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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






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






3. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.






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






5. What is a color profile?






6. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?






7. What is burning?






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






9. 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?






10. Resolution refers to what?






11. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?






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






13. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?






14. What is interpolated resolution?






15. What is a thyristor?






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






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






18. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?






19. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






20. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






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






23. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?






24. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?






25. What is the effect of front lighting?






26. What is focal length - technically?






27. Bit depth refers to what?






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






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






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






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






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






33. Printers use how many bits per channel of information when printing?






34. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).






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






36. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






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






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






39. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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

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41. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?






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






43. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






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






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






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






49. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?






50. Contrast measures what in a print?