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1)Which tool permits you to make corrections without sampling first? The tool samples the surrounding area to make the correction.
a)Healing Brush Tool
b)Spot Healing Brush Tool
2)What does the sponge tool control?
a)Contrast
b)Color Balance
c)Saturation
d)Burning and dodging
3)If you want to access the hand tool quickly to move through your image, what is the shortcut key?
a)M
b)H
c)I
d)S
4)In Adobe Photoshop, if you have a white background behind your subject that you want to insert another background, which tool would be the fastest for selecting the background?
a)Lasso Tool
b)Polygonal Lasso Tool
c)Magnetic Lasso Tool
d)Magic Wand Tool
5)The noise in digital photographs increases when you use a higher ISO
a)True
b)False
6)The shutter controls:
a)The amount of light coming through the lens.
b)The length of time the film will be exposed to light.
c)The size of the opening in the lens.
d)The brightness of the light coming into the lens.
7)Depth of field refers to:
a)The area of the picture that will be out of focus.
b)The area of the picture that will stop the action.
c)The focal distance of the lens.
d)The area of the picture that will be in focus from near to far.
8)If you increase your exposure by one stop from f/11 @ 1/250 using JUST YOUR SHUTTER, your new setting would be:
a)f/ 5.6 @ 1/125
b)f/5.6 @ 1/250
c)f/11 @ 1/125
d)f/16 @ 1/125
9)The exposure below represents a 1/3 stop under exposure.
a)True
b)False
10)Which of these histograms represents a dark image?
a)
b)
c)
11)Which of these histograms represent a normal image?
a)
b)
c)
12)Which of these histograms represent a bright image?
a)
b)
c)
13)What three ways can you control depth of field?
a)Size of Subject, light source distance to subject, and focus.
b)Shutter speed, ASA, and Aperture
c)Focal length of lens, aperture, and camera to subject distance.
d)Selective focus, hyperfocal distance, & shutter speed.
e)F/stop, selective focus, and shutter speed.
14)In Photoshop, which method of blending images would be considered non-destructive?
a)Using layer masks
b)Selecting the portion of the image you want to use and pasting it onto a new layer.
c)Cropping the photograph
d)Erasing the portion of a layer that you don’t want to use?
15)Which type of shutter is located in the camera body, making the lenses less expensive to manufacture?
a)Focal plane shutter
b)Leaf shutter
16)If you have a scene with a bright background and trust the meter reading, what will happen to your main subject?
a)The main subject will be under exposed and in the print it will be too dark.
b)The main subject will be correctly exposed on the print.
c)The main subject will be over exposed and in the print it will be too white.
17)This histogram represents an underexposure because of clipping in the shadows.
a)True
b)False
18)If you have an 80mm focal length lens with a full frame sensor at 35mm x 24mm and you use this lens on a camera that does not have a full frame sensor. It has the effect of making your lens seem like a longer focal length. The smaller sensor has a crop conversion factor of 1.5. This means that the full frame sensor is s 1.5 times larger than the smaller sensor. What will be the equivalent lens focal length for a crop conversion factor of 1.5?
Equation: Focal length x conversion factor = new focal length.
a)60 mm
b)160 mm
c)200 mm
d)120 mm
19)Which description best describes the purpose of the main light?
a)The light that casts the dominant shadows in a scene or portrait.
b)The light that softens the shadows in a scene or portrait.
20)The purpose of a gobo is to:
a)Bounce light into the camera lens.
b)A table of exposures used to adjust meter reading for back light.
c)Shade the camera from light coming into the lens or it can shade the model.
21)A grey card exposure sets the ______to be the true tone of the subject.
a)Specular Highlight
b)Shadow Specular
c)Shutter
d)Diffused Highlight
22)In a portrait, a high camera position will make the face look:
a)Longer
b)Shorter
c)Fatter
d)Wider
Use the following formula to answer the question below
Percent Enlarged = new height ÷ original height x 100
23)The original height of a digital photograph measures 350 pixels. The new height of the photograph measures 613 pixels. By what percentage has this photo been enlarged?
a)17.5%
b)57.1%
c)175%
d)215%
24)At which shutter speed should you tripod the camera (500 mm lens)?
a)1/30
b)1/125
c)1/250
d)All of the above.
