Test your basic knowledge |

Certified Professional Photographer

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
Half as much light
Add yellow
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image

2. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
8 stops
Total number of pixels
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.
Use and adjustment layer

3. 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?
Shutter-priority
Add green
four times more
Incident light meter

4. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?
Hyperfocal distance. A lens focused at the hyperfocal distance has depth of field extending from approximately half the hyperfocal distance to infinity - whereas a lens focused at infinity has a depth of field only at infinity.
3200 Kelvin
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
5 -000 Kelvin

5. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
Aperture-priority
Convex
Cyan
sRGB

6. What is burning?
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker

7. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
Aperture
Fisheye
Blue & Green
Reflected light meter

8. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?
Add magenta
Aperture and shutter
Fair Use
The impression human vision gives

9. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?
Use and adjustment layer
Soft proofing
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)

10. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.
Actual Pixel view
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Small light source at an angle to the subject
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed

11. Panning does what?
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Reflected light meter

12. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?
flat - low contrast light
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Shutter-priority
sRGB

13. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
Total number of pixels

14. What is dodging?
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan

15. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?
sensor
3200 Kelvin
A mirror and pentaprism
The amount of information contained in each pixel

16. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?
Yellow
Depth of field
1/250th
3200 Kelvin

17. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?
Metamerism
Follow focus
Lasso tool
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light

18. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Cyan
Shutter speed & aperture
A mirror and pentaprism
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.

19. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?
sensor
White (255)
A change in illumination
3:1 or 4:1

20. What are luminance and illuminance?
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees

21. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
A new layer
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Total number of pixels

22. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?
Through the Lens. A camera that can automatically control flash exposure using sensors inside the camera.
5000K
Snoot
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.

23. What is a derivative file?
Add yellow
Aperture
A RAW file that has been altered
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)

24. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
Snoot
8 bits
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.

25. What would you use an ICC profile for?
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Reflected light meter
5 -000 Kelvin
A RAW file that has been altered

26. A magic wand tool is used for what?
Selecting portions of the image based on color
International Organization for Standardization
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.

27. Printers use what set of colors?
One stop less
Reciprocal relationship
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Subtractive primaries (plus black)

28. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?
Infrared
Add green
A change in illumination
Total number of pixels

29. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Short lighting
Shutter speed & aperture
Metamerism

30. If an image is too red - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Reflected light meter
Add cyan
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

31. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Glossy paper
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)

32. What is interpolated resolution?
Bit
Short lighting.
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image

33. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?
It increases
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Add blue
Aperture-Priority

34. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?
Levels adjustment
The sensor's sensitivity to light
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

35. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.
Zoom lens
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Metadata

36. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
8 bits
Add red
Metadata

37. A filter with a factor of 2 requires how many stops of compensation?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

38. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
four times more
It should match the focal length. Too wide and it's inefficient; too narrow and it will vignette; most likely to occur with wide angle of 28mm and below.
Convex

39. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
256
Reflected light meter
Short lighting

40. What is the best color profile for web images?
sRGB
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)

41. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.
JPEG
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Aperture-priority

42. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?
A new layer
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
256

43. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
Zoom lens
Metadata
Yellow
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.

44. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?
Depth of field
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.
Additive (R - G - B)
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin

45. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
9
Additive (R - G - B)
Add green
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject

46. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?
Contrast
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
8 bits
stopped down

47. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
The amount of information contained in each pixel
Short lighting
ISO

48. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Follow focus
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Infinity

49. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
8 bits
Metamerism
RAID system
A new layer

50. What does ISO stand for?
International Organization for Standardization
3:1 or 4:1
sensor
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree