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YEAR 2010 Question. 1

ONE MARK

For the system 2/ (s + 1), the approximate time taken for a step response to reach 98% of the final value is (A) 1 s (C) 4 s
Question. 2

(B) 2 s (D) 8 s

The period of the signal x (t) = 8 sin `0.8t + j is 4 (A) 0.4 s (C) 1.25 s
Question. 3

(B) 0.8 s (D) 2.5 s

The system represented by the input-output relationship y (t) = (A) Linear and causal (B) Linear but not causal (C) Causal but not linear (D) Neither liner nor causal

# x () d, t > 0
3

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Question. 4

The second harmonic component of the periodic waveform given in the figure has an amplitude of

(A) 0 (C) 2/
YEAR 2010 Question. 5

(B) 1 (D) 5

TWO MARKS

x (t) is a positive rectangular pulse from t = 1 to t =+ 1 with unit height as shown in the figure. The value of is the Fourier transform of x (t)} is.

#- 3

X () 2 d " where X ()

(A) 2 (C) 4
Question. 6

(B) 2 (D) 4

Given the finite length input x [n] and the corresponding finite length output y [n] of an LTI system as shown below, the impulse response h [n] of the system is

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Common Data Questions Q. 7 & 8

Question. 7

g (t) can be expressed as (A) g (t) = f (2t 3) (C) g (t) = f`2t 3 j 2

(B) g (t) = f` t 3j 2 (D) g (t) = f` t 3 j 2 2

The Laplace transform of g (t) is (A) 1 (e3s e5s) (B) 1 (e - 5s e - 3s) s s

(D) 1 (e5s e3s) s

YEAR 2009

Question. 9

A Linear Time Invariant system with an impulse response h (t) produces output y (t) when input x (t) is applied. When the input x (t ) is applied to a system with impulse response h (t ), the output will be (A) y () (C) y (t ) (B) y (2 (t )) (D) y (t 2)
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YEAR 2009 Question. 10 TWO MARKS

A cascade of three Linear Time Invariant systems is causal and unstable. From this, we conclude that (A) each system in the cascade is individually causal and unstable (B) at least on system is unstable and at least one system is causal (C) at least one system is causal and all systems are unstable (D) the majority are unstable and the majority are causal
Question. 11

The Fourier Series coefficients of a periodic signal x (t) expressed 3 as x (t) = k ak e j2kt/T are given by a- 2 = 2 j1, a 1 = 0.5 + j0.2 , =- 3 a 0 = j2 , a 1 = 0.5 j0.2 , a 2 = 2 + j1 and ak = 0 for k > 2

Which of the following is true ? (A) x (t) has finite energy because only finitely many coefficients are non-zero (B) x (t) has zero average value because it is periodic (C) The imaginary part of x (t) is constant (D) The real part of x (t) is even
Question. 12

The z-transform of a signal x [n] is given by 4z - 3 + 3z - 1 + 2 6z2 + 2z3 It is applied to a system, with a transfer function H (z) = 3z - 1 2 Let the output be y [n]. Which of the following is true ? (A) y [n] is non causal with finite support (B) y [n] is causal with infinite support (C) y [n] = 0; n > 3 (D) Re [Y (z)] z = e = Re [Y (z)] z = e Im [Y (z)] z = e = Im [Y (z)] z = e ; # <
ji - ji ji - ji

YEAR 2008 Question. 13

ONE MARK

The impulse response of a causal linear time-invariant system is given

www.gatehelp.com as h (t). Now consider the following two statements : Statement (I): Principle of superposition holds Statement (II): h (t) = 0 for t < 0 Which one of the following statements is correct ? (A) Statements (I) is correct and statement (II) is wrong (B) Statements (II) is correct and statement (I) is wrong (C) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are wrong (D) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct
Question. 14

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A signal e - t sin (t) is the input to a real Linear Time Invariant system. Given K and are constants, the output of the system will be of the form Ke - t sin (vt + ) where (A) need not be equal to but v equal to (B) v need not be equal to but equal to (C) equal to and v equal to (D) need not be equal to and v need not be equal to
YEAR 2008 Question. 15 TWO MARKS

