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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






2. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






3. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






4. A histogram shows what in an image?






5. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.






6. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?






7. What does a neutral density filter do?






8. If an image is too yellow - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?






9. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture - what mode are you working in?






10. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?






11. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.






12. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?






13. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?






14. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed - what mode are you working in?






15. What does ISO stand for?






16. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






17. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?






18. An incident-exposure reading for a fair-skinned subject reads f/8 - 1/125th at 100 ISO. The next subject is very dark skinned. What is the proper exposure for the second subject?

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19. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?






20. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?






21. What light source has the highest color temperature?






22. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?






23. Bit depth refers to what?






24. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






25. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?






26. What is the inverse square law?






27. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






28. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?






29. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?






30. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






31. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






32. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?






33. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?






34. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






35. What does the term "stop" mean?






36. Aperture controls what?






37. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.






38. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?






39. What is an element and where is it found?






40. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?






41. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?






42. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






43. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?

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44. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?






45. What are the effects of high side lighting?






46. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?






47. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






48. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?






49. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






50. A magic wand tool is used for what?