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SKILLS USA 2012 TEST BANK

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1) How many full stops are there from f/2.8 to f/22 (Include f/22)?

a) 5b) 6c) 4d) 7

2) You want to selectively lighten an area of your image to enhance the highlights. Which toolshould you use?

a) Dodgeb) Color Replacementc) Sponged) Sharpen

3) Which tool lets you paint with stylized strokes, simulating the texture of painting withdifferent colors and artistic styles?

a) Art history brushb) History brushc) Airbrushd) Pattern stamp

4) You have created a path that you will use repeatedly in a logo for a client. You want to beable to quickly access and use this path from within any Photoshop file. What should youdo?a) Save the path in the file in which it was createdb) Export the pathc) Define the path as a Custom Shaped) 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 canmove the point. Which tool should you use?a) Penb) Movec) Direct Selectiond) Path Selection

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

a) Rembrandtb) splitc) butterflyd) flat

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7) What is the one thing that does not affect depth of field?

a) Camera to subject distanceb) Focal length of the lensc) Apertured) Shutter speed

8) Which tool permits you to make corrections without sampling first? The tool samples thesurrounding area to make the correction.

a) Healing Brush Toolb) Spot Healing Brush Tool

9) What does the sponge tool control?

a) Contrastb) Color Balancec) Saturationd) Burning and dodging

10) If you want to access the hand tool quickly to move through your image, what is theshortcut key?

a) Mb) Hc) Id) S

11) In Adobe Photoshop, if you have a white background behind your subject that you want toinsert another background, which tool would be the fastest for selecting the background?

a) Lasso Toolb) Polygonal Lasso Toolc) Magnetic Lasso Toold) Magic Wand Tool

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

a) Trueb) 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 YOURSHUTTER, your new setting would be:

a) f/ 5.6 @ 1/125b) f/5.6 @ 1/250c) f/11 @ 1/125d) f/16 @ 1/125

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

a) Trueb) 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 Lassob) Custom Shapec) Freeform Pend) Pen


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

a) Color replacementb) Clone stampc) Sponged) 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 Aperturec) 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 masksb) Selecting the portion of the image you want to use and pasting it onto a new layer.c) Cropping the photographd) 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 tomanufacture?

a) Focal plane shutterb) Leaf shutter

25) If you have a scene with a bright background and trust the meter reading, what will happento 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 anunderexposure because of clipping in theshadows.

a) Trueb) False

27) If you have an 80mm focal length lens with a full frame sensor at 35mm x 24mm and youuse this lens on a camera that does not have a full frame sensor. It has the effect of makingyour lens seem like a longer focal length. The smaller sensor has a crop conversion factorof 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 mmb) 160 mmc) 200 mmd) 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 Highlightb) Shadow Specularc) Shutterd) Diffused Highlight

31) In a portrait, a high camera position will make the face look:

a) Longerb) Shorterc) Fatterd) 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 thephotograph 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 milksplashes, motion, and bullets piercing things like apples and playing cards?

a) Harold “Doc” Edgertonb) Joel Meyorwitzc) Andrew Leinhurst

34) At which shutter speed should you tripod the camera (500 mm lens)?

a) 1/30b) 1/125c) 1/250d) All of the above.

35) When using a digital camera, if the chip is smaller than the film, the focal length of the lenswill seem longer than those with a chip the same size of film.

a) Trueb) False

36) Shooting some frames over exposed, some frames under exposed, and one at the meteredexposure is called:

a) Insuranceb) Bracketingc) Existing light photographd) Poor metering

37) The color magenta is a combination of:

a) blue and yellowb) red and bluec) red and greend) cyan and yellow


38) A high contrast print is one that:

a) Is over exposedb) Has many dirty spotsc) Is mostly black and white with few mid tonesd) Has many shades of grey

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

a) f/1.7b) f/4c) f/11d) 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 1/3d) Won't effect the picture

41) Combination of all three additive colors of light (red, blue, and green) produces:

a) White lightb) Neutral Densityc) No lightd) Muddy brown

42) George Eastman:

a) Created the New York gallery " An American Place"b) Was Ansel Adams dadc) Founded Kodakd) Invented the camera

