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GATE EC Topic wise Questions Signals & Systems

2011 Question. 1

ONE MARK

The differential equation 100 d y 20 dy + y = x (t) describes a system dt dt with an input x (t) and an output y (t). The system, which is initially relaxed, is excited by a unit step input. The output y ^ t h can be represented by the waveform
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Question. 2

The trigonometric Fourier series of an even function does not have

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Question. 3

(B) cosine terms (D) odd harmonic terms

A system is defined by its impulse response h (n) = 2n u (n 2). The system is (A) stable and causal (B) causal but not stable (C) stable but not causal
Question. 4

(D) unstable and non-causal

If the unit step response of a network is (1 e t), then its unit impulse response is (A) e t (B) 1 e t (C) (1 1) e t
2011 Question. 5

(D) (1 ) e t
TWO MARKS

An input x (t) = exp ( 2t) u (t) + (t 6) is applied to an LTI system with impulse response h (t) = u (t) . The output is (A) [1 exp ( 2t)] u (t) + u (t + 6) (B) [1 exp ( 2t)] u (t) + u (t 6) (C) 0.5 [1 exp ( 2t)] u (t) + u (t + 6) (D) 0.5 [1 exp ( 2t)] u (t) + u (t 6)
Question. 6

Two systems H1 (Z ) and H2 (Z ) are connected in cascade as shown below. The overall output y (n) is the same as the input x (n) with a one unit delay. The transfer function of the second system H2 (Z ) is

(A)
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1 0.6z1 1 z (1 0.4z1)

(B)

z1 (1 0.6z1) (1 0.4z1)

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(C)

z1 (1 0.4z1) (1 0.6z1)

(D)

1 0.4 z1 z (1 0.6z1)
1

Question. 7

The first six points of the 8-point DFT of a real valued sequence are 5, 1 j 3, 0, 3 j 4, 0 and 3 + j 4 . The last two points of the DFT are respectively (B) 0, 1 + j 3 (A) 0, 1 j 3 (C) 1 + j3, 5
2010 Question. 8

(D) 1 j 3, 5
ONE MARK

The trigonometric Fourier series for the waveform f (t) shown below contains

(A) only cosine terms and zero values for the dc components (B) only cosine terms and a positive value for the dc components (C) only cosine terms and a negative value for the dc components (D) only sine terms and a negative value for the dc components
Question. 9

Consider the z -transform x (z) = 5z2 + 4z1 + 3; 0 < z < 3. The inverse z - transform x [n] is (A) 5 [n + 2] + 3 [n] + 4 [n 1] (B) 5 [n 2] + 3 [n] + 4 [n + 1] (C) 5u [n + 2] + 3u [n] + 4u [n 1]
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www.gatehelp.com (D) 5u [n 2] + 3u [n] + 4u [n + 1]

Question. 10

Two discrete time system with impulse response h1 [n] = [n 1] and h2 [n] = [n 2] are connected in cascade. The overall impulse response of the cascaded system is (A) [n 1] + [n 2] (B) [n 4] (C) [n 3]
Question. 11

(D) [n 1] [n 2]

For a N -point FET algorithm N = 2m which one of the following statements is TRUE ? (A) It is not possible to construct a signal flow graph with both input and output in normal order (B) The number of butterflies in the m th stage in N/m (C) In-place computation requires storage of only 2N data (D) Computation of a butterfly requires only one complex multiplication.

2010 Question. 12

TWO MARKS

3s + 1 Given f (t) = L1 ; 3 . If lim f (t) = 1, then the value t"3 s + 4s2 + (k 3) s E of k is (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3
Question. 13

(D) 4

A continuous time LTI system is described by dx (t) d 2 y (t) dy (t) + 4x (t) +4 + 3y (t) = 2 2 dt dt dt Assuming zero initial conditions, the response y (t) of the above system for the input x (t) = e2t u (t) is given by (A) (et e3t) u (t) (B) (et e3t) u (t) (C) (et + e3t) u (t)
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(D) (et + e3t) u (t)

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Question. 14

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The transfer function of a discrete time LTI system is given by 2 3 z1 4 H (z) = 3 z1 + 1 z2 1 8 4 Consider the following statements: S1: The system is stable and causal for ROC: z > 1/2 S2: The system is stable but not causal for ROC: z < 1/4 S3: The system is neither stable nor causal for ROC: 1/4 < z < 1/2 Which one of the following statements is valid ? (A) Both S1 and S2 are true (B) Both S2 and S3 are true (C) Both S1 and S3 are true (D) S1, S2 and S3 are all true

