Test your basic knowledge |

Certified Professional Photographer

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. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?
Yellow
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Metamerism

2. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?
Short lighting.
Flat lighting
hue/saturation adjustment layer
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)

3. Resolution refers to what?
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.

4. What is the best color profile for web images?
ISO
Metadata fields that hold info on photographer - subject - and use.
sRGB
A new layer

5. Aperture controls what?
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Soft proofing
Add cyan

6. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
All colors
Glossy paper
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Front lighting

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?
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
Aperture-priority
ISO
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.

8. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?
Levels adjustment
Use and adjustment layer
Black (0)
Actual Pixel view

9. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?
Add blue
Shutter-Priority
Shutter speed & aperture
A change in illumination

10. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.
Depth of field
All colors
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.

11. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?
sRGB
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
1 or 2

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?
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Selecting portions of the image based on color
9
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

13. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?
No
Short lighting
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
A high contrast image

14. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
1 1/3 stops
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)
Add cyan

15. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)
Lasso tool
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Reflected light meter

16. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?
White (255)
lens-to-subject distance
Add red
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

17. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?
Shutter-priority
High Dynamic Range
8 bits
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically

18. What does the term "stop" mean?
Add magenta
The sensor's sensitivity to light
Aperture and shutter
A change in illumination

19. What is the inverse square law?
Dynamic range
Yellow
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.

20. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
Half as much light
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.

21. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
8 stops
Selecting portions of the image based on color
RAID system
The brightness of all the pixels in an image

22. Perspective is affected by what?
Follow focus
Metamerism
Follow focus
lens-to-subject distance

23. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
Metadata
Yellow
One stop
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."

24. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?
A change in illumination
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Lasso tool
Levels adjustment

25. A histogram shows what in an image?
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
One stop less
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
Shutter-priority

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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

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?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

28. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Cyan
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.

29. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?
A new layer
sensor
Total number of pixels
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.

30. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
5000K
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.

31. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.
Aperture
Zoom lens
It decreases. A 50mm lens at 12 inches and f/4 has a DOF of 1/16th of an inch. At f/11 - it increases to only 1/2 an inch.
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."

32. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Use and adjustment layer
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
Depth of field

33. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Blue
1 1/3 stops
Shutter speed & aperture
aperture diameter

34. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?
Shutter speed & aperture
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
A new layer
With the Main at 45 degrees to one side and 45 degrees above subject - it is a classic angle for portraits. It seems natural and flattering and models the face into 3D form.

35. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.
emphasizes textures
Front lighting
flat - low contrast light
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.

36. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
In the middle
Convex
Dynamic range

37. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
Shutter-priority
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)
1920 pixels by 2400 pixels (4.6 million pixels)

38. What are luminance and illuminance?
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)
aperture diameter
Zoom lens

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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

40. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?
256
Infrared
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
8 bits

41. What does ISO stand for?
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
International Organization for Standardization
Fair Use

42. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card

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?
High Dynamic Range
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
Metamerism
Yellow

44. What angle of view does an incident meter read?
Total number of pixels
Very wide at about 180 degrees
JPEG
Short lighting.

45. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Soft proofing
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.
Lower
Fair Use

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?
four times more
Shutter-priority
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Depth of field

47. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
Short lighting.
The sensor's sensitivity to light

48. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
High Dynamic Range
Additive (R - G - B)

49. If an image is too green - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
One stop
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
Add magenta

50. What is interpolated resolution?
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
Add red
aperture diameter
The amount of information contained in each pixel