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1) How many full stops are there from f/2.8 to f/22 (Include f/22)? a) 5 b) 6 c) 4 d) 7

2) You want to selectively lighten an area of your image to enhance the highlights. Which tool

should you use?

a) Dodge b) Color Replacement c) Sponge d) Sharpen

3) Which tool lets you paint with stylized strokes, simulating the texture of painting with

different colors and artistic styles? a) Art history brush b) History brush c) Airbrush d) Pattern stamp

4) You have created a path that you will use repeatedly in a logo for a client. You want to be

able to quickly access and use this path from within any Photoshop file. What should you do? a) Save the path in the file in which it was created b) Export the path c) Define the path as a Custom Shape d) Define the path as a Style

5) You have drawn a path with the pen tool. You want to select a single point so that you can

move the point. Which tool should you use? a) Pen b) Move c) Direct Selection d) Path Selection

6) Which type of lighting has the characteristic triangle of light under one eye?

a) Rembrandt b) split c) butterfly d) flat


7) 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

8) 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

9) What does the sponge tool control?

a) Contrast b) Color Balance c) Saturation d) Burning and dodging

10) 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

11) 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

12) The noise in digital photographs increases when you use a higher ISO.

a) True b) False


13) 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.

14) 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.

15) 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

16) The exposure below represents a 1/3 stop under exposure.

a) True b) False

17) Which tool should you use to draw a precise path around an object, clicking or clicking and dragging to place each point? a) Magnetic Lasso b) Custom Shape c) Freeform Pen d) Pen____________________________


18) Which tool should be used to fix red eye in images?

a) Color replacement b) Clone stamp c) Sponge d) Magic Eraser

19) Which of these histograms represents a dark image?

a)

b)

c) 20) Which of these histograms represent a normal image?

a)

b)

c)


21) Which of these histograms represent a bright image?

a)

b)

c)

22) 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.

23) 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

24) Which type of shutter is located in the camera body, making the lenses less expensive to

manufacture? a) Focal plane shutter b) Leaf shutter

25) 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.


26) This histogram represents an

underexposure because of clipping in the shadows. a) True b) False

27) 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

28) 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.

29) 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.

30) 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

31) 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

32) 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) D) 215%

33) Which scientific photographer was known for his compelling high-speed images of milk

splashes, motion, and bullets piercing things like apples and playing cards? a) Harold “Doc” Edgerton b) Joel Meyorwitz c) Andrew Leinhurst

34) 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.

35) 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

36) 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

37) The color magenta is a combination of:

a) blue and yellow b) red and blue c) red and green d) cyan and yellow


38) 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

39) Which F-stop would be the widest aperture:

a) f/1.7 b) f/4 c) f/11 d) f/22

40) 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

41) 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

42) George Eastman:

a) Created the New York gallery " An American Place" b) Was Ansel Adams dad c) Founded Kodak d) Invented the camera

43) On the color wheel for light, red is opposite:

a) blue b) cyan c) magenta d) green

44) Which artist is widely known as a documentary photographer?

a) Ansel Adams b) Cindy Sherman c) Mary Ellen Mark d) David Plowden


45) 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

46) A flash can be used to stop action: a) True b) False

47) 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

48) Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are:

a) Subtractive colors b) Additive c) Primary colors d) Secondary colors

49) Telephoto lens has a greater angle of view than a wide angle lens:

a) True b) False

50) Which lens has the greatest telephoto effect?

a) 80mm b) 50mm c) 200mm d) 16mm

51) 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


52) What are the three additive colors a) cyan, magenta, yellow b) magenta, blue, green c) red, green, blue d) red, cyan, yellow

53) What is the opposite color light of cyan

a) green b) red c) yellow d) magenta

54) Red light plus blue light equals:

a) green light b) yellow light c) cyan light d) magenta light

55) What type of camera filter requires no exposure compensation?

a) Polarizing filter b) Skylight filter c) Neutral density filter d) Red filter

56) When you stop down 2 stops from F4 you are at

a) F 2 b) F 5.6 c) F 11 d) F 8

57) ISO 100 1/8 sec at F8 = ISO 1600 1/60 sec at F

a) 5.6 b) 16 c) 11 d) 8


58) 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

59) 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

60) 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

61) What is a CD that you can burn more than once called?