2009 Question. 15

ONE MARK

The Fourier series of a real periodic function has only (P) cosine terms if it is even (Q) sine terms if it is even (R) cosine terms if it is odd (S) sine terms if it is odd Which of the above statements are correct ? (A) P and S (B) P and R (C) Q and S
Question. 16

(D) Q and R

A function is given by f (t) = sin2 t + cos 2t . Which of the following is true ? (A) f has frequency components at 0 and 1 Hz 2 (B) f has frequency components at 0 and 1 Hz (C) f has frequency components at 1 and 1 Hz 2 (D) f has frequency components at 0.1 and 1 Hz 2
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Question. 17

The ROC of z -transform of the discrete time sequence n n x (n) = b 1 l u (n) b 1 l u ( n 1) is 3 2 (A) 1 < z < 1 3 2 (C) z < 1 3
2009 Question. 18

(B) z > 1 2 (D) 2 < z < 3

TWO MARKS

Given that F (s) is the one-side Laplace transform of f (t), the Laplace transform of

# f () d is 0
t

(A) sF (s) f (0) (C)

(B) 1 F (s) s (D) 1 [F (s) f (0)] s

# 0

F () d

Question. 19

A system with transfer function H (z) has impulse response h (.) defined as h (2) = 1, h (3) = 1 and h (k) = 0 otherwise. Consider the following statements. S1 : H (z) is a low-pass filter. S2 : H (z) is an FIR filter. Which of the following is correct? (A) Only S2 is true (B) Both S1 and S2 are false (C) Both S1 and S2 are true, and S2 is a reason for S1 (D) Both S1 and S2 are true, but S2 is not a reason for S1
Question. 20

Consider a system whose input x and output y are related by the equation y (t) =
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# x (t ) g (2) d where h (t) is shown in the graph.

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Which of the following four properties are possessed by the system ? BIBO : Bounded input gives a bounded output. Causal : The system is causal, LP : The system is low pass. LTI : The system is linear and time-invariant. (A) Causal, LP (B) BIBO, LTI (C) BIBO, Causal, LTI
Question. 21

(D) LP, LTI

The 4-point Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of a discrete time sequence {1,0,2,3} is (A) [0, 2 + 2j , 2, 2 2j ] (B) [2, 2 + 2j , 6, 2 2j ] (C) [6, 1 3j , 2, 1 + 3j ]
Question. 22
s + An LTI system having transfer function s + 2s 1 1 and input + x (t) = sin (t + 1) is in steady state. The output is sampled at a rate s rad/s to obtain the final output {x (k)}. Which of the following is true ? (A) y (.) is zero for all sampling frequencies s
2 2

(D) [6, 1 + 3j , 0, 1 3j ]

(B) y (.) is nonzero for all sampling frequencies s (C) y (.) is nonzero for s > 2 , but zero for s < 2 (D) y (.) is zero for s > 2 , but nonzero for 2 < 2
2008 Question. 23 ONE MARK

The input and output of a continuous time system are respectively denoted by x (t) and y (t). Which of the following descriptions corresponds to a causal system ?
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www.gatehelp.com (A) y (t) = x (t 2) + x (t + 4) (C) y (t) = (t + 4) x (t 1)

Question. 24

(B) y (t) = (t 4) x (t + 1) (D) y (t) = (t + 5) x (t + 5)

The impulse response h (t) of a linear time invariant continuous time system is described by h (t) = exp (t) u (t) + exp (t) u ( t) where u ( t) denotes the unit step function, and and are real constants. This system is stable if (A) is positive and is positive (B) is negative and is negative (C) is negative and is negative (D) is negative and is positive

2008

TWO MARKS

Question. 25

A linear, time - invariant, causal continuous time system has a rational transfer function with simple poles at s = 2 and s = 4 and one simple zero at s = 1. A unit step u (t) is applied at the input of the system. At steady state, the output has constant value of 1. The impulse response of this system is (A) [exp ( 2t) + exp ( 4t)] u (t) (B) [ 4 exp ( 2t) 12 exp ( 4t) exp ( t)] u (t) (C) [ 4 exp ( 2t) + 12 exp ( 4t)] u (t) (D) [ 0.5 exp ( 2t) + 1.5 exp ( 4t)] u (t)
Question. 26

