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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?






2. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






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






6. What is interpolated resolution?






7. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?






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






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






10. What is a thyristor?






11. What do TTL systems react to?






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






13. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?






14. Bit depth refers to what?






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






16. What is burning?






17. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






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






20. Perspective is affected by what?






21. What is TTL?






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






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

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






25. What is the inverse square law?






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






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






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






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






30. 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?






31. What is a BYTE?






32. 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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33. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






34. What is the name of the technique used to make a monitor look like what you will see on your print?






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






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






37. What would you use an ICC profile for?






38. 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?






39. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






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






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






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






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






44. 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?






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






46. 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?






47. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.






48. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.






49. Focal length controls what?






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