SIGNALS & SYSTEMS

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1. Which signal is continuous function of an independent variable?
(a) Analog
(b) Digital
(c) Discrete

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2. Which signal can be represented by a rotating vector in a complex plane?

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(a) Complex Exponential

(b) Exponential

(c) Complex

3. Which of the following is a periodic signal?

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(b) x(t)= Ae-jbt

(a) x(t)= Au(t)

(c) x(t)= Aebt

(d). x(t)= At

4. Which of the following statement is false?

(a) Product of two odd signal is an odd signal
(b). Product of two even signal is an even signal
(c ) Product of odd & even signal is even signal
(d) Product of odd & even signal is odd signal.
5. Which signal is casual?
(a)
x(t)=A
(b) x(t)=t

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(c) x(t)=u(t)

(d)x(t)= e

6. Which of the following statement is true?

(i)
Periodic signals are power signals
(ii)
Non Periodic signals are energysignals
(iii)
For energy signals power is zero
(iv)

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For power signals energy is zero

(a).i only

(b) i & iionly (c) i & iii only

7. What about the stability of system in

(d) All the above

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(a) system is stable

(b) unstable
(c ) stable at 0.4
(d) Cant say
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8.
9.8. Which one is most appropriate dynamic system?

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(a) y(n) + y(n - 1) + y(n + 1)

(b) y(n) + y(n - 1)
(c) y(n) = x(n)
(d) y(n) + y(n - 1) + y(n + 3) = 0

9.

The unit step response of a system starting from rest is given by c(t) = 1 - e-2t for t 0. The
transfer function of the system is

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(a)
(b).
( c)
(d)
10. check the following system for causality

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1. y[n] = x[n] + 2x[n - 1]

2. y[n] =

x[n - k]

3. y[n] = x[2n]
(a) (1) and (2)
(b) (2) and (3)
(c) (1) only
(d) (1) and (3)

12. Which one of following is correct condition to check the stability of system?
(a) Bounded I/P unbounded O/P
(b) Bounded I/P and O/P
(c) Bounded O/P and I/P
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(d) Bounded I/P Bounded O/P

13 . An impulse train is

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(a) a number of pulses

(b) a number of pulses spaced from each other
(c) a number of pulses all originating together
(d) none of the above
14. The differentiation of unit step signal is,
(a) Ramp signal (B) Impulse signal

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(c) Exponential signal (d) Parabolic signal.

15. Integral of unit impulse signal is

(a) Infinity

(b) Zero

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(c) One

(d) Constant

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(a) Natural response

(b) Free response

(c) Forced response

(d) Total response

17 Which system is casual system?

(a) y(t)=x( t2)

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(b) y(t)=x2(t) (c ) y(t)=x(-t) (d) y(t)=x(2t)

18. Which system is stable system?

(a) y(t)=tx(t)

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(b) y(t)=t2x(t) (c ) y(t)=etx(t) (d) y(t)= e-t x(t)

19.Which of the following impulse response of LTI system represents a stable system?
(a).h(t)= et cos u(t)

(b) h(t)= et sin u(t)

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(c ) h(t)= e-t cos u(t) (d). h(t)= t sint u(t)

20. If h1(t) and h2(t) are impulse response of stable system in cascade then overall impulse response is
(a) .h1(t)* h2(t)

(b) .h1(t) h2(t)

(c ). h1(t)+ h2(t)

(d) .h1(t)- h2(t)

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Answers to the Objective Type Questions

UNIT-1
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Answers a a b a c c a a b c

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UNIT-II
ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS TIME SIGNALS
1. Fourier series applies to
(a) Only Periodic Signals
(c) only aperiodic signals
(b) both aperiodic and periodic signals (d) only random signals
2. The net areas of sinusoids over complete periods are
(a) finite
(b) infinite
(c) Zero
(d) none of these
3. The trigonometric Fourier Series representation of a function with half wave Symmetry
consists of
(a) Cosine Terms only
(c) Odd harmonics
(b) sine terms only
(d) Even harmonics
4. The Frequency Spectrum of a periodic signal is
(a) Continuous
(c) both continuous and discrete
(b) discrete
(d) none of the above
5. The time domain representation of a signal graphically is called
(a) waveform
(b) spectrum
(c) magnitude
(d) Phase
6. In the Trignometric Fourier series representation of a signal, a0(or A0) is the
(a) RMS value
(c) Peak value
(b) Average value
(d) Mean square value
7. An Exponential Fourier Series has
(a) A one sided spectrum
(c) both one sided and Two sided Spectrum
(b) A two sided Spectrum
(d) none of the above
8. In the Frequency Spectrum of an Aperiodic signal, the spacing among the components is
(a) large
(b) small
(c) Infinity
(d) Zero
9. The Fourier Transform of DC signal x(t)=A is
(a) A
(b) A2
(c)A2()
(d)A2
10. The Fourier Transform of rect (t/) is
(a) /2 sinc /2
(b) sin /2
(c) /2 sinc2 /4
(d) sinc2 /2
11. The Fourier Transform of X(at) is
(a) 1/|a| X(/a)
(b) 1/|a| X(a)
(c) 1/|a| X(a/)
(d) 1/| | X(/a)

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12. Parsevals Identity States that

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(a)

