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Sampling & DTFT

GATE Electronics & Communication · 49 questions across 28 years (1988-2025) · 70% recurrence rate

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19882025
198820072025

Difficulty mix

easy 31%
med 65%
hard 4%

Question types

MCQ33
NAT15
OTHER1

All 49 questions on Sampling & DTFT

2025 PYQ

Consider a continuous-time finite-energy signal $f(t)$ whose Fourier transform vanishes outside the frequency interval $\left[-\omega_c, \omega_c\right]$, where $\omega_c$ is in rad/sec. The signal $f(t)$ is uniformly sa...

Med
2024 PYQ

A continuous time signal $x(t) = 2 \cos(8 \pi t + \frac{\pi}{3})$ is sampled at a rate of 15 Hz. The sampled signal $x_s(t)$ when passed through an LTI system with impulse response $h(t) = \left( \frac{\sin 2 \pi t}{\pi...

Hard
2024 PYQ

The relationship between any N-length sequence $x[n]$ and its corresponding N-point discrete Fourier transform $X[k]$ is defined as $X[k] = \mathcal{F}\{x[n]\}$. Another sequence $y[n]$ is formed as below $y[n] = \mathca...

Med
2023 PYQ

Let an input $$x[n]$$ having discrete time Fourier transform $$x({e^{j\Omega }}) = 1 - {e^{ - j\Omega }} + 2{e^{ - 3j\Omega }}$$ be passed through an LTI system. The frequency response of the LTI system is $$H({e^{j\Omeg...

Easy
2022 PYQ

For a vector $$\overline x $$ = [x[0], x[1], ....., x[7]], the 8-point discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is denoted by $$\overline X $$ = DFT($$\overline x $$) = [X[0], X[1], ....., X[7]], where $$X[k] = \sum\limits_{n =...

Med
2021 PYQ

Consider two 16-point sequences x[n] and h[n]. Let the linear convolution of x[n] and h[n] be denoted by y[n], while z[n] denotes the 16-point inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) of the product of the 16-point DFTs...

Med
2021 PYQ

Consider the signals $x[n]=2^{n-1} u[-n+2]$ and $y[n]=2^{-n+2} u[n+1]$, where $u[n]$ is the unit step sequence. Let $X\left(e^{j \omega}\right)$ and $Y\left(e^{j \omega}\right)$ be the discrete-time Fourier transform of...

Med
2021 PYQ

Consider a real-valued base-band signal $x(t)$. band limited to 10 kHz . The Nyquist rate for the signal $y(t)=x(t) \times \left(1+\frac{t}{2}\right)$ is

Med
2020 PYQ

A finite duration discrete-time signal $x[n]$ is obtained by sampling a continuous - time signal $x(t)=\cos (200 \pi t)$ at sampling instants $t=\frac{n}{400}, n=0,1, \ldots ., 7$. The 8-point discrete Fourier transform...

Med
2018 PYQ

Let X[k] = k + 1, 0 ≤ k ≤ 7 be 8-point DFT of a sequence x[n], where X[k] = $$\sum\limits_{n = 0}^{N - 1} {x\left[ n \right]{e^{ - j2\pi nk/N}}} $$. The value (correct to two decimal places) of $$\sum\limits_{n = 0}^3 {x...

Med
2017 PYQ

Let h[n] be the impulse response of a discrete time linear time invariant (LTI) filter. The impulse response is given by h(0)= $${1 \over 3};h\left[ 1 \right] = {1 \over 3};h\left[ 2 \right] = {1 \over 3};\,and\,h\,\left...

Med
2017 PYQ

The signal x(t) = $$\sin \,(14000\,\pi t)$$, where t is in seconds, is sampled at a rate of 9000 samples per second. The sampled signal is the input to an ideal lowpass filter with frequency response H(f) as following: $...

Med
2017 PYQ

An LTI system with unit sample response $$h\left( n \right) = 5\delta \left[ n \right] - 7\delta \left[ {n - 1} \right] + 7\delta \left[ {n - 3} \right] - 5\delta \left[ {n - 4} \right]$$ is a

Med
2016 PYQ

A continuous-time sinusoid of frequency 33 Hz is multiplied with a periodic Dirac impulse train of frequency 46 Hz. The resulting signal is passed through an ideal analog low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 23Hz....

Med
2016 PYQ

A continuous-time speech signal $${x_a}(t)$$ is sampled at a rate of 8 kHz and the samples are subsequently grouped in blocks, each of size N. The DFT of each block is to be computed in real time using the radix-2 decima...

