GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL of ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

QUIZ #1
DATE: 7-Feb-13

COURSE: ECE 3084

NAME:

STUDENT #:
LAST,

FIRST

Write your name on the front page ONLY. REMOVE the back page for your reference; it
contains some useful tables of Fourier transforms and properties. Do not unstaple the rest of
the test.
No calculators, laptops, phones, or other electronic devices allowed.
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Closed book. However, one page (8 21 1100 ) of HAND-WRITTEN notes permitted. OK to

write on both sides.
Unless stated otherwise, justify your reasoning clearly to receive any partial credit.
You must write your answer in the space provided on the exam paper itself.
Only these answers will be graded. Circle your answers, or write them in the boxes provided.
If space is needed for scratch work, use the backs of previous pages.
The room is small for the number of students in this section. BE CAREFUL TO NOT
LET YOUR EYES WANDER. Any sort of communication with your fellow students
during this exam is strictly forbidden. Any attempt to read off of your neighbors exam will
result in unpleasant disciplinary action.
Good luck!

Problem

Value

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20
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20

Score

Problem Q1.1:
(5 pts each) The four parts of this problem are unrelated to each other.
Z

(a) Simplify the expression

( 8)d =

(b) Simplify the expression

d 5t
{e u(t + 3)} =
dt

(c) Find the inverse Fourier transform of X(j) = 8 cos(24).

(d) Find the Fourier transform of x(t) =

table!)

d 2(t+7)
{e
u(t 7)}. (Be careful when looking at your
dt

Problem Q1.2:
(5 pts each) In the following figure, x(t) is the input and h(t) is the impulse response of an LTI
system, whose output is y(t):

(a) What is the complete set of values of t for which y(t) = 0?

(b) For what value of t does y(t) have is largest positive value?

(c) Find y(2).

(d) Is h(t) the impulse response of a causal system? Briefly explain.

Problem Q1.3:

x(t)
-

y(t)

Continuous-Time
LTI System
h(t) and H(j)

The LTI system shown above has an impulse response given by h(t) = 5[u(t + 3) u(t 7)].
and a frequency response given by
H(j) = 10
(a) (5 pts) Sketch

d
dt h(t),

sin(5)
exp(j2)

the derivative of h(t) with respect to t.

(b) (5 pts) Find the input x(t) that would result in the output y(t) = 15[u(t + 12) u(t + 2)].

(c) (10 pts) Find an input that would result in the output


y(t) = 40 cos

t
10

Problem Q1.4:
(4 pts each) Consider an LTI system whose frequency response H(j) is unknown. The system
has a periodic input whose Fourier transform is shown below. The vertical lines represent delta
functions. For each part of this problem, the output of the system is given and the frequency
response must be determined by selecting from the list numbered 1-7 below. Choose the frequency
response H(j) of the system that could have produced the specific output when the input is the
signal with the Fourier transform shown below. Each part has only one correct answer.

a) y(t) = x(t) 12 , Match:

c) y(t) =

1
2

b) y(t) = x(t 21 ), Match:

cos 0 t

1
2

i

, Match:

d) y(t) =

cos(0 t), Match:

e) y(t) = 12 , Match:

1. H(j) = 21 [1 + cos(T0 )]

exp(j/2), || 3 /2
0
3. H(j) =
0,
|| > 30 /2

1, || /2

5. H(j) =

6.

7.

0, || > 0 /2

0, || < /2
0
2. H(j) =
1, || 0 /2

4. H(j) = exp(j/2)

Problem Q1.5:
(5 pts each) Consider a system specified by the input/output relation:
y(t) = [A + x(t B)] cos(C(t D)),
where x(t) is the input function and y(t) is the output.
The parameters A, B, C, D are all real constants.
In the questions below, only focus on the parameter or parameters that are relevant to the
particular property you are being asked about in that particular question. You do not need to say
anything about the parameters that are irrelevant to that particular property; in particular, we
will take off points if you constrain parameters that do not need to be constrained.
If you need to constrain a parameter to satisfy the stated criterion, give the least restrictive
constraint, i.e. if the system has a particular property for a range of values, be sure to specify
the whole range. If no constraints are needed at all, write NONE.
Each part is independent of the others, i.e. the restrictions you state in (b) are not on top of
the restrictions you list in your answer to (a).
(a) Describe how the parameters must be constrained to make the system be linear.

(b) Describe how the parameters must be constrained to make the system be time invariant.

(c) Describe how the parameters must be constrained to make the system be causal.

(d) Describe how the parameters must be constrained to make the system be memoryless.