
  

 
t (c)  X  j   d  =0
–1 
t
-2 -1 0 1
(d) There exists a real  such that ej X(j) is
real.
1. CTFT of f1(t) is real and even.
t 2 / 2
2. CTFT of f1(t) is real and odd. 8 . If CTFT of a signal x(t) = e is given as
3. CTFT of f1(t) is imaginary and even. X(j), then which of the following condition is
4. CTFT of f1(t) is imaginary and odd. not satified by X(j) ?
Which of the above statements are true ?
(a) Im[X(j)] = 0
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 4 
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 and 4 (b)  X  j d  = 0

5 . If x(t) is an odd function of t then Fourier trans-

form of x(t) can be evaluated by

(c)  X  j   d  =0

(a) X(j) = 2  x t  cos  t dt
0
(d) There exists a real ‘’ for which ejX(j) is
real.

(b) X(j) = 2  x t  sin  t dt 9 . For which of the following signal imaginary part
of its Fourier transform would be zero ?
0
x ( t)

(c) X(j) =  2 j  x t  sin  t dt 1
0
(a)

(d) X(j) = 2 j  x t  cos  t dt 1
t
0
x ( t)

6 . If x(t) is a continuous time signal whose FT is 1


X(j) = u() – u( – 4), then signal x(t) is
(a) real (b) even 
t
(c) odd (d) none of these (b) 0 

–1
7 . Let X(j) be Fourier transform of a signal x(t)
shown in the figure below
x ( t)
x(t)
1
1
 
t
  (c)  
t
 
–1
–1
x ( t)
Which of the following condition is not true for
X(j) ?
(a) Re {X(j)} = 0
(d)
t
0

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1 0 .If a Fourier transform pair is given as k 3
f (a)  , for k = 0, 1, 2, 3,...
x(t)  X(j), then what would be the Fou- 3 2
rier transform of signal x(– t + 1) + x(– t – 1) ? k 3
(b)  , for k = 1, 2, 3,...
(a) 2X(– j) cos  3 2
(b) X(j) + X(– j) k 2
(c)  , for k = 0, 1, 2, 3,...
(c) X[j ( – 1)] + X[j ( + 1)] 3 3
(d) 2X(j) sin  k 2
(d)  , for k = 1, 2, 3,...
1 1 .A linear time invariant system has the frequency 2 3

1 1 4 .The inverse Fourier transform of


response H(j) = . Match List I (Input to
j  1 2
2  j   12 j  14
the system) with List II (Output of the system) is
 j   2  6 j   5 
and choose the correct answer using the codes  
gives below
(a) 2(t) + (e–t – 2e–5t)u(t)
List I List II (b) t + (e–t – 2e–5t)u(t)
(c) 2(t) + (e–t – e–5t)u(t)
P. e –2tu(t) 1. te–tu(t)
(d) t + (e–t – e–5t)u(t)
Q. e –tu(t) 2. (1 – e–t)u(t)
R. etu(– t) 3. (e–t – e–2t)u(t)
j 3
1 5 .The inverse Fourier transform of is
1 t 3
S. u(t)
t
4. e u t   e u  t    j  1
2
(a) e–t(1 + 2t)u(t)
Codes :
(b) e–t[1 + 2(t)]u(t)
PQRS (c) e–t(1 + cost + sin t)u(t)
(a) 3 1 4 2 (d) none of these
(b) 4 2 1 3
(c) 3 4 1 2 1 6 .The Fourier transform of signal te 3 t 1 is
(d) 4 1 3 2

1 2 .The Fourier transform of signal 6 e  j 12 j  e  j  12e  j 


(a)  (b) 3
9  2 2
 
9  2  9   2

 a m  t  m  , |a|< 1, is
m 0
6e j 3 12 j e j 3 12 j e  j 
(c)  (d) 3
a 9  2 2
(a) (b)
a 
9  2  9   2

1  ae  j  1  ae  j 
1 7 .The inverse Fourier transform of
1 1
(c) (d)
1  ae  j  1  ae  j  d  4 sin 4  sin 2  
d     is

1 3 .Consider a continuous-time signal x(t) whose
magnitude and phase spectra are as follows (a) t2 – 2e–t rect{2(t – 4)}
|X(j)| = 2{u( + 3) – u( – 3)}, (b) t2 + 2e–t rect[2(t + 4)]

3   t  4   t  4 
X(j) =  (c) t r ect    r ect  4  
2   4   
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y ( t)

Common Data For Q. 18 to 21


1
A Fourier transform pair is as following

f 2 sin  
x(t)  X  j   , 0 
t

1, t  1 –1
where x(t) = 
0, ot h erwise

 cos  sin    cos  sin  


1 8 .The Fourier transform of signal shown below is (a) 4 j    (b) 2 j   2 
       
y(t)
 cos  sin    cos  sin  
(c) 4 j  2  2  (d) 2 j  2 
1
       

2 1 .The Fourier transform of signal shown below is


t
0 4 y ( t)

2
e j 2  sin 2  2e j 2  sin 2 
(a) (b)
2 
t
 0 
j 2  j 2 
4e sin 4e sin
2 2 sin 
(c) (d) 2 sin 
  (a) j      (b)  2    
j 
1 9 .The Fourier transform of signal shown below is sin  2 sin 
(c)     (d)  2   
y( t) 2 j 2

2 2 .A real and nonnegative signal x(t) has Fourier


sint
transform X(j). Suppose we are given the fol-

t
lowing facts
0 
1. F –1{(1+j)X(j)} = Ae–2tu(t), where A is con-
stant

sin      sin      
(a)
j    

j   
2.  X  j  d   2 
The signal x(t) may be
2 sin      2 sin     
(b) 
j     j    
(a) 12 e
2t

 e t u t   (b)  
12 e t  e 2t u  t 

sin      sin      (c) 


3 e 2t  e t u t   (d)  
3 e t  e 2t u t 
(c) 
       
(d) None of the above Common Data For Q. 23 to 27

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x ( t) (c) B, C, E and F (d) B and C
1
2 7 .The periodic X(j) is
A t
(a) A only (b) B and C
–1
(c) E and F (d) none
x( t)
Common Data For Q. 28 and 29
B t The frequency response H(j) of a continuous-
2 3 4 5 8
time filter is shown below.
x ( t)
H(j)
|H(j)|
2 
C 1
2
t 
0 1 
 
x(t) 
–3 0 3
1 –
2


D t 2 8 . If the input to this system is x(t) = cos(2 +
0
), then output will be
–1
2 2
x(t)
(a)  sin  2 t    (b) sin  2 t   
3 3
2
t
E e– 2 2
t (c) sin  2 t    (d) None of the above
0 3
x(t)
2 9 .If the input to this system is x(t) = cos(4 + )
F t 2e–|t| then output will be
t
0
4 4
2 3 The signals that satisfy Re{X(j)} = 0 are (a)  sin  4 t    (b) sin  4 t   
3 3
(a) A and D (b) E and F
(c) B and C (d)None of the above 4
(c) sin  4 t    (d) 0
3
2 4 .The signals that satisfy Im{X(j)} = 0 are
3 0 .Consider a casual LTI system with frequency
(a) A and D (b) E and F
(c) B and C (d) B and D 1
response H(j) = . This system produces
j 3

2 5 .The signals that that satisfy  X  j d  = 0 the output to an input x(t) as y(t) = e–2tu(t) –
are e–4tu(t). The input x(t) is

(a) E (b) A, B, C, D and F (a) (2e–4t – 3e–3t)u(t) (b) e–4tu(t)


(c) B and C (d) A, D, E, and F (c) (3e–4t – 2e–3t)u(t) (d) – e–4tu(t)

 3 1 .The frequency response of a causal and stable


2 6 .The signals that that satisfy  X  jd  = 0 1 j
are LTI system is H(j) = . The group delay
1 j
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5 . The continuous time Fourier transform for the


2 2
(a) (b) signal x(t) shown in figure is
1  2 1  2
(c) 2 tan–1 (d) –2 tan–1 A
X(j) = [cos  – cos2]
3 2 .The frequency response which has nonlinear 2
phase is
where the constant A = ________________

1 1 x ( t)
(a) (b) 2
j  1  j  1
1

1
(c) (d) All above
 j   1  j   2 
t
–2 –1 0 1 2

NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS d


6 . Consider a signal x(t) given as x(t) = [x (t) *
dt 1
1 . The Fourier transform of x(t) = A cos(2f0t) is
x2(t)] where x1(t) = e–2tu(t) and x2(t) = e–5tu(t).
X(j) = 10[( – 4)+ ( + 4)]. The value f0
The Fourier transform of x ( t ) is
is ________
j
2 . The inverse Fourier transform of X ( j ) = such that the value of a is
 j   2  j   a 
6
2
will be e–atu(t) + eatu(– t) such that the ________
 9
value of a is _________ 7 . If X(j) is the CTFT of a signal x(t) shown in the

3 . The Fourier transform of a CT signal shown in 2
figure, then  X  j  d  equal to ______
figure is


A
X(j)= [sin 2 + cos  – 1] x ( t)
2
1
where the constant A = _______________
x(t)
 
t
1 

–1

t
–2 –1 0 1
8 . The energy of a signal whose Fourier transform
4 . Let Y(jf ) is the Fourier transform of signal y(t)
is shown in figure equals to _____
= 20x(4t), where x(t) is shown as
|X (j)|
x (t)
2

0 1/2 t
 
    
What is the value of Y(j2)
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2
 cos   1   A sin  
A  such that the value of constant A    , where the constant A is ________
 j   
is ___
y( t)
x(t)
2

