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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Resolution refers to what?






2. What does side lighting emphasize?






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






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






5. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






6. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?






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






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






9. What is the term used to describe a sensor's sensitivity to light?






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






11. What is a color profile?






12. Why does a short lens create wide-angle distortion?






13. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






14. What does "photomacrograph" or "macrophotograph" mean?






15. What is a thyristor?






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






17. What is a Bit?






18. Whenever another image is copied or moved into a file - Photoshop automatically creates what?






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

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






21. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?






22. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






23. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






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






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






26. What is a BYTE?






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






28. What does ISO stand for?






29. 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?






30. What is TTL?






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






32. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?






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






34. Perspective is affected by what?






35. What is gamut?






36. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?






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






38. Name two ways you can increase depth of field (other than changing aperture).






39. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






40. If you're working with an automatic camera and you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture - what mode are you working in?






41. Contrast measures what in a print?






42. What is the effect of front lighting?






43. A histogram shows what in an image?






44. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?






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






46. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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

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






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






50. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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