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Certified Professional Photographer

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Instructions:
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1. What is interpolated resolution?






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






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






4. An image made of pixels is sometimes called what?






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






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






7. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






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






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






11. Generally - traditional portraits use what lighting ratio?






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






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






14. What is the inverse square law?






15. When the additive primaries are mixed together equally - what is created?






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






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






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






19. According to the rule of thirds - where should the important parts of an image fall?






20. What is focal length - technically?






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






22. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






24. In a 2:1 ratio - the shadow side of the subject would meter at X stop(s) less than the highlight side.






25. 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?






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






27. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






31. What are IPTC fields used for?






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






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






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






35. How is brightness and contrast best controlled in Photoshop?






36. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






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






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






39. 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?






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






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






42. What are luminance and illuminance?






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






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






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






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






47. What is a flag?






48. What are the effects of top lighting?






49. What kind of light will be produced when using a large white umbrella close to a subject?






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

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