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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?






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






3. A histogram shows what in an image?






4. The histogram of a properly exposed grey card will show a vertical bar where on the histogram?






5. Most lenses are sharpest closed down to how many stops from the widest?






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






7. 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?






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






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






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






11. Bit depth refers to what?






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






13. What does ISO stand for?






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






15. 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?






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






17. Aperture controls what?






18. What kind of meter is built in to most cameras?






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






20. 8 bits per pixel gives you how many colors?






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






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






23. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






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


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






27. A color image with smooth gradiations requires at least what bit depth?






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






29. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






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






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






32. What is interpolated resolution?






33. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






34. What is the general rule of thumb for the measurement of a 'normal' lens?






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






36. 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?






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


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






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






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






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






42. Resolution refers to what?






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






44. This kind of meter is preferred by photographers working in a studio situation where lighting conditions can be altered.






45. What would you use an ICC profile for?






46. What does side lighting emphasize?






47. 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?






48. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






49. As the aperture is stopped down - what happens to sharpness?






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