EE-202

Exam II
July 9, 2004
Name: SOLUTIONS

Student ID: _________________

Division 1

INSTRUCTIONS

There are 12 multiple choice worth 5 points each; there is 1 workout

problem worth 40 points.

This is a closed book, closed notes exam. No scrap paper or

calculators are permitted. A transform table is attached to the back of the
exam.
Circle the correct answer for the multiple choice. Unclear circles will
be marked incorrect.
Nothing is to be on the seat beside you.
When the exam ends, all writing is to stop. This is not negotiable.
No writing while turning in the exam/scantron or risk an F in the
exam.

All students are expected to abide by the customary ethical standards

of the university, i.e., your answers must reflect only your own knowledge
and reasoning ability. As a reminder, at the very minimum, cheating will
result in a zero on the exam and possibly an F in the course.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE.

s m + a1s m!1 + ! + am
1. A transfer function with pole-zero plot below has H (s) = K
s n + b1s m!1 + ! + bn
for appropriate m and n and has a gain of –5 at s = 0. Then K = :

(1) –1 (2) 2 (3) –2 (4) 4

(5) 5 (6) –4 (7) –5 (8) None of above

2. Consider the circuit below in which vout (0) = 2 V. The switch S has been closed for
a long time and moves to position B at t = 1! . Then vout (2) = (in V):

(1) 12 (2) 20 (3) 3 (4) 4

(5) 5 (6) 6 (7) 7 (8) None of above
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3. Consider the circuit below. A valid loop equation in a matrix formulation would be:

" s % s ! s $
(1) Vin = $ 1 + s ! ' I1 + I2 + V (2) Vin = # 1 + s + & I1 + V
# s + 1& s +1 " s + 1%

s +1
(3) (s + 2)I1 ! I 2 = 0 (4) V1 = I 2 ! I1
s

s ! s 1$
(5) 0 = I1 + # + 1 + & I2 ' V (6) (s + 2)I1 + I 2 = 0
s +1 "s +1 s%

(7) Two of above (8) None of above

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4. The pole-zero plot of a transfer function is given below. An input which will cause
the response to be unbounded (unstable) is:

(1) e!2t u(t) (2) ! (t) (3) ! '(t) (4) e!t u(t)
(5) cos(t)u(t) (6) u(t) (7) sin(2t)u(t) (8) none of above

(s + 1)(s ! 1)
5. If a circuit with H (s) = is excited by the input vin (t) = 6cos(3t) V, then
s(s + 4)
the magnitude of the output cosine in SSS is:

(1) 2/3 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

(5) 10 3 (6) 2 10 15 (7) 1.5 (8) None of above

(s + 1)(s ! 1)
6. For the circuit with transfer function H (s) = is excited by the input
s(s + 100)
vin (t) = 3cos(100t ! 45o ) V, then the phase of the output cosine in SSS is
(approximately):

(1) 45o (2) !45o (3) 90o (4) !90o

(5) 135o (6) 0o (7) 180o (8) None of above
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7. For the circuit below to be stable in the sense of BIBO, the complete range of a must
be:
(1) 1 < a (2) 1.5 < a (3) –3 < a (4) 3 < a

(5) 1.5 > a (6) a > –1.5 (7) a < 3 (8) None of above
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8. The following is the magnitude frequency response of a transfer function H(s).

The best possible transfer function leading to this magnitude response is:

(s2 + 1) (s2 ! 1)2

(1) (2)
(s + 1)2 "(s + 1)2 + 1%
$# '&

(s2 + 1)2 (s2 + 1)2

(3) (4)
2 2
"(s ! 0.1)2 + 1% !(s + 0.1)2 + 1$
$# '& #" &%

(s + 1)4 (s2 + 1)(s2 ! 1)

(5) (6)
!(s + 0.1)2 + 1$
2 "(s + 0.5)2 + 1% "(s + 0.4)2 + 1%
$# '& $# '&
"# %&

(s2 ! 1)2
(7) (8) None of above
"(s + 0.1)2 + 1%
#$ &'
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9. The circuit below is to be frequency and magnitude scaled so that the value of H(s) at
s = j5 becomes the value of Hnew(s) at s = j1000. If the final value of the capacitor is to
be 1 mF, then the new final value of the inductor is to be Lnew = (in H):

(1) 0.1 (2) 0.2 (3) 0.02 (4) 10

(5) 5 (6) 20 (7) 40 (8) none of above

s
10. A particular circuit has input admittance Yin (s) = with poles
(s ! p1 )(s ! p2 )
p1 = 10 and p2 = 5 . If the associated circuit is magnitude scaled by K m = 5 and
frequency scaled by K f = 10 , then the new location of p1 is:
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 100 (4) 20
(5) 5 (6) 50 (7) –100 (8) None of above
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2s + 1 f (!)
11. The function f(t) has Laplace transform F(s) = . The value of is:
s(s + 4) f (0 + )

