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1. What is focal length - technically?






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






3. What is gamut?






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

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5. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






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






7. All objects beyond the closest distance in focus will be sharp when this appears within the DOF scale.






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






9. What are IPTC fields used for?






10. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by what?






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






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






13. Name 3 ways to make a tonal adjustment in Photoshop.






14. Can you save layers in a JPEG file format?






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






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






17. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






18. To minimize facial wrinkles - this type of lighting is best.






19. What is a flag?






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






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






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






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






24. What is a color profile?






25. What does side lighting emphasize?






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






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

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






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






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






31. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?






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






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






34. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






45. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






47. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






48. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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49. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






50. What does the term "stop" mean?







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