PPA's Module 4 Practice Test Welcome to your PPA's Module 4 Practice Test practice test. Name Email 1. What can be used with a reflective meter to ensure proper exposure? 18% gray card spot meter clothing skin tones None 2. Why would you want to change the shutter speed from 1/60 to 1/250? To use a slower shutter speed To "freeze" a moving object To "blur" a moving objec To increase the depth of field None 3. If you are trying to preserve detail in the bright area of your image you are most concerned with what part of the histogram Right Bottom Left Middle None 4. Given F8 @ 1/125, what would the new shutter speed need to be if you moved the f-stop to F5.6? 1/500 1/60 1/30 1/250 None 5. An incident light meter reads light falling on the dome of the meter. ratios. reflected from a subject. reflected from the ambient source. None 6. Which of the following shutter speeds would most likely be appropriate to get the sharpest images of an outdoor soccer game being played in full sun? 1/125 1/250 1/500 1/60 None 7. What type of meter allows accurate reflective readings from a distance by isolating a tiny portion of a scene to be measured? Spot meter An ambient light meter A flat disk meter Incident meter None 8. The technique for capturing relatively sharp images of a motorcycle rider by tracking the movement of the rider during a slow shutter speed exposure is known as Hyperfocal distance Panning Tilt-shifting Cumulative exposure None 9. In order to achieve proper exposure, the gray card should be positioned at the camera position in the background in the foreground at the subject position None 10. What three exposure elements does a light meter consider? ISO, camera mode and shutter speed contrast, color harmony and tonal range highlights, shadows and mid tones ISO, aperture setting and shutter speed None 11. Which line has the shutter speeds in the correct order? 1 - 2 - 8 - 15 - 30 - 60 - 125 - 250 - 1000 1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 15 - 30 - 125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 1 - 2 - 8 - 15 - 60 - 125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 15 - 30 - 60 - 125 - 250 - 500 - 1000 None 12. An incident meter measures F8 with a subscipt number indicating 9/10. What would be the best f-stop setting? F11 F8 F9.5 F9 None 13. What are “equivalent exposures”? Exposures equal to the ISO Exposures where the shutter speed stays the same and only the f-stop changes Exposures that yield the same amount of light onto the sensor Exposures where the f-stop stays the same and only the shutter speed changes None 14. Determine the correct exposure at 100 ISO for a subject in full sun. F8 @ 125 F11 @ 250 F8 @ 250 F11 @ 60 None 15. What are exposure meters designed to measure? medium gray luminescence shadows highlights None 16. A histogram shows the brightness value of all the ___________ in an image. pixels highlights contrast shadows None 17. If you move the f-stop from F5.6 to F8, what happens to the amount of light that reaches the sensor? C. Stays the same D. It over-exposes B. It is doubled A. It is halved None 18. Your camera shows the histogram with the majority of the graph heavily weighted to the left. This could be an indication of A very bright scene Over-exposure Under-exposure A shutter speed that is too slow None 19. Which line has the f-stops in the correct order? B. 1.4 - 2 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 16 - 22 - 32 A. 1.4 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 16 - 22 - 32 C. 1.4 - 2 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 22 - 32 D. 1.4 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 22 - 32 None 20. What type of exposure meter is used inside a camera? Incident light Color meter Luminance meter Reflective light None 21. What icon is used for setting an incident meter into flash mode? Sun Lightning bolt Light bulb Cloud None 22. After exposure, a histogram shows pixels only towards the left side of the graph with the highest point at the extreme left. Which of the following would this histogram indicate? Low contrast Overexposure High contrast Underexposure None 23. An incident meter measures F5.6 with a subscipt number indicating 5/10. What would be the best f-stop setting? F8 F4.5 F6.7 F5.6 None 24. Which line has the f-stops in the correct order? 1.4 - 2 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 22 - 32 1.4 - 2 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 16 - 22 - 32 1.4 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 16 - 22 - 32 1.4 - 2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 22 - 32 None 25. Which ISO value would likely introduce the most grain into an image? 1600 ISO 6400 ISO 3200 ISO 200 ISO None 26. Give an equivalent exposure to F11 @ 1/15. F8 @ 1/15 F11 @ 1/30 F8 @ 1/8 F16 @ 1/8 None 27. Why would you want to move the lens from F4 to F2.8? To use a slower shutter speed To allow less light to reach the sensor To increase the depth of field To decrease the depth of field None 28. Determine the correct exposure at 100 ISO for a subject in full sun. F16 @ 125 F11 @ 125 F5.6 @ 125 F8 @ 125 None 29. Reflective hand-held meters measure light falling on the camera. bouncing off the camera. falling on the subject. reflecting off the subject. None 30. Why are flat diffusers used on a meter? To measure the light coming from multiple light sources simultaneously To make comparative measurements of light reflecting off the subject from multiple directions To make comparative measurements of light coming from specific directions To measure the light reflecting off the subject None 31. What is the slowest shutter speed that you should use if you are hand-holding your camera? 1/250 with a 200mm lens 1/60 with a 150mm lens 1/125 with a 50mm lens 1/125 with a 28mm lens None 32. What meter attachment is use for taking overall readings from multiple light sources? PC cord Calibration disc Dome Flat disc None 33. A light meter measures which of the following? Density of light Quality of light Color temperature of a light source Intensity of light None 34. If you move the f-stop from F5.6 to F8, what happens to the amount of light that reaches the sensor? It is halved Stays the same It over-exposes It is doubled None Be sure to click Submit Quiz to see your results! Time's up By Steve Kozak|2025-03-14T13:49:36-05:00March 14, 2025|Comments Off on PPA's Module 4 Practice Test Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookXBlueskyRedditLinkedInWhatsAppTelegramTumblrPinterestXingEmail About the Author: Steve Kozak