Here is the heavily filtered, strictly definitional question bank.
All “distinguish between”, classifications, broad theories, and “discuss the process” questions have been brutally purged. What remains is a pure glossary of exact terms the examiner has explicitly asked you to define or write short notes on.
Table 1: Signals & Systems Fundamentals
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Signal / System (What is/Define) 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 Unit Step, Unit Impulse, Ramp, and Signum Functions (Define) 2022 Invertible, Memoryless, and Recursive Systems (Write short notes on) 2024, 2016
Table 2: Time-Domain System Analysis
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Impulse Response (What is) 2018, 2016
Table 3: State-Space Representation
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance State of a System (Define/What is) 2019, 2017, 2016
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Fourier Series (Define) 2022, 2018, 2017 Fourier Series Expansion (What is meant by) 2020, 2019 Fourier Transform (Define/What is) 2025, 2024, 2016, 2015 Fourier Transform Pair (Define) 2019 Signum Function (What is) 2022, 2019
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Laplace Transform & Inverse Laplace Transform (Define) 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015 Zeros and Poles (in s-domain) (Define) 2023, 2022, 2018, 2017 Transfer Function (What is) 2019
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Z-Transform (Define) 2022, 2018, 2016 Region of Convergence (ROC) (What is/Explain) 2024, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015 Transfer Function (Define/Explain significance) 2022, 2021, 2015 Cross-correlation and Auto-correlation (Define and explain) 2015
Table 7: Sampling, Filters & Network Theory
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Sampling Theorem (What is/State) 2024, 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015 Discrete Time Up-sampler and Down-sampler (Define/What is) 2022, 2021 Aliasing Effect (Explain/What is meant by) 2021, 2019 Over-sampling, Nyquist Rate Sampling, and Aliasing (Write short notes on) 2018, 2016 Filtering (What is) 2023 Network Theory (What is) 2025, 2022 Two-Port Network (What do you mean by) 2024
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance DIT-FFT Algorithm / FFT Algorithm (What is) 2025, 2023