Its z-transform is $H(z)=(1+2z^{-1}+z^{-2})/4=(z+1)^2/(4z^2)$. Thus it has a double zero at z=−1 and a double pole at z=0, counting multiplicity. Hence A; being FIR does not eliminate the origin poles when written as a rational function of z.
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