The signal x (t) is described by 1 for 1 # t # + 1 x (t) = ) 0 otherwise Two of the angular frequencies at which its Fourier transform becomes zero are (B) 0.5, 1.5 (A) , 2 (C) 0,
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Question. 27

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A discrete time linear shift - invariant system has an impulse response h [n] with h [0] = 1, h [1] = 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 samples in the output sequence y [n], and the value of y [2] are respectively (A) 5, 2 (C) 6, 1
Question. 28

(B) 6, 2 (D) 5, 3

Let x (t) be the input and y (t) be the output of a continuous time system. Match the system properties P1, P2 and P3 with system relations R1, R2, R3, R4 Properties P1 : Linear but NOT time - invariant P2 : Time - invariant but NOT linear P3 : Linear and time - invariant Relations R1 : y (t) = t2 x (t) R2 : y (t) = t x (t) R3 : y (t) = x (t) R4 : y (t) = x (t 5) (A) (P1, R1), (P2, R3), (P3, R4) (B) (P1, R2), (P2, R3), (P3, R4) (C) (P1, R3), (P2, R1), (P3, R2) (D) (P1, R1), (P2, R2), (P3, R3)
Question. 29

{x (n)} is a real - valued periodic sequence with a period N . x (n) and X (k) form N-point Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) pairs. The N1 DFT Y (k) of the sequence y (n) = 1 / x (r) x (n + r) is N r=0 (A) X (k) 2
N1 (C) 1 / X (r) X (k + r) N r=0 N1 (B) 1 / X (r) X (k + r) N r=0

(D) 0
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Statement for Linked Answer Question 30 & 31:

In the following network, the switch is closed at t = 0 and the sampling starts from t = 0 . The sampling frequency is 10 Hz.

Question. 30

The samples x (n), n = (0, 1, 2, ...) are given by (A) 5 (1 e0.05n) (C) 5 (1 e5n)
Question. 31

(B) 5e0.05n (D) 5e5n

The expression and the region of convergence of the z transform of the sampled signal are 5z , z < e0.05 (B) (A) 5z 5 , z < e5 z e0.05 ze (C) 5z , z > e0.05 z e0.05 (D) 5z , z > e5 z e5

Statement for Linked Answer Question 32 & 33:

The impulse response h (t) of linear time - invariant continuous time system is given by h (t) = exp ( 2t) u (t), where u (t) denotes the unit step function.
Question. 32

The frequency response H () of this system in terms of angular frequency , is given by H () 1 (A) (B) sin 1 + j2 (C)
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(D)

j 2 + j

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Question. 33

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The output of this system, to the sinusoidal input x (t) = 2 cos 2t for all time t , is (A) 0 (B) 20.25 cos (2t 0.125) (C) 20.5 cos (2t 0.125)
2007 Question. 34

(D) 20.5 cos (2t 0.25)

ONE MARK

1 If the Laplace transform of a signal Y (s) = , then its final s (s 1) value is (A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1
2007 Question. 35

(D) Unbounded
TWO MARKS

The 3-dB bandwidth of the low-pass signal et u (t), where u (t) is the unit step function, is given by (A) 1 Hz (B) 1 2 1 Hz 2 2 (C) 3
Question. 36

(D) 1 Hz

A 5-point sequence x [n] is given as x [ 3] = 1, x [ 2] = 1, x [ 1] = 0, x [0] = 5 and x [1] = 1. Let X (ei) denoted the discrete-time Fourier transform of x [n]. The value of (A) 5 (C) 16
Question. 37
0 The z transform X (z) of a sequence x [n] is given by X [z] = 1 .25z . It is given that the region of convergence of X (z) includes the unit circle. The value of x [0] is (B) 0 (A) 0.5
1

X (e j) d is

(B) 10 (D) 5 + j10

(C) 0.25

(D) 05
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Question. 38

A Hilbert transformer is a (A) non-linear system (C) time-varying system

Question. 39

(B) non-causal system (D) low-pass system

The frequency response of a linear, time-invariant system is given by H (f) =

5 1 + j10f

. The step response of the system is (B) 5 61 e 5@ u (t)

t t (D) 1 ^1 e 5 h u (t) 5

(A) 5 (1 e5t) u (t) (C) 1 (1 e5t) u (t) 2

2006

ONE MARK

Question. 40

Let x (t) * X (j) be Fourier Transform pair. The Fourier Transform of the signal x (5t 3) in terms of X (j) is given as
j3 j (A) 1 e 5 X b l 5 5 j3 j (B) 1 e 5 X b l 5 5

j (C) 1 ej3 X b l 5 5

j (D) 1 e j3 X b l 5 5

Question. 41

The Dirac delta function (t) is defined as 1 (A) (t) = ) 0 3 (B) (t) = ) 0 t=0 otherwise t=0 otherwise