1
t
–2 0 2

 1 5 .Given the relationship y(t) = x(t) * h(t) and


t
 g(t) = x(4t) * h(4t). If g(t) has the form g(t) =
Ay(Bt) then the ratio A/B = _________
–1
Common Data For Q. 16 to 20 :

Consider the signal x(t) shown below those Fou-


1 0 .The inverse Fourier transform of e –2|| is
rier transform is X(j).
A
where A = ________ x(t)
4  t  2

1 1 .The Fourier transform of signal e–t + 2u(t – 2) is

e  jk 
such that the value of k is _____
1k 
t
–1 0 1 2
1
1 2 .The Fourier transform os signal is 1 6 . The arg {X(j)} is k such that the value of k
a t 2
2
is ____________
k  a|| 1 7 .What will be the value of X(j0) ?
e where the constant k is _____
a

Common Data For Q. 13 and 14 : 1 8 .The value of  X  j d  is
A Fourier transform pair is following
 2 sin  j 2 
2 sin 
1 9 .What is the value of  X  j  
e d ?
x(t) = X(j) = ,

 2

1, t 1 2 0 .The value of  X  j  d  is _____


x(t) = 
0, ot herwise
Common Data For Q. 21 to 24 :
1 3 .The Fourier transform of signal below is jk sin Consider the signal X(j) shown below whose
such that the value of k is _________ inverse Fourier transform is x(t).
y(t) X (j)

1
2
1
t
–2 0
–1

–5 –3 –1  
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2
(b) frequency compressed and folded version of

2 1 .The value of  x t  dt is_________ X (f )
(c) frequency expanded version of X(f ) with a

negative sign
j 3t
2 2 .What is the value of  x t e dt ? (d) frequency compressed version of X(f ) with
a negative sign
2 3 .The value of arg {x(t)} is kt such that the value
of k is ______________ 5 . The transfer function of distortion-less network
is
(a) H() = K (b) H() = Ke  j to
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (c) H() = k(– 0) (d) None
x(t)
1 . If y(t) = x(0.2t),then which of the following is
etu(t)
true with reference to the spectrum of x(t) to be
real is

(a) Magnitude of the spectrum of y(t) is 0.2


times the magnitude of the spectrum of x(t). 6.
(b) Magnitude of the spectrum of y(t) is 5 times
1
the magnitude of the specturm of x(t) but the t

spectrum is compressed in frequency by a fac-


For the signal shown above
tor of 5.
(c) Magnitude of the spectrum of y(t) is 5 times (a) Only Fourier transform exists
the magnitude of the spectrum of x(t) and the (b) Both Laplace and Fourier transform exists
sepectrum is expanded in frequency by a factor (c) Only Laplace transform exist
of 5. (d) Neither Laplace nor Fourier transform ex-
(d) Magnitude of the spectrum of y(t) is 0.2 times ists
the magnitude of the spectrum of x(t) but the
7 . The signal x(t) is described by
spectrum is expanded in frequency by a factor
of 5. 1 for  1  t  1
x(t) = 
2 . Consider an LTI system with transfer function 0 ot h er wise
H(f ). If the power spectral density of input is
Two of the angular frequencies at which its Fou-
Sx(f ), then what will be PSD Sy(f ) of output ?
rier transform becomes zero are
(a) Sy(f ) = S x2 (f ) (b) Sy(f ) = |H(f )|Sx(f )
(a) , 2 (b) , 1.5
(c) Sy(f ) = |H(f )|2Sx(f ) (d) None (c) ,  (d) , 2.5
3 . The total energy of a signal x(t) having the Fou- 2
rier transform X(f )is given by 8 . The Fourier Transform of the signal x(t) = e 3t is
 
of the following form, where A and B are con-
1
(a) E   X  f  df (b) E 
2    X  f  df stants :
 2
(a) Ae–B|f| (b) Ae Bf
 
X f
1/2 2 (c) A + B|f|2 (d) Ae–Bf
(c) E    df (d) E   X f  df
  9 . If the Fourier transform of a function g(t) is given
as
f
4 . If x(t)  X(j), the spectrum of x(– 2t) is a 2  21
G() =
(a) frequency expanded and folded version of 2  9
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Then the function g(t) is given as
2  sin fT  2  sin fT 
(c) A T   (d) A  
(a) (t) + 2 exp(–3|t|)  fT   fT 
(b) cos3t + 21exp(–3t)
(c) sin3t + 7cost 1 3 .Which of the following is/are not a property/prop-
(d) sin3t + 21exp(3t) erties of a power spectral density function Sx()

1 0 .The magnitude of Fourier transform X() of a (a) Sx() is a real function of 


function x(t) is shown below in Figure (A). The (b) Sx() is an even function of 
magnitude of Fourier transform Y() of another (c) Sx() is a non-positive function of  i.e. Sx()
function y(t) is shown below in Figure (B). The  0 for all 
phases of X() and Y() are zero for all . The (d) All of the above
magnitude and frequency units are identical in 1 4 .A system has phase response given by (),
both the figures. The function y(t) can be ex- where  is the angular frequency. the phase de-
pressed in terms of x(t) as. lay and group delay at  = 0 are respectively
|Y()| given by

3
|X ()|   0  d   
(a)  ,
1 0 d 0

 
–100 0 100 –50 0 50 d 2   0 
Figure (A) Figure (B) (b)   0  , 
d 2
0

2 t  3
(a) x (b) x  2t  d   
3  2  2
(c) 
0
,
  0  d  
0
2 3 t 
(c) x  2t  (d) x   0
3 2 2 (d) 0   0  , –     

1 1 .For a signal x(t) the Fourier transform is X(f ). 1 5 .A signal x(t) sinc(t) where  is a real constant
Then the inverse Fourier transform of X(3f + 2)
is given by sin  x 
(sinc(x) = )is the input to a linear Time
x
j 4 t
1  t  j 3 t 1 t  Invariant system whose impulse response h(t)
(a) x e (b) x e 3
2  2  3 3 = sinc( t), where  is a real constant.Which
one of the following statement is true about the
(c) 3x(3t)e–j4t (d) x(3t + 2) output of the system ?
1 2 .The energy density spectrum G(f ) of a rectan- (a) It will be of the form Ksinc(t) where  =
gular pulse shown in the figure is: min(,)
(b) It will be of the form Ksinc(t) where  =
g (t)
max (,)
A (c) It will be of the form Ksinc(t)
(d) It can not be a sinc type of signal

t
0 T

2
 sin fT  2  sin fT 
(a) A T   (b)  A T   fT 
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(a) 1.5, 1, 1, 1, 1.5

 
(b) 6, 4, 4, 4, 6


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1 . A DT signal x[n] has the Fourier transform X(ej )

(c) 1.5 1, 0,

1, 1.5  
(d) 3 2, 1, 2, 3


1 DT FT
= j
, |a|< 1. The Fourier transform of 4 . Let x[n]   X(ej) = 5 + 3e–j + 7e–j2,
e a
then sequence x[n] is
x2[n] would be

(a)
1
(b)
1 (a) 5,

7, 3  
(b) 5, 3,

7 
2 2
e j
a  
2 e j   a 
1 j

(c) 7, 3,

5  
(d) 5,

3, 7 
e
(c) (d)
e j
 a2  e j
 a2  5 . The DTFT of a real valued sequence x[n] de-
fined below will be
2 . The discrete time Fourier transform of signal
x[n] shown in figure is n ,  10  n  10
x[n] = 
0, ot h er wise
x[n]
(a) imaginary and odd (b) real and even
3
(c) imaginary and even (d) real and odd
2
6 . The inverse discrete time Fourier transform of
1 X(ej) = j, 0  will be
n (a) real and even (b) real and odd
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 (c) imaginary and even (d) imaginary and odd

7 . Two discrete sequences x1[n] and x2[n] has DTFT


(a) 4 + 3cos + 2cos2 X1(ej) and X2(ej) as show in figure below
(b) 1 + 2cos + 2cos2
(c) 2 + 2cos + 3cos2 X (e j)
X(ej)
(d) 3 + 4cos + 2cos2
1
 
DT FT  
3 . Let x[n]   X(ej) be a DTFT pair where
e – 
j
X(e ) = 1 + 2cos + 3cos2. Sequence x[n] –1
would be
Which of the following statement is true ?
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(a) x1[n] is an even sequence and x2[n] is an
odd sequence x n  , n  0, 1, 3, 5,....
(b) y[n] = 
(b) x1[n] is and odd sequence and x2[n] is an 0, ot h erwise
even sequence
(c) Both x1[n] and x2[n] are odd sequences
x n  , n  0, 3, 6, 9,....
(d) Both x1[n] and x2[n] are even sequences (c) y[n] = 
0, ot h erwise
8 . A sequence x[n] has discrete time Fourier trans-
form X(ej) as shown below x n  , n  0, 4, 8, 16,....
(d) y[n] = 
X(ej) 0, ot h erwise

1 DT FT
1 0 .Let x[n]   X(ej) be discrete time Fou-
rier transform pair. Match List-I (Discrete time
signal) with List-II (Discrete time Fourier trans-
 0 
 form) and choose the correct answer using the

4 4 codes given below.
Which of the following corresponds to DTFT of Listi-I List-II
signal x[n] e–jn/4 ?
P. x[– n] 1. X(ej(/2))
1 Q. x[n] * x[– n] 2. X(e–j)
R. (– 1)nx[n] 3. X(ej())
S. (– 1)n/2x[n] 4. |X(ej)|2
(a)
 Codes :
– 0 
PQRS
1
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 3 1 2 4
(b) (d) 1 4 2 3