(c) 1/2

(b) 1/2

(d) 1/2

13. The Signum function X(t) can be written as

(a) u(t)-1
(b) 2u(t)-1
(c) 1-u(t)
(d) u(t)+u(-t)
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14. The Laplace Transform of e cos(bt) is equal to
(a)
s+a /(s+a)2+b2
(b) s-a/( s-a)2+ b2
(c) s-a/( s+a)2+ b2
(d) (s+a) /(s-b)2
15. If L[f(t)]=F(s) then L[f(t-T)] is equal to
(a) estF(s)
(b) e-stF(s)
(c) F(s)/1+esT
(d)F(s)/1+e-sT
16. The function f(t) shown in the given figure will have a laplace transform as

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f(t)
1.0 ---------0

(a)

(c)

(b)

(d)

17. If (t) denotes a unit impulse ,then the Laplace transform of

(b) s2

(a) 1

(c) s

will be
(d) s-2

18. The following table lists some of the time functions and their Laplace transforms
f(t)

F(s)

(t)

u(t)

1/s

tu(t)

2/s2

t2 u(t)

2/s3

of these, the correctly matched pair is

(a) 2 and 4

(b) 1 and 4

(c) 3 and 4
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(d) 1 and 2

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19. If x(t) and its first derivative are Laplace Transformable and the Laplace Transform
of x(t) is X(s),then lim X
(a) lim s

sX(s)

x(t) is given by
(b) lim s

20. The final value of L-1

(a)

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sX(s)

(c) lim s

(d) lim s

is

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(b) 2

(c) 1

(d) 0

Answers to the Objective Type Questions

UNIT-2
Q.no

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Answers a c c b a b b d c b

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UNIT-III
LTI Continuous Time systems
1. The Fourier transform of the exponential signal j_ t e 0 is
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(A) a constant.
(B) a rectangular gate.
(C) an impulse.
(D) a series of impulses.
2. The Fourier transform (FT) of a function x (t) is X (f). The FT of dx(t )/ dt will be
(A) dX(f )/ df .
(B) j2f X(f ).
(C) jf X(f ).
(D) X(f )/(jf ).

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3. The FT of a rectangular pulse existing between t = T / 2 to t = T / 2 is a

(A) sinc squared function.
(B) sinc function.
(C) sine squared function.
(D) sine function.

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4. A given system is characterized by the differential equation:d2y(t)/dt2 dy(t)/dt-2y(t)=x(t). The

system is:
(A) linear and unstable.
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(B) linear and stable.
(C) nonlinear and unstable.
(D) nonlinear and stable.
5. The continuous time system described by y(t) = x (t2) is
(A) causal, linear and time varying.
(B) causal, non-linear and time varying.
(C) non causal, non-linear and time-invariant.
(D) non causal, linear and time-invariant

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6. The Laplace transform of u(t) is A(s) and the Fourier transform of u(t) is B(jw).Then
(A) 1/s and 1/jw
(B) 2/s
(C) 1/s and jw
(D) 1/jw and 1/s

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7. The impulse response of a system described by the differential equation d2y(t)/dt2 +y(t)=x(t)
(A) a constant.
(B) an impulse function..
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(C) a sinusoid.
(D) an exponentially decaying function.

8 . The order of a linear constant-coefficient differential equation representing a system refers to the
number of
(A) active devices.
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(B) elements including sources.
(C) passive devices.
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(D) none of those.

9. Region of convergence of a causal LTI system
(A) is the entire s-plane.
(B) is the right-half of s-plane.
(C) is the left-half of s-plane.
(D) does not exist.

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10. The system having input x(n) related to output y(n) as y(n) = log10 x(n) is:
(A) nonlinear, causal, stable.
(B) linear, noncausal, stable.
(C) nonlinear, causal, not stable.
(D) linear, noncausal, not stable.

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11 Convolution is used to find:

(A) The impulse response of an LTI System
(B) Frequency response of a System
(C) The time response of a LTI system
(D) The phase response of a LTI system

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12. The Fourier Transform of a rectangular pulse is

(A) Another rectangular pulse
(B) Triangular pulse
(C) Sinc function
(D) Impulse.

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13. The property of Fourier Transform which states that the compression in time domain is equivalent to
expansion in the frequency domain is
(A) Duality.
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(B) Scaling.
(C) Time Scaling.
(D) Frequency Shifting.
14. The function which has its Fourier transform, Laplace transform, and Z transform unity is
(A) Gausian
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(B) impulse
(C) Sinc
(D) pulse
15. The autocorrelation of a rectangular pulse is
(A) another rectangle pulse
(B) Square pulse
(C) Triangular pulse
(D) Sinc pulse
16. If the Fourier series coefficients of a signal are periodic then the signal must be
(A) continuous-time, periodic
(B) discrete-time, periodic
(C) continuous-time, non periodic
(D) discrete-time, non periodic
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17. A transmission is said to be _____________ if the response of the system is exact replica of the input
signal.
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(A) LTI
(B) Distorted
(C) Distortionless
(D) Causal
18. The autocorrelation of a sinusoid is
(A) Sinc pulse
(B) another sinusoid
(C) Rectangular pulse
(D) Triangular pulse

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19. The Fourier transform of impulse function is

(A) d(w)
(B) 2pw
(C) 1
(D) sinc f

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20 .The spectral density of white noise is

(A) Exponential
(B) Uniform
(C) Poisson
(D) Gaussian

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Answers c b b a d a c d b a

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