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Q. 1
Two independent random variables
X
and
Y
are uniformly distributed in the interval ,11
-
6 @
. The probability that max ,
X Y
6 @
is less than 1/2 is(A) 3/4 (B) 9/16(C) 1/4 (D) 2/3
YEAR 2011 ONE MARK
Q. 2
Consider the signal
x t
^ h
,,
e t t
000
<
t
$
=
-
*
Let
X
w
^ h
denotes the Fourier transform of this signal. The integral
X d
21
pww
33
-
^ h
#
is(A) 0 (B) 1/2(C) 1 (D)
3
Q. 3
The continuous time signal sin
x t t
0
w
=
^ h
is a periodic signal. However, for its discrete time counterpart sin
x n n
0
w
=
6 @
to be periodic, the necessary condition is(A) 02
<
0
#
wp
(B) 2
0
wp
to be an integer(C) 2
0
wp
to be a ratio of integers (D) None of the above
Q. 4
Consider a periodic signal
x t
^ h
as shown below.It has Fourier series representation
x t
^ h
a e
/
k j T kt k
2
=
33
p
=-
^ h
/
Which one of the following statements is true?(A)
a
0
k
=
, for
k
odd integer and
T
3
=
(B)
a
0
k
=
, for
k
even integer and
T
3
=
(C)
a
0
k
=
, for
k
even integer and
T
6
=
(D)
a
0
k
=
, for
k
odd integer and
T
6
=
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Q. 5
Shown below is the pole-zero plot of a digital filter.Which one of the following statements is true?(A) The is a low-pass filter (B) This is a high-pass filter(C) This is an IIR filter (D) This is an FIR filter
Q. 6
The continuous time signal
x t
^ h
cossin
t t
100300
pp
= +
^ ^h h
is sampled at the rate Hz100 to get the signal
x t
S
^ h
x nT t nT
s sn
d
= -
33
=-
^ ^h h
/
,
T
s
=
sampling period The signal
x t
s
^ h
is passed through an ideal low-pass filter with cut-off frequency Hz100. the output of the filter is proportional to(A) cos
t
100
p
^ h
(B) cossin
t t
100100
pp
+
^ ^h h
(C) cossin
t t
100100
pp
-
^ ^h h
(D) sin
t
100
p
^ h
Q. 7
Consider a system with input
x t
^ h
and output
y t
^ h
related as follows
y t
^ h
dt d e x t
t
=
-
^ h
" ,
Which one of the following statements is true?(A) The system is non-linear(B) The system is time invariant(C) The system is stable(D) The system has memory
YEAR 2011 TWO MARKS
Q. 8
A square wave (amplitude 10mV
!
, frequency 5 kHz, duty cycle 50%) is passed through an ideal low-pass filter with pass-band gain and cut-off frequency of 0 dB and 10 kHz, respectively. The filtered signal is subsequently “buried” additively into a zero mean noise process of non-sided power spectral density (PSD) of 25 pW Hz
1
-
up to a frequency of 2 MHz. The PSD of the noise is assumed to be zero beyond 2 MHz. The signal to noise ratio of the output is(A) 0 dB (B) 0.1 dB(C) 1.0 dB (D) 3 dB
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Q. 9
Consider the difference equation
y n y n x n
311
- - =
6 6 6@ @ @
and suppose that
x n u n
21
n
=
b l
6 6@ @
. Assuming the condition of initial rest, the solution for
y n
6 @
,
n
0
$
is(A) 331221
n n
-
b
b
l
l
(B) 231321
n n
- +
b
b
l
l
(C) 32313121
n n
+
b
b
l
l
(D) 31313221
n n
+
b
b
l
l
YEAR 2010 ONE MARK
Q. 10
u t
^ h
represents the unit step function. The Laplace transform of
u t
t
-
^ h
is(A)
s
1
t
(B)
s
1
t
-
(C)
se
s
t
-
(D)
e
s
t
-
Q. 11
In a pulse code modulated (PCM) signal sampled at
f
s
and enclosed into an
n
-bit code, the minimum bandwidth required for faithful reconstruction is(A)
nf
2
s
(B)
nf
s
(C)
nf
2
s
(D)
f
s
Q. 12
f x
^ h
, shown in the figure is represented by
f x
^ h
cossin
a a nx b nx
n nnn
01
= + +
=
^ ^h h
" ,
/
The value of
a
0
is(A) 0 (B) /2
p
(C)
p
(D) 2
p
Q. 13
H z
^ h
is discrete rational transfer function. To ensure that both
H z
^ h
and its inverse are stable its(A) poles must be inside the unit circle and zeros must be outside the unit circle(B) poles and zeros must be inside the unit circle(C) poles and zeros must be outside the unit circle(D) poles must be outside the unit circle and the zeros should be inside the unit circle
Q. 14
The fundamental period of sinsin
x t t t
233
pp
= +
^ h
with
t
expressed in second, is(A) s1 (B) .s067
(C) s2 (D) s3