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z-Transform pairs
z-Transform properties
Trig identities
Geezer

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ECE 429 Exam 1

PART A
Multiple choice questions: You may circle more than one answer. For a given question a point will be
awarded only if ALL correct answers (and no incorrect ones) are circled.

1
n=0
1. The equation of the following discrete-time sequence is: n
-1
(a) x (n ) = (−1) n
(b) x (n ) = (1) n +1
(c) x (n ) = (−1) n +1

2. The ROC of the z-transform of the sequence u(n+4) is:

(a) |z| < ∞

(b) 1 < |z| < ∞
(c) |z| > 1

3. The sequence x (n ) = 3 sin(0.5πn ) was created by sampling a continuous sinusoid at a sampling rate
of 18 kHz. What was the frequency (in Hz) of the continuous sinusoid, assuming no aliasing?

(a) 4500 Hz
(b) 9 kHz
(c) 2250 Hz

4. What is the order of this LTI system?

z-1 z-1 z-1
(a) first order x(n)
(b) second order
0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
(c) third order
(d) higher than third order
y(n)

5. Given are the transfer function and ROC of LTI systems. Which systems are unstable?

1 + 2z −1
(a) H(z) = | z |<3
1 + 3z −1
1 + 2 z −1
(b) H (z) = | z | > 0.8
1 + 0.8z −1
1 + z −1
(c) H (z) = 0.5 < | z | < 2
1 + 2.5z −1 + z − 2
10z −4
(d) H (z) = | z | < 0.6
1 + 0.6z −1
(e) All are stable.

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6. The region-of-convergence of the z-transform of the sequence x (n ) = − − 18 ( )n u(n − 2) + (4)n u(−n + 1)

is:

(a) | z |< 4
(b) 1
8
<| z |< ∞
(c) 1
8
<| z |< 4
(d) 0 <| z |< 4

7. All causal LTI FIR filters have all of their poles at z=0.

(a) true
(b) false

8. The impulse response of the digital filter y(n ) = ax (n − 2) + by(n − 1) is:

( a ) h ( n ) = a −2 ( b ) n − 2 u ( n − 2 )
( b) h ( n ) = a ( b) n u ( n )
( c) h ( n ) = a ( b ) n − 2 u ( n )
(d) h (n ) = a (b )n − 2 u (n − 2)

9. The z-transform of the sequence:

x(n) = 2n u(-n)

is:

−1
(a) X(z) = | z |< 2
1 + 2z −1
1
(b) X(z) = | z |< 2
1 − 0.5z
1
(c) X(z) = | z | > 0.5
1 + 0.5z −1

10. The result of the convolution:

{-1 2 -1} * u(n)

can be written as:

(a) –δ(n) + δ(n-1)

(b) –δ(n) + 2δ(n-1) –δ(n-2)
(c) –δ(n) + 2δ(n-1)
(d) δ(n)

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PART B
⎧⎪ n +5 ⎫⎪
11. Given x (n ) = ⎨ ∑
⎪⎩k = −∞
δ(k )⎬ * δ(n − 7) , express x(n) in compact, closed form.
⎪⎭

12. The plot shows a sequence shown superimposed on the continuous-time signal from which it
was sampled. From the plot estimate the normalized frequency (f) of the sequence.

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

-0.8

4. -1
0Write0.002
the sequence y(n) =0.006
0.004 x(-n+3) 0.008
where x(n)0.01
= {1 3 4 5 6 0.014
2 0.012 7} 0.016 0.018 0.02

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13. Given xc(t) = cos(8800πt), find yc(t).

xc (t) C/D x(n) D/C yc(t)

0.25ms 0.125ms

14. Write the linear difference equation of the following discrete time system.

x(n) y(n)

z-1 z-1

z-1

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15. Find the impulse response of this system for n=0, 1, 2, 3.

x(n) y(n)

z-1 z-1 z-1

-0.5 0.5

z-1

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16. Use any method to find a closed-form expression for the impulse response of this system.
Your answer must consist of only real terms expressed in the form:

N M−N
h (n ) = ∑ c k ( rk ) n u (n ) + ∑ A k δ( n − k )
k =1 k =0

Check your solution using the results of Question 15.

x(n) y(n)

z-1 z-1 z-1

-0.5 0.5

z-1

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17. Write a closed-form expression for a bounded sequence whose z-transform is given by:

1
X(z) =
1 + 1.5z −1 − z − 2

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18. The simple “template” sequence given by t(n) = { 0.5 -0.5} is designed for detecting
downward-going steps when it is correlated with an input sequence.

Let the 12-sample sequence input to the correlator be x(n) = {1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 -2 -2 -2 -2}.

Find the result:

rxt (k ) = ∑ x (n + k ) t (n )
n
0 ≤ k ≤ 10

Explain the meaning of the result.

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α N1 − α N 2 +1
N2

∑ α = 1− α
n

n = N1

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TRIG IDENTITIES

Power-Reducing/Half Angle Formulas

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