In two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, the independent variable is assigned to which axis?
What is the x-axis
100
The file type extension for scripts and User-Defined Functions
What is .m?
100
What does a dashed line indicate within a scripting window between the line number and the editable text window?
What is an executable line of code?
100
When entering a calculation into an Excel spreadsheet cell, which symbol is entered first?
What is an equals sign?
200
The Matlab notation for natural log
What is log?
200
Which function in MATLAB provides a convenient way to produce the 2-D matrices needed for 3-D plotting when provided 1-D x and y vectors?
What is meshgrid
200
The MATLAB function that can write formatted output to the command window and a text file.
What is fprintf?
200
The red circular symbol that indicates for pauses execution of code mid-run?
What is a break point?
200
What is the Excel syntax to represent Pi?
What is pi()?
300
The MATLAB notation for degrees when using the trig function sin?
What is sind?
i.e. the letter 'd' is added to the end of 'sin' to use degrees instead of the default radians
300
When defining the plot property for line types, plot symbols, and colors with the MATLAB plot function, what data type is the input argument?
What is string? (character is also acceptable)
300
The first word in the first line of a function file requires this syntax
What is function?
300
The cell reference notation for Excel
What are Column Letter and Row Number?
400
If A = [1 2 3 4] and you wanted to use MATLAB to multiply that vector element-by-element by another 1x4 vector B, what operator is needed?
What is the dot operator?
i.e. A.*B
400
Fill in the Blank: When using the MATLAB _____ function, the order of the string input arguments coincide with the order in which the data were plotted.
What is legend?
400
A file with a specific format that includes inputs, outputs, and lines of code
What is a user defined function file?
400
The link provided in an error in the Command Window takes the programmer to this place
What is help documentation?
400
Popular types of charts to display in Excel
What is scatter, line and bar?
500
The input arguments for this plotting function define the number of rows and columns the figure window is split into and the position in which the subsequent plot command will be displayed.
What is subplot?
500
Contains multiple sequential lines of MATLABcommands and function calls.
What is a script?
500
This button in the editor toolbar runs the next line of code when in debugging mode?
What is Step?
500
What is the Excel syntax for calculating the absolute value?