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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






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






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






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






6. What is a flag?






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






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






9. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






10. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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






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






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






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






15. A magic wand tool is used for what?






16. What is a BYTE?






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






18. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






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






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






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






22. Contrast measures what in a print?






23. What are IPTC fields used for?






24. What does the term "stop" mean?






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






27. What does side lighting emphasize?






28. What is the inverse square law?






29. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






31. What is a color profile?






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






33. 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?






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






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






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






37. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






38. What is gamut?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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?






48. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






50. Printers use what set of colors?