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Signals and Systems – Midterm 1

2018/10/17
Time: 13:10–16:00
Total 123 pts

1) (25%) Consider a continuous-time signal x(t) shown as follows:

Answer the following questions.

a) (3%) Is the signal x(t) even, odd, or neither?
b) (3%) Find the fundamental period of the signal x(t).
c) (8%) Find the even and odd components of x(t).
d) (5%) Find the energy of x(t).
e) (6%) Sketch x(−2t + 2) (Please label it clearly.)
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2) (30%) Determine whether the following systems are causal, stable, invertible, linear, and time-invariant.
Please prove or disprove each property. (No credit without a proof.)
R t+1
a) (15%) y(t) = −∞ eτ −t x(τ )dτ.
b) (15%) y[n] = x[n] · u[n].
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3) (25%) Consider the following discrete-time LTI system:

∞  n−k
X 3
y[n] = x[k]
k=−∞
2

Answer the following questions:

a) (5%) Find the impulse response of the system h[n].
b) (10%) Find the output y[n] if the input signal is x[n] = 2−n u[n].
c) (10%) Find the output y[n] if the input signal is x[n] = u[n + 3] − u[n − 4].
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4) (21%) Consider the following continuous-time LTI system:

Z t+2
y(t) = x(τ )dτ
t−2

Answer the following questions:

a) (5%) Sketch impulse response of the system h(t).
b) (8%) Find the output y(t) if the input signal is x(t) = u(t) − u(−t).
c) (8%) Find the output y(t) if the input signal is x(t) = 2 sin(πt) − 1.
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5) (22%) Consider three continuous-time LTI systems with the following impulse responses:
System 1 : h1 (t) = e−2t u(t)
System 2 : h2 (t) = δ(t + 3) − δ(t)
System 3 : h3 (t) = u(t)
Answer the following questions:
a) (12%) Determine whether the three systems are causal and stable. Please specify your reasons.

b) (10%) Find the impulse response of the following system h4 (t).