1) The cost of the digital processors is cheaper because

a. Processor allows time sharing among a number of signals

b. The hardware is cheaper
c. Require less maintenance
d. Less power consumption
ANSWER:(a) Processor allows time sharing among a number of signals
2) The operations that may be performed on vectors in Euclidean Space are
1) Inner product, distance between vectors
2) Norm of a vector, orthogonal vectors
3) Orthonormal functions
4) Vector division

a. 1, 2 and 3 are correct

b. 1 and 2 are correct
c. 1, 2 and 4 are correct
d. All the four are correct
ANSWER: (a)1, 2 and 3 are correct
3) The norm or length of a signal is given by
a. The square of the energy of the signal
b. The square root of the energy of the signal
c. The inverse of the energy of the signal
d. The cube root of the energy of the signal
ANSWER: (a) The square root of the energy of the signal
4) The principle of Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization (GSO) states that, any set
of M energy signals can be expressed as
a. Summation of N ortho normal basis functions, where N ≤ M.
b. Linear combinations of N ortho normal basis functions, where N ≤ M.
c. Product of logarithmic combinations of N ortho normal basis functions,
where N ≤ M.
d. Product of inverse squares of N ortho normal basis functions, where N ≤ M.
ANSWER: (b) Linear combinations of N ortho normal basis functions, where N
≤ M.
5) A signal x[n] is anti symmetric or odd when
a. x[-n] = x[n] • x[n]
b. x[n] = -x[n]
c. x[n] = [x[n]]2
d. x[-n] = -x[n]
ANSWER: (d) x[-n] = -x[n]
6) Time shifting of discrete time signal means
a. y[n] = x[n-k]
b. y[n] = x[-n-k]
c. y[n] = -x[n-k]
d. y[n] = x[n+k]
ANSWER:(a) y[n] = x[n-k]
7) Time reversal of a discrete time signal refers to
a. y[n] = x[-n+k]
b. y[n] = x[-n]
c. y[n] = x[-n-k]
d. y[n] = x[n-k]
ANSWER: (b) y[n] = x[-n]
8) Causal systems are the systems in which
a. The output of the system depends on the present and the past inputs
b. The output of the system depends only on the present inputs
c. The output of the system depends only on the past inputs
d. The output of the system depends on the present input as well as the previous
outputs
ANSWER: (a) The output of the system depends on the present and the past
inputs
9) The basic properties of DFT includes
1) Linearity
2) Periodicity
3) Circular symmetry
4) Summation

a. 1, 2 and 3 are correct

b. 1, 2 and 4 are correct
c. 1 and 3 are correct
d. All the four are correct
ANSWER: (a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
10) Padding of zeros increases the frequency resolution.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: (b) False
11) Circular shift of an N point is equivalent to
a. Circular shift of its periodic extension and its vice versa
b. Linear shift of its periodic extension and its vice versa
c. Circular shift of its aperiodic extension and its vice versa
d. Linear shift of its aperiodic extension and its vice versa
ANSWER: (b) Linear shift of its periodic extension and its vice versa
12) The circular convolution of two sequences in time domain is equivalent to
a. Multiplication of DFTs of two sequences
b. Summation of DFTs of two sequences
c. Difference of DFTs of two sequences
d. Square of multiplication of DFTs of two sequences
ANSWER: (a) Multiplication of DFTs of two sequences
13) For the calculation of N- point DFT, Radix -2 FFT algorithm repeats
a. 2(N Log2 N) stages
b. (N Log2 N)2/2 stages
c. (N Log2 N)/2 stages
d. (N Log2(2 N))/2 stages
ANSWER: (c) (N Log2 N)/2 stages
14) Radix – 2 FFT algorithm performs the computation of DFT in
a. N/2Log2 N multiplications and 2Log2 N additions
b. N/2Log2 N multiplications and NLog2 N additions
c. Log2 N multiplications and N/2Log2 N additions
d. NLog2 N multiplications and N/2Log2 N additions
ANSWER: (b) N/2Log2 N multiplications and NLog2 N additions
15) The overlap save method is used to calculate
a. The discrete convolution between a sampled signal and a finite impulse
response (FIR) filter
b. The discrete convolution between a sampled signal and an infinite impulse
response (IIR) filter
c. The discrete convolution between a very long signal and a finite impulse
response (FIR) filter
d. The discrete convolution between a very long signal and a infinite impulse
response (IIR) filter
ANSWER: (c) The discrete convolution between a very long signal and a finite
impulse response (FIR) filter
16) Overlap-Add Method Deals with principles that
a. The linear convolution of a discrete-time signal of length L and a discrete-
time signal of length M produces a discrete-time convolved result of length L +
M–1
b. The linear convolution of a discrete-time signal of length L and a discrete-
time signal of length M produces a discrete-time convolved result of length L +
M
c. The linear convolution of a discrete-time signal of length L and a discrete-
time signal of length M produces a discrete-time convolved result of length 2L
+M–1
d. The linear convolution of a discrete-time signal of length L and a discrete-
time signal of length M produces a discrete-time convolved result of length 2L
+ 2M – 1
ANSWER:(a) The linear convolution of a discrete-time signal of length L and a
discrete-time signal of length M produces a discrete-time convolved result of
length L + M – 1
17) ROC does not have
a. zeros
b. poles
c. negative values
d. positive values
ANSWER: (b) poles
18) Damping is the ability of a system
a. To support oscillatory nature of the system’s transient response
b. To oppose the continuous nature of the system’s transient response
c. To oppose the oscillatory nature of the system’s transient response
d. To support the discrete nature of the system’s transient response
ANSWER: (c) To oppose the oscillatory nature of the system’s transient
response
19) The condition for a system to be causal is
a. All poles of its transfer function must be left half of s-plane
b. All poles of its transfer function must be right half of s-plane
c. All zeros of its transfer function must be right half of s-plane
d. All zeros of its transfer function must be left half of s-plane
ANSWER:(b) All poles of its transfer function must be right half of s-plane
20) The condition for a system to be stable is
a. All poles of its transfer function lie on the left half of s-plane
b. All poles of its transfer function must be right half of s-plane
c. All zeros of its transfer function must be right half of s-plane
d. All zeros of its transfer function must be left half of s-plane
ANSWER: (a) All poles of its transfer function lie on the left half of s-plane
21) Partial fraction method involves
a. Allotting coefficients
b. Dividing the numerator by denominator to get fractions
c. Dividing single fraction into parts
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Dividing single fraction into parts
22) The factors formed for partial fraction are a combination of
1) Linear factors
2) Irreducible quadratic factors
3) Square roots
4) Cube roots

