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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This type of file format compresses images by discarding pixels; therefore - each time an images is compressed - it loses pixels.






2. What are the effects of top lighting?






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






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






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






6. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






7. Panning does what?






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






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






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






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






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






13. How can you change the brightness of the background when using flash?






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






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






16. What is the usable exposure range - or range of subject brightness called?






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






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






19. Resolution refers to what?






20. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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28. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






30. What is interpolated resolution?






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 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 kind of meter is built in to most cameras?






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






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






36. Perspective is affected by what?






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

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






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






40. What color is opposite Green on the color wheel?






41. This stores electronic images captured in a digital camera until they can be transferred to a computer.






42. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






43. What is a color profile?






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






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






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






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






48. A histogram shows what in an image?






49. What kind of film can help reduce haze in a landscape?






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