MATLAB Flashcards

1
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What does Matlab stand for?

A

Matrix Laboratory

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2
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What symbol precedes all comments in Matlab?

A

%

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3
Q

Which of the following is not a pre-defined variable in Matlab

A

Gravity

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4
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This Matlab command clears all data and variables stored in memory

A

Clear

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5
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Characters in Matlab are represented in their value in memory

A

ASCII

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6
Q

What is not an aspect of a for/while loop

A

Runner

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7
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To better manage memory and prevent unnecessary memory allocations, Matlab uses:

A

Delayed copy

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8
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To print a newline in a fprintf statement, you must use the following escape character l

A

\n

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9
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In Matlab, this keyword immediately moves to the next iteration of the loop

A

continue

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10
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Which of the following will correctly define x,y, and z as symbols?

A

syms x y z/ syms xyz

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11
Q

Which of the these is the way to access the first element in a vector named v (assuming there is at least one element in the vector)?

A

v(1)

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12
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Which of the following is used to see of two elements are equal in MATLAB?

A

=

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13
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If vector = [1 2 3 4; 11 24 92 100; 345 65 90 1]. What will the value of a be equal to if this code is entered into Matlab&raquo_space; [ a b ] = size (vector)?

A

1 2 3 4

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14
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What is the value of ans that is printed when the following code is run: isnumeric(32)

A

1

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15
Q

If I want to save a formatted string to memory, but don’t want to print it out, which command should I use?

A

sprintf

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16
Q

When used in the fprintf, the %g is used as

A

Default number display

17
Q

When used in the fprintf command, the \n is used to

A

Add a line space (enter key)

18
Q

To display ‘Question 2’ in the command window, the correct command is

A

disp(‘Question 2’)

19
Q

The clc command is used to

A

Clear the command window

20
Q

The num2str command

A

Converts a number to string

21
Q

“The output of the last line is
aa=2
as=num2str(a2.
cat=[‘cat’ as]

22
Q

To join one or more strings into a single string is known as

A

Concatenation

23
Q

The output of cat=[‘cat’ ‘dog’] is

24
Q

Which functions help you to save and load variables?
Expl. There is a pre-defined function in MATLAB to store the variable values from your workspace permanently called “save filename”

A

> > save Lays a b
load (‘myfile.mat’)

25
To display comments of M-file, we use ______
echo on
26
Where do we need to store a function to call it in other programs?
The bin folder
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What are the difference between the ‘help’ and the ‘look for’ command? Expl. Help = command is used to return all the commands surrounding a particular toolbox name entered along with it. Look for = command is used to return a particular function or set function or set of functions whose name matches with the keyword entered
Help returns the entire set while look for returns specific commands
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"What will the following set of commands do when they are present in a script file? stem[y1, y2]; title(‘p’) print -deps l
Store the graph as a separate file
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The function to close the windows containing graphs generated from MATLAB is
Close all
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What is not displayed by the workspace?
Time of variable generation
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MATLAB allows modelling of different control systems using ______
Simulink
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How to stop the execution of a chain of commands?
Press ctrl + c
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What are MEX files in MATLAB?
Allows the user to combine C source files with MATLAB files
34
Explain what is MATLAB? Where MATLAB may be applicable?
MATLAB is a high-level programming language with an interactive surroundings for visualization, numerical computation and programming characteristic.
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What does MATLAB consist of?
MATLAB includes five fundamental parts Matlab language Matlab running environment Handle graphics Matlab function library Matlab application program interface (API)
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To add a comment to the mfile, the Matlab command is
%