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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. 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?






2. The area of acceptable sharpness in an image is called what?






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






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






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






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






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






8. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?






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






10. How would you define exposure in mathematical terms?






11. A histogram with peaks on either end of the histogram and a deep valley in between represents what?






12. 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?






13. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






14. What is a BYTE?






15. What is gamut?






16. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






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






20. What does side lighting emphasize?






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






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






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






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






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






26. What are luminance and illuminance?






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






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






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






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






31. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






32. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






33. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






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






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






36. What angle should a polarizing filter be to the sun for best results?






37. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






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






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

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






43. 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?






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

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






46. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






47. What is the inverse square law?






48. The amount of motion blur in an image will increase if you do what?






49. A histogram shows what in an image?






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