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 0.25 (5) 0.5

(6) 0.125 (7) 8 (8) None of the above

12. The convolution, y(t) , of h(t) = u(t + 1) ! u(t) with f (t) = e!t u(t) for the time
interval !1 " t " 0 is:

(1) 0 (2) 1 ! e!t (3) e!t ! 1 (4) (1 ! e!1 )e!t

(5) (e!1 ! 1)e!t (6) e!(t +1) ! 1 (7) 1 ! e!(t +1) (8) None of above

MC SOLUTIONS

(s + 2)(s ! 1)
Solution 1: H (s) = K ( H (0) = !5 = ! K ( K = 5 .
(s + 1) "$(s + 1)2 + 1%'
# &
Solution 2: Let V1 denote the voltage across the first 1 F cap. Then
1
12 4
V1 = s ! = . Hence v1 (1! ) = 4 V. For t > 1 we have
1 2 s s
+
s s
1 3 !s
Vout (s) = (4 + 2)e!s " = e . Thus vout (2) = 3 V.
2s s
Solution 3: Loop equations are:
! s $ s s " s 1%
Vin = # 1 + s + & I1 ' I2 + V , 0 = ! I1 + $ + 1 + ' I 2 ! V , and
" s + 1% s +1 s +1 #s +1 s&
s +1
I 2 ! I1 = V1 = (s + 1)I1 !!"!!0 = (s + 2)I1 ! I 2
s
Solution 4: u(t) by inspection.
j3 + 1 j3 ! 1 10 2
Solution 5: H ( j3) = = = . Hence output = 4.
j3 j3 + 4 3" 5 3
( j100 + 1) ( j100 ! 1)
Solution 6: H ( j4) = . Hence
j100 ( j100 + 100)
!Output = !H ( j4) + 45o " 90o + 90o # 90o # 45o # 45o = 0o .
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1
Solution 7. 2sVout + 0.5(1 + a)Vout + Vout = Vin ! H (s) = . Hence
2s + 1.5 + 0.5a
1.5 + 0.5a > 0 ! a > "3 .
1000
Solution 9. K f = = 200 .
5
1 1000 5
0.001 = !!!!!K m = = 5!!!!!Lnew = 4 = 0.1 H
K f Km 200 200

s
Solution 10. s ! 10 = 0!"! ! 10 = 0!#! p1new = 100
10
f (!) 1
Solution 11. f (0 + ) = lim sF(s) = 2 and f (!) = lim sF(s) = 0.25 . Hence +
= .
s!" s"0 f (0 ) 8
t t
!(t !" )
Solution 12. y(t) = #e d" = $ e!(t !" ) & = 1 ! e!(t +1)
% ' !1
!1
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WORKOUT PROBLEM I (40 POINTS): Consider the circuit below in which Rs = 8 100 Ω.
In solving this problem you must make intelligent approximations in your calculations
that can by justified by physical reasoning. Your work is to be organized and clear.
Unclear or sloppy work will be penalized and may be considered incorrect.

V (s)
(a) (8 pts) With the switch in position A, find the transfer function H1(s) = out .
Vs1(s)
Then find the associated impulse response.

Solution (a): The impedance of the parallel combination of the 40 Ω resistor and the
8 ! 40 8
8 8 0.8
capacitor is s = . Hence H1 (s) = s + 0.2 = = . Thus
8 s + 0.2 8 10s + 2 + 8 s + 1
40 + 10 +
s s + 0.2
!t
the impulse response is vout (t) = 0.8e u(t) V.
V (s)
(b) (10 pts) With the switch in position B, find the transfer function H 2 (s) = out .
Vs2 (s)
Then find the associated step response.

Solution (b): Short vs1(t). A simple source transformation generates a current source of
v (t)
value is2 (t) = s2 driving the parallel resistance of Rs//10 Ω in parallel with the
Rs
capacitor. However, Rs//10 approximates Rs. Therefore

8Rs 8
V (s) V (s) Rs 100
(5 pts) Vout (s) = s ! s2 !"!H 2 (s) = out = =
Rs +
8 Rs Vs2 (s) s + 8 s + 100
s Rs
100 1 1
(5 pts) Thus, Vout (s) = = ! and vout (t) = (1 ! e!100t )u(t) V.
s(s + 100) s s + 100
(c) (22 pts) For this part suppose vs1 (t) = 10u(t) V and vs2 (t) = 2u(t) V. The capacitor
IC is zero at t = 0. The switch is initially in position A. The switch moves from A to B at
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t = 5 s and back to A at t = 6 s, then back to B at t = 11 s. Compute an expression for

vout (t) for 0 ≤ t < 11 s. Accurately sketch your plot on the graph below after suitable
labeling.

Solution (c):
8 8 8
Case 1. (5 pts) Switch in position A. From part (a), Vout (s) = = ! . Thus
s(s + 1) s s + 1
for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 s, vout (t) = 8(1 ! e!t )u(t) .

Case 2. (7 pts) Here vC (5) ! 8 V. Observe that in position B, the maximum steady
8
state contribution of the voltage due to vs1 (t) is 100 ! 0 relative to the contribution
8
10 +
100
of vs2 (t) so we ignore vs1 (t) . Using a current source model of the capacitor and the
result of part (b), we have by linearity/superposition,

! 100 8 $ '5s ! 2 2 8 $ '5s

Vout (s) = # 2 + CvC (5) =# ' +
" s s + 100 s + 100 &%
& e e
" s(s + 100) s + 100 %
Therefore,
vout (t) = 2u(t ! 5) + 6e!100(t !5)u(t ! 5) V

Case 3. (7 pts) Here, vC (6) ! 2 V. From Case 2, superposition, and case 1,

"8 8 8 % !6s " 8 6 % !6s

Vout (s) = $ ! + CvC (6) ' =$ !
# s s + 1 '&
e e
# s s +1 s + 100 &

Therefore,
vout (t) = 8u(t ! 6) ! 6e!(t !6)u(t ! 6) V

»t = 0:.05:11;
»f1 = 8*(1-exp(-t)).*(ustep(t)-ustep(t-5));
»f2 = (2+6*exp(-100*(t-5))).*(ustep(t-5)-ustep(t-6));
»f3 = (8-6*exp(-(t-6))).*ustep(t-6);
»plot(t,f1+f2+f3)
»grid
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