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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?






2. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






4. Focal length controls what?






5. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






6. 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?






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






8. What is dodging?






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






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






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






12. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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

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14. What is a thyristor?






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






16. What is a color profile?






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






18. 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?






19. Bit depth refers to what?






20. What are luminance and illuminance?






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






22. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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23. Perspective is affected by what?






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






25. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






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






29. Panning does what?






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






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






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






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






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






35. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






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






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






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






41. What is gamut?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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