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Certified Professional Photographer

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What light source has the highest color temperature?






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






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






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






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






6. What is the inverse square law?






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






8. A 1:1 lighting ratio produces what lighting result?






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






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






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

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






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






14. What does the term "stop" mean?






15. What does a neutral density filter do?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A tonal correction cannot be accomplished by using a...






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






25. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






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






28. 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?






29. The quantity of light that reaches your sensor is controlled by what?






30. A lens set at f/4 admits how much more/less light than one set at f/2.8?






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






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






33. What is TTL?






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






35. 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?






36. What is a thyristor?






37. What is a derivative file?






38. What is burning?






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






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






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






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






43. when adjusting an image with levels - if you want to make any color neutral quickly - what would you do?






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






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






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






47. When the subtractive primaries are added together equally - what is created?






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






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






50. Resolution refers to what?