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1. Resolution refers to what?






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






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






4. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






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






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






7. 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?






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






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






10. 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?






11. According to the Inverse Square Law - at a distance of 10 feet from a flash - the area illuminated receives how much more/less light than the area illuminated at 20 feet from the flash?






12. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?






13. What is a Bit?






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






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






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






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






18. Printers use what set of colors?






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






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






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






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






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






24. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.






25. What does ISO stand for?






26. What is burning?






27. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?






28. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






29. 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?






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






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






32. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






43. What is a derivative file?






44. What is gamut?






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






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






47. What does side lighting emphasize?






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






49. Focal length controls what?






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







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