VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur- 603 203

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Academic Year 2016-2017

QUESTION BANK-ODD SEMESTER

NAME OF THE SUBJECT

SUBJECT CODE IT6502 / DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
SEMESTER V
YEAR III
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
HANDLED & PREPARED A.Anbarasan A.P (O.G)/ECE,
BY R.Dhananjeyan A.P (O.G)/ECE

UNIT I
PART A

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 What is meant by aliasing? How can it be avoided? Remembering BTL1
2 Define Nyquist rate. Compute Nyquist rate of the Remembering BTL1
signal x(t) = A sin(250t)+B sin(500t)?
3 Find the energy and power of x(n) = Aejnu(n)? Remembering BTL1
4 Find the signal energy of (1/2)nu(n)? Remembering BTL1

5 What is the necessary and sufficient condition on the Remembering BTL1

impulse response for stability?

6 What is correlation? What are it types? Remembering BTL1

7 Classify the discrete time systems Understanding BTL2
8 Show the graphical and mathematical representation Understanding BTL2
of CT and DT unit impulse, unit step and unit ramp
function.
9 Compare energy signal and power signals Understanding BTL2
10 Give the properties of convolution Understanding BTL2
11 Experiment whether the following sinusoid is periodic; Applying BTL3
if periodic then compute their fundamental period. (a)
cos 0.01n (b) sin(62n/10)

12 Experiment whether the system y (n) = ex (n) is linear Applying BTL3

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13 Identify the autocorrelation of the sequence x(n) = {1, Applying BTL3
1, -2, -2}
14 Examine which of the following sequences is periodic, Analyzing BTL4
and compute their fundamental period.
(a) Aej7n (b) sin(3n)
15 Inspect the system y (n) = ln [x (n)] is linear and time Analyzing BTL4
invariant?
16 List the properties of Z-Transform Analyzing BTL4
17 Explain low pass sampling theorem Evaluating BTL5

18 A discrete time signal x (n) = {0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, , , , } . Evaluating BTL5

Evaluate the x (n) and x (- n + 2) signals.
19 Estimate the Z transform of x(n) = 5nu(n) Creating BTL6
20 Estimate the Z transform of x(n) = { 1,0,2,0,3} Creating BTL6

PART-B

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 (i) Find the convolution of the signals x(n) = Remembering BTL1

and h(n) = u(n).(8)

(ii) Find the transfer function and impulse response of

the system y(n) + y(n 1) = x(n) + x(n 1). (8)

2 (i) Find the inverse Z transform of Remembering BTL1

X(Z) = if

(1)ROC: |Z| > 1, (2) ROC: |Z| < 0.5,

(3) ROC: 0.5 < |Z| <1 (10)

(ii) Show the expressions to relate Z transform and

DFT.(6)

3 (i)Determine the transfer function, and impulse Remembering BTL1

response of the system

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y(n) y(n 1) + y(n 2) = x(n) + x(n 1).(8)

(ii) Find the convolution sum of

and h(n) = (n) (n 1) + (n 2) (n 3).(8)

4 (i) Find the Z transform of Remembering BTL1

1. x(n) = 2nu(n 2)
2. x(n) = n2u(n) (8)
(ii) Explain the scaling and time delay properties of Z
transform.(8)

5 (i) Explain the different types of digital signal Understanding BTL2

representation. (8)

(ii) A causal system is represented by the following

difference Equation

Demonstrate the system function H (z) and find the

unit sample response of the system in analytical form.
(8)

6 (i) Compute the normalized autocorrelation of the Understanding BTL2

signal

x(n ) =(0.5)n u(n ) .(6)

(ii) Determine the impulse response for the cascade of

two LTI system having impulse responses

,
(10)

7 (i) Find the inverse Z-Transform of Understanding BTL2

using

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a. Residue method and
b. Convolution method. (10)
(ii) State and prove circular convolution. (6)

8 (i) Prove the sampling theorem with suitable Applying BTL3

expressions. (8)

(ii) (ii) Find the Z-transform of the following

sequences:

x(n)= cos(wn) u(n).(8)

9 Determine the causual signal x(n)for the following Z- Applying BTL3

transform
(i) X(z) = (z2+z) / ((z-0.5)3(z-0.25)) (8)
(ii) X(z) = (1+z-1) / (1-z-1+0.5z-2) (8)

10 Suppose LTI system with input x (n) and output y (n) Analyzing BTL4
is characterize by unit sample
response . Find the response y (n) of
such a system to the input signal . (16)
11 Applying concentric circle method, compute circular Analyzing BTL4
convolution of the sequences h(n) = {1, 2, 3, 4 } & x(n)
= {1, 2, 3}. (16)

