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1. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
RAID system
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.

2. What is a flag?
Aperture-Priority
Internet = 72 dpi; Newspaper = 150 dpi; Photographic print = 240-300 dpi; Gloss magazine = 400 dpi
One stop
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare

3. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?
A raster image
A RAW file that has been altered
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
3200 Kelvin

4. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Shutter-Priority
Half as much light
Yellow

5. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?
Add blue
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a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Dynamic range

6. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?
It increases
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Front lighting

7. Panning does what?
ISO
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Very wide at about 180 degrees

8. What is the best color profile for web images?
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
8 bits
sRGB
Aperture - focal length - and distance to the subject

9. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
Short lighting
No
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.

10. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
White (255)
3200 Kelvin
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Aperture and shutter

11. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?
One stop less
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
Follow focus
hue/saturation adjustment layer

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

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13. Perspective is affected by what?
Shutter speed & aperture
Similar to a normal lens at about 30 degrees
Front lighting
lens-to-subject distance

14. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?
Blue
Metadata
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
stopped down

15. If an image is too magenta - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Add green
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
Parallax

16. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Reciprocal relationship
A raster image
1 1/3 stops

17. This technique allows you to keep a subject that is moving toward you well focused.
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
Lower
Follow focus
sensor

18. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.
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Zoom lens
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically

19. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
9
stopped down

20. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?
Lasso tool
Metamerism
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
More of the background and foreground are sharp.

21. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.
Also called a gobo; it is a small panel usually mounted on a stand that shades some part of the subject or shields the lens from light that could cause flare
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Reciprocal relationship
Yellow

22. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?
Black (0)
Variations command
International Organization for Standardization
Because you can move in close to the subject

23. What is the optical resolution on a scanner defined as?
Add red
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
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The pixels per inch a scanner is capable of capturing often described as two numbers (i.e. 1200x2400)

24. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?
Total number of pixels
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta

25. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.
Blown highlights
5000K
Convex
Infrared

26. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.
Levels adjustment
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Curves adjustment; Levels adjustment; Brighteness/Contrast adjustment
Infrared

27. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Aperture-Priority
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
Keeps a moving subject sharp while blurring the background
Glossy paper

28. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
hue/saturation adjustment layer
Blue
A mirror and pentaprism

29. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?
Along the lines of an imaginary grid at intersecting points that divide the image into thirds horizontally and vertically
It increases
Snoot
Aperture and shutter

30. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?
On a scanner; it guesses what the pixels look like in between the ones the scanner can actually measure.
The brightness of all the pixels in an image
Hue - Luminance - Saturation
Broad lighting

31. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?
1) Use a longer lens; 2) Move closer to the subject
International Organization for Standardization
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
sensor

32. The greatest tonal range from black to white is achievable on what kind of paper?
Variations command
Direct sun at 11 -000 Kelvin
Glossy paper
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light

33. If an image is too red - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
aperture diameter
Aperture and shutter
Add cyan
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image

34. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
Flat lighting
sRGB
Infinity
four times more

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

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36. What are the effects of top lighting?
Soft proofing
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

37. 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?
Shutter-priority
In the middle
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed

38. 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?
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.

39. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?
Levels adjustment
Snoot
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.
JPEG

40. What is a derivative file?
A RAW file that has been altered
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
Short lighting
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.

41. 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?
Change the shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed - the lighter the background will be. The faster the shutter speed - the darker the background will be because less existing light is captured.
One stop
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed
Yellow

42. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?
A mirror and pentaprism
Shutter-Priority
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Short lighting

43. What is the effect of front lighting?
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Reciprocal relationship
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
Aperture

44. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
Reflected light meter
JPEG
The number of pixels per unit of length in a image

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

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46. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
The entire range of colors that can be seen - reproduced - or captured. Our eyes have a greater gamut than a print or monitor.
Selecting portions of the image based on color
Use and adjustment layer
Shutter-Priority

47. What is a thyristor?
24 bits per pixel (8 per color) - which gives 16 -777 -216 colors
A light-sensitive cell or sensor inside a flash unit that measures the amount of light reflecting off a subject when a flash is used.
JPEG
sRGB

48. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.
Snoot
White (additive primaries are Red - Green Blue)
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
Half as much light

49. What would you use an ICC profile for?
Flattens out the volume of the subject and minimizes textures
More of the background and foreground are sharp.
Dynamic range
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.

50. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?
8 stops
Lasso tool
Glossy paper
Shutter-Priority