0 
 1 1 .The DTFT X(ej) of a signal x[n] is given as X(ej)
1
1 = . Match List-I (Discrete time sig-
1  e  j 
nal) with List-II (Fourier transform) and select
(c) the correct answer using the codes given below

 0
–
 List-I List-II
1 e j
P. x[2n + 1] 1. 2
1  e  j

(d)
 1
 0  Q. x[– 2n] 2.
–
  1  2 cos     2

9 . Let X(ej) be the DTFT of a real sequence x[n]. e j / 2


R. x[n] * x[n – 1] 3.
The inverse DTFTof Y(ej) = X(ej4) will be 1   e  j / 2

x n  , n  0, 2, 4, 8,.... 1


(a) y[n] =  S. x[n] * x[– n] 4.
0, ot herwise 1   e j / 2

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Codes : (a) {0,0,2,0} (b) {4, –2j, 4, 2j }


PQRS (c) {1, –j, 2, j} (d) {0, –j2, 0, j2}
(a) 3 1 4 2
1 7 .The 4-point DFT of a sequence x[n] is X[k] =
(b) 1 4 3 2
{1,0,1,0}, x[n] equals to
(c) 3 4 1 2
(a) {1/2, 0, 1/2, 0} (b) {1,0,2,3}
(d) 4 3 2 1
(c) {2,0,2,0} (d) {1,2,1,2}
1 2 .The auto correlation of a discrete time signal
1 8 .The discrete time Fourier transform of sequence
 x[n] = nnu[n] is
x [ n ] is R x =  x  k  x n  k  . L et x [ n ]
k 
e  j  1
DT FT DT FT
(a) 2
(b) 2

 X(ej) and R [n]   Px(ej)
x 1  e  j
1  e 
j

1. Px(ej) = |X(ej)|2
2. Rx[n] = –Rx[– n] 1  e  j

(c) (d) 2


1  e  j
1  e 
j

3. Px(ej0) =  x n  1 9 .Let X[k] be the 6-point DFT of a sequence x[n]


n 

Which of the aboe relations is/are true ?  


= 1, 2,3  4,5  6 . Match List-I (Quantities)

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 with List-II (Value) and choose the correct an-
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 swer using the codes given below

1 3 .A discrete-time system with input x[n] and out- List-I List-II


put y[n] is descrribed by following difference equa-
P. X[0] 1. 21
tion
5
1 1
y[n] – y[n – 1] = x n   x n  1 
Q.  X k  2. 6
k 0
2 2
R. X[3] 3. 546
j
The frequency Response H(e ) of the system is 5
2
S.  X k  4. –3
(a) j cot(/2) (b) j cosec(/2) k 0

j j (a) P – 4, Q – 2, R – 1, S – 3
(c) t a n  / 2  (d) cot   / 2  (b) P – 1, Q – 2, R – 3, S – 4
2 2
(c) P – 4, Q – 1, R – 2, S – 3
1 4 .The 4-point DFT of he seuqnece x[n] = 1, 0  n (d) P – 2, Q – 4, R – 3, S – 1
 2 is 2 0 .The 4-point Discrete Fourier transform of x[n]
(a) {2, 2 + j, 3, 2 – j } (b) {3 – j, 1, j } is XDFT [k] = {1,2,3,4}. Match List-I (Discrete
time signal) with List-II (Discrete Fourier trans-
(c) {3, 1 – j, 1, –1 + j } (d) {1, 2 –j, –1, j + 1}
form) and choose the correct answer using the
1 5 .The 4-point DFT of the signal x[n] = cos n euqls codes given below
to List-I List-II
(a) {0, 0, 4, 0 } (b){1 + j, 2, 4, 1 – j } P. x[n – 2] 1. {1,4,3,2}
(c) {– 2j, 2, 4, 2j } (d) {4, 0, 0, 0} n
j
Q. e 2 x
n  2. {1, –2,3, –4}
1 6 .What is the 4-point DFT of signal x [ n ] =
R. x[n] * x[n] 3. {4,1,2,3}
n  
sin   ? S. x[– n] 4. {1,4,9,16}
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n 1
(a) P – 1, Q – 4, R – 2, S – 3  –1 
(b) P – 2, Q – 3, R – 4, S – 1 (c) (d)None of the above
 1
(c) P – 2, Q – 4, R – 3, S – 1  n  
 2
(d) P – 2, Q – 3, R – 1, S – 4

2 1 .The DTFT of x[n] = {–2, –1, 0 ,1 , 2} is 2 5 .A DT signal has the Fourier transform X(ej) =

2
(a) 2j (2sin2 + sin) (b) 2(2cos2 – cos)  j 2
. The DT signal is
e  e j  6
(c) –2j (2sin2 + sin) (d) –2(2cos2 – cos)
n 1
5   2 
  (a) 2 n 1    3  u n 
2 2 .The DTFT of sin  n  in frequency range 0    
2 
 is n
  2 n 1 
(b) 2 1     u n 
(a) [( – /2) – ( + /2)]   3  

j
(b) [( + /2) – ( – /2)]  n 1 
2 2 n n 2
(c) 5  1    u n 
(c) 2[( – /2) – ( + /2)]   3  
(d) j [( + /2) – ( – /2)] (d) None of the above
2 3 .A DT signal has the Fourier transform 2 6 .A DT signal has the Fourier transform

  3
1, 4
  
4
1
2  e j 
X(ej) =  4
0,  3 X(ej) =
0   ,    1  j 2 1  j 
 4 4  e  e 1
8 4

The DT signal is The DT signal is


2   3 n   n   (a) 2–n +1[1 + (– 2)–n]u[n]
(a)  sin    sin  
n  4   4  (b) 2–n [1 + (– 2)–n]u[n]
(c) 2–n +1[(– 1)n +(2)–n]u[n]
1   3 n   n   (d) 2–n[(– 1)n + 2–n]u[n]
(b) sin    sin  4  
n   4   
2 7 .A DT signal has the Fourier transform X(ej) =

2   3 n   n  1
1  e  j
(c) cos    cos  4  3
n   4   
1  j 1 2 j . The DT signal is
1 e  e
4 8
1   3 n   n 
(d) cos    cos  4 
n   4     2  1 n 7  1 n 
(a)        u n 
 9  2  9  4  
2 4 .A DT signal has the Fourier transform X(ej) =
j
  2  1 n 7  1 n 
e 2 , for. the DT signal is (b)        u n 
(a) [n – 1/2] (b) 2[n – 1/2]  9  2  9  4  

 2  1 n 7  1 n 
(c)  9   2   9  4  u n 
     

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3 2 .Which of the above signal satisfy that X(ej) is


 2  1 n 7  1 n 
(d)        u  n periodic
 9  2  9  4 
(a) (a), (b), (d) and (h)
(b) (b), (d), (e) and (h)

Common Data For Q. 28 to 33 : (c) (e), (d), (g) and (h)


(d) All signal
Consider the following DT signals :
3 3 .Which of the above signal satisfy X(ej0) = 0
1 3 3 1  (a) (b) and (g) (b) (a) and (c)
(a) x[n] =  ,1, ,2 ,1,  (c) (f) and (g) (d) None of the above
2 2  2 2 
Common Data For Q. 34 to 40 :
(b) x[n] = {–1, –1, 0, 0, 2 , –1, 0, 0, 1}

n
3
(c) x[n] = {2,0,–1, –1, 0, 1, 0 , 1, 0, –1, –1, 0, 2} we have, n   DT FT
  X(ej)

4
n
1  3 4 .The DT signal correspond to e–j4X(ej ) is
(d) x[n] =   u n 
3
n 4 n 4
n
3 3
1  (a) (n – 4)   (b) (n + 4)  
(e) x[n] =   4 4
3 
n4 n4
(f) x[n] = [n – 1] + [n + 2] 3 3
(c) n   (d) n  
(g) x[n] = [n – 1] + [n + 3] 4 4
(h) x[n] = [n – 1]  [n + 1]
3 5 .The DT signal correspond to Re{X(ej)} is
2 8 .Which of the above signal satisfy Re{X(ej)} = 0

(a) (a) and (h) (b) (b) and (c) n n


3 3
(c) (c) and (e) (d) only (h) (a) jn   (b) 2 jn  
4 4 
2 9 .Which of the above signal satisfy Im{X(ej)} = 0 (c) 0 (d) None of the above
(a) (c) and (e) (b) only (h)
d
(c) (a) and (d) (d) only (d) 3 6 .The DT signal correspond to X(ej2) is
d
3 0 .Which of the above satisfy that, there exist a real
 such that ejX(ej) is real n
 3
(a) (a), (c), (e), (f) and (g )  j 2 n   , n even
(b) (b), (d) and (h) (a)  4

(c) (a), (b) and (h) 0, ot h er wise
(d) (c), (e) and (h)
 n
3
  jn   , n even
3 1 .Which of the above signal satisfy   
X e j d  (b) 

4
0, ot h er wise
=0

(a) (a), (c), (d) and (e)   3 n


(b) (b), (f), (g) and (h) n 2 , n even
(c)   4 
(c) (a), (b), (d) and (e) 
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 n sin   n  1  j sin   n  1 
3 (a) (b)
 jn 2   , n even  n  1 
(d)  4   n  1 

