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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Panning does what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






9. What is a thyristor?






10. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






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






12. A filter with a factor of 2 requires how many stops of compensation?

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13. What does ISO stand for?






14. 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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15. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






21. What is gamut?






22. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






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






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






25. Contrast measures what in a print?






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






27. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?






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






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






30. Aperture controls what?






31. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






32. 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?






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






34. What is the name of the issue that prevents you from seeing exactly what the lens sees when using a rangefinder camera?






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






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






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






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






39. What are the effects of top lighting?






40. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






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






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






43. When mixed in varying proportion - the subtractive primary colors produce what?






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






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






46. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?






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






48. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?






49. A magic wand tool is used for what?






50. Resolution refers to what?