25)When using a digital camera, if the chip is smaller than the film, the focal length of the lens will seem longer than those with a chip the same size of film.
a)True
b)False
26)Shooting some frames over exposed, some frames under exposed, and one at the metered exposure is called:
a)Insurance
b)Bracketing
c)Existing light photograph
d)Poor metering
27)The color magenta is a combination of:
a)blue and yellow
b)red and blue
c)red and green
d)cyan and yellow
28)A high contrast print is one that:
a)Is over exposed
b)Has many dirty spots
c)Is mostly black and white with few mid tones
d)Has many shades of grey
29)Which F-stop would be the widest aperture:
a)f/1.7
b)f/4
c)f/11
d)f/22
30)Closing down the lens one F-stop will:
a)Decrease the exposure by 50%
b)Decrease the exposure by 10%
c)Increase the exposure by 1/3
d)Won't effect the picture
31)Combination of all three additive colors of light (red, blue, and green) produces:
a)White light
b)Neutral Density
c)No light
d)Muddy brown
32)George Eastman:
a)Created the New York gallery " An American Place"
b)Was Ansel Adams dad
c)Founded Kodak
d)Invented the camera
33)On the color wheel for light, red is opposite:
a)blue
b)cyan
c)magenta
d)green
34)Which artist is widely known as a documentary photographer.
a)Ansel Adams
b)Cindy Sherman
c)Mary Ellen Mark
d)David Plowden
35)The group "f/64" was:
a)A association of photographers who believed in the value of photography as art
b)A group of photographic scientists, devoted to the study of small apertures
c)The previous name of the New York City Camera Club
d)A group of optical engineers employed by Kodak
36)A flash can be used to stop action:
a)True
b)False
37)To stop action you should:
a)Use a faster shutter speed
b)Make the subject freeze
c)Use a wide angle
d)Use a larger F-stop
38)Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are:
a)Subtractive colors
b)Additive
c)Primary colors
d)Secondary colors
39)Telephoto lens has a greater angle of view than a wide angle lens:
a)True
b)False
40)Which lens has the greatest telephoto effect?
a)80mm
b)50mm
c)200mm
d)16mm
41)Nigel Barker is known for:
a)His photography with America’s Top Model
b)Being the president of Kodak
c)Inventing color film
d)Taking pictures upside-down
42)What are the three additive colors
a)cyan, magenta, yellow
b)magenta, blue, green
c)red, green, blue
d)red, cyan, yellow
43)What is the opposite color light of cyan
a)green
b)red
c)yellow
d)magenta
44)Red light plus blue light equals
a)green light
b)yellow light
c)cyan light
d)magenta light
45)What type of camera filter requires no exposure compensation
a)Polarizing filter
b)Skylight filter
c)Neutral density filter
d)Red filter
46)When you stop down 2 stops from F4 you are at
a)F 2
b)F 5.6
c)F 11
d)F 8
47)How many full stops separate F 2.8 from F 22
a)5
b)6
c)4
d)7
48)Which type of lighting has the characteristic triangle of light under one eye
a)Rembrandt
b)split
c)butterfly
d)flat
49)What is the one thing that does not affect depth of field
a)Camera to subject distance
b)Focal length of the lens
c)Aperture
d)Shutter speed
50) ISO 100 1/8 sec at F8 = ISO 1600 1/60 sec at F
a)5.6
b)16
c)8
d)11
51)An adjustment layer can be used to :
a)Adjust Hue/Saturation
b)Levels
c)Color Balance
d)All of the above
e)None of the above
52)The resolution of your image will determine sharpness at different sizes and different uses. What resolution is common for output to a printer?
a)72 dpi
b)150 dpi
c)250 dpi
d)300 dpi
e)400 dpi
53)When preparing images for the web so that they open faster, what is screen resolution?
a)72 dpi
b)150 dpi
c)250 dpi
d)300 dpi
e)400 dpi
54)What is a CD that you can burn more than once called?
a)JPEG
b)RAW
c)CD-RW
d)CD-R
55)The file format you choose depends on
a)the size of the document
b)the number of colors in the image
c)what you intend to do with the image
d)the resolution of the document
56)What is the purpose of making a selection?
