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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






2. What is focal length - technically?






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






4. 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?






5. Perspective is affected by what?






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






7. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






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






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






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






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






12. What is dodging?






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

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14. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?






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






16. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?






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






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






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






20. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






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






30. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






32. What is interpolated resolution?






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






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






35. What does ISO stand for?






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






37. What is a Bit?






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






39. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






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






41. What is a BYTE?






42. If you must move to reduce the amount of flash reaching your subject - how far do you move?






43. What is a derivative file?






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






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






46. What is the inverse square law?






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






48. What is a flag?






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






50. What is a color profile?