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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. What is the best color profile for web images?






3. Panning does what?






4. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






5. What is gamut?






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






7. Printers use what set of colors?






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






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






10. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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11. 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?






12. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?






13. What is a BYTE?






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






15. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






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






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






20. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






21. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What is the inverse square law?






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






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






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






37. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?






38. 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?






39. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






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






44. 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?






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






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






47. Resolution refers to what?






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






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






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