1 t=0 (C) (t) = ) and 0 otherwise 3 t=0 (D) (t) = ) and 0 otherwise
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# (t) dt = 1
3 3

# (t) dt = 1
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Question. 42

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If the region of convergence of x1 [n] + x2 [n] is 1 < z < 2 then the 3 3 region of convergence of x1 [n] x2 [n] includes (B) 2 < z < 3 (A) 1 < z < 3 3 3 (C) 3 < z < 3 2 (D) 1 < z < 2 3 3

Question. 43

In the system shown below, x (t) = (sin t) u (t) In steady-state, the response y (t) will be

(A)

1 sin t ` 4j 2

(B)

1 sin t + ` 4j 2

(C) 1 et sin t 2
2006 Question. 44

(D) sin t cos t

TWO MARKS

Consider the function f (t) having Laplace transform F (s) = 2 0 2 Re [s] > 0 s + 0 The final value of f (t) would be (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 # f (3) # 1
Question. 45

(D) 3

A system with input x [n] and output y [n] is given as y [n] = (sin 5 n) x [n] 6 . The system is (A) linear, stable and invertible (B) non-linear, stable and non-invertible (C) linear, stable and non-invertible (D) linear, unstable and invertible
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Question. 46

The unit step response of a system starting from rest is given by c (t) = 1 e2t for t $ 0 . The transfer function of the system is 1 (B) 2 (A) 1 + 2s 2+s (C) 1 2+s (D) 2s 1 + 2s

Question. 47

The unit impulse response of a system is f (t) = et, t $ 0 . For this system the steady-state value of the output for unit step input is equal to (A) 1 (C) 1 (B) 0 (D) 3

2005 Question. 48

ONE MARK

Choose the function f (t); 3 < t < 3 for which a Fourier series cannot be defined. (A) 3 sin (25t) (C) exp ( t ) sin (25t)
Question. 49

(B) 4 cos (20t + 3) + 2 sin (710t) (D) 1

The function x (t) is shown in the figure. Even and odd parts of a unit step function u (t) are respectively,

(A) 1 , 1 x (t) 2 2 (C) 1 , 1 x (t) 2 2

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Question. 50

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The region of convergence of z transform of the sequence 5 n 6 n b 6 l u (n) b 5 l u ( n 1) must be (A) z < 5 6 (C) 5 < z < 6 6 5 (B) z > 5 6 (D) 6 < z < 3 5

Question. 51

Which of the following can be impulse response of a causal system ?

Question. 52

Let x (n) = ( 1 ) n u (n), y (n) = x2 (n) and Y (e j) be the Fourier transform 2 of y (n) then Y (e j0) (A) 1 4 (C) 4 (B) 2 (D) 4 3

Question. 53

The power in the signal s (t) = 8 cos (20 ) + 4 sin (15t) is 2 (A) 40 (C) 42 (B) 41 (D) 82
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2005 Question. 54 TWO MARKS

The output y (t) of a linear time invariant system is related to its input x (t) by the following equations y (t)= 0.5x (t td + T) + x (t td ) + 0.5x (t td + T) The filter transfer function H () of such a system is given by (A) (1 + cos T) ejt (B) (1 + 0.5 cos T) ejt
d d

(C) (1 cos T) ejt

Question. 55

(D) (1 0.5 cos T) ejt

Match the following and choose the correct combination. Group 1 E. Continuous and aperiodic signal F. Continuous and periodic signal G. Discrete and aperiodic signal H. Discrete and periodic signal 1. 2. 3. 4. Group 2 Fourier representation Fourier representation Fourier representation Fourier representation is is is is continuous and aperiodic discrete and aperiodic continuous and periodic discrete and periodic

(A) E 3, F 2, G 4, H 1 (B) E 1, F 3, G 2, H 4 (C) E 1, F 2, G 3, H 4 (D) E 2, F 1, G 4, H 3

Question. 56

A signal x (n) = sin (0 n + ) is the input to a linear time- invariant system having a frequency response H (e j). If the output of the system Ax (n n0) then the most general form of +H (e j) will be (A) n0 0 + for any arbitrary real (B) n0 0 + 2k for any arbitrary integer k (C) n0 0 + 2k for any arbitrary integer k (D) n0 0
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Statement of linked answer question 57 & 58 :

A sequence x (n) has non-zero values as shown in the figure.