12 Find the convolution of given signals x(n)= 3n u(- n) Analyzing BTL4

and h(n)= (1/3)n u(n - 2).(16)
13 Compute the convolution of the signal Evaluating BTL5
x(n)={1,2,3,4,5,3-1,-2} and h(n)={3,2,1,4} using
tabulation method. (16)
14 Check whether the following systems are static or Creating BTL6
dynamic, linear or nonlinear, time invariant ,causal or
non-causal ,stable or unstable
i)y(n)=cos [(x(n)]
ii) y(n)=x(-n+2)
iii) y(n)= x(2n)
iv) y(n)=x(n)coswo(n) .(4*4=16)
UNIT II

PART A

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 Find DFT of the sequence x(n) = {1, 1, -2, -2} Remembering BTL1

2 Define phase factor or twiddle factor? Remembering BTL1

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3 List any four properties of DFT Remembering BTL1
4 Find the DTFT of x(n)= -bn.u(-n-1). Remembering BTL1

5 Find DFT of sequence x(n) = {1, 1, -2, -2} Remembering BTL1

6 What is meant by radix 4 FFT? Remembering BTL1
7 Contrast DFT from DTFT Understanding BTL2
8 llustrate the basic butterfly structure of DIT and DIF Understanding BTL2
FFT
Explain the relation between DFT and Z-Transform?
9 Understanding BTL2
10 Using the definition W = and the euler Understanding BTL2
identity , the value of ?
11 Calculate the computational saving (both complex Applying BTL3
multiplication and complex addition) in using N point
FFT algorithm?
12 Calculate the value of WNK when N = 8 and K = 2 and Applying BTL3
also k = 3?

13 Calculate the DFT of the four point sequence x(n ) = Applying BTL3
{0,1,2,3}.

14 List the uses of FFT in linear filtering? Analyzing BTL4

15 Explain transform pair equation of DFT? Analyzing BTL4

16 Determine the IDFT of Y(k)={1,0,1,0}. Analyzing BTL4

17 Explain and prove Parseval's theorem Evaluating BTL5

18 Evaluate DFT of x(n) = {1, -1, 1, -1} Evaluating BTL5
19 Estimate % saving in computing through radix 2, Creating BTL6
DFT algorithm of DFT coefficients. Assume N = 512.
20 Design DFT of the signal x(n) = (n) Creating BTL6
PART-B

Q.N
Question Competence Level
o.
1 (i)Discuss the properties of DFT. (8) Understanding BTL2
(ii) State and prove the circular convolution property Evaluating BTL5
of DFT. (8)

2 (i) Solve DFT of following sequence Applying BTL3

(1) x(n) = {1, 0, -1, 0}
(2) x(n) = {j, 0, j, 1}.(8)
(ii) Make use of DFT and IDFT method, perform circular Understanding BTL2
convolution of the sequence x(n) = {1, 2, 2, 1} and h(n) =
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{1, 2, 3}.(8)

3 Find DFT of the sequence x(n) = { 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0} Remembering BTL1

using radix -2 DIF FFT algorithm.(16)
4 Solve the eight point DFT of the given sequence x(n) = { Applying BTL3
, , , , 0, 0, 0, 0} using radix 2 DIT - DFT
algorithm.(16)
5 (i) Explain, how linear convolution of two finite Evaluating BTL5
sequences are obtained via DFT. (8)
(ii) Compute 8 point DFT of the following sequenceusing
radix 2 DIT FFT algorithm x(n) = {1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,1,- Evaluating BTL5
1}.(8)
6 Illustrate the flow chart for N = 8 using radix-2, DIF Understandin BTL2
algorithm for finding DFT coefficients.(16) g

7 By means of the DFT and IDFT, determine the response Evaluating BTL5
at the FIR filter with the impulse response h (n )
={1,2,3}and the input sequence x(n )={1,2,2,1}. (16)

8 (i) Evaluate the 8-point for the following sequences using Evaluating BTL5
DIT-FFT algorithm

(8)
Applying BTL3
(ii) Calculate the percentage of saving in calculations
in a 1024-point radix -2 FFT, when compared to
direct DFT. (8)

9 Determine the response of LTI system when the input Evaluating BTL5
sequence x (n)={1, 1, 2, 1}by radix 2 DIT FFT. The
impulse response of the system is h(n)={1, 1, -1, 1}.(16)

10 (i)Find 8-point DFT for the following sequence using Remembering BTL1
direct method {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0}
(ii)List out the properties of DFT.(16) Analyzing BTL3

