“Random processes”

6. Binomial distribution deals with

a) Continuous random variable

b) Discrete random variable

c) Continuous & Discrete random variable

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

7. In poisson distribution mean is ______ variance.

a) Greater than

b) Lesser than

c) Equal to

d) Does not depend on

Answer: c

8. Stochastic process are

a) Random in nature

b) Are function of time

c) Random in nature and are a function of time

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

9. Stochastic processes are

a) Strict sense stationary process

b) Wide sense stationary process

c) All of the mentioned

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

10. Gaussian process is a

a) Wide sense stationary process

b) Strict sense stationary process

c) All of the mentioned

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Spectral Density and Autocorrelation”.

1. Power spectral density function is a?

a) Real and even function

b) Non negative function

c) Periodic

d) All of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: d

Explanation: A power signal is periodic signal and its function is a real even and non negative function as
per the definition.

2. Energy spectral density defines

a) Signal energy per unit area

b) Signal energy per unit bandwidth

c) Signal power per unit area

d) Signal power per unit bandwidth

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: Energy spectral density gives the signal energy equal to the area under the waveform
energy spectral density versus frequency curve.

3. Power spectrum describes distribution of _________ under frequency domain.

a) Mean

b) Variance

c) Gaussian
d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: Power spectrum gives the distribution of variance of a signal in the frequency domain,
sampled into spectral components.

4. How can power spectral density of non periodic signal be calculated?

a) By integrating

b) By truncating

c) By converting to periodic

d) None of the mentioned

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Answer: b

Explanation: A power signal usually is a periodic signal. But power spectral density of non periodic signal
can be calculated by truncating it and observing it in the range of (-T/2,T/2).

5. What is Wiener-Khinchin theorem?

a) Spectral density and auto-covariance makes a fourier transform pair

b) Spectral density and auto-correlatioon makes a fourier tranform pair

c) Spectral density and variance makes a fourier tranform pair

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: According to the theorem spectral density of a signal x(t) and auto correlation function
makes a fourier tranform pair.

6. According to Parseval’s theorem the energy spectral density curve is equal to?

a) Area under magnitude of the signal

b) Area under square of the magnitude of the signal

c) Area under square root of magnitude of the signal

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: According to Parseval/s theorem the energy spectral density function can be given as equal
to the square of the magnitude of the signal x(t).

7. Spectogram is the graph plotted against?

a) Frequency domain

b) Time domain

c) Frequency & Time domain

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: Spectral density function is plotted against frequency domain and spectogram is a graph
which is plotted against time domain.

8. Autocorrelation is a function which matches

a) Two same signals

b) Two different signal

c) One signal with its delayed version

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: c

Explanation: Autocorrelation is a function that matches a signal with its delayed version.

9. Autocorrelation is a function of

a) Time

b) Frequency

c) Time difference
d) Frequency difference

View Answer

Answer: c

Explanation: Autocorrelation is a function of time difference as it matches the signal with its delayed
version.

10. Autocorrelation is maximum at _______

a) Unity

b) Origin

c) Infinite point

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: According to its properties autocorrelation is maximum at origin.

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11. Autocorrelation function of periodic signal is equal to _______

a) Energy of the signal

b) Power of the signal

c) Its area in frequency domain

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: Autocorrelation function of a real valued signal is equal to the energy of the signal and
auto-correlation function of the periodic signal is equal to the average power of the signal.

12. Autocorrelation is a _______ function.

a) Real and even

b) Real and odd

c) Complex and even

d) Complex and odd

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: According to properties of autocorrelation function it a even function when the frequency
value f is real.

13. Autocorrelation function of white noise will have?

a) Strong peak

b) Infinite peak

c) Weak peak

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: Autocorrelation function curve of continuous time white noise signal has a strong peak.

“Random signals”.

1. Random variables give relationship between _____

a) Two random events

b) Probability of occurence of two random events

c) Random event and a real number

d) Random event and its probability of occurrence

View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: A random variable gives a functional relationship between a random event and a real
number.

2. The distribution function of random variable is

a) P(X less than or equal to x)

b) P(X greater than or equal to x)

c) P(X less than x)

d) P(X greater than x)

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: The distribution function of a random variable is the probability that the value taken by the
random variable is less than or equal to the real number x.

3. The distribution function of -(infinity) and (infinity) is _____

a) 0 and 1

b) 1 and 0

c) Both 0

d) Both 1

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: F(minus infinity) is 0 and F(infinity) is 1.

4. The value of the probability density function of random variable is

a) Positive function

b) Negative function

c) Zero

d) One

View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: The probability density function is always greater than 0. It is a non negative function with
the area of 1.

5. Which gives the measure of randomness of the random variable?

a) Mean

b) Variance

c) Standard variance

d) Pdf

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: Variance gives the randomness of the random variable. It is the difference between the
mean square value and square of the mean.

6. Random process is a function of ______

a) Random event and time

b) Random event and frequency

c) Random event and real number

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: Random process is a function of two variables: a random event and its time of occurrence.

7. A random process is called as stationary in strict sense if

a) Its statistics vary with shift in time origin

b) Its statistics does not vary with shift in time origin

c) Its autocorrelation vary with shift in time

d) Its autocorrelation does not vary with shift in time

View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: A random process is defined to be stationary in a strict sense if its statistics varies with a
shift in time origin.

8. For a stationary process, autocorrelation function depends on

a) Time

b) Time difference

c) Does not depend on time

d) None of the mentioned

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9. The autocorrelation function is maximum at

a) Origin

b) Infinity

c) Origin & Infinity

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

10. Standard deviation is ______

a) Rms value of dc

b) Rms value or ac

c) Either ac or dc

d) Neither dc nor ac

View Answer

Answer: b

Explanation: The standard deviation of a random variable gives the rms value of an ac component.

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11. The average power of white noise is

a) Zero
b) Unity

c) Infinity

d) Between zero and one

View Answer

Answer: c

Explanation: The average power of white noise is infinity because its bandwidth is infinite.

12. White noise has _____ mean and ______ variance.

a) Zero and zero

b) Finite and zero

c) Zero and finite

d) One and zero

View Answer

Answer: c

Explanation: White noise is a zero mean function with infinite average power, finite variance and infinite
bandwidth.

13. Which has the same power spectral density?

a) White noise

b) Brown noise

c) White & Brown noise

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: a

Explanation: White noise has same power spectral density where as it decreases in case of brown noise.

14. A stationary stochastic process has

a) Finite energy signal

b) Infinite zero signal

c) Zero energy signal

d) None of the mentioned

View Answer

Answer: b