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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






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






3. Generally - how much exposure compensation (in stops) should be used when using a polarizing filter?






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






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






6. What are luminance and illuminance?






7. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






9. What is focal length - technically?






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






11. 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?






12. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






15. 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?






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






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






18. What is a thyristor?






19. What kind of lighting patter is useful to narrow a face?






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






21. What does a neutral density filter do?






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


23. What are IPTC fields used for?






24. What is gamut?






25. Why is depth of field greater on a short lens versus a long lens?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What is an element and where is it found?






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






33. What is a flag?






34. 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?






35. A tall vertical line on the right hand edge of a histogram indicates what?






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


37. In a curves adjustment layer - what does the shape of the curve indicate?






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






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






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






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






42. What is burning?






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






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






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






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






47. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?


48. The useable exposure range of a sensor - or the range of subject brightness is called what?






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






50. What color is between Magenta and Cyan on the color wheel?