Consider the sequence
$$x\left[ n \right]$$= $${a^n}u\left[ n \right] + {b^{\partial n}}u\left[ n \right]$$ , where u[n] denotes the unit step sequence and 0<$$\left| a \right| < \left| b \right| < 1.$$
The region of convergence (ROC) of the z-transform of $$\left[ n \right]$$ is

A sequence x$$\left[ n \right]$$ is specified as $$\left[ {\matrix{ {x\left[ n \right]} \cr {x\left[ {n - 1} \right]} \cr } } \right] = {\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 1 \cr } \,\matrix{ 1 \cr 0 \cr } } \right]^n}\left[ {\matrix{ 1 \cr 0 \cr } } \right]$$, for n $$ \ge $$2.
The initial conditions are x$$\left[ 0 \right]$$ = 1, x$$\left[ 1 \right]$$=1 and x$$\left[ n \right]$$=0 for n< 0. The value of x$$\left[ 12 \right]$$ is _____________________.

A continuous -time function $$x\left( t \right)$$ is periodic with period $$T$$. The function is sampled uniformly with a sampling period $${T_s}$$. In which one of the following cases is the sampled signal periodic?

A first-order low-pass filter of time constant T is excited with different input signals (with zero initial conditions up to t = 0). Match the excitation signals X, Y, Z with the corresponding time responses for $$t\, \ge 0$$:
X: Impulse P: 1 $$ - {e^{ - t/T}}$$
Y: Unit step Q: t $$ - T(1 - {e^{ - t/T}})$$
Z: Ramp R: $${e^{ - t/T}}$$