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Certified Professional Photographer

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1. 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?






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






3. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






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






5. What is focal length - technically?






6. Resolution refers to what?






7. What does side lighting emphasize?






8. What two controls adjust the amount of light that reaches the sensor?






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






10. What does ISO stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






16. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






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






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






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






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






22. What is a color profile?






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






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






25. What is interpolated resolution?






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






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






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






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






30. Copyright law has certain built-in exceptions that allow for special situations in using copyrighted material. They are called what?






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






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






33. What color is opposite Red on the color wheel?






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






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






36. What does the term "stop" mean?






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






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






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






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






41. An in-camera reflected meter reading a very light toned scene indicates an exposure of 1/250th at f/8. For a correct exposure - what should you do?






42. 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?






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

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44. What does a neutral density filter do?






45. What is a BYTE?






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






47. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






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






49. What is TTL?






50. Maximum depth of field at a given aperture is achieved by focusing at what?