Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education

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Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha School of Engineering
E C E DEPARTMENT
2nd year B. Tech, I-Semester AY:2025-26
24EC203 - SIGNALS & SYSTEMS
Unit – IV Sampling Theorem
Question Bank
CO4 Apply the sampling theorem to demonstrate signal reconstruction from discrete-time samples while
analysing aliasing effects.
Cognitive Levels(K): K1-Remember; K2-Understand; K3-Apply; K4-Analyze; K5-Evaluate; K6-Create
Unit – IV Sampling Theorem
Cognitive
Q. No. Questions CO
Level
1. Write the differences between Natural sampling, Ideal sampling and Flat CO4 K2
Top sampling.
2. State and prove sampling theorem for band limited signals. CO4 K2
3. Explain about Ideal sampling for band limited signals with Graphical and CO4 K1
analytical proof
4. Explain the term under Sampling with Graphical representation. CO4 K1
5. What is Nyquist rate & Nyquist interval? CO4 K1
6. What is aliasing? When does aliasing occur? How can it be avoided? CO4 K1
7. State Sampling Theorem. CO4 K1
8. Explain how Flat top sampling is generated with circuit diagram and CO4 K2
waveforms.
9. Explain the signal recovery from its sampled signal. CO4 K2
10. Discuss the effect of aliasing due to under sampling. CO4 K2
11. Explain natural sampling with relevant waveforms and expressions. CO4 K2
12. Compare impulse sampling, natural sampling and flat top sampling with K2
relevant diagrams.
13. What is the aliasing effect? Explain using relevant diagrams. Suggest the CO4 K2
remedies to avoid aliasing.
14. Write about impulse sampling, Natural and Flat top sampling. CO4 K2
15. A signal x  t   5sin c 2  5 t   cos  20 t  is sampled at a rate of 20Hz. CO4 K3
Sketch the spectrum of the sampled signal.
16. Determine the Nyquist sampling rate and Nyquist sampling interval for CO4 K3
x  t   2 sin c 100 t  x  t   sin c 100 t   sin c  50 t 
x  t   sin c 100 t  x  t   sin c 80 t  sin c 120 t 
x  t   1  cos  2000 t   sin  4000 t  sin  4000 t 
x t  
x  t   10 sin  60 t  cos  40 t  t
x  t   sin c 100 t   3sin c 2  60 t 
17. The signal x  t   10 cos 10 t  is sampled at a rate of 8 samples per second. CO4 K3
Plot the amplitude spectrum |Ω|≤30π. Can the original signal be recovered
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 from samples? Explain.
18. A signal x  t   2 cos  400 t   6 cos  640 t  is ideally sampled at fs=500Hz. CO4 K3
If the sampled signal is passed through an ideal low pass filter with a cut
off frequency of 400 Hz, what frequency components will appear in the
output.
19. A signal x(t)=10cos(20πt)cos(200πt) is ideally sampled at sampling CO4 K3
frequency of 250Hz. Sketch the sampled spectrum and determine the
Nyquist rate. Also, determine the permissible cutoff frequencies of the
ideal reconstruction filter so as to recover x(t) from its sampled version of
the signal.
20. Consider the continuous-time signal x  t   3cos 120 t  . CO4 K3
a. Determine the minimum sampling rate required to avoid aliasing.
b. Suppose that the signal is sampled at the rate fs=240Hz, what is
the discrete-time signal obtained after sampling?
c. Suppose that the signal is sampled at the rate fs=75Hz, what is
the discrete-time signal obtained after sampling?
What is the frequency 0<f<fs/2 of a sinusoidal that yields samples
identical to those obtained in (c) above?

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