Signals & Systems Test 1 - A Year 2021/22

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R t−1 1
πτ
e− 2 |τ | δ(τ − 3)dτ can be equivalently written as...


1. The signal x(t) = −∞ sin 6
3 3
a) x(t) = e− 2 for t = 3. c) x(t) = e− 2 u(t − 4).

3
3
b) x(t) = sin π2 e− 2 u(t − 3). d) x(t) = sin π3 e− 2 u(t − 4).
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2. Consider the discrete-time signal x[n] = ej 3 n . This signal is...
3π
a) aperiodic. c) periodic with fundamental period N = 2 .
b) periodic with fundamental period N = 34 . d) periodic with fundamental frequency ω0 = 43 .
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3. The LTI system with impulse response h(t) = e− 2 |t| is...

a) ...memoryless, causal and stable. c) ...non causal, unstable and it has memory.
b) ...causal, unstable and it has memory. d) ...non-causal, stable and it has memory.
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4. A periodic continuous-time signal x(t) ↔ ak with period T = 4 is the input to an LTI system with
input-output relationship given by the differential equation
d2 y(t) 1 dy(t) 1
− + y(t − 2) = x(−t).
dt2 2 dt 2
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The Fourier series coefficients of the output signal y(t) ↔ bk are...
2a−k 2a−k
a) bk = (−1)k +k2 π 2 −jkπ
. c) bk = e−jkπ − 12 jkπ− 12 k2 π 2
.
ak −ak
b) bk = e−jkπ − 12 jkπ− 12 k2 π 2
. d) bk = (−1)k − 12 jkπ− 21 k2 π 2
.

5. The input–output relation in a continuous-time system is y(t) = x2 (t). The system is...

a) ...linear. c) ...non-causal.
b) ...time-invariant. d) ...not memoryless.

6. The LTI system S1 is formed by two serially-connected subsystems, with impulse responses h1 (t) and
h2 (t). The LTI system S2 is formed by the same two subsystems (with impulse responses h1 (t) and h2 (t))
connected in parallel.
The cascade connection of S1 and S2 has impulse response...

a) h(t) = h1 (t) ∗ h2 (t) ∗ h2 (t) ∗ h1 (t). c) h(t) = h1 (t) ∗ (h2 (t) ∗ h1 (t) + h2 (t) ∗ h2 (t)).
b) h(t) = h21 [n] ∗ h22 (t). d) h(t) = (h1 (t) + h2 (t)) ∗ (h2 (t) + h1 (t)).
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7. Determine the output of the LTI system with impulse response h[n] = 2 2 u[−n] when the input is
x[n] = u[n].
a) y[n] = 1, for n ≥ 0, and y[n] = 1 − 2−n , for n ≤ −1.
b) y[n] = 1, for n ≥ 0, and y[n] = 2n , for n ≤ −1.
c) y[n] = 0, for n ≥ 1, and y[n] = 2n , for n ≤ 0.
d) y[n] = 0, for n ≥ 1, and y[n] = 1 − 2n , for n ≤ 0.
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8. Find the response to the input x(t) = u(t + 1) − u(t − 1) produced by the LTI system with impulse
response h(t) = u(t) − u(t − 2).

a) y(t) = t for −1 ≤ t < 1 and y(t) = 3 − t for 1 ≤ t < 3.

b) y(t) = t + 1 for −1 ≤ t < 1 and y(t) = 3 − t for 1 ≤ t < 3.
c) y(t) = t for 0 ≤ t < 2 and y(t) = 4 − t for 2 ≤ t < 4.
d) y(t) = t + 1 for 0 ≤ t < 2 and y(t) = 3 − t for 2 ≤ t < 4.

9. Let us consider a periodic continuous signal x(t) with a Fourier series coefficients ak = j(0.6)|k| . Which
one of the following statements is true?
dx dx
a) The signal dt is real and even. c) The signal dt is real and odd.
dx dx
b) The signal dt is even and not real. d) The signal dt is odd and not real.

10. Let x(t) be a periodic continuous-time signal with Fourier series coefficients ak and fundamental frequency
ω0 . Obtain the coefficients bk (as function of ak ) corresponding to the signal z(t) = x(t − t0 ) − x(t + t0 ),
where t0 is a real constant.

a) bk = −2jak sin(kω0 t0 ). c) bk = 2ak sin(kω0 t0 ).

b) bk = −2ak cos(2ω0 kt0 ). d) bk = −2jak cos(kω0 t0 ).

11. Let x[n] be a periodic signal with period N0 = 3 that takes the values x[0] = 1, x[1] = 0 and x[2] = −2.
Obtain the expression of the Fourier series coefficients ak .
h 4π
i
a) ak = 31 1 + sin 37 πk .


c) ak = 31 1 − 2e−j 3 k .
h i
1 7 1 −j 2π k −j 4π k
−


b) ak = 3 1 − 2j sin 3 πk . d) a k = 3 1 + e 3 2e 3 .

12. Let x[n] be a periodic signal with period N0 = 3 and Fourier series coefficients a0 = 1, a1 = 2 and
a2 = −2. Compute the power of the signal, P∞ .

a) P∞ = 0. c) P∞ = 6.3.
b) P∞ = −10. d) P∞ = 9.

13. The input–output relation in a continuous-time system is y(t) = (t − 1)x(t + 1). This system is...

a) ...causal, linear and time-invariant. c) ...causal and time-variant.

b) ...non-causal and linear. d) ...linear, time-variant and memoryless.

14. The impulse response h(t) of an LTI system is bounded, continuous and periodic (with fundamental
period T > 0). This system...

a) ...is unstable. c) ...is unstable because P∞ > 0.

b) ...is unstable because E∞ = ∞. d) ...may be stable, depending on the specific h(t).