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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?






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






3. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?






4. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






5. A histogram shows what in an image?






6. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?






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






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


9. Name 2 ways you can decrease depth of field.






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






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






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






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






14. Resolution refers to what?






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






16. What would you use an ICC profile for?






17. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






18. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






19. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?






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






21. What is gamut?






22. Going clockwise around the color wheel - starting with RED - what is the progression of colors?






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






24. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






25. What does a neutral density filter do?






26. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?


27. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?






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






29. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?






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






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






32. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






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






36. What are the effects of high side lighting?






37. What does side lighting emphasize?






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






39. Focal length controls what?






40. What is the effect of front lighting?






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






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






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






44. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?






45. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?






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






47. Contrast measures what in a print?






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






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






50. 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?