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Signals and Systems – Midterm 1
2020/10/22
Time: 13:10–16:00
Total 125 pts
1) (11%) Consider a continuous-time linear system. As shown in the following figure, with three
input signals x1 (t), x2 (t), and x3 (t), we can observe three output signals y1 (t), y2 (t), and y3 (t),
respectively. Answer the following questions.
x1ĩ Ī y1ĩ Ī
IJ IJ
ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ
x2ĩ Ī y2ĩ Ī
IJ IJ
ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ
IJ
x3ĩ Ī y3ĩ Ī
IJ IJ
ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ
a) (3%) Is the system causal? Why or why not?
b) (3%) Is the system time-invariant? Why or why not?
c) (5%) Find the output signal of the system with the following input x(t):
ĩĪ
ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ
2
2) (39 %) Consider a continuous-time system
y(t) = x (1 − 2t)
with an input signal x(t) shown as follows:
x(tĪ
Ĵ
ij
IJ
ĮĶ Įĵ ĮĴ Įij ĮIJ ı IJ ij Ĵ ĵ Ķ ķ ŵ
Answer the following questions.
a) (17%) Is the system causal(3%),stable(3%), invertible(3%), linear(3%), and time-invariant(5%)
? Please explain your answers clearly. (No credit if you don’t provide any reasons.)
b) (3%) Is the input signal x(t) even, odd, or neither?
c) (6%) Find the energy of x(t)
d) (8%) Find the even and odd components of x(t). (Please label them clearly.)
e) (5%) Sketch the output signal y(t) (Please label it clearly.)
3) (35%) Consider the following discrete-time system:
∑n ( )n−k
2
y[n] = · x[k]
k=−∞
3
Answer the following questions:
a) (2+4=6%) Determine whether the system is causal or stable. Please explain your reasons.
b) (3+5=8%) Prove the system is linear and time-invariant.
c) (5%) Draw impulse response of the system h[n]. (Please label it clearly)
d) (8%) Find the output y[n] if the input signal is x[n] = u[n + 2] − u[n − 3].
e) (8%) Find the output y[n] if the input signal is x[n] = (1/2)n u[n + 3].
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4) (40%) Consider three continuous-time LTI system described as follows:
• System A: y(t) = x(t) − x(t − 2)
1
4
∫ t ( 1 )t−τ
• System B: y(t) = x(τ )dτ
−∞ 2
∫ t+3
• System C: y(t) = x(τ )dτ
t
Answer the following questions:
a) (12%) Draw the impulse responses of three systems, hA (t),hB (t) and hC (t).
b) (10%) Draw the impulse response of the following system h(t).
xt yt
ht
c) (6%) Is the system in (b) causal or stable ? Please explain your answers clearly.
d) (12%) Find the output of the system in (b) when the input signal is
x(t) = u(t).