Exams¶
Exams will be held during the regular lecture hour. Exams will be closed-book. You will be permitted one sheet of 8.5x11 paper, with handwritten notes on both sides. Calculators and computers are not allowed.
Online section: if you’re in the online section, you should plan to be proctored over zoom, during the same time period as the regular exam. If that won’t work, see “confict exams” below.
Conflict exams: if you have a time conflict, please make arrangements at least week prior to the regular exam.
Past exams will be made available to you on this page.
Exam 1¶
Exam 1 was Wednesday, September 28, in class. Topics included phasors, spectrum, Fourier series, and sampling. Problems from previous semesters that would be fair game for this exam include:
Fall 2011 Exam 1 (solutions) problems 1 (find \(X_k\) instead of \(a_k,b_k\)), 4(a), and 5(b) (\(X_d(\omega)\) means the spectrum of the discrete-time signal).
Fall 2011 Exam 2 (solutions) problem 6(a-e)
Fall 2013 Exam 1 problems 1, 2, and 3 ( solutions)
Fall 2013 Exam 3 ( solutions) problems 1, 2, and 8. In problem 8, “Sketch \(X(\omega)\)” means “sketch the spectrum plot.”
Fall 2014 Exam 1 problems 1, 2, and 3 ( solutions )
Fall 2014 Exam 3 problem 3 ( solutions )
Fall 2021 Exam 1 all problems (solutions)
Fall 2022 Exam 1 is here (solutions)
Exam 2¶
Exam 2 was Monday, October 31, in class.
Topics included LSI systems, convolution, frequency response, and DTFT. Problems from previous semesters that would be fair game for this exam include:
Fall 2013 Exam 1 problems 4, 5 ( solutions )
Fall 2014 Exam 1 problem 4 ( solutions )
Fall 2014 Exam 2 problem 1, 2, 4 ( solutions )
Fall 2017 Exam 2 problem 1, 2, 3, 4 ( solutions )
Fall 2021 Exam 2, all questions (solutions)
Fall 2022 Exam 2 is here (solutions)
Exam 3¶
The final exam will be December 14, 7:00-10:00pm. The final exam will be about the length of two midterm exams. Calculators and computers are not permitted. You may bring two sheets of handwritten notes, front and back. The exam will also have a formula sheet, which will be posted here in advance of the exam. If you are taking the exam online, it will be provided to you by e-mail and on zoom; you’ll need to upload your solutions to Gradescope.
Topics covered will include:
17%: topics from exam 1
17%: topics from exam 2
66%: topics from the last third of the course, including DFT and circular convolution, Z transform and inverse Z transform, IIR filters, causality and stability, notch filters, and second-order filters.
Here is a draft of the title page and formula sheet as they will appear on the exam:
Here are some sample exam questions from previous semesters:
Fall 2021 practice exam 3 and its solutions
Fall 2021 exam 3,its solutions, and the more detailed workthrough of some of those solutions in office hours.