A system with x (t) and output y (t) is defined by the input-output relation : y (t) =

#- 3x (t) d
- 2t

The system will be (A) Casual, time-invariant and unstable (B) Casual, time-invariant and stable (C) non-casual, time-invariant and unstable (D) non-casual, time-variant and unstable
Question. 16

A signal x (t) = sinc (t) where is a real constant ^sinc (x) = x h is the input to a Linear Time Invariant system whose impulse response h (t) = sinc (t), where is a real constant. If min (, ) denotes the
sin (x)

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www.gatehelp.com minimum of and and similarly, max (, ) denotes the maximum of and , and K is a constant, which one of the following statements is true about the output of the system ? (A) It will be of the form Ksinc (t) where = min (, ) (B) It will be of the form Ksinc (t) where = max (, ) (C) It will be of the form Ksinc (t) (D) It can not be a sinc type of signal
Question. 17

Let x (t) be a periodic signal with time period T , Let y (t) = x (t t0) + x (t + t0) for some t0 . The Fourier Series coefficients of y (t) are denoted by bk . If bk = 0 for all odd k , then t0 can be equal to (A) T/8 (C) T/2
Question. 18

(B) T/4 (D) 2T

H (z) is a transfer function of a real system. When a signal x [n] = (1 + j) n is the input to such a system, the output is zero. Further, the Region -1 of convergence (ROC) of ^1 1 2 z h H(z) is the entire Z-plane (except z = 0 ). It can then be inferred that H (z) can have a minimum of (A) one pole and one zero (B) one pole and two zeros (C) two poles and one zero D) two poles and two zeros
Question. 19

z with z > a , the residue of X (z) zn - 1 at z = a 2 (z a) for n $ 0 will be Given X (z) = (A) an - 1 (C) nan
Question. 20
1 1 Let x (t) = rect^t 1 and 2 h (where rect (x) = 1 for 2 # x # 2 sin (x) zero otherwise. If sinc (x) = x , then the Fourier Transform of

(B) an (D) nan - 1

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(B) 2 sinc` j 2 (D) sinc` j sin ` j 2 2

Given a sequence x [n], to generate the sequence y [n] = x [3 4n], which one of the following procedures would be correct ? (A) First delay x (n) by 3 samples to generate z1 [n], then pick every 4th sample of z1 [n] to generate z2 [n], and than finally time reverse z2 [n] to obtain y [n]. (B) First advance x [n] by 3 samples to generate z1 [n], then pick every 4th sample of z1 [n] to generate z2 [n], and then finally time reverse z2 [n] to obtain y [n] (C) First pick every fourth sample of x [n] to generate v1 [n], timereverse v1 [n] to obtain v2 [n], and finally advance v2 [n] by 3 samples to obtain y [n] (D) First pick every fourth sample of x [n] to generate v1 [n], timereverse v1 [n] to obtain v2 [n], and finally delay v2 [n] by 3 samples to obtain y [n]

YEAR 2007

ONE MARK

Question. 22

The frequency spectrum of a signal is shown in the figure. If this is ideally sampled at intervals of 1 ms, then the frequency spectrum of the sampled signal will be

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Question. 23

Let a signal a1 sin (1 t + ) be applied to a stable linear time variant system. Let the corresponding steady state output be represented as a2 F (2 t + 2). Then which of the following statement is true? (A) F is not necessarily a Sine or Cosine function but must be periodic with 1 = 2 . (B) F must be a Sine or Cosine function with a1 = a2 (C) F must be a Sine function with 1 = 2 and 1 = 2 (D) F must be a Sine or Cosine function with 1 = 2
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Question. 24

A signal x (t) is given by 1, T/4 < t # 3T/4 x (t) = * 1, 3T/4 < t # 7T/4 x (t + T) Which among the following gives the fundamental fourier term of x (t) ? (A) 4 cos ` t j (B) cos ` t + j T 4 4 2T 4 (C) 4 sin ` t j T 4 (D) sin ` t + j 4 2T 4