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

a) blueb) cyanc) magentad) green

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

a) Ansel Adamsb) Cindy Shermanc) Mary Ellen Markd) David Plowden


45) The group "f/64" was:

a) A association of photographers who believed in the value of photography as artb) A group of photographic scientists, devoted to the study of small aperturesc) The previous name of the New York City Camera Clubd) A group of optical engineers employed by Kodak

46) A flash can be used to stop action:

a) Trueb) False

47) To stop action you should:

a) Use a faster shutter speedb) Make the subject freezec) Use a wide angled) Use a larger F-stop

48) Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are:

a) Subtractive colorsb) Additivec) Primary colorsd) Secondary colors

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

a) Trueb) False

50) Which lens has the greatest telephoto effect?

a) 80mmb) 50mmc) 200mmd) 16mm

51) Nigel Barker is known for:

a) His photography with America’s Top Modelb) Being the president of Kodakc) Inventing color filmd) Taking pictures upside-down


52) What are the three additive colors

a) cyan, magenta, yellowb) magenta, blue, greenc) red, green, blued) red, cyan, yellow

53) What is the opposite color light of cyan

a) greenb) redc) yellowd) magenta

54) Red light plus blue light equals:

a) green lightb) yellow lightc) cyan lightd) magenta light

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

a) Polarizing filterb) Skylight filterc) Neutral density filterd) Red filter

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

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

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

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


58) An adjustment layer can be used to:

a) Adjust Hue/Saturationb) Levelsc) Color Balanced) All of the abovee) 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 dpib) 150 dpic) 250 dpid) 300 dpie) 400 dpi

60) When preparing images for the web so that they open faster, what is screen resolution?

a) 72 dpib) 150 dpic) 250 dpid) 300 dpie) 400 dpi

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

a) JPEGb) RAWc) CD-RWd) CD-R

62) The file format you choose depends on:

a) the size of the documentb) the number of colors in the imagec) what you intend to do with the imaged) the resolution of the document

63) What is the purpose of making a selection?

a) to make the image biggerb) to add a layerc) to isolate an aread) to change the color of pixels


64) After you’ve made a selection you can

a) correct the color of the selected areab) apply a filter to the selected areac) fill the selected area with a colord) all of the above

65) An advantage of using layers is that

a) you can keep the editing process dynamicb) you can apply special styles to layersc) you can move content forward or backward in the picture planed) All of the above

66) What tools in Photoshop make a selection?

a) Magic wandb) Lassoc) Marquee toold) All of the above

67) What type of image is a standard for compressing image data and most common Group, iscalled a ___________.

a) JPEGb) RAWc) TIFFd) EFFECTS

68) What functions on the camera to compensate for different colors of light being emitted bydifferent light sources.

a) Histogramb) Saturationc) Dodgingd) White Balance

69) What makes the colors richer in a photo?

a) Saturationb) Croppingc) Grayscaled) Dodging


70) The image resolution ppi is

a) the number of pixels that a printer can printb) the number of pixels per linear inch in an imagec) the number of dots per inch on a halftone screend) the number of pixels per square inch in an image

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

a) bitb) bytec) pixeld) megabyte

72) The transformation features allow you to

a) scaleb) rotatec) distortd) 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=Blueb) 2=Blue; 3=Cyan; 5=Red; 6=Yellowc) 2=Cyan; 3= Blue; 5=Red; 6=Yellow

Magenta

5

2

3

Green

6


74) Which tools can you use to paint?

a) Paint Bucketb) Paint Brushc) A and Bd) 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 computerb) Storage media for your camera

77) What is one advantage of using Quick Mask?

a) Selections are automatically featheredb) You can make selections using the paint toolsc) Selections are easily inversedd) 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 shootingb) financial securityc) common sensed) work flow

80) One disadvantage when viewing and composing with a range finder digital camera is thatthe eyepiece and camera sensors see differently especially on close ups.

a) Trueb) False


81) White in a computer monitor is formed by what three primary colors?

a) red yellow blueb) red green bluec) red green oranged) green blue violet

82) What type of digital camera usually has fewer controls than other digital cameras?

