BILIRAN PROVINCE STATE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
A.Y. 2023 – 2024 1ST SEMESTER

I. PROBLEM SOLVING:

1. Determine whether the following signals are energy or power signals.

Compute the energy or the power.

5 cosπt ,−0.5 ≤ t ≤ 0.5

a. x (t )={
0 otherwise
b. x(t) = te^(-|t|)

2. Find whether the given systems are stable or unstable.

a. y(t) = (t + 7)u(t)
b. y(t) = e^(x(t)), for |x(t)| ≤ 6

3. The exponential x(t) = e^(-at) can be written as x(t) = e^(-at)u(t) +

e^(-at)u(-t) what type of signal does the first term represent, in
terms of causality?

4. The equivalent function of three parallel blocks of systems:

G1(s) = 1/(s+1)
G2(s) = 1/(s+4)
G3(s) = (s+3)/(s+5)

5. The equivalent function of three cascaded blocks of systems:

G1(s) = 1/(s+2)
G2(s) = 1/(s+5)
G3(s) = (s+1)/(s+3)

6. y(t) = sin(x(t-1)): Comment on its memory aspects. Having memory or

memoryless? Explain your answer.

7. Determine if the following system below is a causal or a non-causal

system. Explain your answer.
y[n] = 1/3 {x[n-1] + x[n] + x[n+1]}

2
d x
8. Is true that the signal y(t) = 2
is not a linear system?
dt