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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






2. Contrast measures what in a print?






3. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?






4. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.






5. What are the three main factors that affect depth of field?






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






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






8. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.






9. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






11. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?






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






13. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






14. 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?






15. When buying a lens hood - you should get it in what size relative to the lens?

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16. 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?






17. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






18. What is a Bit?






19. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






21. 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?






22. 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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23. Printers use what set of colors?






24. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






25. What does the term "stop" mean?






26. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






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






28. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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






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






31. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






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






33. What is a derivative file?






34. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?






35. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?






36. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






37. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?






38. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






41. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






42. What is dodging?






43. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






44. What does side lighting emphasize?






45. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?






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






47. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.






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






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






50. What is gamut?