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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?






2. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






3. Resolution refers to what?






4. What is the best color profile for web images?






5. Aperture controls what?






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






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. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






18. What does the term "stop" mean?






19. What is the inverse square law?






20. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






22. Perspective is affected by what?






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






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






25. A histogram shows what in an image?






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

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27. 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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28. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.






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






30. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?






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






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






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






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






35. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.






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






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






38. What are luminance and illuminance?






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

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






41. What does ISO stand for?






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






43. 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?






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






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






46. 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?






47. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






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






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






50. What is interpolated resolution?