Welcome to your PPA's Module 2 Practice Test practice test.

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You are photographing a high school senior with his car. The sun is used to back-light him. Which of the following techniques should be used to produce the best result?

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During an environmental session using natural light, the subject has good catchlights in the eyes, but flat lighting on the face. The best way to improve this situation would be to use a

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If a camera's designated sync speed is listed as 1/250, which of the following shutter speeds would likely encounter sync problems?

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The hair light, when used as a proper accent light, does its job best when it is positioned

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The main light is placed at 45 degrees from the subject and set to F8. The fill light is placed behind the camera. How will it need to be set to create a 3:1 ratio on the subject?

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The main light should be placed high enough to create a catchlight

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To create intense color on a background

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When using a flash, the maximum native sync speed is determined by the

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The main light is placed at 45 degrees from the subject and set to F8. The fill light is placed behind the camera. How will it need to be set to create a 3:1 ratio on the subject?

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Placing a speedlight on a flash bracket will help reduce the possibilty of

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You are photographing a high school senior with his car. The sun is used to back-light him. Which of the following techniques should be used to produce the best result?

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If the flash output at 10 feet is F11, what would be the new output if the flash was set to 1/4 power?

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When creating a 4:1 ratio, what is the difference between the highlight side and the shadow side of the face?

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Which of the following light patterns would flatter a subject with a round face?

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The main light is placed at 45 degrees from the subject and set to F11. The fill light is placed behind the camera. What is the lighting ratio if the fill light is set to F5.6?

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In creating a lighting pattern with directional light, the primary function of the main light is to

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Which of the following lighting modifiers would be best for keeping stray light from the main light from striking the background?

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If a flash exposure measures F11 @ 125 at 100 ISO, what would be the new setting at 400 ISO?

19. 

With the main light set to F11 and placed at 45° to the subject and the fill located behind the camera, what would be the output of the fill need to be to get a 2:1 lighting ratio at the subject?

20. 

Increasing the size of the light source will make the light

21. 
LED lights are an example of what type of lighting?

22. 

Which of the following is NOT a drawback of using an off camera flash with an infra red trigger?

23. 

If a flash measures F16 at full power and at 10 feet from the subject, what power setting would be required to have the flash measure F16 when placed 5 feet from the subject?

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When using a 3:1 lighting ratio, the highlight side of the subject's face measures F5.6. What should the shadow side measure?

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The fill light is used to control the

26. 
When considering the visible light spectrum, some fluorescent lighting may create a color shift to ________ when photographing at 5500K.

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What is the lighting ratio if the subject's face measures F11 on the highlight side and F5.6 on the shadow side?

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Moving a light source closer to a subject will change the quality of the light by making it

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To avoid creating a silhouette of a backlit subject,

30. 
Which of the following lighting places the main light on the side of the face towards the camera?

31. 
Flash units that have the power supply built into the unit and that are used with light stands are called

32. 

Which of the following would provide the greatest contrast when lighting a subject?

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When photographing on location outdoors, the best lighting for portraits will likely be found

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To create a rim light on a subject, the light must be positioned _____ the subject. A. above B. behind ✓ C. to the left of D. to the right of

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When using a 2:1 ratio, the highlight side of the subject's face measures F8. What will the shadow side measure?

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For light to be directional on a subject there must be

37. 
With flash photography, only the _______ controls the exposure for the flash.

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Moving a light source closer to a subject will change the quality of the light by making it

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Which of the following light patterns would flatter a subject with a round face?

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Which of the following methods will emphasize texture in a composition?

41. 

During an environmental session using natural light, the subject has good catchlights in the eyes, but flat lighting on the face. The best way to improve this situation would be to use a

42. 
The subject's hair is blending into the background. One remedy would be to

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Which of the following is the best choice for photographing a subject in mixed lighting?

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When phtographing a low key image

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To increase the contrast of the subject and the background when using a softbox,

46. 
This specialty light defines and sculpts the subject by adding a strong highlights from behind the subject to add interest, create form or separation.

47. 
What is the type of flash unit that is designed to connect to a camera via a "hot Shoe".

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With the main light set to F11 and placed at 45° to the subject and the fill located behind the camera, what would be the output of the fill need to be to get a 2:1 lighting ratio at the subject?

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The color temperature of "daylight" is generally said to be

50. 

You are photographing a family around dusk and your flash measures F5.6 at 7ft.  You want to use F2.8 to get a shallow depth of field. What is the new distance you will need to place the flash from the family in order to use F2.8?

51. 
One advantage of a monolight over a power pack and flash head system is

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In order to reduce the possibility of unwanted shadows, the fill light should be

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You are creating a head shot of a female executive who has something of a "full" face.  Which of the following lighting styles will be the most flattering?

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When using the TTL flash setting,

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