AMIETE – ET/CS/IT (OLD SCHEME)

 

Flowchart: Alternate Process: JUNE 2009Code: AE06/ AC04/ AT04                                                         Subject: SIGNALS & SYSTEMS

Time: 3 Hours                                                                                                     Max. Marks: 100

 

NOTE: There are 9 Questions in all.

·      Question 1 is compulsory and carries 20 marks. Answer to Q. 1. must be written in the space provided for it in the answer book supplied and nowhere else.

·      Out of the remaining EIGHT Questions answer any FIVE Questions. Each question carries 16 marks.

·      Any required data not explicitly given, may be suitably assumed and stated.

 

 

Q.1       Choose the correct or the best alternative in the following:                                  (210)

                

a.       The Fourier transform of

 

                   (A)                                        (B)

(C)                                      (D) 

       

b.      Consider a continuous-time system with input x(t) and output y(t) related by .  The system is

 

(A)    Linear                                          (B) Causal

(C)  Non-linear                                    (D) Non-causal

                  

             c.   The equation  is also called as

                    

(A)    Superposition integral                   (B) Continuous integral

(C)   Time integral                                 (D) None of the above

 

             d.   According to time shifting property of Fourier transform,  is equal to

 

(A)                                  (B)

(C)                                (D)

 

             e.   Parseval’s relation for a periodic signals  equal to

                                                                            

(A)                          (B) 

(C)                         (D)  None of the above

 

             f.    The discrete fourier transform of  is equal to    

 

(A)                                    (B)

(C)                                   (D)

 

             g.   An ideal low pass filter is

 

(A)     Causal                                         (B) Non-causal

(C)  Inverse causal                               (D) None  

 

             h.   If  with ROC=R, then Laplace transform of is equal to

 

(A)                                     (B)

(C)                                    (D)

 

             i.    For a causal linear time invariant system, the impulse response for t < 0 is equal to

 

                   (A) Unity                                             (B) Infinity            

                   (C) Zero                                              (D) None  

                

             j.    The ROC associated with the system function for a causal system is a

 

(A) Right half plane                              (B)  Left half plane

(C) Middle of plane                             (D) None of the above

 

 

Answer any FIVE Questions out of EIGHT Questions.

Each question carries 16 marks.

 

 

  Q.2     a.   Find out whether signal  is an energy signal or a power signal.  Also find if  is an energy signal or a power signal.                                                           (8)

                                      

             b.   Find out the response of a continuous –time system to unit step input given the impulse response, .                    (8)

 

  Q.3     a.   Find the trigonometric Fourier series for the waveform shown in Fig.1.                (8)

 

                                                                                                                             

 


             b.   Determine the fourier series coefficients for a discrete-time periodic signal given as , where .                            (8)

 

Q.4       a.   Determine the continuous-time fourier transform of a continuous –time signal, .                                                            (8)

                  

             b.   Find the fourier transform of the pulse shown in Fig.2 below                               (8)

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                                                                             

  Q.5     a.   Using discrete time fourier transform, determine the frequency response and impulse response of a causal discrete-time LTI system that is characterised by, .          (8)

 

 

             b.   Determine the discrete-time frequency transform of the discrete-time periodic signal, , with fundamental frequency .      (8)

 

  Q.6     a.   The frequency response for a causal and stable continuous time LTI system is given by, .

                   (i)   Find the magnitude of .

                   (ii)  Determine which of the following statement is true about , the group delay of the system

1.                   

2.                 

3.                                                                                       (8)

                  

             b.   Find the Nyquist rate and Nyquist interval for the continuous-time signal, .                                                                (8)

 

  Q.7     a.   Find the z-transform and ROC for the signal sequence .                    (6)   

                  


 

             b.   State initial value theorem for z-domain transfer function.  Find the initial

                   value of the corresponding sequence, s(n) having a z-transform .                 (6)

 

             c.   Determine the sequence s(n) whose z-transform .           (4)

 

  Q.8     a.   A binary source generates digits 1 and 0 randomly with probabilities 0.6 and 0.4 respectively.                    

                   (i)  What is the probability that two 1’s and three 0’s will occur in a five-digit sequence?

                   (ii) What is the probability that atleast three 1’s will occur in a five-digit sequence?              (6)

 

             b.   The pdf of a random variable X is given by,  

                   where, K is a constant

                   (i)  Determine the value of K.

                   (ii)  Let a = -1 and b=2.  Calculate .                                  (6)

c.       Consider a random process X(t) given by, ; where is a random variable uniformly distributed in the range .  Show that the process is ergodic in the mean.    (4)

       

  Q.9           Write short notes on:

 

(i)                  Joint probability.

(ii)                Conditional probability.

(iii)               Cross spectral density.

(iv)              White noise.                                                                 (44 = 16)