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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?


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






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






4. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






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






6. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?






7. Most inkjet printers intended for photographic printing include light and dark inks of all of the colors except for one. Which color ink is usually available only in one density?






8. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?






9. Aperture controls what?






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


11. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?






12. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?






13. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






14. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






15. What is a thyristor?






16. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?






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






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






19. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






20. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






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






22. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?






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






24. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?






25. What determines what will be a 'normal' focal length lens on a particular camera?






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


27. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






28. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






29. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






30. What is TTL?






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






32. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?






33. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?






34. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?






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






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






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






38. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?






39. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






40. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?






41. What does ISO stand for?






42. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?






43. When mixed in varying proportion - the subtractive primary colors produce what?






44. What are luminance and illuminance?






45. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






46. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?






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






48. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very light toned scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?






49. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?






50. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.