Question. 57

The sequence y (n) = * 0,

x ( n 1), 2

For n even will be For n odd

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Question. 58

The Fourier transform of y (2n) will be (A) ej2 [cos 4 + 2 cos 2 + 2] (C) ej [cos 2 + 2 cos + 2]
Question. 59

(B) cos 2 + 2 cos + 2 (D) ej2 [cos 2 + 2 cos + 2]

For a signal x (t) the Fourier transform is X (f). Then the inverse Fourier transform of X (3f + 2) is given by (A) 1 x` t j e j3t 2 2 (C) 3x (3t) ej4t
j4t (B) 1 x` t j e - 3 3 3

(D) x (3t + 2)

2004

ONE MARK

Question. 60

The impulse response h [n] of a linear time-invariant system is given by h [n] = u [n + 3] + u [n 2) 2n [n 7] where u [n] is the unit step sequence. The above system is (A) stable but not causal (C) causal but unstable
Question. 61

(B) stable and causal (D) unstable and not causal

The z -transform of a system is H (z) = (A) (0.2) n u [n] (C) (0.2) n u [n]
Question. 62

z z 0.2

. If the ROC is z < 0.2 ,

then the impulse response of the system is (B) (0.2) n u [ n 1] (D) (0.2) n u [ n 1]

The Fourier transform of a conjugate symmetric function is always (A) imaginary (C) real
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Consider the sequence x [n] = [ 4 j51 + j25]. The conjugate antisymmetric part of the sequence is (A) [ 4 j2.5, j2, 4 j2.5] (C) [ j2.5, j2, 0]
Question. 64

(B) [ j2.5, 1, j2.5] (D) [ 4, 1, 4]

A causal LTI system is described by the difference equation 2y [n] = y [n 2] 2x [n] + x [n 1] The system is stable only if (A) = 2 , < 2 (B) > 2, > 2 (C) < 2 , any value of
Question. 65

(D) < 2 , any value of

The impulse response h [n] of a linear time invariant system is given as h [ n] = * 4 2 0 2 2 n = 1, 1 n = 2, 2 otherwise

If the input to the above system is the sequence e jn/4 , then the output is (A) 4 2 e jn/4 (B) 4 2 ejn/4 (C) 4e jn/4
Question. 66

(D) 4e jn/4

Let x (t) and y (t) with Fourier transforms F (f) and Y (f) respectively be related as shown in Fig. Then Y (f) is

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2003 Question. 67

(B) 1 X (f/2) e j2f 2 (D) X (f/2) ej2f

ONE MARK

The Laplace transform of i (t) is given by 2 I (s) = s (1 + s) At t " 3, The value of i (t) tends to (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2
Question. 68

(D) 3

The Fourier series expansion of a real periodic signal with fundamental frequency f0 is given by gp (t) = cn e j2f t . It is given that c3 = 3 + j5 n =- 3 . Then c3 is (B) 3 j5 (A) 5 + j3

(C) 5 + j3
Question. 69

(D) 3 j5

Let x (t) be the input to a linear, time-invariant system. The required output is 4 (t 2). The transfer function of the system should be (B) 2ej8f (A) 4e j4f (C) 4ej4f
Question. 70

(D) 2e j8f

A sequence x (n) with the z transform X (z) = z 4 + z2 2z + 2 3z4 is applied as an input to a linear, time-invariant system with the impulse response h (n) = 2 (n 3) where 1, n = 0 (n) = ) 0, otherwise The output at n = 4 is (A) 6 (B) zero (C) 2
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Let P be linearity, Q be time-invariance, R be causality and S be stability. A discrete time system has the input-output relationship, x (n) n$1 y (n) = *0, n=0 x (n + 1) n # 1 where x (n) is the input and y (n) is the output. The above system has the properties (A) P, S but not Q, R (B) P, Q, S but not R (C) P, Q, R, S (D) Q, R, S but not P

