3Q Quiz: Fourier properties (week 3)

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Question 1
The linearity property of the DFT means that
the scaled sum of two signals corresponds to the same scaled sum of their spectra
the sum of two signals corresponds to the multiplication of their spectra
we can compute the DFT by summing two signals
the DFT is a non-linear operation

Question 2
Shifting a signal in the time domain corresponds to
multiplying its spectrum by a complex exponential
shifting its spectrum by the same value
scaling its spectrum by a constant
shifting only its magnitude spectrum

Question 3
The spectrum of a real signal has the following symmetry
odd magnitude spectrum and even phase spectrum

even magnitude spectrum and odd phase spectrum

even magnitude spectrum and even phase spectrum
odd magnitude spectrum and odd phase spectrum

Question 4
If we multiply two signals in the time domain, in the frequency domain this operation corresponds to
the multiplication of their spectra
the sum of their spectra
the convolution of their spectra
the multiplication of their magnitude spectra

Question 5
The operation to express the magnitude spectrum of a signal in decibels is
20*log10(X)
10*log10(abs(X))
20*log10(angle(X))
20*log10(abs(X))

Question 6
Phase unwrapping is a way to represent the phase spectrum so that
we obtain the exact values of all the phases
we limit the phase values to the range from 0 to 2pi
we obtain a smooth function not bounded to the range 0 to 2pi
the phase spectrum becomes the same than the magnitude spectrum

Question 7
Zero-padding the input signal of the DFT permits to
obtain better frequency resolution
obtain an interpolated spectrum that is easier to study
computer faster the FFT
have a window size equal to the FFT size

Question 8
The FFT algorithm is an implementation of the DFT equation that
cannot be used in Python so we will have to use the DFT
is able to compute the DFT of real signals
allows to compute the DFT of any size signal
optimizes calculations by taking advantage of symmetries in the DFT equation

Question 9
Zero-phase windowing a signal permits to obtain a spectrum in which
the phase spectrum is the phase of the window
there is no phase offset because the signal is centered around zero
the phase spectrum of any signal is always zero
we can discard the phase spectrum and focus on the magnitude

Question 10
If we take the DFT of a real signal and then the IDFT of the resulting spectrum, the resulting signal
will correspond to a few of the sinusoids present in the input signal
will be a complex signal that will represent the spectrum

will be identical to the input signal

will be a slightly modified version of the input signal

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