Med
2016 PYQ

The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of the 4-point sequence $$x\left[ n \right]$$= {x[0], x[1], x[2], x[3]} = {3, 2, 3, 4 } is x[k] = {X[0], X[1], X[2], X[3]} = {12, 2j, 0, -2j } If $${X_1}$$ [k] is the DFT of the 12- p...

Med
2016 PYQ

Consider the signal $$x\left[ n \right] = 6\delta \left[ {n + 2} \right] + 3\delta \left[ {n + 1} \right] + 8\delta \left[ n \right] + 7\delta \left[ {n - 1} \right] + 4\delta \left[ {n - 2} \right]$$. If X$$({e^{t\omega...

Med
2015 PYQ

The signal $$\cos \left( {10\pi t + {\pi \over 4}} \right)$$ is ideally sampled at a sampling frequency of 15 Hz. The sampled signal is passed through a filter with impulse response $$\,\left( {{{\sin \left( {\pi t} \rig...

Hard
2015 PYQ

Consider a four-point moving average filter defined by the equation $$y[n] = \sum\limits_{i = 0}^3 {{\alpha _i}x[n - i]} $$. The condition on the filter coefficients that results in a null at zero frequency is

Easy
2015 PYQ

Two sequences [a, b, c ] and [A, B, C ] are related as, $$\left[ {\matrix{ A \cr B \cr C \cr } } \right] = \left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 1 \cr 1 \cr } {\mkern 1mu} \,\matrix{ 1 \cr {W_3^{ - 1}} \cr {W_3^{ - 2}} \cr } \,\matrix{...

Med
2015 PYQ

Consider two real sequences with time- origin marked by the bold value, $${x_1}\left[ n \right] = \left\{ {1,\,2,\,3,\,0} \right\}\,,\,{x_2}\left[ n \right] = \left\{ {1,\,3,\,2,\,1} \right\}$$ Let $${X_1}(k)$$ and $${X_...

Med
2015 PYQ

Consider a continuous-time signal defined as $$x(t) = \left( {{{\sin \,(\pi t/2)} \over {(\pi t/2)}}} \right)*\sum\limits_{n = - \infty }^\infty {\delta (t - 10n)} $$ Where ' * ' denotes the convolution operation and t i...

Med
2014 PYQ

Let $$\,x\,\,\left( t \right)\,\,\, = \,\,\,\cos \,\,\,\left( {10\pi t} \right)\,\, + \,\,\cos \,\,\left( {30\pi t} \right)$$ be sampled at $$20\,\,\,Hz$$ and reconstructed using an ideal low-pass filter with cut-off fre...

Med
2014 PYQ

The N-point DFT X of a sequence x[n] 0 ≤ n ≤ N − 1 is given by $$X\left[ k \right] = {1 \over {\sqrt N }}\,\,\sum\limits_{n = 0}^{N - 1} x \,[n\,]e{\,^{ - j{{2\pi } \over N}nk}}$$, 0$$ \le k \le N - 1$$ Denote this relat...

Med
2014 PYQ

Consider two real valued signals, $$x\left( t \right)$$ band - limited to $$\,\left[ { - 500Hz,\,\,500Hz} \right]$$ and $$y\left( t \right)$$ band - limited to $$\,\left[ { - 1\,\,kHz,\,\,1kHz} \right].$$ For $$z\left( t...

Easy
2014 PYQ

A Fourier transform pair is given by $${\left( {{2 \over 3}} \right)^n}$$ u $$\left[ {n + 3} \right]\,\mathop \Leftrightarrow \limits^{FT} \,{{A{e^{ - j6\pi f}}} \over {1 - \left( {{2 \over 3}} \right){e^{ - j2\pi f}}}}$...

Med
2014 PYQ

The sequence x $$\left[ n \right]$$ = $${0.5^n}$$ u[n], where u$$\left[ n \right]$$ is the unit step sequence, is convolved with itself to obtain y $$\left[ n \right]$$ . Then $$\sum\limits_{n = \infty }^{ + \infty } y \...

Easy
2013 PYQ

A band-limited signal with a maximum frequency of 5 kHz is to be sampled. According to the sampling theorem, the sampling frequency which is not valid is

Easy
2011 PYQ

The first six points of the 8-point DFT of a real valued sequence are 5, 1 - j3, 0, 3- j4, 0 and 3+ j4. The last two points of the DFT are respectively

Easy
2010 PYQ

For an N-point FFT algorithm with N = $${2^m}$$ which one of the following statements is TRUE?

