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Certified Professional Photographer

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What angle of view does a spot meter read?






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


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






4. When doing close-up work - what happens to the depth of field when the subject is closer to the lens?






5. Color systems divide all colors into which three measurements?






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






7. What are the effects of high side lighting?






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






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






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






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






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






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


14. What is dodging?






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






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






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


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






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






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






21. What is the suggested shutter speed to stop action of a child running parallel to the film plan - about 25 feet from the camera?






22. An 8x10 at 240 dpi will have a resolution of what?






23. This light modifier can be used to highlight a specific area of the subject.






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






25. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






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






28. Bit depth refers to what?






29. What is interpolated resolution?






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






31. How much resolution do you need for: Internet? Newspaper? Photographic print? Glossy magazine?






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






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






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






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






36. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






39. 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?






40. Perspective is affected by what?






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






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






43. What do TTL systems react to?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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