Model Question Paper

For B.Sc. Electronics Honours

Paper - Core Course 10 (Signal & System)

A) Short Question
1) What do mean by Causal System?
2) What is ROC?
3) What are the conditions to be a signal is Energy Signal?
4) What do mean by Causal & non-Causal Systems?
5) State the time shifting property of Fourier Transform.
6) What is the importance of Fourier transform?
7) Determine the inverse Fourier transform of δ(w).
8) What do you mean by Time -Variant & Time-invariant Systems?
9) What do you mean by Energy Signal & Power signal?
10) What is Fourier transform of δ(x-a), where ‘a’ is a constant.
11) State Dirichlet conditions of Fourier transform.
12) State Fourier theorem.
13) Write the conditions for a system to be LTI Systems.
14) Define and plot the following signals – i) Unit step function ii) Delta function iii)
Gate function & iv) Real Exponential.
15) Define Linier time invariant system.
16) What are the differences between Fourier Series & Fourier transform?
17) Write down the constant differential equation to represent a continuous time
system.
18) What is a stable system?
19) Define the terms i) Natural response and ii) Forced response.
20) Define impulse response and step response of a system.
21) What is the necessary and sufficient condition on the impulse response for
stability?
22) What is the causality condition for an LTI Discrete time system?
23) Write the properties of ROC of Z-transform.
24) State Parseval’s theorem.
 Unit - 1
1) Sketch the following signal – i) u(-t + 2); ii) r(-t +3); iii) u[n+2] – u[n-3].
2) A continuous-time signal x(t) is shown in below figure. Sketch each of the following
signals – i) x(t-1); ii) x(2-t); iii) x(2t+1); iv) x(-t).

3) A continuous-time signal x(t) is shown in below figure. Sketch &lebel each of the
following signals – i) x(t-3); ii) x(-t); iii) x(-2t+5); iv) x(-t) u(t).

4) A continuous-time signal x(t) is shown in below figure. Sketch &lebel each of the
following signals – i) x (t - 3); ii) x (-t -1); iii) x (-2t - 4); iv) x (-3t + 2).

5)
6) Determine whether the following signals are periodic or not? If periodic, find the
fundamental period.
i) X1(t) = 4 cos (5𝝅𝒕); ii) X2(t) = 3 cos(4t) + 2sin(πt);iii) x3(n) = cos(.1πn); iv) x[n] =
𝒆−𝒋𝟓𝝅𝒏 ;

7) a) What do mean by Energy Signal and Power Signal? Determine whether the below
signal is Power or Energy Signal?
i) X(t) = 5𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝟒𝝅𝒕) for −∞ < 𝑡 > ∞
−𝟑𝒕
ii) X1(t) = 𝒆 u(t)
iii) X2(t) = cost
𝝅
iv) X3(t) = 𝒆𝒋(𝟐𝒕+ 𝟒 )
𝟏
v) X4(t) = ( 𝟑 )n u[n]
vi) X5(t) = t u(t)
8) Find which of the following signals are causal or non-causal?
i)X1(t) = 𝑒 𝑎𝑡 u(t); ii) X2(t) = 𝑒 −2𝑡 u(-t); iii) X3[n] = u[n+3] – u[n-2].

9) What do mean by Linear and Non-linear System? Determine whether the below
systemsare Linear or Non-linear System.
i) y(t) = x2(t); ii) y(t) = t2x(t); iii) y[n] = n x[n]; iv) y(t) = 𝑒 𝑥(𝑡) ; v) Y[n] = n x[n-1].

10) What do you mean by Causal & Non-causal system? Determine whether the below
systemsare Causal or Non-Causal System – i) y(t) = x2(t) + x(t-2) ; ii) y(t) = x(t-2) +
x(2-t); iii) y[n] = x[-n]; iv) y[n] = x[n-1] + x[n+3]

11) What do mean by Time Invariant and Time Variant systems? Determine whether the
below systemsare Time Variant or Time Invariant System?
i) y(t) = t x(t); ii) y(t) = 𝒆𝒙(𝒕); iii) y(t) = x(t) cos(5πt) iv) y[n] = x2[n-1);
v)Y[n] = x[n] + n x[n-1]; vi) y[n] = x[n+1] + x[n] + x[n-1];

12) Determine whether the below system is i) Causal or not, ii) Linear or not, and iii) Time
invariant or not?i) y(t) = 10 x(t) +5 ii) Y[n] = x[n-1] x[n-3]
13) Check whether the following signal is periodic or not. If periodic, find the fundamental
period. x(t) = 3 Sin 200πt + 4 Cos 100πt.

14) An LTIC system is specified by the equation – (D2 + 5D + 6) y(t) = (D +1) f(t)
a) Find the characteristic Polynomial, Characteristic Equation Characteristic roots and
characteristic modes of this system.
b) Find the zero input response {yo(t)} of y(t) for t ≥ 0, if the initial conditions are
yo(0) = 2 and ẏo(0) = -1.