Med
2010 PYQ

The Nyquist sampling rate for the signal $$s(t) = {{\sin \,(500\pi t)} \over {\pi \,t}} \times {{\sin \,(700\pi t)} \over {\pi \,t}}$$ is given by

Easy
2009 PYQ

The 4-point Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of a discrete time sequence $$\left\{ {1,\,0,\,2,\,3} \right\}$$ is

Easy
2008 PYQ

{x(n)} is a real-valued periodic sequence with a period N. x(n) and X(k) form N-point. Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) pairs. The DFT Y(k) of the sequence y (n) = $${1 \over N}\,\sum\limits_{r = 0}^{N - 1} x \,\left( r...

Med
2007 PYQ

A 5-point sequence x [n] is given as x$$\left[ { - 3} \right]$$ =1, x$$\left[ { - 2} \right]$$ =1, x$$\left[ { - 1} \right]$$ =0, x$$\left[ { - 0} \right]$$ = 5, x$$\left[ { - 1} \right]$$ = 1. Let X$$({e^{j\omega }})\,$...

Easy
2006 PYQ

The minimum sampling frequency (in samples /sec) required to reconstruct the following signal from its samples without distortion $$x(t) = 5{\left( {{{\sin \,\,2\,\pi \,1000\,t)} \over {\pi \,t}}} \right)^3} + 7{\left( {...

Med
2006 PYQ

A signal m(t) with bandwidth 500 Hz is first multiplied by a signal g(t) where $$g(t)\, = \,\,\sum\limits_{k = - \infty }^\infty {{{( - 10)}^k}\,\delta (t - 0.5x{{10}^{ - 4}}k)} $$ The resulting signal is then passed thr...

Med
2005 PYQ

Let x(n) = $${\left( {{1 \over 2}} \right)^n}$$ u(n), y(n) = $${x^2}$$, and Y ($$({e^{j\omega }})\,$$ be the Fourier transform of y(n). Then Y ($$({e^{jo}})$$ is

Easy
2004 PYQ

A 1 kHz sinusoidal signal is ideally sampled at 1500 samples /sec and the sampled signal is passed through an ideal low-pass filter with cut-off frequency 800 Hz. The output signal has the frequency

Easy
2004 PYQ

The impulse response $$h\left[ n \right]$$ of a linear time invariant system is given as $$h\left[ n \right] = \left\{ {\matrix{ { - 2\sqrt 2 ,} & {n = 1, - 1} \cr {4\sqrt 2 ,} & {n = 2, - 2} \cr {0,} & {otherwise} \cr }...

Med
2002 PYQ

Consider a sampled signal $$y\left( t \right) = 5 \times {10^{ - 6}}\,x\left( t \right)\,\,\sum\limits_{n = - \infty }^{ + \infty } {\delta \left( {t - n{T_s}} \right)} $$ where $$x\left( t \right) = 10\,\,\cos \,\left(...

Med
2001 PYQ

A band limited signal is sampled at the Nyquist rate. The signal can be recovered by passing the samples through

Easy
2001 PYQ

The Nyquist sampling interval, for the signal Sinc(700t) + Sinc(500t) is

Easy
1999 PYQ

The Nyquist sampling frequency (in Hz) of a signal given by $$16 \times {10^{4\,}}\,\sin {c^2}(400t)*{10^6}\,\sin {c^3}(100t)$$ is

Med
1998 PYQ

Flat top sampling of low pass signals

Easy
1993 PYQ

A low pass signal m(t) band-limited to B Hz is sampled by a periodic rectangular pulse train, $${p_\tau }(t)$$ of period $${T_s}$$ = 1/(3B) sec. Assuming natural sampling and that the pulse amplitude and pulse width are...

Med
1991 PYQ

A signal has frequency components from 300 Hz to 1.8 KHz. The minimum possible rate at which the signal has to be sampled is ______ (fill in the blank).

Med
1990 PYQ

A 4 GHz carrier is DSB-SC modulated by a low pass message signal with maximum frequency of 2 MHz. The resultant signal is to be ideally sampled. The minimum frequency of the sampling impulse train should be:

Med
1988 PYQ

The transfer function of a zero - order hold is

Easy
1988 PYQ

A signal containing only two frequency components (3 kHz and 6 kHz) is sampled at the rate of 8 kHz, and then passed through a low pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 8 kHz. The filter output

Med