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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?






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






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






4. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.






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






6. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.






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






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






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






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






11. What is burning?






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






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






14. Printers use what set of colors?






15. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Resolution refers to what?






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


24. 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?






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






26. This type of backup system is fault-tolerant because it creates redundant data.






27. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






28. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






29. A lens with a very wide angle of view and produces barrel distortion is what kind of lens?






30. What does the term "stop" mean?






31. What do TTL systems react to?






32. What does side lighting emphasize?






33. What is a flag?






34. What are the effects of top lighting?






35. What angle of view does an incident meter read?






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






37. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






39. What is gamut?






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






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






42. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






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






44. What is interpolated resolution?






45. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.






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






47. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






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






49. What is the effect of front lighting?






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