BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

Hyderabad Campus
Second Semester 2022-2023
Signals & Systems EEE/ECE/INSTR F243
Comprehensive Examination
PART – A (closed Book)
Time : 9.30 AM – 12.30 PM Date: 10/05/23
Max Marks : 120 Day: Wednesday
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Name : ID No.
Note: (1)Answer all the 30 questions. (2) Each Question carries 2 marks, -1 mark for each
wrong answer , (3) Overwritten answers carry zero marks

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans C A B B C A C D C D B C D C A
Q. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans C C B D B A C B B B A C A D D
For Instructors No. of Correct answers No. of wrong answers Total Marks :

30X2M=60M

1) Consider the magnitude and phase spectrum given below for a compact Fourier series expansion
of a signal. Identify the term corresponding to the 3rd harmonic (n=3) from the expression.

4 𝜋 1 𝜋 4 𝜋 1 𝜋
(A) 𝜋2
cos⁡(2𝑡 − 2) (B) 𝜋 cos⁡(4𝑡 − 2 ) (C) 9𝜋2 cos⁡(6𝑡 + 2 ) (D) 2𝜋 cos (8𝑡 + 2 )

2) Consider the signal x(t) = δ(t) is given as input to a lowpass filter whose frequency response is H(ω) =
2rect(ω/20000π). What is the bandwidth of the output signal Y(ω)

(A) Zero to 10000 π (B) zero to +∞ (C) zero to 5000 π (D) zero to 20000 π
 (3) Consider the two discrete time signals shown below,

Perform Linear convolution and find the values of y(4) & y(6)

(A) 3/2, 0 (B) 3/2 , 1/2 (C) 1/2 , 3/2 (D) 1, 0

4) Consider a system for which u(t) is the input and y(t) is the output which described by the equation
given below and find H(s)
𝑡
𝑦(𝑡) = ∫ (2 + 𝑡 − 𝜏)𝑒 −3(𝑡−𝜏) 𝑢(𝜏)𝑑𝜏
0

1 (2𝑠+7) (𝑠+3) (2𝑠+5)

(A) 𝑆
(B) (𝑆+3)2 (C) (2𝑆+7)2
(D) (𝑆+3)2

5) For the given X(S) below, the x(t) is

𝑠2 − 𝑠 + 1
𝑋(𝑆) = ⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡⁡0 < 𝑅𝑒⁡(𝑠) < 1
𝑠 2 (𝑠 − 1)

(A) 𝑒 𝑡 𝑢(𝑡) + 𝑒 −2𝑡 𝑢(𝑡) (B) 𝑒 −𝑡 𝑢(𝑡) + 𝑡𝑢(−𝑡)

(C) −𝑒 𝑡 𝑢(−𝑡) − 𝑡𝑢(𝑡) (D) −𝑒 𝑡 𝑢(−𝑡) + 𝑡𝑢(𝑡)

6) For the signal shown below, the expression for exponential FS, Dn is

2𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
cos( )𝑛 cos( )𝑛 cos( )𝑛 cos( )𝑛
3 3 6 3
(A) 𝐷𝑛 = − (B) 𝐷𝑛 = −
𝑗𝜋𝑛 𝑗𝜋𝑛 𝑗𝜋𝑛 𝑗𝜋𝑛

2𝜋 𝜋 2𝜋 𝜋
cos( )𝑛 cos( )𝑛 cos( )𝑛 cos( )𝑛
8 8 3 8
(C) 𝐷𝑛 = − (D) 𝐷𝑛 = −
𝑗𝜋3𝑛 𝑗𝜋3𝑛 𝑗𝜋𝑛 𝑗𝜋𝑛
7) Consider the signal x(t) shown below. If y(t) = x(t/2), then amplitude and zero crossings of Y(ω)
spectrum are respectively

(A) TA, ±nπ/T (B) 2TA, ±nπ/2T (C) 4TA, ±nπ/2T (D) 4TA, ±nπ/4T

8) Find the energy of x(t) using its X(ω) as shown below. (Hint : use Parseval’s theorem)

1 𝜋 5
(A) 5 (B) (C) (D)
2𝜋 5 𝜋
9) Determine whether the given system is causal and time-variant
5𝑡
𝑦(𝑡) = ∫−∞ 𝑥(𝜏)𝑑𝜏, t > 0

(A) Causal, time-invariant (B) noncausal, time-invariant

(C) noncausal, time-variant (D) Causal, time-variant

10) If f1(t) = 2rect (t/4) ; f2(t) = rect (t/2), and g(t) = f1(t) * f2(t). The value of g(-1) is

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 4

11) If 𝑥(𝑡) = 𝑢(1 − |𝑡|), X(ω) is (where u(t) is a step function)

(A) 2sin(ω) (B) 2sinc(ω) (C) πδ(ω) (D) 1/(j ω)

12) Given discrete-time sequence x(n) = {A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, B}. If DFT coefficients are X(0) = 20 and
X(4) = 0, find A & B of the given sequence.

