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1. How does 'unsharp mask' work?






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






3. 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?






4. Resolution refers to what?






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






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






7. What would you use an ICC profile for?






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






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






10. The relative aperture is equal to the lens focal length divided by 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. Cyan is composed of equal parts of what two colors?






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






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






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






16. Convex lenses cause light rays to do what?






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






18. What is a Bit?






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






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






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






22. What is dodging?






23. When buying a lens hood - you should get it in what size relative to the lens?

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24. A histogram shows what in an image?






25. Tungsten is approximately what color temperature?






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






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






28. A magic wand tool is used for what?






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






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






31. What kind of lighting pattern is best for average oval faces and round faces you want to slim?






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






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






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






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






36. Most modern lenses are based on this kind of lens.






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






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






39. Doubling the aperture setting creates how many stops difference in the amount of light reaching the sensor?






40. The term to describe the combination of aperture and shutter speed that can be changed by moving them in opposite directions.






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






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






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






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






45. Sharpness from near to far is controlled by what?






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






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






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






49. What are the effects of high side lighting?






50. Contrast measures what in a print?







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