How Fluent Are You with LaTeX?

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Test your knowledge of LaTeX with this quiz and see how many correct answers you can get out of 20!

Test your knowledge of LaTeX with this quiz and see how many correct answers you can get out of 20!

1. How many times do you need to run `latex` or `pdflatex` to ensure proper numbering and referencing?

Once
Twice
Three times
Four times

2. What kind of files do some additional functions such as indexing and bibliographies use?

Auxiliary files
Source files
Image files
Log files

3. Which of the following characters must be escaped with a backslash to be used in LaTeX?

#
$
&
All of the above

4. What is the command to create an italic emphasized text in LaTeX?

\textit{}
\it{}
\emph{}
\italic{}

5. Which document class is NOT provided by default in LaTeX?

article
book
presentation
letter

6. In which environment would you place a long quotation?

itemize
quote
verbatim
list

7. What is the command to create a labeled section that you can reference later?

\section
\label
\ref
\pageref

8. Which environment would you use to typeset multiple lines of code verbatim?

verbatim
quote
itemize
enumerate

9. In LaTeX, comments can be added to the document without being typeset by using which character?

#
%
&
$

10. How do you specify an equation to be displayed and numbered?

$...$
\[ ... \]
\(...\)
\begin{equation} ... \end{equation}

11. What command would you use to typeset text in bold?

\textbf{}
\textit{}
\bold{}
\strong{}

12. Which environment is used to typeset mathematical expressions inline with text?

\begin{math}
\textmath
\[...\]
\( ... \)

13. What is the correct syntax to include a figure in a LaTeX document?

\includegraphics{...}
\insertfigure{...}
\image{...}
\fig{}
answer_ix

14. Which package is used in LaTeX to include graphics?

graphicx
imagex
graphical
graphics

15. Which command is used to start a LaTeX document?

\start
\begin{document}
\document
\documentclass

16. How do you denote a non-breaking space in LaTeX?

~
$nbsp$
\
 

17. What environment would you use to create a bulleted list?

quote
itemize
enumerate
bullet

18. Which command changes the document class?

\usepackage
\documenttitle
\documentclass
\class

19. Which command is used to create a bibliographical reference section in LaTeX?

\bibliographystyle
\cite
\bibliography
\references

20. Which is the primary site for LaTeX resources and packages?

http://www.ctan.org
http://www.latex-project.org
http://www.overleaf.com
http://www.tex.ac.uk

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