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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)
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12) Which of these histograms represent a
bright image?
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)
a) True
b) False
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 nondestructive?
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?
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?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Equation: Focal length x conversion
factor = new focal length.
60 mm
160 mm
200 mm
120 mm
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
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.
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.
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.
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d) Poor metering
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
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
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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)
b)
c)
d)
cyan, magenta, yellow
magenta, blue, green
red, green, blue
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
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d) to change the color of pixels
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
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
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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
Magenta
2
6
3
5
Green
67) Which tools can you use to paint?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Paint Bucket
Paint Brush
A and B
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
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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.
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
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
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
83) Less light makes an image ______ in a
digital camera?
a) darker
b) lighter
90) A lens that allows you to choose one of
many focal lengths
a) telephoto lens
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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 nonmoving 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
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d) microzation
102)
a)
b)
c)
d)
How many pixels are in a megapixel?
100
10,000
100,000
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:
a) Darken the overall image
b) Lighten the overall image
c) Colorize selected parts of an image
d) Lighten selected parts of an image
108) Which of these tools creates a
selection with a series of straight lines?
a) The Magnetic Lasso tool
b) The Magic Wand tool
c) The Lasso tool
d) The Polygonal Lasso tool
109) Digital photographs are displayed on
the screen using which three colors?
a) red, blue, green
b) red, yellow, green
c) blue, green, yellow
d) red, yellow, blue
110) After opening an image in
Photoshop, what keyboard shortcut do
you use to get the cropping tool?
a) F
b) Q
c) L
d) C
111)
a)
b)
c)
d)
To Deselect in Photoshop press:
Ctrl Z
Delete
Ctrl D
Ctrl T
112) What tool can you use when you
want to retouch blemishes in a portrait?
a) Marquee Tool
b) Magic Wand Tool
c) Hand Tool
d) Clone Stamp Tool
113) Which tool in Photoshop is used to
duplicate parts of an image many times?
a) The Paintbrush Tool
b) The Gradient Tool
c) The Clone Stamp Tool
d) The Crop Tool
114) What tool is used to select multiple
areas of the same color in a picture?
a) Lasso tool
b) Magic wand
c) Hand tool
d) Magnetic Lasso tool
115) The Rule of Thirds is
a) cutting your paper into thirds
b) not centering your subject in the middle
of the picture
c) having three pictures
d) three objects in the picture
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116) A photograph of receding railroad
tracks would be an example of
a) Simplicity/Emphasis
b) Rule of Thirds
c) Point of View
d) Leading Lines
117) The structure that resembles the iris
in a human eye and controls light
coming into a camera is a(n)
__________________ .
a. shutter
b. lens
c. aperture
d. emulsion
118) The numbers that describe the size of
this opening are referred to as________ .
a) ISO
b) focal planes
c) lens caps
d) f:stops
119) Large lens openings give you
____________ depth of field.
a) more
b) less
c) great
d) exposed
120) Small lens openings give you
_____________ depth of field.
a) more
b) less
c) great
d) exposed
d) 8
123) For maximum sharpness with a small
lens opening (f:stop), you would
probably have to stabilize your camera
by attaching it to a
____________________ .
a) bench
b) enlarger
c) tripod
d) shutter
124) Edward Muybridge demonstrated a
use of fast shutter speeds by
photographing a:
a) sea anemone
b) galloping horse
c) still life
d) presidential candidate
125) The type of shutter that works by
passing a pair of curtains across in front
of the film is called a ____________
____________ shutter.
a) Japanese made
b) fast moving
c) focal plane
d) German engineered
126) Moving water can be shown as a foglike vapor by using ____________
shutter speeds.
a) slow
b) fast
c) pre-set
d) automatic
121) To isolate your subject from its
surroundings, you should use a lens
opening (aperture) like f: ________ .
a) 2.8
b) 8
c) 11
d) 16
127) When you change the shutter speed
of your camera to a faster speed, you
________________ the amount of light
coming into your camera.
a) increase
b) override
c) decrease
d) pre-set
122) To get maximum depth of field,
(everything from the foreground to the
background in focus), you should use a
lens opening, like f: _________ .
a) 5.6
b) 16
c) 2.8
128) To keep the same exposure when
you change your shutter speed, you
must also change the
________________________ .
a) aperture
b) angle of view
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c) film speed
d) ISO
129) Which ISO would produce the
sharpest detail and least digital noise,
you would use:
a) ISO 200
b) ISO 100
c) ISO 1600
d) ISO 400
130) Simplest type of camera... viewing
system is separate from the picture
taking lens. Most point and shoots are
this type.
a) Single Lens Reflex
b) Twin Lens Reflex
c) Rangefinder/Viewfinder
d) View Camera
131) You view the image through the
picture taking lens on the camera.
Typically has interchangeable lens
capability.
a) Single Lens Reflex
b) Twin Lens Reflex
c) Rangefinder/Viewfinder
d) View Camera
132)
a)
b)
c)
"35mm" refers to ____
focal length of a normal lens
width of the film
how far you need to be from your
subject to get a sharp picture
d) cost of your film (per frame)
133) A lens that can be adjusted to a
variety of focal lengths is called a
_________ .
a) zoom lens
b) telephoto lens
c) wide angle lens
d) high-speed lens
134) A lens that focuses closer than
normal is called a _________ lens.
a) zoom
b) macro
c) telephoto
d) wide angle
135)
Front light emphasizes ___________ .
a)
b)
c)
d)
136)
a)
b)
c)
d)
detail
shape
texture
exposure
Side light emphasizes ____________ .
detail
shape
texture
exposure
137) When a subject is not lit, but is
placed against a brightly lit background,
the effect is called a _________ .
a) Rembrandt portrait
b) side lit portrait
c) silhouette
d) flop
138) Perhaps the best know American
photographer - know for his landscapes
of Yosemite Valley - is
___________________________ .
a) Alfred Stieglitz
b) Edward Steichen
c) William Wegman
d) Ansel Adams