Statement for Linked Answer Question 25 & 26 :

A signal is processed by a causal filter with transfer function G (s) For a distortion free output signal wave form, G (s) must (A) provides zero phase shift for all frequency (B) provides constant phase shift for all frequency (C) provides linear phase shift that is proportional to frequency (D) provides a phase shift that is inversely proportional to frequency
Question. 26

G (z) = z - 1 + z - 3 is a low pass digital filter with a phase characteristics same as that of the above question if (A) = (C) =
(1/3)

(B) = (D) = (- 1/3)

Question. 27

Consider the discrete-time system shown in the figure where the impulse response of G (z) is g (0) = 0, g (1) = g (2) = 1, g (3) = g (4) = g = 0
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This system is stable for range of values of K (A) [ 1, 1 (B) [ 1, 1] 2] (C) [ 1 2 , 1]

(D) [ 1 2 , 2]

If u (t), r (t) denote the unit step and unit ramp functions respectively and u (t) * r (t) their convolution, then the function u (t + 1) * r (t 2) is given by (A) (C)
1 2 (t 1) u (t 1) 2 1 2 (t 1) u (t 1)

(B)

1 2

(t 1) u (t 2)

(D) None of the above

Question. 29

X (z) = 1 3z - 1, Y (z) = 1 + 2z - 2 are Z transforms of two signals x [n], y [n] respectively. A linear time invariant system has the impulse response h [n] defined by these two signals as h [n] = x [n 1] * y [n] where * denotes discrete time convolution. Then the output of the system for the input [n 1] (A) has Z-transform z - 1 X (z) Y (z) (B) equals [n 2] 3 [n 3] + 2 [n 4] 6 [n 5] (C) has Z-transform 1 3z - 1 + 2z - 2 6z - 3 (D) does not satisfy any of the above three

YEAR 2006 Question. 30

ONE MARK

The following is true (A) A finite signal is always bounded (B) A bounded signal always possesses finite energy (C) A bounded signal is always zero outside the interval [ t0, t0] for some t0 (D) A bounded signal is always finite
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Question. 31

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x (t) is a real valued function of a real variable with period T . Its trigonometric Fourier Series expansion contains no terms of frequency = 2 (2k) /T; k = 1, 2g Also, no sine terms are present. Then x (t) satisfies the equation (A) x (t) = x (t T) (B) x (t) = x (T t) = x ( t) (C) x (t) = x (T t) = x (t T/2) (D) x (t) = x (t T) = x (t T/2)
Question. 32

A discrete real all pass system has a pole at z = 2+30% : it, therefore (A) also has a pole at
1 2

+30%

(B) has a constant phase response over the z -plane: arg H (z) = constant constant (C) is stable only if it is anti-causal (D) has a constant phase arg H (ei) = constant response over the unit circle:

YEAR 2006 Question. 33

TWO MARKS

x [n] = 0; n < 1, n > 0, x [ 1] = 1, x [0] = 2 is the input and y [n] = 0; n < 1, n > 2, y [ 1] = 1 = y [1], y [0] = 3, y [2] = 2 is the output of a discrete-time LTI system. The system impulse response h [n] will be (A) h [n] = 0; n < 0, n > 2, h [0] = 1, h [1] = h [2] = 1 (B) h [n] = 0; n < 1, n > 1, h [ 1] = 1, h [0] = h [1] = 2 (C) h [n] = 0; n < 0, n > 3, h [0] = 1, h [1] = 2, h [2] = 1 (D) h [n] = 0; n < 2, n > 1, h [ 2] = h [1] = h [ 1] = h [0] = 3
Question. 34
3 3n z2n , where The discrete-time signal x [n] X (z) = n =0 2 + n denotes a transform-pair relationship, is orthogonal to the signal

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www.gatehelp.com (A) y1 [n] ) Y1 (z) = (B) y2 [n] ) Y2 (z) = (C) y3 [n] ) Y3 (z) =
3 2 z- n /n =0` 3j n 3 (5n n) z - (2n + 1) /n =0 3 2- n z- n /n =- 3