Common data for Question 72 & 73 :

The system under consideration is an RC low-pass filter (RC-LPF) with R = 1 k and C = 1.0 F.
Question. 72

Let H (f) denote the frequency response of the RC-LPF. Let f1 be the H (f1) highest frequency such that 0 # f # f1 $ 0.95 . Then f1 (in Hz) H (0) is (A) 324.8 (B) 163.9 (C) 52.2
Question. 73

(D) 104.4

Let tg (f) be the group delay function of the given RC-LPF and f2 = 100 Hz. Then tg (f2) in ms, is (A) 0.717 (B) 7.17 (C) 71.7
2002 Question. 74

(D) 4.505
ONE MARK

Convolution of x (t + 5) with impulse function (t 7) is equal to (A) x (t 12) (B) x (t + 12) (C) x (t 2) (D) x (t + 2)
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Question. 75

Which of the following cannot be the Fourier series expansion of a periodic signal? (B) x (t) = 2 cos t + 7 cos t (A) x (t) = 2 cos t + 3 cos 3t (C) x (t) = cos t + 0.5
Question. 76

(D) x (t) = 2 cos 1.5t + sin 3.5t

1 The Fourier transform F {e1 u (t)} is equal to . Therefore, 1 + j2f 1 is F' 1 + j 2 t 1 (A) e f u (f) (C) e f u ( f)
Question. 77

(B) ef u (f) (D) ef u ( f)

A linear phase channel with phase delay Tp and group delay Tg must have (A) Tp = Tg = constant (B) Tp \ f and Tg \ f (C) Tp = constant and Tg \ f ( f denote frequency) (D) Tp \ f and Tp = constant
2002 Question. 78 TWO MARKS

The Laplace transform of continuous - time signal x (t) is X (s) = . If the Fourier transform of this signal exists, the x (t) is (B) e2t u ( t) + 2et u (t) (A) e2t u (t) 2et u (t) (C) e2t u ( t) 2et u (t)
Question. 79

5s s2 s 2

(D) e2t u ( t) 2et u (t)

If the impulse response of discrete - time system is h [n] = 5n u [ n 1], then the system function H (z) is equal to (A) z and the system is stable z5
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(C) z and the system is unstable z5 (D) z and the system is unstable z5
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2001

Question. 80

The transfer function of a system is given by H (s) = impulse response of the system is (A) (t2 * e2t) u (t) (C) (te2 t) u (t)
Question. 81

1 . The s2 (s 2)

(B) (t * e2t) u (t) (D) (te2t) u (t)

The region of convergence of the z transform of a unit step function is (A) z > 1 (C) (Real part of z ) > 0
Question. 82

(B) z < 1 (D) (Real part of z ) < 0

Let (t) denote the delta function. The value of the integral 3 (t) cos b 3t l dt is 2 3

(A) 1 (C) 0
Question. 83

(B) 1 (D)
2

If a signal f (t) has energy E , the energy of the signal f (2t) is equal to (A) 1 (C) 2E (B) E/2 (D) 4E
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Question. 84

The impulse response functions of four linear systems S1, S2, S3, S4 are given respectively by h1 (t) = 1, h2 (t) = u (t), h3 (t) = u (t) and t+1

h 4 (t) = e3t u (t) where u (t) is the unit step function. Which of these systems is time invariant, causal, and stable? (A) S1 (C) S3 (B) S2 (D) S4

2000

ONE MARK

Question. 85

s2 + 1 Given that L [f (t)] = s2+ 2 , L [g (t)] = and (s + 3) (s + 2) s +1 h (t) =

# f () g (t ) d . 0
t

L [h (t)] is
2 (A) s + 1 s+3

(B)

1 s+3

(C)

s2 + 1 + s+2 (s + 3)( s + 2) s2 + 1

(D) None of the above

Question. 86

The Fourier Transform of the signal x (t) = e3t is of the following form, where A and B are constants :
2

(A) AeB f (C) A + B f

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(B) AeBf

(D) AeBf

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Question. 87

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A system with an input x (t) and output y (t) is described by the relations : y (t) = tx (t). This system is (A) linear and time - invariant (B) linear and time varying (C) non - linear and time - invariant (D) non - linear and time - varying
Question. 88

A linear time invariant system has an impulse response e2t, t > 0 . If the initial conditions are zero and the input is e3t , the output for t > 0 is (A) e3t e2t (C) e3t + e2t
2000 Question. 89