a. 1, 2 and 3 are correct

b. 1 and 2 are correct
c. 2 and 3 are correct
d. All the four are correct
ANSWER: (b) 1 and 2 are correct
23) For a partial fraction method to be followed,
1) The degree of the numerator must be more than the degree of the
denominator.
2) The factors formed for partial fraction are a combination of Linear factors
and Irreducible quadratic factors.
3) The degree of the numerator must be less than the degree of the denominator.
4) The factors formed for partial fraction are a combination of Linear factors
and Square roots.

a. 1, 2 and 3 are correct

b. 1 and 2 are correct
c. 2 and 3 are correct
d. All the four are correct
ANSWER:(c) 2 and 3 are correct
24) The partial fraction of x2+1/x(x-1)2 is
a. 1/ (x-1) + 2/(x-1)2 – 1/x
b. 1/ (x-1) + 2/(x-1)2 – 3/x
c. 1/ (x-1) + 2/(x-1)2 – 3/x2
d. 1/ (x+1) + 2/(x+1)2 – 1/x
ANSWER: (a) 1/ (x-1) + 2/(x-1)2 – 1/x
25) The impulse invariant method is obtained by
a. Sampling the impulse response of an equivalent analog filter
b. Taking backward difference for the derivative
c. Mapping from s-domain to z-domain
d. Approximation of derivatives
ANSWER: (a) Sampling the impulse response of an equivalent analog filter
26) The transformation technique in which there is one to one mapping from s-
domain to z-domain is
a. Approximation of derivatives
b. Impulse invariance method
c. Bilinear transformation method
d. Backward difference for the derivative
ANSWER: (c) Bilinear transformation method
27) The frequency warping is referred as
1) lower frequencies in analog domain expanded in digital domain
2) lower frequencies in digital domain expanded in analog domain
3) non linear mapping
4) compression of higher frequencies

a. 1, 3 and 4 are correct

b. 2 and 4 are correct
c. 2 and 3 are correct
d. All the four are correct
ANSWER: (a) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
28) The magnitude response of Butterworth filter has
1) Flat stop band
2) Flat pass band
3) Tapering pass band
4) Tapering stop band

a. 1 and 2 are correct

b. 2 and 4 are correct
c. 2 and 3 are correct
d. All the four are correct
ANSWER: (a) 1 and 2 are correct
29) In the cascaded form of realisation, the polynomials are factored into
a. a product of 1st-order and 2nd-order polynomials
b. a product of 2nd-order and 3rd-order polynomials
c. a sum of 1st-order and 2nd-order polynomials
d. a sum of 2nd-order and 3rd-order polynomials
ANSWER: (a) a product of 1st-order and 2nd-order polynomials
30) Parallel form of realisation is done in
a. High speed filtering applications
b. Low speed filtering applications
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) High speed filtering applications
31) A partial-fraction expansion of the transfer function in Z-1 leads to
a. The parallel form II structure
b. The parallel form I structure
c. Cascaded structure
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) The parallel form I structure
32) A direct partial-fraction expansion of the transfer function in Z leads to
a. The parallel form II structure
b. The parallel form I structure
c. Cascaded structure
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (a) The parallel form II structure
33) Basically, group delay is the delayed response of filter as a function of
________.
a. Phase
b. Amplitude
c. Frequency
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Frequency
34) A filter is said to be linear phase filter if the phase delay and group delay
are _______
a. High
b. Moderate
c. Low
d. Constant
ANSWER: (d) Constant
35) Which among the following has/have a provision to support an adaptive
filtering mechanism?
a. IIR
b. FIR
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
36) Which is/are the correct way/s for the result quantization of an arithmetic
operation?
a. Result Truncation
b. Result Rounding
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Both a and b
37) In direct form realization for an interpolator, which among the following
generates an intermediate signal?
a. Upsampler
b. Downsampler
c. Anti-imaging filter
d. Anti-aliasing filter
ANSWER: (a) Upsampler
38) To change the sampling rate for better efficiency in two or multiple stages,
The decimation and interpolation factors must be _________unity.
a. Less than
b. Equal to
c. Greater than
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (c) Greater than
39) Which address/es is/are generated by Program Sequences?
a. Data Address
b. Instruction Address
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANSWER: (b) Instruction Address
40) In DAGs, which register/s provide/s increment or step size for index
register especially during the register move?
a. Index Register
b. Length & Base Register
c. Modify Register
d. All of the above
ANSWER: (c) Modify Register