Preparatory Guidebook for Comprehensive Examination

Question Bank
DSP
1. Consider a signal x(n) with z-transform X(z) and ROC |z|>2. The signal can be classified as:
a. Causal and finite duration
b. Causal and infinite duration
c. Anticausal and finite duration
d. Anticausal and infinite duration

2. A Discrete-time LTI system is stable if:

a. All poles lie outside the unit circle
b. All poles are on the unit circle
c. The ROC contains the unit circle
d. The ROC contains all zeros

3. Discrete time Fourier transform can be evaluated from the z-transform by:
a. Evaluating z-transform on the unit circle
b. Substituting z=1 in the z-transform
c. Substituting z=0 in the z-transform
d. None of the above

4. z-transform of a unit impulse is:

a. z
b. (z+2)/z
c. 1
d. Does not exist

5. For real systems, which of the following statement is true:

a. Real systems only have real poles
b. Real systems have no poles and are therefore stable
c. Real systems have poles which are either real or exist in complex conjugate pairs
 d. Real systems only have complex poles

6. Fourier transform of a signal exists if:

a. Signal is absolutely summable/integrable
b. Signal is of finite duration
c. Signal is of infinite duration
d. Signal is causal

7. Which of the following is true for Discrete Time Fourier Transform (DTFT) and Discrete Fourier
Transform (DFT)
a. DTFT and DFT are two different names for the same transform
b. DTFT is obtained by sampling DFT
c. DTFT is used for periodic signal and DFT is used for aperiodic signals.
d. DFT is obtained by sampling DTFT

8. A discrete time sinusoid is:

a. Always periodic
b. Always aperiodic
c. Periodic only if the relative frequency is a rational number
d. Aperiodic only if the relative frequency is a rational number

9. Parseval relation for discrete time periodic signals gives a mean to calculate:
a. Energy in time domain
b. Energy in frequency domain
c. Power in time domain
d. Power in frequency domain

10. Consider a discrete time LTI system with impulse response h(n) and input x(n). The output can
be given as:
a. x(n)h(n)
b. x(n)/h(n)
c. Convolution of x(n) and h(n)
d. h(n)/x(n)
11. The only difference between two closely related, yet different concepts of correlation and
convolution is that of:
a. Shifting
b. Folding
c. Delaying
d. Multiplying

12. A linear system is the one:

a. Which satisfies the superposition theorem
b. Whose input-output characteristics does not vary with time
c. Whose impulse response is linearly summable
d. None of the above

13. x(t ) *  (t  t0 )  _________ , where * is the convolution operator:

a.  (t0 )
b. x (t 0 )
c. x (t  t 0 )
d. None of the above

14. x(t ). (t  t0 )  _________ :

a.  (t0 )
b. x (t 0 )
c. x (t  t 0 )
d. None of the above

15. The signal x(t )  A cos(0t   ) is an example of

a. Periodic signal
b. Power signal
c. Continuous-time signal
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
16. For a signal x(t )  et u(t  2) , the value of x(3) is find value of e^-3 at t-2
a. 0.0498
b. 0.1353
c. 0.3769
d. None of the above

17. The inverse Fourier transform of  (  0 )   (  0 ) is

a. cos(0t )
b. sin(0 t )
c. cos(0t )  sin(0t )
d. cos(0t )  sin(0t )

18. The input-output equation for a system that delays the input by 1 sec is:
a. y(t )  x(t  1)
b. y(t )  x(t  1)
c. y(t )  x(1)
d. y (t )  x(1)

19. A system given by the equation y(t )  x(t )  1 is a ___________ system:

a. Linear
b. Non-linear
c. Causal
d. Non-causal
e. b and c
f. a and d.

20. The even component of a signal x(t ) is:

x(t )  x(t )
a. xe (t ) 
2
x(t )  x(t )
b. xe (t ) 
2
c. xe (t )  2( x(t )  x( t ))
d. xe (t )  2( x(t )  x( t ))
21. The frequency of the signal x(t )  2cos(100 t   / 4) is
a. 100 Hz
b. 100  Hz
c. 50 Hz
d. 50  Hz

22. If the duration of a signal x(t ) is 5 seconds, the duration of x(2t ) will be:
a. 2.5 seconds
b. 10 seconds
c. 5 seconds
d. None of the above

23. A discrete-time sinusoidal signal is:

a. Periodic
b. Aperiodic
c. May or may not be periodic
d. None of the above

24. x(t )  2e j100t is an example of ___________ signal.

a. Periodic
b. Aperiodic
c. Energy
d. Discrete

25. For x[n]  u[n  2]  u[n  10] , the value of x[10] is:
a. 1
b. -1
c. 10
d. 0
26. If a system is characterized by the impulse response h[n]   [n]   [n  1] , the system is:
a. Causal
b. Non-causal
c. Memoryless
d. Unstable
27. If a system is characterized by the impulse response h[n]   [n]   [n  1] , the output of the
system for input x[n]  {1,0,1,0,1} is:


a. {-1, 0,1,-1, 1,-1, 0,1}

b. {1,-1,1,-1,1}
c. {1, 0,-1,1, -1,1, 0,-1}
d. {-1,1,-1,1,-1}

28. The spectrum of a continuous-time signal is:

a. Continuous
b. Discrete
c. May be continuous or discrete
d. None of the above

29. The discrete-time Fourier transform of a signal is:

a. Discrete
b. Continuous
c. May be continuous or discrete
d. None of the above