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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






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






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






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






5. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






6. 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?






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






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






9. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






12. 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?






13. A histogram shows what in an image?






14. Contrast measures what in a print?






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






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






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






18. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






19. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






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






22. 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?






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






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






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






26. What are luminance and illuminance?






27. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.






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






29. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






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






31. What are the effects of top lighting?






32. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






33. What is the effect of front lighting?






34. What is a color profile?






35. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






36. What are IPTC fields used for?






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






38. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






39. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?






40. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






41. What is a thyristor?






42. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?






43. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






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






45. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






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






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






48. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






50. 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?