EENG385 Midterm Spring 2016
EENG385 Midterm Spring 2016
Instructors: Dr. Rodrigue Elias, Dr. Hayssam Hajj, Dr. Abdallah Kassir, Dr. Ammar El-Falou, Dr.
Lama Ghattas, Dr. Lana Damaj, Dr. Mervat Madi, Dr. Mohammad Taki, Dr. Mouhamad Abou-
Chahine, Dr. Samir Khayyat, Dr. Ziad Noun, Dr. Mohamad Abou-Chahine and Dr. Walid El-
kaakour
There are 4 questions in the booklet each has several parts, please answer all parts of the 4 questions to the
best of your ability.
Marking Scheme
1. This booklet contains 10 pages including this one. Make sure all these pages are attached.
2. Closed book examination.
3. Do not take the staple out. The exam booklet must remain intact.
4. Cheating penalty will be an “F” grade on the exam.
5. Programmable calculators are not allowed.
6. Mobile phones/devices are to be turned off and stowed away.
Good luck
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Question 1: [20 points]
The signal in the figure is zero except as shown.
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Question 2: [30 points]
1) Decomposition of signal into even and odd parts
We consider the signal of the following figure:
2 1 0 1 2
Using time and amplitude transformations, sketch the even and odd parts of signal given by:
[15 points]
1
2
1
2
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2) System properties
Determine the properties (memoryless, invertible, causal, stable, time invariant, linear) of the
following system and explain the reason: [12 points]
1 1
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3) Properties of Dirac impulse
Calculate the following expressions [3 points]:
2 3 2
2 4
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Question 3: [25 points]
1) You are given an LTI system with the output:
2
Find the impulse response of the system [5 points]
2) We consider two LTI systems connected in cascade as shows the following figure:
Find the overall impulse response between input and output if the impulse responses
and are given by [20 points]:
1
2
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Question 4: [25 points]
Consider the LTI system of the figure below
a) Express the equivalent system impulse response as a function of the impulse responses of the
subsystems 1, ⋯ ,5 [8 points]
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b) Let
3
5 2
Find the impulse response of the system. [7 points]
c) Let . Give the time function at the output of each block 1, ⋯ ,5 . [10 points]
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