0, ot h er wise
2  sin   n  1  2 sin   n  1 
(c)  n  1 (d) n 1 
d
3 7 .The DT signal correspond to X(ej) is
d 4 1 .An LTI system with impulse response h1[n] =
n
1 
–2   u n  is connected in parallel with an-
n n
2 3  3
(a) 2 jn   (b) 2 j   4 
4  4 
other causal LTI system, with impulse response
n n h2[n]. The resulting parellel interconnection has
23 3
(c)  jn   (d) j   the frequency response
4  4
12  5 e j 
3 8 .The DT signal correspond to X(ej) + X(e–j) is H (e j  ) 
12  7 e j   e2 j 
n n
3 n 3 The h2[n] is
(a) 2n   (b)  
4 2 4
n n
 1 1 
3
n (a)    u n  (b)   u n 
(c) 2 n   (d) 0  3 3
4
n n
 1 1 
3 9 .A real signal x[n] with Fourier transform X(e ) j (c)    u  n  1  (d)   u  n  1 
 3 3 
has following property :

1. x[n] = 0, for n > 0


2. x[0] > 0 NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS
3. Im{X(ej)} = sin – sin2
1 . Consider a finite length sequence x[n] given as
2
1 
4.  X e
2
 
j
d = 3
1, 2  n  2
x[n] = 0, ot h er wise
The signal x[n] is 

(a) 2[n] – [n + 1] – [n + 3]


1  e  jk  
(b) [n] + [n + 1] – [n + 3] The DTFT of x[n] is ej2  j   such that k
(c) [n] + [n + 1] – [n + 2]  1 e 
(d) 2[n] – [n + 1] – [n + 2]
= _________
4 0 .A discrete-time system with input x[n] and out-
2 . If X(ej) is discrete time Fourier transform of
put y[n] is described by the relation
sequence x[n] = {1, 2, 3 , 2, 1}, then find X(ej0).

dX ej  
Y(ej) = e–jX(ej)+ 3 . The Fourier transform of a discrete time signal
d
x[n] = [n + 2]  [n  2] is X(ej). At  =
The response of the system to the input x[n] =
 1
[n] is
2 j
 
, X e j  is ___________

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4 . Given, the discrete time Fourier transform of a 9 . The frequency response H(ej) of the discrete
signal x[n] as time LTI system shown is figure is Ae–j/2cos(/2)
such that te value of A is _____________
   
X(ej) = 8() + 10      10      x [n ]
4 4     + y [n ]

+

 
The signal x[n] is A + 10cos  n  such that A =
4  Delay
unit
_________
1 0 .The impulse response of a system whose fre-
5 . Let X1(ej) and X2(ej) denotes the discrete time
quency response is shown in figure will be
Fourier transform of sequences x1[n] and x2[n]
sin 0 n
where x1[n] = {1, 1, 1 , 1, 1} and x2[n] = {1, 0, A such that A = ___________
 n

1, 0, 1 , 0, 1, 0, 1}.Then,
 
X 2 e j
= ________
H(ej)

 X1 e 
j 2
1

6 . The DTFT of signal x[n] = n(0.5)2nu[n] is



–  0 
ae  j 
X(ej) = 2
a  e  j 1 1 .Discrete Fourier transform of a real sequence is

XDFT[k] = {1, 2, a, b, 0, 1, –j, –2, c}


where the value of a is _________________
The value of a is ____________
7 . A signal x[n] has DTFT X(ej) as shown in figure
1 2 . Consider the following signal
below. Let k be a constant given by
1, n 2
 x[n] = 
 n x n  0, ot h erwise
n 
k=  what is the value of k ?
 x n  The discrete-time Fourier transform of above
n 
sin 5a 
signal is such that the value of a is ____
sin a 
X (e j)
1 3 .A DT signal has the Fourier transform
1

2 j , 0
X(ej) = 
 2 j  0

 0 
2 2 A  n 
The DT signal is sin 2   where the con-
8 . Let X(ej) be the DTFT of the sequence x[n] = n  2 
{1, 3, – 4 , 2, –3}, then the value of integral stant A = _________

Common Data For Q. 14 and 15 :
2

 
dX e j
d  is________
x[n] = {2, 3, –1, 0, –4}, 0  n  4
 d


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 =
1 4 .If the DTFT of x[n] is X(ej),then   
X e j d  (c) X(ej) is not necessarily zero at any frequency
= ______________ (d) none of the above

n
2 1 
 dX e  
j

d  is _____________
3 . Let x[n] =   u[n],y[n] and Y(ej) be the Fou-
2
1 5 .value of  d
rier transform of y[n] then Y(ej0)
1
Common Data For Q. 16 to 63 : (a) (b) 2
4
Let X(ej) denote the Fourier transform of the
4
signal x[n], where (c) 4 (d)
3
x[n] = {–1, 0, 1, 2 , 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, – 1}

4 . A signal x[n] = sin[0n + ] is the input to a
1 6 .The value of X(ej0) is ___________ linear time-invariant system having a frequency
response H(ej). If the output of the system
1 7 .The value of arg {X(ej)} is k then k is ___ Ax[n – n0] then the most general of H(ej) will
be

 X e d 
j
1 8 .The value of is ____________ (a) –n00 + for any arbitrary real
(b) –n00 +k for any arbitrary integer k
1 9 .What is the value of X(ej) ? (c) n00 +kfor any arbitrary integer k
(d) –n00 +
2 0 .The value of f –1 {Re{X(ej)}} at n = 0 is___
5 . The 4-point Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)
 2 of a discrete time sequence {1,0,2,3} is
 X e 
j
2 1 .What will be the value of d ?
(a) [0, –2+ 2j, 2, – 2 – 2j]
(b) [2, 2, + 2j, 6, – 2 – 2j]
2 (c) [6, 1, – 3j, 2, 1+ 3j]
  
dX e j 
d  is _______
(d) [6, –1, + 3j, 0, – 1 – 3j]
2 2 .The value of  d
6 . 4-point DFT of a real discrete-time signal x[n]
of length 4 is given by X[k],n = 0,1,2,3 and k =
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 0,1,2,3. It is given that X[0] = 5, X[1] = 1 + j1,
X[2] = 0.5 X[3] and X[0] respectively are
(a) 1 – j, 1.875 (b) 1 – j, 1.5
1 . If sequence x[n] is purely real and if its DTFT,
(c) 1 + j, 1.875 (d) 0.1 – j, 1.50
X(ej) = XR(ej) + jXI (ej), then
(a) both XR(ej) and XI (ej) are even 7 . For N-point FET algorithm N = 2m which one of
(b) XR(ej) is even while XI (ej) is odd the following statements is TRUE ?
(c) XR(ej) is odd while XI (ej) is even (a) It is not possible construct a signal flow graph
(d) both XR(ej) and XI (ej) is odd with both input and output in normal order
(b) The number of butterflies in the mth stage in
DT FT
2 . x[n]   X(ej), where x[n] is a causal se- N/m
quence having the symmetry porperty x[n] = (c) In-place computation requires storage of only
–x[N – n] for some even integer N. Which of the 2N data
following statement is true ? (d) Computation of a butterfly requires only one
(a) X(ej) is necessarily zero for  = 0 complex multiplication.
(b) X(ej) is necessarily zero for both = 0 and

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FOURIER SERIES
x ( t)
7
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (c)
1

t
– 
1 . Which of the following signal does not have a x ( t)
Fourier series representation?
1
(a) x(t) = cos3t + sin5t
(d)
(b)x(t) = cos6t + sin8t + ej2t t
–6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6
 t   t 
(c) x(t) = sin    sin  
 6   3  4 . The trigonometric Fourier series of the signal
(d) none of these x(t) shown in figure will contain
2. The trigonometric Fourier series of he signal x(t)
x(t) = cos2t + sin(t)
1
(a) contains cosine terms and zero value for the
dc component. t
–8 –4 –2 –1 0 1 2 4 8
(b) contains sine terms and zero value for the
dc components (a) non-zero dc component and odd harmonics
(c) contains both sine and cosine terms and posi- of cosine function
tive value for the dc components (b) zero dc component and even harmonics of
(d) does not exist cosine function.
(c) non-zero dc component and odd harmonics
3 . Which of the following signal will contain only
of sine function.
sine terms and nonzero values of dc component
(d) zero dc components and even harmonics of
in its trigonometric Forurier series representa-
sine function.
tion ?
5 . Which of the following signal dodes not contain
x ( t) sine terms in its trigonometric Fourier series rep-
1 resentation ?
x ( t)

t 1
(a) –7 –5 –3 –1 1 3 5 7

–2 2
–1 t
(a) 1
x(t)
–1
1

(b)
t
–4 –1 0 1 4
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x(t)
|ck|
1
(b)
t ½
–4 –  
(d) 1/4

n
–10 0 5 10
x ( t)

1
7 . A CT signal is as x(t) = t2, –  < t <  and x(t +
(c)
t
2) = x(t). the trigonometric Fourier series rep-
–4 –2 0 2 4 resentation of x(t) is given by
x ( t)

1 1 1
 
(a) 2  cos t  cos 2t  cos 3t  ... 
 2 4 
–2 –1 1 2 t
(d)
2  1 1 
(b)  4  cos t  cos 2t  cos 3t  ... 
–1 3  4 9 

6 . Consider a CT signal shown in the figure below 2 1 1 


(c)  sin t  sin 2t  sin 3t  ... 
 2 3 
x(t)
2  1 1 
5 (d)  4  cos t  cos 2t  cos3t  ... 
2  2 3 
..... .....
t 8 . For a signal x(t) = 5sin5t + 7cos6t + 3, the
–5 –1 1 5 non-zero coefficients of exponential Fourier se-
2 2
ries are
The exponential Fourier series spectrum of x(t) (a) c–6, c–5, c0, c5, c6 (b) c–3, c–1, c0, c1, c3
is (c) c–2, c–1, c0, c1, c2 (d) c–4, c–2, c0, c2, c4