a) Point and shootb) High-end fixed lensc) Rangefinderd) 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 readyb) turn off the camera to preserve battery powerc) nothingd) use it as a ball and play catch

84) What does SLR stand for?

a) single lens rotationb) single lens reflexc) shooting layout rotatedd) same lens reflex

85) The on-camera flash will automatically pop up or fire if there is not enough light for goodexposure in which mode?

a) Tv or Sb) Av or Ac) Md) Full Auto

86) M (on the Mode Dial) Stands for

a) Multiple Exposureb) Maximum Exposurec) Macroscopic Focusd) Manual


87) P (on the Mode Dial) stands for

a) Photographicb) Perfect Exposurec) Partial Controld) Programmed Exposure

88) A fast shutter speed _______.

a) freezes or stops the action of an image.b) blurs the image.c) rotates the imaged) changes the colors of the image.

89) When you push the shutter button half way down it ______?

a) takes the pictureb) blurs the backgroundc) focuses the camerad) turns off the camera

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

a) darkerb) lighterc) widerd) taller

91) In addition to focusing the camera, pressing the shutter button half way down also

a) Sets the self-timerb) Measures the lightc) Charges the flashd) Turns off the camera

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

a) TIFFb) JPEGc) RAWd) MP3


93) What is not a type of memory card used in digital cameras?

a) Smart Mediab) Memory Stickc) Universal Serial Busd) Compact Flash

94) What does TIFF stand for?

a) A place that stores datab) Tagged Image File Formatc) The most popular format for digital photosd) None of the above

95) A lens that would work well for photos of a sports event – where you want to bring the subjectcloser without putting yourself in harm’s way – would be a

a) telephoto lensb) wide angle lensc) macro lensd) fisheye lens

96) Landscape photos – where you want to show a broad distance and give a feeling of greatdepth – would be best done with a

a) telephoto lensb) wide angle lensc) macro lensd) fisheye lens

97) A lens that allows you to choose one of many focal lengths

a) telephoto lensb) wide angle lensc) macro lensd) zoom lens

98) An optical zoom

a) uses electronic technology to make your picture sharperb) uses the physical principles of optics to make your subject appear closer to the camerac) is only found on a digital single lens reflex camerad) only goes up to a maximum of 4X


99) To stabilize your camera during a long exposure where you want sharpness in non-movingsubjects, you would be best advised to use a(n)

a) pulleyb) tripodc) sawhorse on wheelsd) spanner

100) The connection on a digital SLR that has the mechanical and electrical connections foran 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 highlightsb) silhouettesc) always too brightd) flat and textureless

102) “Red-Eye” is caused by

a) having a red covering on your flashb) shooting a subject with blue eyesc) light reflecting back from the retina of your subjectd) 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 apertureb) You set the ISO and the camera chooses the correct shutter speedc) You aim the camera at the subject and it auto-focusesd) 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 apertureb) You set the ISO and the camera chooses the correct shutter speedc) You aim the camera at the subject and it auto-focusesd) You set the aperture and the camera chooses the correct shutter speed


105) If you shoot primarily sports photos and needed to use interchangeable telephotolenses on your camera, your best choice for a camera would be a:

a) Pocket sized digital point and shoot camerab) A camera phonec) A film camera with interchangeable lens capacityd) A digital SLR and matching lenses

106) “Continuous Shooting Mode” is most likely to be used when photographing what?

a) a sleeping animalb) sporting eventsc) a mountain ranged) a posed photograph

107) How many pixels are in a megapixel?

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

108) If you un-click Constrain Proportions in the Image Size menu and change only onedimension of an image, the result will bea) A low-resolution imageb) An image ready for web publicationc) A distorted imaged) Smaller than the original

109) Which tool in Photoshop can draw a soft line with a fuzzy edge?a) The Paintbrush toolb) The Magic Wandc) The History Brushd) The Pencil tool

110) To paint or draw a line that is precisely horizontal, you would:a) Use the “Show Rulers” commandb) Use the Right Arrow keyc) Use the Command/Control key while dragging the moused) Use the Shift key while dragging the mouse


111) You would use the dodging tool in Photoshop to:

a) Darken the overall imageb) Lighten the overall imagec) Colorize selected parts of an imaged) Lighten selected parts of an image

