What is System?

• Systems process input signals to produce output

signals
• A system is combination of elements that
manipulates one or more signals to accomplish a
function and produces some output.

output
input system
signal signal
1. The type of systems which are characterized by input and the

output at certain levels are called as

a) analog

b) discrete

c) digital

d) none of the above

Answer: b
Explanation: Discrete systems have their
input and output values restricted to enter
some quantised/discretized levels.
Amplifiers, motors, filters etc. are examples for
which type of system?

a) Continuous time systems

b) Discrete time systems
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
A
A time invariant system is a system whose

output

a) increases with a delay in input

b) decreases with a delay in input

c) remains same with a delay in input

d) vanishes with a delay in input

Answer: c

Explanation: A time invariant system’s output

should be directly related to the time of the output.
There should be no scaling, i.e. y(t) = f(x(t)).
The characteristics of LTI systems are completely
characterized by its

a. impulse response
b. step response
c. transfer function
d. none of these
A
Invertibility
The lengths of two discrete time sequence x1(n) and x2(n) are 5
and 7, respectively. What is the maximum length of a sequence
x1(n)*x2(n) ?

A 5
B 6
C 7
D 11
D