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Certified Professional Photographer

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A histogram shows what in an image?






2. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






8. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.






18. What is a BYTE?






19. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?






20. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






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






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






23. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






24. What is a Bit?






25. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






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






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






28. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






30. What are IPTC fields used for?






31. 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?






32. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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33. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






34. What do TTL systems react to?






35. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?






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






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






38. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?






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






40. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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