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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?






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






3. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






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






5. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






8. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






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






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






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






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






13. What are luminance and illuminance?






14. What is dodging?






15. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






18. What is burning?






19. 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?






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






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






22. 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?






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






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






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






26. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






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






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






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






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






32. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






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






34. Bit depth refers to what?






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






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






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






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






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






40. What are quad- and hex- tone printing?






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






42. The image transmitted by the lens is recorded by the what?






43. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






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






46. A technique used to maintain sharp focus on a subject that is moving toward you is called what?






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






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






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






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