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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What do the bars on the left of a histogram represent?






2. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






3. What is the term used to describe human's change in perception of a color under different light sources?






4. As the aperture becomes smaller - what happens to the depth of field?






5. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






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






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






8. What is the inverse square law?






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






10. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






12. Resolution refers to what?






13. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?






14. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?






15. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?






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






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






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






19. What would you use an ICC profile for?






20. What is a color profile?






21. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?






22. Printers use what set of colors?






23. What is the effect of front lighting?






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






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






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






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






28. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.






36. What does the term "stop" mean?






37. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






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






39. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






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






41. 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?






42. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?






43. 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?






44. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?






45. What is burning?






46. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






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






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






49. What are luminance and illuminance?






50. Using this kind of automatic exposure setting on the camera - you set the aperture and the camera sets the shutter speed.