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MAHENDRA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

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B.E/ B.Tech. Degree Examinations- Nov. / Dec. – 2018
V Semester
Sub code & Title : 15EC14503 & DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Duration: 3.00 Hrs Maximum Marks : 100
PART-A (20 X 1 =20 Marks)

I. Choose the best Answer BTL

1. DTFT is the representation of Unit-I K1
c)
a) Periodic Discrete time signals b) Aperiodic Discrete time signals

f)
d) Aperiodic continuous signals e) Periodic continuous signals

2. DIT algorithm divides the sequence into Unit-I K1

a) Positive and negative values b) Even and odd samples
d) Higher and lower spectrum e) Small and large samples
3. Radix - 2 FFT algorithm performs the computation of DFT in Unit-I K3
a) N/2Log2 N multiplications and b) N/2Log2 N multiplications and c)
2Log2 N additions NLog2 N additions
d)  Log2 N multiplications and e) NLog2 N multiplications and f)
N/2Log2 N additions N/2Log2 N additions
4. What is the circular convolution of the sequences x1(n)={2,1,2,1} and K1
Unit-I
x2(n)={1,2,3,4}?
c)
a) {14,14,16,16} b) {16,16,14,14}

f)
d) {2,3,6,4} e) {14,16,14,16}

5. In IIR Filter design by the Bilinear Transformation, the Bilinear Transformation is a K2

Unit-II
mapping from
c)
a) Z-plane to S-plane b) S-plane to Z-plane

f)
d) S-plane to J-plane e) J-plane to Z-plane

6. Which filters exhibit their dependency upon the system design for the stability K3
Unit-II
purpose?
a) FIR b) IIR c)

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 f)
d) Both FIR and IIR e) None

7. Parallel form of realization is done in Unit-II K4

b) Low speed filtering c)
a) High speed filtering applications
applications
f)
d) Both a and b e) None of the above

8. Which of the following filters cannot be designed using impulse invariance method? Unit-II K2
c)
a) Low Pass b) Band Pass

f)
d) Low pass and Band Pass e) High Pass

9. In Gibb's phenomenon, the ringing effect is predominantly present near the ______.  Unit-III K1
c)
a) bandgap b) bandedge

f)
d) bandwidth e) bandshell

10. In Barlett window, the triangular function resembles the tapering of rectangular K4
Unit-III
window sequence _______ from the middle to the ends.
c)
a) linearly b) elliptically

f)
d) hyperbolically e) parabolically

11. Which window function is also regarded as 'Raised-cosine window'?  Unit-III K5

c)
a) Hamming window b) Hanning window

f)
d) Barlett window e) Blackman window

12. Consider the assertions given below. Which among them is an advantage of FIR K6
Unit-III
Filter?
a) Necessity of computational c)
b) Requirement of large storage
techniques for filter implementation
d) Incapability of simulating prototype e) Presence of linear phase f)
analog filters response
13. Zero input limit cycle oscillations are due to Unit-IV K4
c)
a) Quantization at the output b) Quantization of product

d) Quantization of coefficients/ input f)

e) Quantization of scaling added
sample

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14. The quantization noise can be reduced by Unit-IV K5
c)
a) Increasing step size b) Reducing step size

d) Reducing no. of bits used for f)

e) None
quantization
15. The error in the filter output that results from rounding or truncating calculations K3
Unit-IV
within the filter is called
c)
a) Coefficient quantization error b) Adder overflow limit cycle

f)
d) Round off noise e) Limit cycles

16. K3
Finite word length effect gives Unit-IV

a) Improvement in performance of filter b) Degradation in performance of c)

filter
f)
d) Increased accuracy e) None

17.  In TMS 320 C6x processor architecture, which operation/s is/are performed by 'M' K6
Unit-V
functional unit? 
b) Bit interleaving & c)
a) Bit Expansion
deinterleaving
f)
d) Rotation & Variable shifting e) All of the above

18. K6
Which of the following statements are true for von Neumann architecture? Unit-V
b) separate bus between the c)
a) shared bus between the program
program memory and data
memory and data memory
memory
d) external bus for program memory e) external bus for data memory f)
and data memory only
19. K3
Which one of the following is not an advantage of VLIW architecture Unit-V
c)
a) Increased performance b) Potentially scalable

f)
d) Low power consumption e) None of these

20. _________________ reads the data from the data buses and also writes data to the K3
Unit-V
data buses.
c)
a) Fetch phase b) Execute phase

f)
d) Decode phase e) Memory read phase

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 PART- B (10 x 2 =20 Marks) BTL

21. K1
Relate the relationship of the DFT to the Fourier series coefficients of a periodic sequence.
22. K3
Show that with x(n) as an N-point sequence and X(k) as its N-point DFT.
23. Convert the analog band pass filter with system function into a digital IIR filter by use of the K2
backward difference for the derivative.

24. K1
Define Pre-warping.
25. Calculate the phase delay and group delay when the frequency response of FIR filter defined by K4

26. K1
List the applications of Hilbert transforms.
27. K1
State the properties of Quantization noise source.
28. Evaluate the steady state output noise power due to quantization at the output of the digital filter. K6
The output signal of an A/D converter is passed through a first order low pass filter with transfer
function given by

29. K5
Write the features of DSP processors.
30. K4
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of VLIW architecture.
PART- C (5 x 12 =60 Marks) BT

(a) (i) Estimate the IDFT of the sequence (6) K6

(ii) Solve by overlap-add method for the input and impulse sequence given by (6) K3

(OR)
(b) Evaluate X(k) using DIT-FFT algorithms for the given input x(n)=2n and N=8. (12) K
(a) Design a Butterworth high pass filter satisfying the following specifications. (12) K

(OR)
(b) Analyze the i) Direct forms ii) cascade iii) parallel form realizations for the (12) K
following systems

(a) Illustrate that an FIR filter has linear phase if the unit sample response satisfies the (12) K
condition
Also discuss symmetric and anti symmetric cases of FIR filter.
(OR)

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 (b) Design a FIR filter with (12) K

using a Hamming window with N=7

(a) Estimate the error due to truncation and rounding in quantization. (12) K
(OR)
(b) Predict the output round off noise power. Assume α1=0.5 and α2=0.6 where the (12) K

transfer function are

(a) Describe the architecture of TMS320C54x with neat diagram. (12) K

(OR)
(b) Explain the following (12) K
(1) Von Neumann architecture
(2) Harvard architecture
(3) Multiply accumulate Unit

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level (BTL)

BTL Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

(K1) (K2) (K3) (K4) (K5) (K6)
Percentage of Questions 15% 17.5% 16.25% 19.375% 17.5% 14.375%

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