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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






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






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






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

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5. Printers use what set of colors?






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






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






8. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?






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






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






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






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






13. What is a Bit?






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






15. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?






16. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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






18. Contrast measures what in a print?






19. Printers use how many bits per channel of information when printing?






20. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?






21. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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

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






26. What is a derivative file?






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






28. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






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






30. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






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






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






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






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






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






36. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






38. What is interpolated resolution?






39. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






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






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






42. 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?






43. A histogram shows what in an image?






44. 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?






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






46. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.






47. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?






48. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






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

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