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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. A normal (or standard) focal length lens approximates what?






2. 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?






3. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?






4. What is interpolated resolution?






5. 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?






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






7. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?






8. What is a color profile?






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






10. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






12. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






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






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






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






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






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






18. What is a Bit?






19. The rule of thirds necessitates that the composition be divided into a grid of now many equal rectangles or squares?






20. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?






21. What kind of lighting pattern is useful to widen a subject?






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






23. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?






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






25. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






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






30. Bit depth refers to what?






31. 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?






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






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






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






35. What angle of view does a reflected light meter read?






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






37. 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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38. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.






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






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






41. What is the effect of front lighting?






42. What is a thyristor?






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






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






45. 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?






46. The smallest unit of digital information is called a what?






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






48. What is the best color profile for web images?






49. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?






50. What is focal length - technically?