Unit 1 - Practice Quiz

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1 A signal is defined as a continuous-time signal if:

A. The signal is defined for all values of in a continuous interval.
B. The signal is defined only at integer values of .
C. The amplitude of the signal is quantized.
D. The variable is discrete.

2 Which of the following notations standardly represents a discrete-time signal?

A.
B.
C.
D.

3 The total energy of a continuous-time signal is defined as:

A.
B.
C.
D.

4 A signal is classified as an Energy Signal if:

A. and
B. and
C. and
D. and

5 A signal is classified as a Power Signal if:

A. and
B. and
C. and
D. and

6 Calculate the average power of the signal .

A.
B.
C.
D.

7 A continuous-time signal is periodic if there exists a positive constant such that:

A. for all
B. for all
C. for all
D. for all

8 The sum of two periodic signals and with periods and is periodic only if:

A.
B. The sum is always periodic.
C. The product is an integer.
D. The ratio is a rational number.

9 A discrete-time sinusoidal signal is periodic only if:

A. is an integer.
B. is a rational number.
C. is any real number.
D. is an irrational number.

10 Which of the following conditions defines an Even Signal?

A.
B.
C.
D.

11 Which of the following conditions defines an Odd Signal?

A.
B.
C.
D.

12 Any signal can be decomposed into an even component and an odd component . The even component is given by:

A.
B.
C.
D.

13 The product of two even signals is:

A. Odd
B. Even
C. Zero
D. Neither even nor odd

14 The product of an even signal and an odd signal is:

A. Constant
B. Odd
C. Neither even nor odd
D. Even

15 Calculate where is an odd signal.

A.
B.
C. $0$
D.

16 Given a signal , the transformation with represents:

A. Time delay (Shift to the right)
B. Time advancement (Shift to the left)
C. Time scaling
D. Time reversal

17 Given a signal , the transformation results in:

A. Shifting the signal right by 2
B. Doubling the amplitude
C. Compression of the signal by a factor of 2
D. Expansion of the signal by a factor of 2

18 For a signal , the operation is known as:

A. Time scaling by 2
B. Amplitude reversal
C. Time shifting
D. Time reversal (Reflection)

19 When performing combined operations , the correct order of operations to obtain from is:

A. Scale by , then shift by .
B. Scale by , then shift by .
C. Shift by , then scale by .
D. Shift by , then scale by .

20 Wait, let's re-evaluate the previous question logic. To get from :

A. 1. Shift by (left). 2. Replace with .
B. None of the above.
C. 1. Shift by (right). 2. Replace with .
D. 1. Replace with . 2. Shift by (right).

21 The unit step function is defined as:

A. Undefined at
B. 1 for , 0 otherwise
C. 1 for , 0 otherwise
D. 1 for all

22 The relationship between the unit impulse and the unit step is:

A.
B.
C. They are unrelated.
D.

23 The Sifting Property of the unit impulse function states that equals:

A.
B.
C.
D. $0$

24 The property simplifies to:

A.
B.
C.
D.

25 The scaling property of the continuous unit impulse function states that is equal to:

A.
B.
C.
D.

26 For discrete time signals, the unit impulse is defined as:

A. 1 for , 0 otherwise
B. 1 for , 0 otherwise
C. undefined
D. for , 0 otherwise

27 The discrete unit step sequence can be expressed in terms of the discrete impulse as:

A.
B. Both B and C
C.
D.

28 Euler's formula relates complex exponentials to sinusoids as:

A.
B.
C.
D.

29 A continuous time real exponential signal is decaying if:

A.
B.
C.
D.

30 The fundamental period of the signal is:

A.
B. It is not periodic
C.
D.

31 Consider the discrete signal . This represents:

A. A ramp function.
B. A rectangular pulse of length .
C. A periodic square wave.
D. A unit impulse at .

32 In the context of software simulation (e.g., MATLAB), a continuous time signal is approximated by:

A. A vector of values at discrete sampling intervals.
B. A loop structure.
C. A symbolic variable.
D. An infinite array.

33 Which MATLAB function is best suited to plot a discrete-time signal?

A. stem()
B. plot()
C. bar()
D. hist()

34 To generate a time vector t from 0 to 10 with a step size of 0.1 in MATLAB, the correct syntax is:

A. t = 0:10:0.1
B. t = [0, 10]
C. t = linspace(0, 0.1, 10)
D. t = 0:0.1:10

35 If is energy signal and is energy signal, then is generally:

A. An Energy signal
B. Undefined
C. A Power signal
D. Neither

36 A signal is called Causal if:

A.
B. is defined for all
C. for
D. for

37 A signal is Anti-causal if:

A.
B. for
C. for
D. It is periodic.

38 The Root Mean Square (RMS) value of a signal over a period is related to Average Power by:

A.
B.
C.
D.

39 Which of the following signals is a Power signal?

A.
B.
C.
D.

40 When simulating the multiplication of two signals x and y in MATLAB (element-wise), the operator used is:

A. .*
B. ^
C. *
D. @

41 The area under the unit impulse function is:

A.
B. 0
C. Undefined
D. 1

42 What is the result of ?

A. $2$
B. $1$ (almost everywhere)
C.
D. $0$

43 If a signal is shifted by , its magnitude spectrum (frequency content magnitude):

A. Is shifted by .
B. Changes in amplitude.
C. Remains unchanged.
D. Becomes zero.

44 A signal is deterministic if:

A. It has finite energy.
B. It is periodic.
C. Its value cannot be predicted precisely.
D. It can be completely represented by a mathematical equation at any time.

45 The operation in discrete time represents:

A. Interpolation (Upsampling)
B. Amplitude Scaling
C. Decimation (Downsampling)
D. Time Shift

46 Which of the following is true for the complex exponential signal where ?

A. If , it is an oscillating signal.
B. If , it is a constant amplitude sinusoid.
C. If , it is a decaying exponential.
D. If , it is a growing exponential.

47 Compute the value: .

A. 0
B. 1
C. -1
D.

48 The signal is:

A. Neither
B. Even
C. Both
D. Odd

49 The signal is:

A. Both
B. Neither
C. Odd
D. Even

50 In software simulation, to approximate the integral of a signal sampled with interval , one typically uses:

A. max(x)
B. mean(x)
C. sum(x) * dt
D. diff(x)