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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stopping a lens down from f/8 to f/16 represents a X stop difference.






2. When the size of the aperture is decreased - it is said to be what?






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






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






5. What is a BYTE?






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






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






8. Panning does what?






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






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






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






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

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






14. 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?






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






16. What is interpolated resolution?






17. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






21. What kind of lighting pattern places the key light directly in front of and higher than the face?






22. Printers use what set of colors?






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






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






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






26. A general purpose lens will provide an f-stop range of up to how many?






27. Focal length controls what?






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






29. What is TTL?






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






31. What are luminance and illuminance?






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






33. Contrast measures what in a print?






34. In short lighting - where is the main light placed?






35. What image adjustment tool uses a histogram display to alter an image?






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






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






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






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






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






41. Digital cameras use what set of primary colors?






42. Aperture controls what?






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






44. What does a neutral density filter do?






45. 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?






46. A ring of thin - overlapping leaves located inside the lens is called what?






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






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






49. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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