1 9 . The complex Fourier coefficient cn of the full


wave rectified sine function shown in figure be-
low is
(a)
n x( t)
–10 –5 0 5 10

1
½ .... ....
t
–3 –2 –   
(b)
n 4 2
–10 0 10 (a) (b)

 1  4n 2
 
 1  4n 2 
1/3 4
2
(c) (d) 2 2
 1 n
 1n  2
 n 
(c)
n
–15 0 15 10. The exponential Fourier series coefficient of sig-
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x ( t) 1 3 .Consider a periodic signal x(t) whose Fourier


1
series coefficient is defined as below
.... ....
t
–3 –2 –    2, n 0

cn =   1  n
2 j j   , ot h er wise
(a) 2 2 cos n   1 (b)  2 
n  2 n
Which of the following is true ?
1 1 
(c) 2 2
 1n (d) 2 2 
n
1   1 

(a) x(t) is a real valued signal
2 n 2 n
(b) x(t) is an even signal
1 1 .Consider the following statements regarding the dx t 
Fourier series coefficient cn of a signal x(t) shown (c) is an even signal
dt
in figure
(d) Both (B) and (C)

x( t) 1 4 .A continuous time ideal low-pass filter has the


frequency response H(j) shown in figure below
1
H ( t)
.... ....
t
–4 –3 –2 –      1

.... ....
1. c–n = cn*
2. cn is purely real

3. The amplitude spectrum is even symmetric – 100 0 100
with respect of vertical axis.
When an input x(t) with fundamental period T
Which of the above statement is/are true ? = /4 and Fourier series coefficient cn is applied
to the system, the output y(t) is same as x(t). for
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
what value of n it is guarateed that cn = 0 ?
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3
(a) |n|> 8 (b) |n|> 4
1 2 .A continuous-time signal is shown is (c) |n|> 6 (d) |n|> 12

x( t) 1 5 .The trigonometric Fourier series for the peri-


odic signal shown below is
1
x ( t)
.... ....
t
–3 –2 –   
1
Consider the following statement regarding the .... ....
Fourier series coefficient cn of x(t)

t
1. c–n = cn* 
2. cn is purely real
3. cn is purely imaginary
–1
4. The magnitude spectrum of x(t) exhibits an
even symmetry with respect to vertical axis.
Which of the above statement is/are true ?
2 1 1 1 
(a)  cos t  cos 2t  cos 3t  cos 4t  .... 
(a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 4 only  2 3 4 
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2 1 1 1  A 2A  1 1 
(b)  sin t  sin 2t  sin 3t  sin 4t...  (b)   cos t  2 cos 2t  3 cos 3t ... 
 2 3 4  2   

2 1 1 1  A 2A  1 1 
(c)  sin t  cos t  sin 2t  cos 2t  sin 3t...  (c)  cos t  cos 3t  cos 5t ... 
 2 2 3  2   3 5 

A 2A  1 1 
2 1 1 1  (d)   sin t  cos t  sin 3t  cos 3t ... 
(d)  sin t  cos t  sin 3t  cos 3t  sin 5t  ...  2   3 3 
 3 3 5 
1 8 .The trigonometric Fourier series for the
1 6 .The trigonometric Fourier series for the peri-
periodic signal shown below is
odic signal shown below is
x( t)
x ( t)
2

A .... ....
1
.... .... t
0
–1

t

1 12  1 1 
(a)  2  cos t  cos 3 t  cos 5 t  ... 
2   9 25 
–A
12  1 1 
(b) 3  2 
cos t  cos 3 t  cos 5 t  ... 
  9 25 
A 4A  1 1 
(a)  sin t  sin 2t  sin 3t  ... 
2   2 3  (c)
1 12  1
 2  sin t  sin 3 t 
1 
sin 5 t  ... 
2   9 25 
A 4A  1 1 
(b)   cos t  cos 3t  cos 5t...  12  1 1 
2   3 5  (d) 3   sin t  9 sin 3 t  25 sin 5 t  ... 
2  
4A  1 1 
(c)
  sin t  3 sin 3t  5 sin 5t ...  1 9 .The Fourier series coefficient for the periodic
 
signal shown below is
4A  1 1  x(t)
(d)  cos t  cos 2t  cos 3t... 
  2 3 
A
.... ....
1 7 .The trigonometric Fourier series for the peri- t
– 2 0 4 2 4
odic signal shown below is 3 3

x ( t)  4 n 
A   j  3  
A   j  4 n  
(a) e 1  (b) j e  3  1 
A 2 n   2 n  
   
.... ....
 4 n    j  4 n 
 jA   j  3   A e  3   1 

t (c) 2n  e 1
 (d)  
– – 0  2 n
2 2    

A 2A  1 1  2 0 .The Fourier series coefficient for the periodic


(a)  sin t  sin 3t  sin 5t ...  signal shown below is
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x(t) cn

A 
.... .... ..... 4
t –4 4
0 1 n
–5 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 5
–A· –
4
A  n A  n
(a) 1   1   (b) 1   1   The fundamental frequency of signal is 0 = .
n    n   
the signal is
A  n  A  n 
(c) jn  1   1   (d) jn  1   1      
(a) 6 cos  2 t    3 cos  3 t  
 4  4
Common Data For Q. 21 to 25 :
   
In the question, the FS coefficients of time-do- (b) 4 cos  4 t    2 cos  3 t  
 4   4 
main signal have been given. Determine the cor-
responding time domain signal and choose cor-    
(c) 2 cos  2 t    2 cos  3 t  
rect option.  4  4

2 1 .The FS coefficient of time-domain signal x(t) is    


(d) 4 cos  4 t    2 cos  3 t  
 4  4
cn = j [n – 1] – j [n + 1] + [n + 3] + [n – 3]
2 4 .The Fs coefficient of time-domain signal x(t) is
The fundamental frequency of signal is 0 = 2.
shown below
The signal is

(a) 2(cos3t – sint) (b) –2(cos3t – sint) cn


(c) 2(cos6t – sin2t) (d) –2(cos6t – sin2t)
3
2 2 .The FS coefficnent of time-domain signal x(t) is
2

n ..... 1 .....
 1 
cn =  
 3  –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
n

The fundamental frequency of signal is 0 = 1.


The signal is The fundamental frequency of signal is 0 = .
The signal is
4 5
(a) (b) (a) 3cos3t + 2cos2t + cost
5  3 sin t 4  3 sin t
(b) 3sin3t + 2sin2t + sint
5 4 (c) 6sin3t + 4sin2t + 2sint
(c) (d) (d) 6cos3t + 4cos2t + 2cost
4  3 cost 5  3 cost
2 5 .The FS coefficient of time-domain signal x(t) is
2 3 .The FS coefficient of time-domain signal x(t) is
shown below
shown below

|cn|
|cn|

1
2
..... .....
..... 1 .....
n
n –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5

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cn The coefficient cn is
8
 
1 j2 1 j2
6 (a) cn = e (b) cn = e
2n  n
4

..... 2 ..... 2 j2 1
–5
(c) cn = e (d) cn =
1 2 3 4 5 n n
n
–4 –3 –2 –1 0
–2
Common Data For Q. 28 and 29 :

–4 Consider three continuous time periodic signals


whose Fourier series representation are as fol-
–6
lows :
–8
100 n 2
1   jn t

The fundamental frequency of sign is 0 = .


x1(t) =   3  e 50
n 0
The signal x(t) is
100 2
 jn t
sin 9 t sin 9 t x2(t) =  cos  n  e 50

(a) (b) n 100


sin t  sin t
100 2
sin 18 t  n    jn 50 t
(c)
2 sin t
(d) None of the above x3(t) =  j sin 
 2 
e
n   100

2 6 .A CT signal x ( t ) is given as x ( t ) = 2 8 .The even signals are



  m  2m  (a) x2(t) only (b) x2(t) and x3(t)
  t     t 
3 
 The exponential
3   (c) x3(t) and x1(t) (d) x1(t) only
m    
Fourier series coefficient cn of the function is 2 9 .The real valued signals are

(a) x1(t) and x2(t) (b) x2(t) and x3(t)


3  3 
(a) cn = cos  n  (c) x3(t) and x1(t) (d) x1(t) and x3(t)
2  2 
3 0 .A continuous-time periodic signal has a funda-
6 3  4 
(b) cn =  cos  n mental priod T = 8. The nonzero Fourier series
4 2  3  coefficients are as, c1 = c–1* = j, c5 = c–5 = 2. The
6 3  3  signal will be
(c) cn =  cos  n 
4 2  2 
   
6 3   (a) 4 cos  t   2 sin  4 t 
(d) cn =  cos  n  4   
4 2 2 
   
2 7 .The exponential Fourier series of a signal g(t) is (b) 2 cos  t   4 sin  4 t 
4   
shown below is given is
    
x(t) = 1+  c n e  jnw t 0 (c) 2 cos  t   2 sin  4 t 
n 
4   
(d) None of the above
x( t)

2
3 1 .Consider a periodic signal x(t) whose Fourier
.... .... series coefficients are
t
–2 0 2 4 6 8

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3 5 .The Fourier series coefficient of the signal y(t)


