Programming Quiz 1

LateX

Is not a computing algebra system, it will not execute mathematical operations.

What is LaTEX

It is a document markup language

\documentclass specifies what

the overall document structure and formatting.

.tex files contain what

the formatting markup code and document text

The in-line math mode is specified by what

the single dollar sign

What is in line mode used for

to place mathematical symbolism into a line of text.

Paragraph math mode is specified by what

double dollar signs $$

Paragraph mode is used to what

offset mathematical symbolism from the surrounding text.

Backlash \

Used to designate mathematical symbols and LaTeX commands that are not readily found on the keyboard.

LATEX is case-sensitive and heavily relies on what

the delimiters { and } to define the scope of a command.

Horizontal space can be manually included or reduced by using what

the \hskip command. This command requires a numerical value

Vertical space can be manually included or reduced by using what

the \vskip command. This command requires a numerical value

Font changes can be made in-line by what (4 commands)

the inclusion of commands like \it, \bf, \tt and \scshape.

report document class

corresponds to a generic report,

article document clas

would be appropriate for the cre-ation of short high-quality research articles.

newcommand

user-defined

shortcuts for commonly used symbols or commands.

usepackage:

Packages are collections of formatting and symbolic tools that expand the scope of the default system