a) JPEG b) RAW c) CD-RW d) CD-R

62) 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

63) 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


64) 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

65) 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

66) What tools in Photoshop make a selection?

a) Magic wand b) Lasso c) Marquee tool d) All of the above

67) 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

68) 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

69) What makes the colors richer in a photo?

a) Saturation b) Cropping c) Grayscale d) Dodging


70) 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

71) The smallest visual unit of a digital image is a

a) bit b) byte c) pixel d) megabyte

72) The transformation features allow you to

a) scale b) rotate c) distort d) all of the above

73) 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

5

2

3

Green

6


74) Which tools can you use to paint? a) Paint Bucket b) Paint Brush c) A and B d) Crop tool

75) In digital cameras, digital noise is similar to:

a) Film grain

b) The effects of overexposed film

76) Smart media, compact flash, and memory sticks are all: a) Storage media for your computer b) Storage media for your camera

77) 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

78) 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

79) 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

80) 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


81) 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

82) 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

83) 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

84) What does SLR stand for?

a) single lens rotation b) single lens reflex c) shooting layout rotated d) same lens reflex

85) 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

86) M (on the Mode Dial) Stands for

a) Multiple Exposure b) Maximum Exposure c) Macroscopic Focus d) Manual


87) P (on the Mode Dial) stands for

a) Photographic b) Perfect Exposure c) Partial Control d) Programmed Exposure

88) 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.

89) 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

90) Less light makes an image ______ in a digital camera?

a) darker b) lighter c) wider d) taller

91) 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

92) The most common format for photographic images is _____.

a) TIFF b) JPEG c) RAW d) MP3


93) 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

94) 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

95) 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

96) 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

97) 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

98) 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


99) 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

100) 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”

101) 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

102) “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

103) 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

104) 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


105) 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

106) “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

107) How many pixels are in a megapixel?

a) 100 b) 10,000 c) 100,000 d) 1,000,000

108) 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

109) 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

110) 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


111) 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

112) 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

113) 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

114) 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

115) To Deselect in Photoshop press:

a) Ctrl Z b) Delete c) Ctrl D d) Ctrl T

116) 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


117) 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

118) 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

119) 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

120) 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

121) 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

122) The numbers that describe the size of this opening are referred to as________.

a) ISO b) focal planes c) lens caps d) f:stops


123) Large lens openings give you ____________ depth of field.

a) more b) less c) great d) exposed

124) Small lens openings give you _____________ depth of field.

a) more b) less c) great d) exposed

125) 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

126) 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 d) 8

127) 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

128) Edward Muybridge demonstrated a use of fast shutter speeds by photographing a:

a) sea anemone b) galloping horse c) still life d) presidential candidate


129) 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

130) Moving water can be shown as a fog-like vapor by using ____________ shutter speeds.

a) slow b) fast c) pre-set d) automatic

131) 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

132) To keep the same exposure when you change your shutter speed, you must also

change the ________________________. a) aperture b) angle of view c) film speed d) ISO

133) 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

134) 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


135) 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

136) Which artist was known for his blending of multiple negatives and now digitally, with

multiple images? a) Edward Weston b) John Sexton c) Ansel Adams d) Jerry Uelsmann

137) 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

138) A lens that focuses closer than normal is called a _________ lens.

a) zoom b) macro c) telephoto d) wide angle

139) Front light emphasizes ___________ .

a) detail b) shape c) texture d) exposure

140) Side light emphasizes ____________ .

a) detail b) shape c) texture d) exposure


141) 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

142) Perhaps the best-known American photographer - known for his landscapes of

Yosemite Valley - is ___________________________. a) Alfred Stieglitz b) Ansel Adams c) Edward Steichen d) William Wegman

143) In Photoshop, while printing, you want to reduce the jagged appearance of a low-

resolution image by automatically re-sampling up. Which option should you use? a) Interpolation b) Anti-aliasing c) Screen d) Transfer

144) You want to create text on a path so that the text orientation is parallel to the baseline.

What should you do? a) Use the Horizontal type tool b) Use the Vertical type tool c) Enter the text, select all using the Type tool, and rotate. d) Enter the text, select the text using the Direct Selection tool, and rotate

145) Which option in the Camera Raw dialog box reduces grayscale noise?

a) Tint b) Sharpness c) Luminance Smoothing d) Color Noise Reduction

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