Name: ID: Spring 2015

EE315: Signals & Systems

Midterm 1

There are two non-multiple-choice problems with 50p, which counts for 60% of the score, and 7 multiple-
choice questions (with equal weight), which count for 40% of the score. Plan your time accordingly.

Problem 1
For each of the following systems determine if the following properties hold. Briefly justify your answer.
(a) Linear.
(b) Time-invariant.
(c) Causal.
(d) Stable.

1. (10p) A system with input x[n] giving output

2
n
X  
y[n] = cos k x[k]
4
k=0

2. (10p) A system with input x(t) giving output

y(t) = cos(x(t 1)) + x(t + 1)

Solution
1. Here
a) Yes, linear in x.
b) No,

(nn0 )2  
X
y[n n0 ] = cos k x[k]
4
k=0
2
n
X  
y2 [n] = cos k x[k n0 ]
4
k=0
(nn0 )2  
X
= cos (k + n0 ) x[k]
4
k=n0

6= y[n n0 ]

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c) No, n2 > n



d) Let x[n] = cos 4k . Then
2
n
X  2
y[n] = cos k as n
4
k=0

2. Here
a) No, because of cos.
b) Yes,

y(t t0 ) = cos(x(t t0 1)) + x(t t0 + 1)

y2 (t) = cos(x(t 1 t0 )) + x(t + 1 t0 )

c) No, t + 1 future
d) Yes. Assume |x(t)| < Bx . Then

|y(t)| | cos(x(t 1))| + |x(t + 1)|

1 + Bx = By

Problem 2
The impulse response of an LTI system is given by
(
cos(t) 2 < t < 100
h(t) =
0 otherwise

1. (5p) Is the system stable? Justify your answer.

2. (10p) If the input is x(t) = u(t), what is the output?

The impulse response of an LTI system is given by

h[n] = cos (n) u[n]

3. (5p) Is the system stable? Justify your answer.

4. (10p) If the input is x[n] = u[n], what is the output?

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Solution

1. Yes, Z 100 Z 100

| cos(t)|dt 1dt = 102
2 2

2. See the Figure. For t < 2, Z 100

y(t) = cos( )d = 0
2

For 2 < t < 100 Z 100

sin(t)
y(t) = cos( )d =
t
and for t > 100
y(t) = 0.
P
3. No. | cos(n)| = 1, and n=0 1 = . Or, note that cos(n) 9 0 as n .
4. For n < 0, y[n] = 0. For n > 0
n n
(
X X
k 1 n even
y[n] = cos(k) = (1) =
k=0 k=0
0 n odd

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Multiple Choice Questions (40%)

All multiple choice questions have equal weight. There is only one correct answer for each question; answers
with multiple checkmarks will not count.
1. Which of the following systems is linear?
n
X
 y[n] = x[n] kx[k].
k=0
n
 y[n] = .
|x[n]| + 1
Xn
 y[n] = x[k]2 .
k=

 y[n] = nx[n] + x[n 1]2 .

Xn
X y[n] =
 k 2 x[k].
k=

2. Which of the following systems is time-invariant (same systems as in question 1)?

n
X
 y[n] = x[n] kx[k].
k=0
n
 y[n] = .
|x[n]| + 1
Xn
X y[n] =
 x[k]2 .
k=

 y[n] = nx[n] + x[n 1]2 .

Xn
 y[n] = k 2 x[k].
k=

3. Which of the following systems is causal?

 y(t) = x(t + 0.1) + x(t 0.1).
 y(t) = x(3t).
 y(t) = x(t2 ).
Z t
X y(t) =
 x( )2 d .

Z
 y(t) = x( )2 d .
t

4. Which of the following is an impulse response for a stable LTI system?

 h[n] = 2n u[n].

n
 h[n] = 12 u[n].
1
X h[n] = 4 u[n 1].

n

n

 h[n] = 1 14 u[n].
1
 h[n] = u[n].
log(n + 1)
 h[n] = (1)n u[n].

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5. What is the fundamental period of the signal

x(t) = exp(j 73 t)

3

7
6

X
7
7

6
7

3
 3
 6
 7
6. What is the fundamental period of the signal

x[n] = exp(j 37 n)

3

7
6

7
7

6
7

3
 3

X 6
 7
7. An LTI system has impulse response

h(t) = exp(t)

If the input to the system is

x(t) = u(t + 1)

the output is given by

 y(t) = exp(t + 1)u(t + 1).
 y(t) = exp(t 1)u(t 1).
 y(t) = exp(t 1).
X y(t) = exp(t + 1).

 y(t) = exp(t + 1)u(t + 1).
 y(t) = exp(t 1)u(t 1).

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