Sample questions /1st Assignment of DSP subject
1.Define signal. Write the classification of signals.
2.Define and sketch the following signals
i) unit impulse signal, ii) unit step signal, iii) unit ramp signal and iv) exponential
signal
3. Differentiate the following discrete time systems and also check for conditions
i) y(n)=x(n)cos( ω 0 n ) ii) y(n)=n x(n) iii) y(n)= a^n x(n)
i) Static v/s dynamic systems ii) Time invariant v/s time variant systems.
iii) Linear v/s nonlinear systems iv) Stable v/s unstable systems
v) causal v/s non-causal systems
4.Determine the periodicity and fundamental period of the following signals
i) cos(π30n/105) ii) x(n) = 3 cos (5n+π/6) iii)
x(n)=cos(cosπn/2)-sin(πn/8)+3cos(πn/4+π/3)
iv) cos(3πn) v) x(n)=cos ( π105
30 n
) vi) x(n)=cos( πn2 ) sin ( πn8 )
5. Derive the expression for the convolution sum and explain the process of computing
the convolution.
5. A) Determine the convolution sum for the given signals
x( n )=(1 /2)n u (n) h( n )=(1 /4)n u (n)
6. Determine the output of a relaxed linear time invariant system with impulse response
i) h(n)=a^n u(n), |a|<1 ii) h(n)=n a^n u(n), |a|<1
7. Determine the non-linear system y(n)= y2(n-1)+x(n) is stable or unstable.
8. The impulse response of a linear time-invarient system is h(n) = [1,2,1,-1] and
x(n)= [1,2,3,1] and find the output sequence y(n).
9. Explain the characteristic families of signals with their corresponding ROC
10. Determine the Z-transform and ROC of the following
i) x(n) = (1/2)^n u(n) ii) x(n)=a^(n ) u(n)+b^(n ) u(-n-1) iii) (1+n) u(n) iv) ⌈1+(1/2)^n ⌉
u(n)
11. Explain the following properties of Z-transform along with the ROC.
i) Time shift ii) Differentiation in Z-domain iii) Time reversal
12. Determine the Z-transform and sketch the ROC of the following signal x(n)= a^n u(n)
13. Determine the Z-transform and ROC of the following
()
n
1
i) x(n) = u(n) ii) x(n)= (1+n)u(n)
2
14. Determine the convolution of the following pairs of signals by means of Z transform:
() ( ( ))
n n
1 1
x 1 ( n )= u(n) and x 2 ( n )= 1+ u (n−1)
4 2
15. Make use of frequency domain sampling and derive N-point Fourier transform of a
sequence
16. Determine the 4-point DFT and IDFT of the following signal using matrix method
i) x(n) = {1,1,0,0} ii) x(n) = {0,1,2,3}
17. Compute the N-pont DFT of x(n)= a^n for 0≤n≤N-1
18. Analyze the following properties of the DFT with appropriate statement
i) Linearity ii) Convolution iii) Correlation
19. Perform the circular convolution of the following sequences x1(n)= {2,1,2,1} and
x2(n)= {1,2,3,4}. Verify the result using DFT and IDFT method.
20. Compute the N-point DFT of the following the signal: x(n)=cos ( 2π
N 0
k n
)