15) An LTIC system is specified by the equation – D (D + 1) y(t) = (D +2) f(t)

a) Find the characteristic Polynomial, Characteristic Equation Characteristic roots and
characteristic modes of this system.
b) Find the zero input response {yo(t)} of the system y(t) for t ≥ 0, if the initial
conditions are yo(0) = ẏo(0) = 1.

16) Find the unit impulse response of a system specified by the equation –
(D2 + 4D + 3) y(t) = (D + 5) f(t)

17) Find the unit impulse response of an LTIC system specified by the equation –
(D2 + 6D + 9) y(t) = (2D + 9) f(t)

18) The unit impulse response of an LTIC system is h(t) = 𝑒 −𝑡 u(t). Find zero state
response of this system if the input is f(t) = u(t).

19) An LTI system is characterized by the impulse response ℎ(𝑛) = [1, 2, 1]. Find the system
response for the given input 𝑥(𝑛) = *3, −1, 2, 0, 1+.
20) Determine the step response of the system described by difference equation –
y[n] + 4 y[n-1] + 4y[n-2] = x[n]

21) Determine impulse response h[n] for the system described by difference equation –
y[n] + y[n-1] - 2y[n-2] = x[n-1] + 2 x[n-2]

22) For each of the system specified by the equation below, plot its characteristic roots in
the complex plane and determine whether it is asymptotically stable, marginally stable
or unstable - i) (D + 1) (D2 + 4D + 8) y(t) = (D - 3) f(t)
ii) (D - 1) (D2 + 4D + 8) y(t) = (D + 2) f(t)
iii) (D + 2) (D2 + 4D) y(t) = (D2 + D + 1) f(t)
iv)(D + 1) (D2 + 4)2 y(t) = (D2 + 2D + 8) f(t)
v) D (D + 2) y(t) =3 f(t)
vi) (D + 1) (D + 2) y(t) = (2D + 3) f(t)

23) Plot the pole-zero diagram and asses the stability of the following system:
y (n) = y (n − 1) − 0.5 y (n− 2) + x (n) + x (n − 1).

Unit – 2

24) Define Fourier Transform. Determine the Fourier transform of below signal –
i) f(t) = cos(wot) ii) f(t) = sin(wot) iii) f(t) = 𝒆+𝒋𝝎𝒕 iv) f(t) = 𝒆−𝒂𝒕 v) f(t) = δ(t)

25) Find the Fourier transform of -

1 𝑓𝑜𝑟 x < 1
F(x) =
0 𝑓𝑜𝑟 x > 1

26) Expand f(x) = x2 for -π ≤ x ≤ π in a Fourier series.

27) Find Fourier series for the function –

−𝑘 for −π <𝑥 < 0
F(x) =
+𝑘 for 0< 𝑥<𝜋
𝜋 1 1 1
Hence show that 4 = 1 - 3 + 5 - 7 + ………

28) Find a Fourier Series to represent X2 in the interval (-L, L).

29)
30) Find the Fourier coefficients in the Fourier series for the periodic square wave function
f(x) is given by –
−𝑎 for −π ≤ 𝑥 < 0
F(x) =
+𝑎 for 0≤ x<𝜋
Where ‘a’ is a constant and f(x+2π) = f(x).

31) A function f(x) is defined as follows –

0 for −π ≤ 𝑥 <0
F(x) =
𝑥 for 0≤ x<𝜋
Express it in a Fourier series.
32)
33) Evaluate the Fourier Transform of x(t) = sgn(t). Plot magnitude and phase response.

34) Find the Fourier transform of a rectangular pulse with amplitude A and width T
second. Draw the spectrum of the signal.

35) Find the Fourier Series of the signal is shown in figure and plot the magnitude
spectrum.

36) Find the z-transform of the following signals-

1
i) x[n] = u[n]; ii) x[n] = δ[n]; iii) x[n] = ( 3 )nu[-n]
37) Find the z-transform and ROC for the signals –
i) x[n] = an u[n]; ii) x[n] = {1, -1,2,3,4}; iii) x[n] = {2, -1,3,2,0,1};
↑ ↑
38) Define Z-transform? Determine the Z-transform and ROC if –
f[n] = (0.4) n U[n] + (0.9) n U[-(n+1)]
39) Find the z-transform and ROC of the following signals: (i) x(n) = a|n| for |a| < 1
40) Determine the Z-transform of the signal x[n] = [(1 4)n + ( 3 4 )n ] u[n] of the system.
Plot the pole & zero location and its ROC.
41) Compute the Z-transform and ROC of the signal 𝑥(𝑛) = (1/ 2 )n𝑢(−𝑛)− 2n𝑢(−𝑛 −1).
Plot the pole-zero pattern.
42) Find Inverse Z-transform of -
−𝐙(𝐙+𝟎.𝟐) 𝟖𝒁−𝟏𝟗)
i)X(z) = for ROC |Z|> 3; ii)X(z) = for ROC 2 <|Z| < 3
𝐙−𝟎.𝟒 (𝐙−𝟑) 𝒁𝟐 + −𝟓𝒁+𝟔