Knowledge Quiz: Quarto and Markdown

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Which capability does Quarto have that plain Markdown lacks?

Formatting text with headings and lists.Adding hyperlinks to a document.Applying bold or italic emphasis to text.Executing code and embedding the resulting output in a document.

• Wrong: heading and list formatting is a core Markdown feature, available without Quarto.
• Wrong: hyperlinks are supported by Markdown alone.
• Wrong: emphasis (bold/italic) is a core Markdown feature.
• Correct: Markdown has no computation layer; Quarto adds the ability to execute code and embed dynamic results.

What is the primary purpose of the YAML header at the top of a Quarto document?

To define metadata and rendering options, such as the title and output format.To list the keyboard shortcuts available in RStudio.To write the narrative text that appears in the rendered document.To execute the document’s R code.

• Correct: the YAML header configures metadata (title, author) and rendering options (output format, table of contents, etc.).
• Wrong: the YAML header has nothing to do with RStudio keyboard shortcuts.
• Wrong: narrative text belongs in the Markdown body, not the YAML header.
• Wrong: R code is executed in code chunks in the document body, not in the YAML header.

You render an HTML report and want to email just the single .html file to your instructor as a homework submission. Which YAML option should you add to make sure all images and plots are embedded directly in that file, rather than referenced externally?

number-sections: trueembed-resources: truecode-fold: truetoc: true

• Wrong: number-sections adds section numbering; it has no effect on whether resources are embedded.
• Correct: embed-resources: true embeds all supporting files, such as images and plots, directly into a single, portable .html file.
• Wrong: code-fold controls whether code is collapsible; it has no effect on whether resources are embedded.
• Wrong: toc adds a table of contents; it has no effect on whether resources are embedded.

You already have a Quarto report rendered as HTML and want to turn the same analysis into a revealjs slideshow. What is the most direct way to do this?

Change the format field in the YAML header from html to revealjs.Manually copy each paragraph into a separate PowerPoint file.Convert the file to PDF first, then to slides.Rewrite the entire file from scratch using slide-specific syntax.

• Correct: changing format to revealjs is the key step, though the content typically still needs to be reorganized into slide-sized chunks.
• Wrong: this bypasses Quarto entirely and isn’t how Quarto presentations are created.
• Wrong: there is no need to convert to PDF as an intermediate step.
• Wrong: presentations reuse the same YAML and Markdown structure as documents; a full rewrite isn’t necessary.