(D) y4 [n] ) Y4 (z) = 2z - 4 + 3z - 2 + 1

A continuous-time system is described by y (t) = e - x (t) , where y (t) is the output and x (t) is the input. y (t) is bounded (A) only when x (t) is bounded (B) only when x (t) is non-negative (C) only for t # 0 if x (t) is bounded for t $ 0 (D) even when x (t) is not bounded
Question. 36

The running integration, given by y (t) =

#- 3 x (t') dt'
t

(A) has no finite singularities in its double sided Laplace Transform Y (s) (B) produces a bounded output for every causal bounded input (C) produces a bounded output for every anticausal bounded input (D) has no finite zeroes in its double sided Laplace Transform Y (s)

YEAR 2005 Question. 37

TWO MARKS

For the triangular wave from shown in the figure, the RMS value of the voltage is equal to

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(A) (C) 1 3

(B) (D)

Question. 38
2 The Laplace transform of a function f (t) is F (s) = 5s 2+ 23s + 6 as s (s + 2s + 2) t " 3, f (t) approaches (A) 3 (B) 5 (D) 3 (C) 17 2

Question. 39

The Fourier series for the function f (x) = sin2 x is (B) 1 cos 2x (A) sin x + sin 2x (C) sin 2x + cos 2x
Question. 40

(D) 0.5 0.5 cos 2x

If u (t) is the unit step and (t) is the unit impulse function, the 1 inverse z -transform of F (z) = z + 1 for k > 0 is (A) ( 1) k (k) (C) ( 1) k u (k)
YEAR 2004 Question. 41

(B) (k) ( 1) k (D) u (k) ( 1) k

The rms value of the periodic waveform given in figure is

(A) 2 6 A (C) 4/3 A

(B) 6 2 A (D) 1.5 A

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Question. 42

The rms value of the resultant current in a wire which carries a dc current of 10 A and a sinusoidal alternating current of peak value 20 is (A) 14.1 A (C) 22.4 A (B) 17.3 A (D) 30.0 A

YEAR 2002

ONE MARK

Question. 43

Fourier Series for the waveform, f (t) shown in Figure is

(A) 82 8sin (t) + 1 sin (3t) + 1 sin (5t) + .....B 9 25 (B) 82 8sin (t) 1 cos (3t) + 1 sin (5t) + .......B 9 25 (C) 82 8cos (t) + 1 cos (3t) + 1 cos (5t) + .....B 9 25 (D) 82 8cos (t) 1 sin (3t) + 1 sin (5t) + .......B 9 25
Question. 44

Let s (t) be the step response of a linear system with zero intial conditions; then the response of this system to an an input u (t) is (A) (C)
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s (t ) u () d # 0
t

(B) d ; dt (D)
1

s (t ) u () d E # 0
t

s (t ); # u (1) d1E d # 0 0
t t

[s (t )] 2 u () d # 0

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Question. 45

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Let Y (s) be the Laplace transformation of the function y (t), then the final value of the function is (A) LimY (s)
s"0

(B) LimY (s)

(C) Lim sY (s)

(D) Lim sY (s)

Question. 46

What is the rms value of the voltage waveform shown in Figure ?

(A) (200/) V (C) 200 V

(B) (100/) V (D) 100 V

YEAR 2001

ONE MARK

Question. 47

Given the relationship between the input u (t) and the output y (t) to be y (t) =
- 2s (A) 2e s+3

(2 + t ) e - 3 (t - ) u () d , # 0
t

The transfer function Y (s) /U (s) is (B) s+2 (s + 3) 2

(C) 2s + 5 s+3

(D) 2s + 72 (s + 3)

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Question. 48

The DC component of v is (A) 0.4 (C) 0.8

(B) 0.2 (D) 0.1

The amplitude of fundamental component of v is (A) 1.20 V (B) 2.40 V (C) 2 V (D) 1 V

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