a)to make the image bigger
b)to add a layer
c)to isolate an area
d)to change the color of pixels
57)After you’ve made a selection you can
a)correct the color of the selected area
b)apply a filter to the selected area
c)fill the selected area with a color
d)all of the above
58)An advantage of using layers is that
a)you can keep the editing process dynamic
b)you can apply special styles to layers
c)you can move content forward or backward in the picture plane
d)All of the above
59)What tools in Photoshop make a selection?
a)Magic wand
b)Lasso
c)Marquee tool
d)All of the above
60)What type of image is a standard for compressing image data and most common Group, is called a ______.
a)JPEG
b)RAW
c)TIFF
d)EFFECTS
61)What functions on the camera to compensate for different colors of light being emitted by different light sources.
a)Histogram
b)Saturation
c)Dodging
d)White Balance
62)What makes the colors richer in a photo.
a)Saturation
b)Cropping
c)Grayscale
d)Dodging
63)The image resolution ppi is
a)the number of pixels that a printer can print
b)the number of pixels per linear inch in an image
c)the number of dots per inch on a halftone screen
d)the number of pixels per square inch in an image
64)The smallest visual unit of a digital image is a PIXEL
a)bit
b)byte
c)pixel
d)megabyte
65)The transformation features allow you to
a)scale
b)rotate
c)distort
d)all of the above
66)Which lists the correct positions of the colors on the color wheel of light?
a)2=Red; 3= Yellow; 5=Cyan; 6=Blue
b)2=Blue; 3=Cyan; 5=Red; 6=Yellow
c)2=Cyan; 3= Blue; 5=Red; 6=Yellow
67)Which tools can you use to paint?
a)Paint Bucket
b)Paint Brush
c)A and B
d)Crop tool
68)In digital cameras, digital noise is similar to:
a)Film grain
b)The effects of overexposed film
69)Smart media, compact flash, and memory sticks are all:
a)Storage media for your computer
b)Storage media for your camera
70)What is one advantage of using Quick Mask?
a)Selections are automatically feathered
b)You can make selections using the paint tools
c)Selections are easily inversed
d)Selections are automatically saved as an alpha channel
71)What significant event happened the same year that the digital camera was invented? (1969)
a)The first automobile was invented.
b)Bill Gates created Microsoft.
c)Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
d)The Revolutionary War
72)Organizing work into a step by step method to move from start to finished product is called:
a)steady shooting
b)financial security
c)common sense
d)work flow
73)One disadvantage when viewing and composing with a range finder digital camera is that the eyepiece and camera sensors see differently especially on close ups.
a)True
b)False
74)White in a computer monitor is formed by what three primary colors?
a)red yellow blue
b)red green blue
c)red green orange
d)green blue violet
75)What type of digital camera usually has fewer controls than other digital cameras?
a)Point and shoot
b)High-end fixed lens
c)Rangefinder
d)Single-lens reflex
76)What should you do after you are finished taking pictures?
a)leave the camera on so when you need to take another picture, you are ready
b)turn off the camera to preserve battery power
c)nothing
d)use it as a ball and play catch
77)What does SLR stand for?
a)single lens rotation
b)single lens reflex
c)shooting layout rotated
d)same lens reflex
78)The on-camera flash will automatically pop up or fire if there is not enough light for good exposure in which mode?
a)Tv or S
b)Av or A
c)M
d)Full Auto
79)M (on the Mode Dial) Stands for
a)Multiple Exposure
b)Maximum Exposure
c)Macroscopic Focus
d)Manual
80)P (on the Mode Dial) stands for
a)Photographic
b)Perfect Exposure
c)Partial Control
d)Programmed Exposure
81)A fast shutter speed ______.
a)freezes or stops the action of an image.
b)blurs the image.
c)rotates the image
d)changes the colors of the image.
