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1. 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?






2. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






3. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






4. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?






5. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






6. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






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






8. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






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






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






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






13. What is a Bit?






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






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






16. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






17. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






18. What is a thyristor?






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






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






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






23. What are IPTC fields used for?






24. What is a BYTE?






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






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






27. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?






28. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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






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






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

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32. 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?






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






34. 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?






35. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






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






37. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






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






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

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






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






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






44. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






45. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






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






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






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






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






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






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