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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does side lighting emphasize?






2. What is dodging?






3. What is the CCD or CMOS sensor?

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4. A histogram shows what in an image?






5. This viewing option gives you the most accurate version of your image in Photoshop.






6. Perspective is affected by what?






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






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






9. Daylight is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






12. In a digital image - the images file sizes corresponds to the total number of what in the image?






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






14. Resolution refers to what?






15. What Photoshop tool allows you to select an area of any size or shape by drawing freehand?






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






17. What are IPTC fields used for?






18. An SLR camera uses what to allow you to see exactly what you'll photograph?






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






20. Aperture controls what?






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






22. Photoshop's command for a simple way to start using color balance is what?






23. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






25. What is interpolated resolution?






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






27. What does a neutral density filter do?






28. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






32. To produce optimal sharpness - detail - and resolution - is a higher or lower ISO setting better?






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






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






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






36. What is the inverse square law?






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






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






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

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






41. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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