(B) e5t (D) None of these

TWO MARKS

One period (0, T) each of two periodic waveforms W1 and W2 are shown in the figure. The magnitudes of the nth Fourier series coefficients of W1 and W2 , for n $ 1, n odd, are respectively proportional to

(A) n3 and n2 (C) n1 and n2

Question. 90

(B) n2 and n3 (D) n4 and n2

Let u (t) be the step function. Which of the waveforms in the figure corresponds to the convolution of u (t) u (t 1) with u (t) u (t 2) ?
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Question. 91

A system has a phase response given by (), where is the angular frequency. The phase delay and group delay at = 0 are respectively given by d () (0) d2 (0) (B) (o), (A) , d = 0 d2 = d () (C) o , (D) o (o), () (o) d () = 3
0 o

1999 Question. 92

ONE MARK

The z -transform F (z) of the function f (nT) = anT is (A) z T (B) z T za z+a (C) z z aT (D) z z + aT

Question. 93

If [f (t)] = F (s), then [f (t T)] is equal to (A) esT F (s) (B) esT F (s) F (s) F (s) (C) (D) sT 1e 1 esT
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Question. 94

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A signal x (t) has a Fourier transform X (). If x (t) is a real and odd function of t , then X () is (A) a real and even function of (B) a imaginary and odd function of (C) an imaginary and even function of (D) a real and odd function of

1999 Question. 95

TWO MARKS

The Fourier series representation of an impulse train denoted by s (t) =

n = 3

/ d (t nT0) is given by
3 jnt (B) 1 / exp T0 n = 3 T0 3 j2nt (D) 1 / exp T0 n = 3 T0

3 j2nt (A) 1 / exp T0 n = 3 T0 3 jnt (C) 1 / exp T0 n = 3 T0

Question. 96

The z -transform of a signal is given by C (z) = Its final value is (A) 1/4 (C) 1.0 (B) zero (D) infinity 1z1 (1 z4) 4 (1 z1) 2

1998

ONE MARK

Question. 97

If F (s) =

, then the value of Limf (t) t"3 s + 2

2

(A) cannot be determined (C) is unity

(B) is zero (D) is infinite

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Question. 98

The trigonometric Fourier series of a even time function can have only (A) cosine terms (B) sine terms (C) cosine and sine terms
Question. 99

(D) d.c and cosine terms

A periodic signal x (t) of period T0 is given by 1, t < T1 x (t) = * 0, T1 < t < T0 2 The dc component of x (t) is (B) T1 (A) T1 2T0 T0 (C) 2T1 T0
Question. 100

(D) T0 T1

The unit impulse response of a linear time invariant system is the unit step function u (t). For t > 0 , the response of the system to an excitation eat u (t), a > 0 will be (A) aeat (B) (1/a) (1 eat) (C) a (1 eat)
Question. 101

(D) 1 eat

The z-transform of the time function (A) z 1 z (C) z (z 1) 2 (B)

k=0

/ (n k) is
z z1 (z 1) 2 z

(D)

Question. 102

A distorted sinusoid has the amplitudes A1, A2, A 3, .... of the fundamental, second harmonic, third harmonic,..... respectively. The total harmonic distortion is (A) A2 + A 3 + .... A1
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(B)

2 2 A 2 + A 3 + ..... A1

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(C)

Question. 103

The Fourier transform of a function x (t) is X (f). The Fourier transform dX (t) of will be df (A) dX (f) df (B) j2fX (f) X (f) (D) jf
ONE MARK

(C) jfX (f)

1997 Question. 104

The function f (t) has the Fourier Transform g (). The Fourier Transform ff (t) g (t) e = (A) 1 f () 2 (C) 2f ( )
Question. 105

# g (t) ejt dt o is
3

(B) 1 f ( ) 2 (D) None of the above

The Laplace Transform of et cos (t) is equal to (s ) (s + ) (B) (A) 2 2 (s ) + (s ) 2 + 2 (C) 1 (s ) 2 (D) None of the above

1996 Question. 106

ONE MARK

The trigonometric Fourier series of an even function of time does not have the (A) dc term (C) sine terms (B) cosine terms (D) odd harmonic terms
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Question. 107

The Fourier transform of a real valued time signal has (A) odd symmetry (C) conjugate symmetry (B) even symmetry (D) no symmetry

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