11 Compute the eight point DFT of the following sequence Analyzing BTL4
using radix 2 DIT FFT algorithm.
x(n)={1,-1,-1,-1,1,1,1,-1}.(16)
12 State and prove convolution and correlation property of Analyzing BTL4
DFT.(16)
13 Discuss the uses of FFT algorthim in linear filtering and Evaluating BTL5
correlation.(16)
14 Compute the 8-point DFT of the equation x(n) = n+1 using Creating BTL6
radix-2 DIF- FFT algorithm.(16)

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UNIT III

PART A

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 What is meant by warping? Remembering BTL1

2 What is aliasing? Remembering BTL1

3 What are the characteristics of Chebyshev filter? Remembering BTL1

4 Define Phase Delay and Group Delay Remembering BTL1

5 Why IIR filters do not have linear phase? Remembering BTL1
6 What are the limitations of invariance method? Remembering BTL1
7 Outline the limitations of Impulse invariant method of Understanding BTL2
designing digital filters?

8 Illustrate the ideal gain Vs frequency characteristics Understanding BTL2

of: HPF and BPF
9 Compare bilinear and impulse invariant Understanding BTL2
transformation?
10 Show the structure of cascade form. Understanding BTL2
11 Show the various tolerance limits to approximate an Applying BTL3
ideal low pass and high pass filter
12 Explain the importance of poles in filter design? Applying BTL3

13 List the properties of Butterworth filter Applying BTL3

14 Compare digital filter vs analog filter? Analyzing BTL4

15 Use the backward difference for the derivative and Analyzing BTL4
convert the analog filter to digital filter given
H(s)=1/(s2 +16)
16 Compare the Butterworth and Chebyshev Type-1 Analyzing BTL4
filters
17 Explain the drawbacks of impulse invariant mapping? Evaluating BTL5
18 What is bilinear transformation with expressions? Evaluating BTL5
19 Draw the direct form structure of IIR filter Creating BTL6
20 Use the backward difference for the derivative and Creating BTL6
convert the analog filter to digital filter given
H(s)=1/(s2 +16)

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PART-B

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 (i) Find the H (z ) corresponding to the impulse Remembering BTL1

invariance design using a sample rate of 1/T
samples/sec for an analog filter H (s) specified as
follows

. (8) Creating
(ii) Design a digital low pass filter using the bilinear BTL6
transform to satisfy the following characteristics
(1) Monotonic stop band and pass band
(2) -3 dBcutoff frequency of 0.5 rad
(3) Magnitude down at least -15 dB at 0.75rad. (8)

2 Design digital low pass filter using Bilinear Creating BTL6

transformation, Given that

Assume sampling frequency of 100 rad/sec.(16)

3 Design FIR filter using impulse invariance Creating BTL6
technique. Given that

and implement the resulting digital filter by adder,

multipliers and delays Assume sampling period T =
1 sec.(16)

4 Build an IIR filter using impulse invariance Remembering BTL1

technique for the given

Assume T = 1 sec. Realize this filter using direct

form I and direct form II.(16)

5 The specification of the desired lowpass filter is Applying BTL3

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Construct a Butterworth digital filter using

bilinear transformation. (16)

6 The specification of the desired low pass filter is Applying BTL3

Construct a Chebyshev digital filter using impulse

invariant transformation.(16)

7 Design an IIR digital low pass butterworth filter to Applying BTL3

meet the following requirements: Pass band ripple
(peak to peak): 0.5dB, Pass band edge: 1.2kHz,
Stop band attenuation: 40dB, Stop band edge: 2.0
kHz, Sampling rate: 8.0 kHz. Use bilinear
transformation technique.(16)
8 (i) Discuss the limitation of designing an IIR filter Creating BTL6
using impulse invariant method.(8)

(ii) Convert the analog filter with system transfer

function using bilinear transformation Applying
BTL3
Ha(S) =(S+0.3) / ((S+0.3)2+16).(8)

9 The specification of the desired low pass filter is Creating BTL6

0.8 H() 1.0; 0 0.2

H() 0.2; 0.32

Design butterworth digital filter using impulse

invariant transformation.(16)

10 Analyze briefly the different structures of IIR Analyzing BTL4

filter.(16)
11 Realize the system given by difference equation in Analyzing BTL4
direct form-I

(16)
12 Design a Butterworth digital filter using bilinear Analyzing BTL4
transformations that satisfy the following
specifications

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.(16)
13 Draw the ideal gain vs. frequency characteristics of Evaluating BTL5
HPF & BPF and also how the above filter
specified.(16)
14 Write a short note on frequency translation in both Creating BTL6
analog and digital domain.(16)
UNIT IV

PART A

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 What is Gibbs phenomenon or Gibbs oscillation? Remembering BTL1

2 Write the equation of Bartlett window Remembering BTL1
3 What are the advantages and disadvantages of FIR Remembering BTL1
filter?