112) Which of these tools creates a selection with a series of straight lines?

a) The Magnetic Lasso toolb) The Magic Wand toolc) The Lasso toold) The Polygonal Lasso tool

113) Digital photographs are displayed on the screen using which three colors?

a) red, blue, greenb) red, yellow, greenc) blue, green, yellowd) red, yellow, blue

114) After opening an image in Photoshop, what keyboard shortcut do you use to get thecropping tool?

a) Fb) Qc) Ld) C

115) To Deselect in Photoshop press:

a) Ctrl Zb) Deletec) Ctrl Dd) Ctrl T

116) What tool can you use when you want to retouch blemishes in a portrait?

a) Marquee Toolb) Magic Wand Toolc) Hand Toold) Clone Stamp Tool


117) Which tool in Photoshop is used to duplicate parts of an image many times?

a) The Paintbrush Toolb) The Gradient Toolc) The Clone Stamp Toold) The Crop Tool

118) What tool is used to select multiple areas of the same color in a picture?

a) Lasso toolb) Magic wandc) Hand toold) Magnetic Lasso tool

119) The Rule of Thirds is

a) cutting your paper into thirdsb) not centering your subject in the middle of the picturec) having three picturesd) three objects in the picture

120) A photograph of receding railroad tracks would be an example of

a) Simplicity/Emphasisb) Rule of Thirdsc) Point of Viewd) Leading Lines

121) The structure that resembles the iris in a human eye and controls light coming into acamera is a(n) __________________.

a. shutterb. lensc. apertured. emulsion

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

a) ISOb) focal planesc) lens capsd) f:stops


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

a) moreb) lessc) greatd) exposed

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

a) moreb) lessc) greatd) exposed

125) To isolate your subject from its surroundings, you should use a lens opening (aperture)like f: ________.

a) 2.8b) 8c) 11d) 16

126) To get maximum depth of field, (everything from the foreground to the background infocus), you should use a lens opening, like f/_________.

a) 5.6b) 16c) 2.8d) 8

127) For maximum sharpness with a small lens opening (f/stop), you would probably have tostabilize your camera by attaching it to a ____________________.

a) benchb) enlargerc) tripodd) shutter

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

a) sea anemoneb) galloping horsec) still lifed) presidential candidate


129) The type of shutter that works by passing a pair of curtains across in front of the film iscalled a ____________ ____________ shutter.

a) Japanese madeb) fast movingc) focal planed) German engineered

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

a) slowb) fastc) pre-setd) 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) increaseb) overridec) decreased) pre-set

132) To keep the same exposure when you change your shutter speed, you must alsochange the ________________________.

a) apertureb) angle of viewc) film speedd) ISO

133) Which ISO would produce the sharpest detail and least digital noise, you would use:

a) ISO 200b) ISO 100c) ISO 1600d) 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 Reflexb) Twin Lens Reflexc) Rangefinder/Viewfinderd) View Camera


135) You view the image through the picture taking lens on the camera. Typically hasinterchangeable lens capability.

a) Single Lens Reflexb) Twin Lens Reflexc) Rangefinder/Viewfinderd) View Camera

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

a) Edward Westonb) John Sextonc) Ansel Adamsd) Jerry Uelsmann

137) A lens that can be adjusted to a variety of focal lengths is called a _________.

a) zoom lensb) telephoto lensc) Wide angle lensd) high-speed lens

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

a) zoomb) macroc) telephotod) wide angle

139) Front light emphasizes ___________ .

a) detailb) shapec) textured) exposure

140) Side light emphasizes ____________ .

a) detailb) shapec) textured) exposure


141) When a subject is not lit, but is placed against a brightly lit background, the effect iscalled a _________ .

a) Rembrandt portraitb) side lit portraitc) silhouetted) flop

142) Perhaps the best-known American photographer - known for his landscapes ofYosemite Valley - is ___________________________.

a) Alfred Stieglitzb) Ansel Adamsc) Edward Steichend) 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) Interpolationb) Anti-aliasingc) Screend) 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 toolb) Use the Vertical type toolc) 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) Tintb) Sharpnessc) Luminance Smoothingd) Color Noise Reduction

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