2, n 0 x(4t – 1) is

cn =   1  n
j   , ot h er wise 8 4
 2 (a) c (b) c
T n T n

1. x(t) is real.  8 
 jn   8 
 jn  
2. x(t) is even (c) e T 
cn (d) e T 
cn
dx t  3 6 .Suppose the periodic signal x(t) has fundamen-
3. is even
dt tal period T and Fourier coefficient cn, Let dn
be the Fourier coefficient of y(t) where y(t) =
The true statement are
dx(t)/dt. The Fourier coefficient cn will be
(a) 1 and 2 (b) only 2
Tdn Tdn
(c) only 1 (d) 1 and 3 (a) ,n  0 (b) ,n  0
j 2 n j n
Common Data For Q. 32 to 35 :
Td n Td n
Consider a continuous time periodic signal x(t) (c) ,n  0 (d) ,n  0
jn n
with fundamental period T and Fourier series
coefficients cn. Determine the Fourier series 3 7 .Suppose we have given following information
coefficient of the signal y(t) given in questions about a signal x(t) :
and choose correct options
1. x(t) is real and odd
3 2 .The Fourier series coefficient fo the signal y(t) 2. x(t) is periodic with T = 2
= x(t – t0) +x(t + t0) is
1 2 2
3.  x  t  dt = 1
 2   2  2 0
(a) 2 cos  n t 0  c n (b) 2 sin  n t 0  c n
T  T  4. Fourier coefficient cn = 0 for |n|> 1

(c) e t 0 c n  e t 0 c n (d) e t 0 c n  e t 0 c n The signal, that satisfy these condition, is

3 3 .The Fourier series coefficient of the even part of (a) 2 sin t and unique
x(t) i.e. y(t) = xe(t) is
(b) 2 sin t but not unque
(c) 2 sin t and unique
c n  c n c n  c *n
(a) (b) (d) 2 sin t but not unique
2 2

c n  c *n c n  c *n NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS


(c) (d)
2 2
1 . Consider a continuous-time LTI system whose
3 4 . The Fourier series coefficient of the signal y(t) frequency response is
d 2 x t 
= is  t sin 4 
dt 2 H(j) =  h t e dt 

2 2 The input of this system is a periodic signal is


 2 n   2 n 
(a)   cn (b)    cn
 T   T  2, 0 t  4
x(t) =  with period T = 8.
2 2  2, 4 t  8
 2 n   2 n 
(c) j   cn (d)  j   cn
 T   T  The output y(t) = _____________

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2 . Consider a continuous-time ideal low pass filter wave f (t) shown in the figure the only sine term
having the frequency response present in its trigonometric form of Fourier se-
ries is the fundamental.
1,   80 f( t)
H(j) = 
0,   80

t
When the input to this filter is a signal x(t) with –T –T 0 T T 3T 2T 5T
fundamental frequency 0 = 12 and Fourier se- 2 2 2 2

ries coefficient cn, it is found that Reason (R) : The odd part of f (t)is a pure
s sinusoid of the fundamental frequency.
x(t)  y(t) = x(t)
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
What is the largest value of |n|, for which cn is explanation of A
nonzero ? (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT a cor-
rect explanation of A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (c) A is true but R false
(d) A is false but R is true
1 . The Fourier transform of a periodic function f (t)
with period T0 = 2/0 is given by 4 . A periodic signal x(t) of period T0 is given by
 
(a)  c n    (b)  c n     n 0  1, t  T 1
n  n  
x(t) =  T0
  0, T 1  t 
 2
(c) 2   c n    (d) 2   c n     n 0 
n  n 
The dc component of x(t) is
2 . Match List-I (Properties) with List-II (Charac-
teristics of the trigonometric form) in regard to T1 T1
(a) T (b) 2T
Fourier series of periodic f (t) and select the 0 0

correct answer using the codes given below the


2T 1 T0
lists : (c) T (d) T
0 1
List-I
A. f (t) + f (– t) = 0 5 . The Fourier series expansion f ( t ) = a 0 +
B. f (t) – f (– t) = 0

C. f (t) + f (t – T/2) = 0
D. f (t) – f (t – T/2) = 0
 an cos nt + bn sinnt of the periodic signal
n 1
List-II
shown below will contain the following nonzero
1. Even harmonics can exist
terms
2. Odd harmonics can exist
3. The dc and consine terms can exist f( t)

4. Sine terms can exist


5.Cosine terms of even harmonics can exist

Codes : t
0
ABCD
(a) 4 5 3 1 (a) a0 and bn, n = 1,3,5...
(b) 3 4 1 2 (b) a0 and an, n = 1,2,3...
(c) 5 4 2 3 (c) a0 , bn and an , n = 1,2,3...
(d) 4 3 2 1 (d) a0 and an ,n = 1,3,5...

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Figure is (d) The real part of x(t) is even

f( t) 8 . A distorted sinsoid has the amplitudes A1, A2,


1 A3,.... of the fundamental seecond harmonic,
third harmonic,..... respectively. The total har-
–1 1 3 monic distortion is
0 2 t

–1
A 2  A 3  .... A 22  A 32  ....
(a) A1 (b)
A1
8  1 1 
(a)
2 sin  t   9 sin  3t   25 sin  5t   ..
 
A 22  A 32  ....  A 22  A 32  .... 
(c) (d)  
A 12  A 22  A 32  ....  A1 
8  1 1 
(b) 2
  sin  t   9 cos  3t   25 sin  5t   ..
 
9 . The rms value of the periodic waveform e(t),
8  1 1  shown in figure is
(c)
2  cos  t   9 cos  3t   25 cos  5t   ..
 
e(t)

8  1 1 
(d)
2  cos  t   9 sin  3t   25 cos  5t   .. +A
 
t
7 . The Fourier Series coefficients of a periodic sig-
–A
 j 2 t /T
nal x(t) expressed as x(t) =  k  a k e are
given by a2 = 2 – j1, a–1 = 0.5 + j 0.2, a0 = j 2, a1
= 0.5 – j 0.2, a2 = 2 + j1 and ak = 0 for |k|> 2 3 2
Which of the following is true ? (a) A (b) A
2 3
(a) x(t) has finite energy because only finitely
many coefficients are non-zero 1
(c) A (d) 2A
(b) x(t) has zero average value because it is pe- 3
riodic
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 
(c) x[n] =    n  5k  (d) Both (A) and (C)
k 
1 . The DTFS coefficients (ck) of the sequence
4 . The DTFS coefficient of a signal x[n] are shown
x[n] = {..., –1,2, 1 ,1,–1,0,–1,2,1,2,...} is given
 is the figure below.
by ck
1  k  1
(a) 1  4 cos  
4  3  .....
0 7
k
1  k   k  –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 8
(b) cos    cos  
3  6   3  1

2
1  k   2k  
(c) 1  4 cos    cos  
8  6   3  Signal x[n] would be

1  k   2k    2 n   2 n  1
(d) 1  4 cos    2 cos   (a) sin   (b) 2 sin  
6  3   3   7   7  2

2 . The discrete time Fourier series coefficient ck of  2 n  1  2 n 


(c) 2 cos   2 (d) 2 cos  
signal x[n] shown in figure is  7   7 

x [n ] 5 . The magnitude specturm of the signal x[n] =


1
..... 1  6 n  
2 cos    is
–4 1 6
k
 13 6
–6 –5 –3 –2 –1 0 2 3 4 5 7
–1
2 |ck|

1
2
1  2 k  1  2 k 
(a) 1  j sin    (b) 4 1  j sin  2  (a)
5  5     k
–3 0 3
|ck|
1  2 k  1  2 k 
(c) 1  cos   (d) 1  cos   1
3  5  5  5  2
(b)
3 . The discrete time Fourier series does not exist k
–6 0 6
for the signal

(a) x[n] = cos  2 n  (b) x[n] = cos[n/3]


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|ck|
 n   n 1 
x[n] = cos    sin   
1  9   7 2
2
(c)
8 . The non-zero FS coefficients are
k
–13 0 13
|ck| (a) c9, c117, c10, c116 (b) c14, c112, c18, c108
(c) c9, c117, c7, c119 (d) c28, c98, c36, c90
1
2 9 . The value of coefficient c18 is
(d)
k
–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 1 e j /2
(a) (b)
2 2j
6 . A signal x[n] is shown in the figure below
e  j /2 1
(c) (d) 
x[n ] 2j 2
1
..... ..... 