4 What is the reason that FIR filter is always stable? Remembering BTL1

5 What are called symmetric and anti symmetric FIR Remembering BTL1
filters?

6 List out the steps involved in designing FIR filter using Remembering BTL1
windows
7 Give the equations for rectangular window and Understanding BTL2
hamming window

8 Give the equations for blackman window and hanning Understanding BTL2
window
9 Distinguish between FIR and IIR filters Understanding BTL2
10 Give the desirable properties of windowing technique? Understanding BTL2
11 Illustrate the Direct form I structure of the FIR filter Applying BTL3
12 Solve the direct form implementation of the FIR Applying BTL3
system having difference equation y(n) = x(n) 2x(n-
1) + 3x(n-2) 10x(n-6)

13 Solve direct cascade realization of the system Applying BTL3

H(Z) = (1+5Z-1+6Z-2)(1+Z-1)
14 Compare FIR filters and FIR filters with regard to Analyzing BTL4
stability and complexity

15 List out the conditions for the FIR filter to be linear Analyzing BTL4
phase

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16 Compare the digital and analog filter Analyzing BTL4

17 Explain the necessary and sufficient condition for Evaluating BTL5

linear phase characteristic in FIR filter?

18 Explain the condition for a digital filter to be causal Evaluating BTL5

and stable?

19 What do you understand by linear phase response in Creating BTL6

filters?
20 What is the reason that FIR filter is always stable? Creating BTL6
PART-B

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 Design a high pass filter with a frequency response Creating BTL1

Find the values of h(n) for N = 11 using hamming window.

Find H(z) and determine the magnitude response. (16)

2 (i) Realize the following FIR system using minimum number Understanding BTL1
of multipliers
1. () = 1 + 21 + 0.52 0.53 0.54

2. () = 1 + 21 + 32 + 43 + 34 + 25 (8)
(ii) Using a rectangular window technique, design a low pass
filter with pass band gain of unity cut off frequency of 1000Hz
and working at a sampling frequency of 5 kHz. The length of
the impulse response should be 5.(8)
3 Determine the coefficients of a linear phase FIR filter of length Analyzing BTL1
M = 15 which has a symmetric unit sample response and a
frequency response that satisfies the conditions

(16)
4 Develop an ideal high pass filter using hanning window with a Creating BTL1
frequency response

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Assume N = 11. (16)

5 Construct a FIR low pass filter having the following Understanding BTL2
specifications using Blackman window

Assume N = 7 .(16)
6 Design an FIR low pass digital filter using the frequency Remembering BTL2
sampling method for the following specifications
Cut off frequency = 1500Hz
Sampling frequency = 15000Hz
Order of the filter N = 10
Filter Length required L = N+1 = 11 .(16)
7 (i) Explain with neat sketches the implementation of FIR Analyzing BTL2
filters in direct form and Lattice form .(8)
(ii) Construct a digital FIR band pass filter with lower cut off Understanding
frequency 2000Hz and upper cut off frequency 3200 Hz using
Hamming window of length N = 7. Sampling rate is
10000Hz.(8)
8 (i)Determine the frequency response of FIR filter defined by Evaluating BTL3
y(n) = 0.25x(n) + x(n 1) + 0.25x(n 2) .(8) Understanding
(ii) Discuss the design procedure of FIR filter using frequency
sampling method.(8)
9 Design an FIR filter using hanning window with the Creating BTL3
following specification

Assume N = 5. (16)
10 (i) Explain briefly how the zeros in FIR filter is located. (8) Analyzing BTL4

(ii) Using a rectangular window technique, design a low pass Creating

filter with pass band gain of unity cut off frequency of 1000Hz
and working at a sampling frequency of 5 kHz. The length of
the impulse response should be 7.(8)

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11 Design a FIR band stop filter to reject frequencies in the range Analyzing BTL4
1.2 to 1.8 rad/sec using hamming window, with length N=6.
Also realize the linear phase structure of the band stop FIR
filter.(16)
12 Design the first 15 coefficients of FIR filters of magnitude Analyzing BTL4
specification is given below

= 0, otherwise.(16)
13 Evaluating BTL5
Realize a direct form and linear phase FIR filter
structures with the following impulse response.

