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1. 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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2. What is burning?
The sensor that converts the image from analog to digital (1's and 0's) CCD=charge coupled device; CMOS=complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker
Absorbs equal quantities of all wavelengths of light. It allows you to use wider apertures or slower shutter speeds without changing color balance.
Aperture and shutter


3. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?
Shutter-Priority
Yellow
four times more
Contrast


4. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.
Infinity
The amount of light reflected back from the subject during exposure.
9
5000K


5. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?
Levels adjustment
Small light source at an angle to the subject
Blue & Green
The sensor's sensitivity to light


6. What is focal length - technically?
Zoom lens
A raster image
It increases
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.


7. 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?
1/250th
Short lighting.
Aperture-priority
Shutter-Priority


8. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?
Infrared
A mirror and pentaprism
Shutter speed & aperture
No


9. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?
Maybe as little as 0.5 degrees or 1 degree
Short lighting.
Magenta
Cyan


10. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?
1) Use a shorter focal length; 2) Move farther away from the subject
Butterfly lighting
Small light source at an angle to the subject
International Organization for Standardization


11. 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?
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Use positive exposure compensation (overexposure). A reflected meter reading will attempt to make the scene 18% gray - employ overexposure to adjust.
Follow focus
ISO


12. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?
Additive (R - G - B)
JPEG
An 8-BIT sequence that represents 256 possibilities - black & white & 254 shades of grey. The size of a file is the number of bytes it contains.
(X times Y = exposure) Intensity (aperture) x Time (shutter)


13. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?
1 1/3 stops
Levels adjustment
Use and adjustment layer
Selectively increasing print exposure - which will make select parts of the image darker


14. What is a Bit?
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
RAID system
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Luminance is light reflected from the subject (measured by a reflected-light meter) - while Illuminance is light falling on a subject (as measured with an incident light meter)


15. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?
3200 Kelvin
Yellow
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.
To strike the side of the face away from the camera.


16. What does ISO stand for?
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
International Organization for Standardization
Magenta


17. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?
A RAW file that has been altered
Click with the neutral-point dropper on the selected color
Yellow
Parallax


18. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?
Blue
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Red - Yellow - Green - Cyan - Blue - Magenta


19. What would you use an ICC profile for?
To send accurate color requirements to a printer.
Fair Use
Blue
No


20. Printers use what set of colors?
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)
Yellow
Subtractive primaries (plus black)
stopped down


21. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?
Fair Use
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
flat - low contrast light
Yellow


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

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23. This kind of lens has a variable focal length.
four times more
Zoom lens
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast
hue/saturation adjustment layer


24. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?
A mathematical translator assigned to each piece of equipment you use (they map one gamut to another; and the ICC (or International Color Consortium) profile is usually shipped by the equipment manufacturer).
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
Fair Use
Small light source at an angle to the subject


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

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26. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Black (0)
Cyan
bend toward each other and converge at the focal point.


27. Perspective is affected by what?
Shutter speed & aperture
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
lens-to-subject distance
lengthen (or slow) the shutter speed


28. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
Aperture and shutter
Front lighting
Small light source at an angle to the subject
dynamic range (not to be confused with gamut)


29. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?
Add blue
Close-ups that are life-size or larger. Images through microscopes are "photomicrographs."
hue/saturation adjustment layer
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)


30. 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?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Dynamic range
four times more
The diagonal measurement of the sensor.


31. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?
Aperture
Fair Use
stopped down
Incident light meter


32. What are the effects of top lighting?
Selectively blocking light during print exposure to lighten the area
Creates deep shadows in eye pockets - under nose - and chin.
Zoom lens
Fisheye


33. What is the term used to describe data contained in a digital image?
Levels adjustment
Metadata
Convex
Aperture


34. Aperture controls what?
The brightness of the light that reaches the sensor
Actual Pixel view
Shutter speed & aperture
Use and adjustment layer


35. What is the best color profile for web images?
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
sRGB
Levels adjustment
Blue


36. If your print will be viewed mostly under window light - what is the suggested Kelvin temperature of the lights you should use to evaluate your print?
Shutter-Priority
5000K
Lasso tool
Very wide at about 180 degrees


37. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.
RAID system
5000K
Add red
1 1/3 stops


38. What is the inverse square law?
Flat lighting
Zoom lens
Black. Subtractive primaries are Magenta - Yellow - Cyan
The intensity of the illumination is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from light to subject. At twice the distance from the subject - the light illuminates only 1/4 of the original.


39. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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40. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?
flat - low contrast light
Lasso tool
a sensor (or film's) sensitivity to light
3:1 or 4:1


41. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?
A simple lens with two curved sides or one curved and one flat side; found in a compound lens.
Shutter speed & aperture
5 -000 Kelvin
Use and adjustment layer


42. If an image is too cyan - what color adjustment should be made in Photoshop to correct it?
Dynamic range
Add red
Two (f/8 > f/11 > f/16)
Use negative exposure compensation (underexpose). The meter will attempt to make the dark scene 18% grey - underexpose to bring it back to dark.


43. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?
Shutter-Priority
Memory card / flash card / compact flash card
stopped down
Aperture-Priority


44. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?
90 degrees. If using to eliminate reflections - it should be used at 35 degrees.
Shutter-priority
The diaphragm - the mechanism that controls aperture.
Fisheye


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

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46. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?
3200 Kelvin
Convex
Add green
Sensor size - the larger the sensor size - the longer the focal length of a normal lens. (Corresponds to a diagonal line across the frame)


47. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?
Very wide at about 180 degrees
8 stops
It emphasizes the edges between tones. A threshold of zero affects all pixels - a higher threshold affects just the edges with high tonal difference and minimizes noise.
Lower


48. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...
A raster image
The smallest unit of information consisting of either a 1 or a zero. It can only represent two possibilities - either yes or no - black or white.
Yellow
hue/saturation adjustment layer


49. What does the term "stop" mean?
The distance between the lens rear nodal point and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
A change in illumination
A mirror and pentaprism
Inkjet black & white printing where color cartridges are replaced with shades of gray - resulting in smooth tones and slight color cast


50. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.
Front lighting
Variations command
Infinity
factor of 2 = 1 stop compensation. (Each time a factor doubles - it's one additional stop)