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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






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

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






4. Printers use what set of colors?






5. Contrast measures what in a print?






6. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






8. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?






9. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






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

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






12. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.






13. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






16. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






17. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?






18. 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?






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






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






21. What is a Bit?






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






23. What is a thyristor?






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






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

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26. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






27. What is dodging?






28. What is a BYTE?






29. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?






30. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?






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






32. Going clockwise around the color wheel - starting with RED - what is the progression of colors?






33. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?






34. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






35. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?






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






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






38. What are IPTC fields used for?






39. 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?






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






41. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?






42. What are the effects of top lighting?






43. Focal length controls what?






44. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






45. If your print will be viewed mostly under window light - what is the suggested Kelvin temperature of the lights you should use to evaluate your print?






46. 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?






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






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






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






50. What is a derivative file?