–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
n 1 0 .An input x[n] =    n  4 k  is applied to a
k  

LTI system with frequency response H(ej), the


The magnitude spectrum of x[n] is
|ck|
 5 n  
output is found to be y[n] = cos    . The
1  2 4
(a) ..... .....

k
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6  j
|ck| value of H  e 2  equal to
 
 
2
(b) ..... .....
j

–6 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
k (a) 0 (b) 2e 4
–5 –4 6


|ck| j
(c) 2e 4 (d) 2
1
2
(c) ..... ..... 1 1 .The discrete-time Fourier coefficients of
k
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6  6 
cos  n   is
|ck|  17 3

1
2  
(d) ..... ..... 1 j 3 1 j
(a) e  k  3   e 3  k  3 
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
k 2 2
 
7 . Discrete-time Fourier series expansion of x[n] 1 j 1 j
(b) e 3   k  3   e 3   k  3 
= cos[2.2n]cos[3.3n] will contain the harmon- 2 2
ics  
1 j 1 j
(a) 2nd, 13th, 22nd, 33th (b) 10th, 15th, 25th, 40th (c) e 3   k  1   e 3  k  1 
2 2
(c) 5th, 9th, 11th, 15th (d) 4th, 7th, 16th, 13th
 
1 j3 1 j
Common Data For Q. 8 and 9 : (d) e   k  1  e 3   k  1
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1 2 .The discrete-time Fourier coefficients of signal The discrete-time Fourier coefficient of above
 4   4  signal is
2sin  n   cos  n   1 is
 19   19 
j  k  j  k 
1 1 (a) sin   (b) sin  
(a)  j  k  2   j  k  2    k  5    k  5    k  4  2  4  2 
2 2
1 1
(b)  j   k  2   j   k  2     k  5   k  k  5   1 j  k  j  k 
2 2 (c) sin   (d) sin  
4  4  4  4 
1 1
(c)  j  k  2   j  k  2    k  5    k  5    k 
2 2
1 6 .A signal x[n] is depicted in figure below :
(d) None of the above
x[n ]
1 3 .The discrete-time Fourier coefficients of x[n] =
{...0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3,0,1,...} is 1
..... .....
3 * 1 1
(a) c 0  ,c1  c 3  1  j  ,c 2   6 8
k
2 2 2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10

3 1 1 The discrete-time coefficients of above signal is


(b) c 0  ,c1  c 3*   1  j  ,c 2  
2 2 2
 2 
1 1 3  k   j k  k 
* sin   e  5 
sin  
(c) c0  , c1  c3  1  j  , c2    2   2 
2 2 2 (a) (b)
(d) None of the above  k   k 
sin   10sin  
 10   10 
1 4 . Consider the following discrete time signal
 k 
 1 sin  
m  2 
x[n] =   1  ([n – 2m] +[n + 3m]) (c)
 k 
(d) None of the above
m 
10 sin  
 10 
The discrete-time Fourier coefficients of above
signal is 1 7 .A signal x[n] is depicted in figure below

1 x[n ]
(a) ([k – 6] + [k – 4] +[k + 6] +[k + 4])
3 1
..... .....
1
(b) ([k – 6] + [k – 4] –[k + 6] [k + 4]) k
3 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1   2k   k   k  
(c)  cos    cos    cos    1 The discrete-time Fourier coefficients of above
6  3   2   3  
signal is
1   2 k   k   k  
(d)  sin    sin    sin    1
6  3   2   3    11    11  
sin  k 1 sin  k 
 20   20 
1 5 .A signal x[n] is depicted in figure below (a) (b)
     
sin  k  10 sin  k 
x [n ]  20   20 
1
..... .....  5   5 
sin  k  1 sin  k 
–2 6
n  10   10 
–3 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 (c) (d)
     
sin  k  10 sin  k 
–1  10   10 

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1 8 .The DTFS coefficients of a signal x[n] is ck = 2 1 .The DTFS coefficient of s signal x[n] is as shown
below
 8 k 
cos   . The signal x[n] is |ck|
 21 
1
.....
.....
21 k
(a) [(n + 4) + (n – 4)], |n|  10 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2
ck
1 4
(b) [(n + 4) + (n – 4)], |n|  10 6
2
3
6
21 2
(c) [(n + 4) – (n – 4)], |n  10| 6
2 
6 .....
1 1 2 3 4
k
(d) [(n + 4) – (n – 4)], |n|  10 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 5 6 7 8
2 – 
6

1 9 .A discrete time periodic signal x[n] is given as – 2


6
– 3
6
 4

6
x[n] =  4  n  4m  8  n  1  4m
m 
The signal x[n] is
Fourier series coefficient ck of the signal is

j k
(a) ck = 1 + 2e 2 (b) ck = 4 + 8e–jk  3   3 
sin   n  1   sin   n  1  
 8   8 
 j

k (a) (b)
j k     
(c) ck = 1 + 2e 5 (d) ck = e 2
sin   n  1   sin   n  1  
 12   6 
2 0 .The DTFS coefficient of a signal x[n] is as shown
below
 3 
sin   n  1  
|ck |  4 
(c) (d) None of the above
  
1 sin   n  1  
.....  12 
k
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 2 .The DTFS coefficient of a signal x[n] is given
below
ck

2
.....  10    4 
3
ck = cos  k   2 j sin  19 k 
–5 –4 –2 –1
k
 19   
–3 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

 
2 19
(a) [(n +5) + (n – 5)] + 19[(n + 2) – (n
2
The signal x[n] is – 2)], |n| 9

 6  1
 6  (b) [(n +5) + (n – 5)] + [(n + 2) – (n –
(a) 2 cos  n   (b) 2 sin  n   2
 7 2  7 2
2)], |n| 9
 6   6 
9
(c) 2 cos  n   (d) 2 sin  n  
 7 2  7 2 (c) [(n +5) + (n – 5)] + 9[(n + 2)],|n| 9
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4. x [n ] has the minimum power per period
1
(d) [(n +5) + (n – 5)] + [(n + 2) – (n – among the set of signals satisfying the preceding
2
three condition.
2)], |n| 9
The sequence would be
Common Data For Q. 23 to 25 :
 1 1 1 1 1   
Consider a discrete-time periodic signal    1 1 1 1 1 
(a) ... , , , , ,...  (b) ... , , , , ,... 
 2 6 2 6 2   3 6 3 6 3 
1, 0  n  7
x[n] =  with period N = 10. Also
0, 8  n  9
y[n] = x[n] x[n – 1]
 1 1 1 
(c) ...0,1, , , ... 
  2 3 4 

(d) ...0,1,2,3,4,...


2 3 .The fundamental period of y[n] is 2 7 .Consider a signal x[n] with following facts
(a) 9 (b) 10
(c) 11 (d) None of the above 1. x[n] is real and even signal
2. c11 = 5
2 4 .The FS coefficients of y[n] are 3. The period of x[n] is N = 10
 8   8 
1  j k    j  k  1 9 2
(a) 1 e  5   (b) 1 1  e  5   4.  ck = 50
10   10   10 n 0
   
The signal x[n] is
 4 
1   j k 
 4 
1  j k 
5    5  
(c) 1 e 
(d) 1  e
10   10        
    (a) 5 cos  n  (b) 5 sin  n 
 10   10 
2 5 .The FS coefficients of x[n] are
   
(c) 10 cos  n  (d) 10 sin  n 
j  j 
 k  5  5 
 k 
(a)  e  10  cosec   d k , k  0
2  10  Common Data For Q. 28 to 32 :
 k  Consider a periodic signal x[n] with period N
j  j  10   k 
(b) e cosec   d k , k  0 and FS coefficients ck .
2  10 
2 8 .The FS coeffficients dk of the signal y[n] =
 k  x[n – n0] is
 j 
1  10   k 
(c)  e sec   d k ,
2  10 
 2   2 
j  n 0 k  j  n 0 k
N  N
 k 
(a) e ck (b) e  
ck
1  j  10   k  (c) kck (d) – kck
(d) e   sec   d k ,
2  10 
2 9 .The FS coefficients dk of the signal y[n] = x[n] –
2 6 .Consider a sequence x[n] with following facts : x[n – 2] is

1. x[n] is periodic with N = 6


 4   4 
(a) sin   c k (b) cos   c k
5 N  N 
2.  x n  = 0
n 0
  4     4 
j  k j k
7 1  e  N  ck 1  e  N  ck
n (c)   (d)  
3.   1  x[n] = 1    
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3 0 .The FS coefficients dk of the signal y[n] = x[n] + x [n ]

x[n + N/2] is, (assume that N is even) 2


..... .....
3 7 n
N  (c) –1 0 1 2 4 5 6
(a) 2c2k–1, for 0  k   1 
 2  –2

N
(b) 2c2k–1, for 0  k 
2
x[n ]

N 
.....
..... 2
(c) 2c2k, for 0  k   1  –5 –1 n
 2  (d) 0
–7 –6 –4 –3 –2 1

N –2
(d) 2c2k, for 0  k 
2
Common Data For Q. 35 to 38 :
3 1 .The FS coefficients dk of the signal y[n] = x[n] – Consider a discrete-time signal with Fourier rep-
x[n – N/2] is resentation.
(a) [1 – (– 1)k +1]c2k (b) [1 – (– 1)k ]ck DT FS
(c) [1 – (– 1)k +1]ck (d) [1 – (– 1)k ]c2k x[n]   ck, with fundamental frequency
0 = /10
3 2 .The FS coefficients dk of he signal y[n] = x*[– n]
is (assume that N is even) 3 5 .The DT signal corresponding dk = ck–5 + ck+5 is
(a) – c k* (b) – c–*k
(c) ck
*
(d) c–*k    
(a) 2sin  n  x[n] (b) 2cos  n  x[n]
5  5 
3 3 .The FS coefficients d k of the signal y [ n ] =
(– 1)nx[n] is    
(c) 2sin  n  x[n] (d) 2cos  n  x[n]
c N c N 2  2 
(a) k (b) k
2 2

c c  
(c) k
N
1 (d) k
N
1
3 6 .The DT signal corresponding to dk = cos  k  ck
2 2 5 
is
3 4 .For a discrete periodic signal x[n] with period N
= 8 and Fourier coefficients ck it is given that
1
(a) [x(n + 5) + x(n  5)]
1. ck = –ck –4 2
2. x[2n + 1] = (– 1)n
1
The signal x[n] is (b) [x(n + 2) + x(n – 2)]
2
x [n ]
1
2 (c) [x(n + 10) + x(n  10)]
.....
.....
2
1 5 n (d) None of the above
(a) –1 0 2 3 4 6 7

–2 3 7 .The DT signal corresponding to dk = ck * ck is


x[n]
2

2 (a)
 x n  (b) j 2(x[n])2
.....
..... 2
–7 –3
(b) n
–6 –5 –4 –2 –1
0
1
(c) (x[n])2 (d) 2(x[n])2
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3 8 .The DT signal corresponding to dk = Re{ck} is (c) [u(k + 5) – u(k + 6)], |k| 10
(d) [u(k + 5) – u(k – 6)], |k| 10
x  n   x  n  x n   x  n 
(a) (b)
2 2
4 0 . A real and odd periodic signal x[n] has funda-
x n   x  n  x  n   x  n  mental period N = 7 and FS coefficients ck.
(c) (d)
2 2 1
Given that c15 = j, c16 = 2j, c17 = 3j. Then (c +
j 0
3 9 .Consider a DT periodic signal x [ n ] =
c–1 + c–2 + c–3) = _______________
 11  
sin  n 4 1 .The average power of x(n) in terms of fourier
 20 
with a fundamental period N = 20. series coefficient ck is
  
sin  n 
 20   
2 1 2

The Fourier series coeffiecients of this function


(a)  ck (b)
N
 ck
k 0 k 0
are
N 1 N 1
1 2 2
(a)
1
[u(k + 5) – u(k – 6)], |k| 10 (c)
N
 ck (d)  ck
20 k 0 k 0

1
(b) [u(k + 5) – u(k – 5)], |k| 10
20

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SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION
AND SAMPLING
|Xs(j)|
9
2
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ..... .....