.(16)
14 Discuss the deign procedure of FIR filter using frequency Creating BTL6
sampling method.(16)
UNIT V

PART A

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 What is truncation? Remembering BTL1

2 Define product quantization error? Remembering BTL1

3 What is meant by fixed point arithmetic? Give Remembering BTL1

example
4 What is overflow oscillations? Remembering BTL1

5 What is dead band of a filter? Remembering BTL1

6 What is rounding and what is the range of rounding? Remembering BTL1

7 Give the advantages of floating point arithmetic? Understanding BTL2

8 What do you understand by input quantization error? Understanding BTL2

9 Discuss the two types of quantization employed in a Understanding BTL2

digital system?

10 Comparison of fixed point and floating point Understanding BTL2

arithmetic?
11 Explain the meaning of limit cycle oscillator? Applying BTL3
12 Compare truncation with rounding errors? Applying BTL3

13 Will you recommend quantization step size to be small Applying BTL3

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or large?
14 How are limit cycles are created in a digital system? Analysing BTL4
15 What are zero input limit cycle oscillations? Analysing BTL4
16 Explain Noise transfer function? Analysing BTL4
17 What is meant by block floating point representation? Evaluating BTL5
What are its advantages?
18 Explain coefficient quantization error? What is its Evaluating BTL5
effect?
19 Why rounding is preferred to truncation in realizing Creating BTL6
digital filter?
20 Explain the three-quantization errors to finite word Creating BTL6
length registers in digital filters?

PART-B

Q.No. Question Competence Level

1 (i) Discuss in detail the errors resulting from rounding Creating BTL6
and truncation.(8)
(ii) Explain the limit cycle oscillations due to product Applying BTL3
round off and overflow errors .(8)
2 (i)Explain the characteristics of a limit cycle oscillation Analyzing BTL1
with respect to the system described by the equation
y(n)=0.85y(n-2)+0.72y(n-1)+x(n).(8)
(ii)Determine the dead band of the filter x(n) = (3/4)(n)
, b=4.(8)
3 Analyzing BTL1
(i) Explain the characteristics of limit cycle oscillations
with respect to the system described by the difference
equation y(n)=0.95y(n-1)+x(n). x(n)=0; y(n-1) =13.
Determine the dead band of the system
(ii) Define zero input limit cycle oscillation and Explain Evaluating BTL5
4 Compare fixed point and floating point representations. Remembering BTL1
What is overflow? Why do they occur? (16)

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5 (i ) Explain the effects of co-efficient quantization in FIR Evaluating BTL5
filters.(8)
Understanding BTL2
(ii) Distinguish between fixed point and floating point
arithmetic.(8)

6 Discuss the following with respect to finite word length Creating BTL6
effects in digital filters.
a. Over flow limit cycle oscillation (8)
b. Signal scaling .(8)
7 (i) Consider a second order IIR filter with Analysing BTL2

Find the effect of quantization on pole locations of the

given system function in direct form and in cascade
form. Assume b = 5 bits. (8)
(ii) The output of A/D converter is applied to digital Applying
filter with the system function H(Z) = 0.5Z / (Z- 0.5) BTL3
Estimate the output noise power from the digital filter
when the input signal is quantized to have 8 bits. (8)

8 (i) What is called quantization noise? Derive the Remembering BTL1

expression for quantization noise power.(8)

(ii) How to prevent limit cycle oscillations? Explain.(8)

Remembering BTL1
9 (i) Compare the truncation and rounding errors using Understanding BTL2
fixed point and floating point representation. (8)

(ii) Show the following numbers in floating point format

with five bits for mantissa and three bits for exponent. Applying
BTL3
(a) 710
(b) 0.2510 (8)
10 (i) The output of a 12 bit A/D converter is passed Analyzing BTL4
thought a digital filter which is described by the
difference equation y(n)= x(n)+ 0.2y(n-1). Calculate the
steady state output noise power due to A/D converter
quantization.(8)
Evaluating
(ii) For the system H(Z) = (1+0.75Z-1 ) / (1- 0.4Z-1) find BTL5
the scale factor to prevent overflow.(8)
11 Consider the transfer function where Analysing BTL4
H(z) = H1(z)H2(z)
Let H(z) =H1(Z)H2(Z), i.e.,
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Find the output roundoff noise power. (16)

12 Briefly explain the product quantization error.(16) Analysing BTL4

13 Explain in detail about finite word length effects in Evaluating BTL5

digital filters.(16)
14 In the IIR system given below the products are rounded Creating BTL6
4 bits (including sign bits). The system function is

Find the output roundoff noise power in (a) direct

form realization and (b) cascade form realization.(16)

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