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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a color profile?






2. Perspective is affected by what?






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






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






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






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






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






8. What is burning?






9. Printers use what set of colors?






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






11. If your print will be viewed mostly under window light - what is the suggested Kelvin temperature of the lights you should use to evaluate your print?






12. In the 20th century - black & white photographers used the Zone system to tame excessive contrast. Now - digital photographers use what?






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






14. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






15. Resolution refers to what?






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






17. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?


18. What do TTL systems react to?






19. What is dodging?






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






21. To emphasize texture in a portrait - what kind of light source is recommended?






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






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






24. What is gamut?






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






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






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






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






29. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






31. 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?






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






33. Instead of permanently altering your image when adjusting for color and value - what should you do?






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






35. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






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






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


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






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


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






42. Blue is opposite what color on the color wheel?






43. What is the best color profile for web images?






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






45. What do the bars on the right of a histogram represent?






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






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






48. When mixed in varying proportion - the subtractive primary colors produce what?






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






50. What is the inverse square law?