Determining the causality of a signal with it's pole-zero plot
Looking at the pole-zero plots of the continuous-time signals $x(t)$ and $y(t)$, and the new signals $g(t)= x(t)e^{-3t}$ and $h(t) = y(t) \star e^{-t}u(t)$, the pole locaitons of $g(t)$ and $h(t)$ are found to be:

$$g(t) = x(t)e^{-3t} \implies G(s) = X(s+3) \implies \text{ Re(poles) } = \{-1,-1 \} $$

$$h(t) = y(t) \star e^{-t}u(t) \implies H(s) = Y(S) \frac{1}{s+1} \implies \text{ Re(poles) } = \{-2,-2,-1 \} $$

From these pole locations we see the following:

1-$g(t)$ has two possible ROCs: $Re\{s\} &lt;-1$, and $Re\{s\} &gt; -1$, and only the second one includes the $j\omega$ axis and hence can be stable.

2-$h(t)$ has three possible ROCs: $Re\{s\}&lt;-2$, $-2 &lt; Re\{s\} &lt;-1$, and $Re\{s\} &gt; -1$, and only the last one includes the $j\omega$ axis and is stable.

So for $h(t)$ and $g(t)$ to be absolutely integrable (stable), their ROC's must include $j\omega$ axis and this means their ROCs are to the right of the largest poles which implies that the signals are causal right sided signals.