1 . Which of the following signal can be recovered


from its samples taken at 180 samples/sec ? 
–11 –10 –9 –1 0 1 9 10 11
(a) sinc(150t) (b) 2 sinc(200t)
(c) cos(200t) (d) sinc2(150t) The amplitude spectrum of original signal x(t)
will be
2 . A signal x(t) = 10cos(10t) is sampled at a rate
of 8 samples/sec. Which of the following corre- |X (j)|
sponding to spectrum of the sampled signal for
0.2
|| 30 ?
(a)
X s(j ) 
–1 0 1
 |X(j)|

(a)
2

–30 –10 0 10 30

Xs(j) (b)
 
–0.5 0 0.5
(b)

–26 –18 –10 –6 –2 0 2 6 10 18 26 |X(j)|

Xs(j) 1.26


(c)
(c)
 
–26 –18 –10 –6 0 6 10 18 26 –1 0 1
|X (j)|
X s(j )

0.63


(d) (d)

 –1 0 1
–30 –10 0 10 30

3 . The amplitude spectrum of the sampled signal 4 . For a signal x(t) , the Nyquist rate is 100 kHz.
of a signal x(t) is shown in figure below Match List-I (Signal) with List-II (Nyquist rate)
and choose the correct answer using the codes
given below
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS 91
List-I List-II
x( t) Sample at Ideal y( t)
Ts Reconstruction
dx t 
P. 1. 50 kHz
dt
Let sampling interval is
Q. x2(t) 2. 100 kHz
Ts = 0.01 sec
R. x(t) cos(300t) 3. 200 kHz
S. x(2t) 4. 400 kHz 8 . The frequency spectrum of sample signal is

Codes : |X s(j)|

PQRS
(a) 2 3 4 1 

(b) 1 4 2 3 (a) .... ....



(c) 3 2 1 4 –250 –200 –150 –50 0 50 150 200 250
(d) 1 2 4 3 |X s(j)|
(b)
5 . A signal x(t) = (1/t)sin3t + cos2t is sampled 200

with sampling interval Ts sec. What is the value 100


.... ....
of Ts such that no aliasing will take place ? 
–250 –200 –150 –100 –50 0 50 100 150 200 250

1 2 |X s(j)|
(a) Ts < sec (b) Ts < sec
2 3
1 
(c) Ts < sec (d) Ts < 1 sec (c) .... ....
3

–450 –400 –350 –50 0 50 350 400 450
6 . If a 100 Hz sinusoidal signal is sampled at the
rate of 140 Hz, 90 Hz and 30 Hz, then the aliased
|Xs(j)|
frequencies correspond to each sampling rate 

will be respectively 

(a) 180 Hz, 40 Hz, 50 Hz (d) .... ....

(b) 30 Hz, 60 Hz, 50 Hz –250 –200 –150 –50 0 50 150 200 250

(c) 40 Hz, 10 Hz, 70 Hz


(d) 60 Hz, 80 Hz, 10 Hz 9 . The discrete time signal x[n] is
7 . A signal x(t) having frequency component up to (a) 2 + cos(n) (b) 2 + cos(n)
20 kHz is sampled at a rate of 38 kHz and re-
   
constructed through an LPF with unity gain and (c) 2 + cos  n  (d) 2 + cos  n 
cutoff frequency of 25 KHz. Which of the follow- 2  4 
ing statement is true ? 1 0 .A signal x(t) = 2+cos(50t) is sampled with
(a) The signal can be reconstructed only for fre- sampling interval Ts = 0.025 sec and passed
quencies |f |< 18 kHz through an ideal low-pass filter whose frequency
(b) The signal can be reconstructed completely response is shown in the figure
(c) The signal can be reconstructed only for 18 H(j)
<|f |< 20 kHz
(d) none of these Ts

Common Data For Q. 8 and 9 :

The block diagram of sampling and reconstruc-



tion of a signal x(t) = 2 + cos(50t) is shown in –40 0 40
the figure below

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The spectrum of output signal will be


x( t) Filter y( t)
Ideal sampler
Y ( j ) fs = 100 Hz H(z) = 1 –0.5z –1


The output y[n] is
(a)

(a) 0.5cos[100n] (b) 1.5cos[100n]
–40 0 40 (c) cos[100n] (d) None of these

Y ( j ) 1 4 .Consider a simple signal processing system



shown in figure below.

 A/D A/D
(b) x( t) T1 T2 y( t)


–30 0 30
The sampling periods of the A/D and D/A con-
verters are T1 = 5 m sec. cna T2 = 1 m sec
Y ( j )
respectively. Input to the system is given as x(t)
 = 3cos 100t + 2sin250t then output y(t) is
 (a) 3cos(250t) + 2sin(375t)
(c) (b) 3cos(500t)  2sin(750t)
 (c) 3cos(250t)  2sin(375t)
–40 –30 0 30 40
(d) 3cos(500t) + 2sin(750t)
(d) zero
1 1 .The signal x(t) = cos(200t) + 3cos(180t) is NUMERIC ANSWER QUESTIONS
ideally sampled at a frequency of 150 Hz and
passed through a unit gan Low-pass filter with a 1 . The Fourier transform of a signal x(t) is shown
cutoff frequency of 110 Hz. What frequency com- in the figure below. The sampling frequency for
ponents will be present in the output of LPF ? which the signal x(t) can be recovered form its
(a) 50 Hz, 90 Hz, 100 Hz sampled signal is ____________ Hz.
(b) 80 Hz, 90 Hz, 100 Hz |X (j)|
(c) 90 Hz, 100 Hz, 110 Hz
(d) 50 Hz, 60 Hz, 90 Hz, 100 Hz 1

1 2 .A signal x(t) = 2cos(400t) + 6cos(640t) is


deally sampled with a sampling frequency fs =
500 Hz. If the sampled signal is passed through 
–150 0 150
an LPF with unity gain and cut-off frequency of
400 Hz, then frequency components appeared
at the output is 2 . What is Nyquist sampling rate (in Hertz) of sig-
(a) 200 Hz, 320 Hz nal x(t) = sinc2(200t) ?
(b) 60 Hz, 80 Hz, 180 Hz, 200 Hz 3 . The Nyquist sampling rate for the signal x(t) =
(c) 180 Hz, 200 Hz, 300 Hz, 320 Hz sinc(100t) + 2sinc2(150t) is ________ Hz.
(d) 90 Hz, 150 Hz, 160 Hz
4 . What is the ratio of Nyquist sampling rate of
1 3 .Consider a signal processing system shown in sinc 2(100 t ) to the sampling rate of
figure. An input x(t) = cos(100t) is applied to 0.5 sinc2(100t)?
the input with and sampled at a rate of 100 Hz
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sinc2(100t) equal to _______ msec. What is Nyquist sampling rate (in kHz) for sig-
nal x2(t) ?
6 . The Nyquist rate of the signal x ( t ) = 2 +
6cos(100t) + 4sin(200t) equals to ________ 1 1 .Two signal x1(t) and x2(t) are given as
Hz.
x1(t) = 6sinc(100t) cos(200t)
7 . What is the minimum allowable sampling fre- x2(t) = 10sinc2(100t)
quency (in Hertz) for a signal x ( t ) =
If Nyquist sampling rate for x1(t) and x2(t) are
10cos(180t) cos2(1800t) ?
N1 and N2 respectively, the ratio N1/N2 is ____
8 . What is the Nyquist sampling frequency (in rad/
1 2 .A signal g(t) shown below is passed through an
sec) of the signal x(t) whose amplitude spec-
ideal low-pass filter with a cut-off frequency of
trum is shown in the figure below ?
4 kHz. The filter output is to be sampled. What
|X (j)| willl be the smallest sampling frequency in kHz
?
2
g(t)

1

–3 –2 0 2 3

9 . Consider a signal with amplitude spectrum t


0 0.5 1
X(j) shown in figure below
|X (j)| –1

1 3 .Consider a band-pass signal xc(t) is shown be-


low. The minimum sampling rate required for
this signal to prevent loss of informantion is
_____kHz.
(rad/sec)
–1 0 1 xc(t)

The Nyquist frequency for the signal g(t) =


x(t) cos(10t) will be equal to ______ rad/sec.
1 0 .A signal x(t) has the following Fourier spectra
f(kHz)
X (j ) –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6


(rad/sec)
–400 0 400

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