Test your basic knowledge |

Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?






2. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






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






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






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






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






7. What is a color profile?






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






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






10. Focal length controls what?






11. What is focal length - technically?






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






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






14. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?






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






16. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






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






20. Perspective is affected by what?






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






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






23. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?






24. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?






25. The term "ISO speed" is used to describe what?


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


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






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






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






30. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?






31. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






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






33. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






35. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.






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






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






38. What does ISO stand for?






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






40. Bit depth refers to what?






41. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?






42. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






43. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






44. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?






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






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






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






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






49. 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?






50. What does a neutral density filter do?