82)When you push the shutter button half way down it ______?
a)takes the picture
b)blurs the background
c)focuses the camera
d)turns off the camera
83)Less light makes an image ______in a digital camera?
a)darker
b)lighter
c)wider
d)taller
84)In addition to focusing the camera, pressing the shutter button half way down also
a)Sets the self-timer
b)Measures the light
c)Charges the flash
d)Turns off the camera
85)The most common format for photographic images is _____.
a)TIFF
b)JPEG
c)RAW
d)MP3
86)What is not a type of memory card used in digital cameras?
a)Smart Media
b)Memory Stick
c)Universal Serial Bus
d)Compact Flash
87)What does TIFF stand for?
a)A place that stores data
b)Tagged Image File Format
c)The most popular format for digital photos
d)None of the above
88)A lens that would work well for photos of a sports event – where you want to bring the subject closer without putting yourself in harm’s way – would be a
a)telephoto lens
b)wide angle lens
c)macro lens
d)fisheye lens
89)Landscape photos – where you want to show a broad distance and give a feeling of great depth – would be best done with a
a)telephoto lens
b)wide angle lens
c)macro lens
d)fisheye lens
90)A lens that allows you to choose one of many focal lengths
a)telephoto lens
b)wide angle lens
c)macro lens
d)zoom lens
91)An optical zoom
a)uses electronic technology to make your picture sharper
b)uses the physical principles of optics to make your subject appear closer to the camera
c)is only found on a digital single lens reflex camera
d)only goes up to a maximum of 4X
92)To stabilize your camera during a long exposure where you want sharpness in non-moving subjects, you would be best advised to use a(n)
a)pulley
b)tripod
c)sawhorse on wheels
d)spanner
93)The connection on a digital SLR that has the mechanical and electrical connections for an external flash is called a(n)
a)“Hot Shoe”
b)“Hot Foot”
c)“Flash Plug”
d)“Compact Flash”
94)On-camera direct flash usually produces photos that are
a)softly lit with pleasing highlights
b)silhouettes
c)always too bright
d)flat and textureless
95)“Red-Eye” is caused by
a)having a red covering on your flash
b)shooting a subject with blue eyes
c)light reflecting back from the retina of your subject
d)not using a tripod to steady your camera
96) Using Aperture Priority to determine your exposure means:
a)You set the shutter speed and the camera chooses the correct aperture
b)You set the ISO and the camera chooses the correct shutter speed
c)You aim the camera at the subject and it auto-focuses
d)You set the aperture and the camera chooses the correct shutter speed
97)Using Shutter Priority to determine your exposure means:
a)You set the shutter speed and the camera chooses the correct aperture
b)You set the ISO and the camera chooses the correct shutter speed
c)You aim the camera at the subject and it auto-focuses
d)You set the aperture and the camera chooses the correct shutter speed
98)If you shoot primarily sports photos and needed to use interchangeable telephoto lenses on your camera, your best choice for a camera would be a:
a)Pocket sized digital point and shoot camera
b)A camera phone
c)A film camera with interchangeable lens capacity
d)A digital SLR and matching lenses
99)The most convenient digital camera to take on a backpacking trip would be a
a)Pocket sized digital point & shoot camera
b)Digital SLR with several interchangeable lenses
c)Medium format film camera
d)VHS video camera that lets you pick out a still frame
100) “Continuous Shooting Mode” is most likely to be used when photographing what?
a)a sleeping animal
b)sporting events
c)a mountain range
d)a posed photograph
101)When any image is enlarged far enough, the pixels eventually become obvious, a condition called ______?
a)cropping
b)pixelization
c)hue and saturation
d)microzation
102)How many pixels are in a megapixel?
a)100
b)10,000
c)100,000
d)1,000,000
103)If you un-click Constrain Proportions in the Image Size menu and change only one dimension of an image, the result will be
a)A low-resolution image
b)An image ready for web publication
c)A distorted image
d)Smaller than the original
104)Which tool in Photoshop can draw a soft line with a fuzzy edge?
a)The Paintbrush tool
b)The Magic Wand
c)The History Brush
d)The Pencil tool
105)To paint or draw a line that is precisely horizontal, you would:
a)Use the “Show Rulers” command
b)Use the Right Arrow key
c)Use the Command/Control key while dragging the mouse
d)Use the Shift key while dragging the mouse
106)A “Histogram” is:
a)A record of the changes made to an image
b)A means of adjusting resolution
c)A listing of the previous image states
d)A graph that represents all the tones in an image
107)You would use the dodging tool in Photoshop to: