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






2. What is an element and where is it found?






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






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






5. Resolution refers to what?






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






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






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






9. What is the effect of front lighting?






10. What is focal length - technically?






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






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






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






14. 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?






15. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?






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






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






18. Contrast measures what in a print?






19. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?






20. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?






21. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very dark scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?






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






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






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






25. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?






26. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






28. What are IPTC fields used for?






29. What does side lighting emphasize?






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

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






32. What is a Bit?






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






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






35. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






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






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

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38. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






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






41. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






42. What is burning?






43. Panning does what?






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






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






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






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






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






50. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?







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