(A) 5, -2 (B) -5, 2 (C) -5, -2 (D) 4,2

 13. Let x1(t) and x2(t) be two band-limited signals having bandwidth B = 4π ×103 rad/s each. In the figure
below, the Nyquist sampling frequency (rad/s) required to sample y(t) is

(A) 4π ×103 (B) 40π ×103 (C) 20π ×103 (D) 32π ×103

14. Given x1(t) = u(t + 1.5) – u(t – 1.5) and x2(t) is shown in the below figure. If y(t) = x1(t)*x2(t),
∞
then ∫−∞ 𝑦(𝑡)𝑑𝑡 = ____________

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20

15. Fourier Transform for x(t) signal given below is

1
𝑋(𝜔) = ⁡ (𝑒 −𝑗𝜔 + 𝑗𝜔𝑒 −𝑗𝜔 − 1)
𝜔2

Using X(ω), the Fourier Transform of x1(t) is

4 𝜔 2 𝜔 4 𝜔 2 𝜔
(A) 𝜔2
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 ( 2 ) (B) 𝜔2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 ( 4 ) (C) 𝜔2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 4 ) (D) 𝜔2
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 ( 4 )
16. Consider a discrete time signal f(k) whose N0 (no. of samples) = 32, how many multiplications and
additions are involved in calculating its DFT coefficients using direct DFT analytical expression?

(A) 992 and 1024 (B) 96 and 892 (C) 1024 and 992 (D) 892 and 96

17. Consider a signal x(t) = 3cos (2π3000t + 0.25π) - 2sin (2π4000t - 0.3π). The sampled spectrum of this
signal is shown below. The sampling frequency used is

(A) 9000 Hz (B) 8000 Hz (C) 5000 Hz (D) 12000 Hz

18. The power and energy of the signal x(t) = 8cos [20πt – (π/2)] + 4sin [15πt] are respectively

(A) 10, 20 (B) 40, ∞ (C) 20, ∞ (D) 40, 0

19. Consider the following systems S1, S2, S3 and S4 given below with an input x(t) and an
output y(t).

S1 : y(t) = x2(t) S2 : y(t) = t2x(t) S3 : y(t) = x(t2) S4 : y(t) = x(-t)

The time-invariant systems are

(A) S1 and S3 (B) S1 and S4 (C) only S4 (D) only S1

20. The convolution of two signals x1(t) = tu(t) and x2(t) = u(t) is

(A) (1/2) tu(t) (B) (1/2) t2u(t) (C) t3u(t) (D) (1/3) t3u(t)
∞
21. If 𝑦(𝑡) + ∫0 𝑦(𝜏)⁡𝑥(𝑡 − ⁡𝜏)𝑑𝜏 = 𝛿(𝑡) + 𝑥(𝑡), then y(t) is

(A) δ(t) (B) u(t) (C) u(t - 1) (D) δ(t - 1)

22. Express the given discrete-time sequence x(n) = {1, 3, -2, 4} (note: the first sample in the sequence is
at the origin) as

(A) u[n] + 3 u[n – 1] -2 u[n – 2] + 4 u[n – 3]

(B) u[n] + 3 u[n – 1] - 5 u[n – 2] - 2 u[n – 3]

(C) u[n] + 2 u[n – 1] - 5 u[n – 2] + 6 u[n – 3] – 4 u[n – 4]

(D) u[n] + 2 u[n – 1] - 5 u[n – 2] + 3 u[n – 3] + 4 u[n – 4]

23. A discrete-time signal is given x(n) = cos (πn/3)(u[n] – u[n – 6]). The energy of the signal is

(A) 2 unit (B) 3 unit (C) 4 unit (D) ∞

24. Consider a discrete-time system whose output is y(n) = x(n + 1) – 3x(n) + 2x(n – 1). The system is

(A) linear and causal (B) linear and time-invariant (C) causal and time-invariant (D) causal

25. The inverse Fourier transform of 𝑒 −2|𝜔| ⁡𝑖𝑠⁡

(A) 2/([4 + t2]) (B) 2/(π[4 + t2]) (C) 1/(π[4 + t2]) (D) 2/(π[2 + t2])

𝑑
26. The Laplace transform of 𝑒 𝑡 𝑑𝑡 {𝑒 −2𝑡 𝑢(−𝑡)} is

(A) (1 – s) / (1 + s) (B) (s – 1) / (s + 2) (C) s / (s -2) (D) 1 / (s + 1)

27. The 4-point DFT of a real discrete-time signal x(n) is given by X[k], where n = 0, 1, 2, 3 and also k =
0, 1, 2, 3. Given data : X[0] = 5, X[1] = 1+j1, X[2] = 0.5. The value of X[3] and time sample x(0) are
respectively

(A) (1 – j1), 7.5 (B) (1 + j1), -7.5 (C) (1 – j1), 1.875 (D) (1 + j1), - 1.875

28) The 4-point DFT of a given sequence x(n) = {1, 2, -1, -2} is

(A) {0, 2 - 4j, 0, 2 + 4j} (B) {0, 2 + 2j, 0, 2 – 2j}

(C) {0, 2 + 4j, 0, 2 - 4j} (D) {0, 2 - 2j, 0, 2 + 2j}

29) In the table shown below, match the time signal type and frequency spectrum characteristics

Time Signal type Frequency spectrum

(a) Continuous, nonperiodic (e) Continuous, nonperiodic

(b) Continuous, periodic (f) Continuous, periodic
(c) Discrete, nonperiodic (g) Discrete, nonperiodic
(d) Discrete, periodic (h) Discrete, periodic

(A) (a) → (e), (b) → (f), (c) → (g), (d) → (h)

(B) (a) → (e), (b) → (f), (c) → (h), (d) → (g)
(C) (a) → (f), (b) → (e), (c) → (g), (d) → (h)
(D) (a) → (e), (b) → (g), (c) → (f), (d) → (h)

30) The discrete-time ramp function is a

(A) power signal (B) energy signal

(C) both energy and power (D) neither energy nor power