Deck 3: What Is a Good Photographic Exposure

Question 1

If you are using a digital camera, bracket your exposures by:

A)¼ stop.
B)½ stop.
C)1 stop.
D)2 stops.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Gray cards are used with meters that measure:

A)Ambient light.
B)Backlight.
C)Reflected light.
D)Side light.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What does "exposure equivalent" mean?

A)A variety of apertures and shutter speeds can be used to lighten or darken photographs.
B)If you change any one of the elements of exposure, your camera will adjust the other two elements accordingly to yield the same exposure.
C)The same exposure values for aperture and shutter speed work in both bright and dark conditions.
D)Aperture and shutter speed work independently of any ISO setting.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to the Sunny f/16 Rule, use an:

A)ISO of 100, shutter speed of 1/500 second, and f/16.
B)ISO of 100, shutter speed of 1/100 second, and f/100.
C)ISO of 200, shutter speed of 1/200, second and f/20.
D)ISO of 200, shutter speed of 1/200 second, and f/16.

Question 5

What does the word "value" refer to when discussing photographic exposures?

A)Amount of color in a photograph.
B)Monetary gain from selling the photograph.
C)Combination of brightness and color in a photograph.
D)Brightness or darkness in grayscale terms.

Question 6

What is "dynamic range"?

A)The range from darkness to brightness that a film or sensor can record
B)The range from the fastest to the slowest shutter speed your camera can use
C)The range from the widest to the smallest aperture your lens can use
D)The range of grayscale values within any given scene

Question 7

Exposure lock metering allows you to:

A)Get the proper exposure regardless of what object you meter off of.
B)Get the proper exposure by metering off of something lighter or darker than middle gray.
C)Get the proper exposure by metering off of something with middle gray reflectance and then photographing something lighter or darker than middle gray.
D)Lock in one exposure for a variety of images you are making from one geographic location regardless of lighting decisions.

Question 8

If you're photographing a person's head and shoulders and you want the background to go out of focus, you will get best results by using an aperture of:

A)f/64.
B)f/22.
C)f/16.
D)f/4.

Question 9

The Zone System places middle gray at:

A)Zone III.
B)Zone IV.
C)Zone V.
D)Zone VI.

Question 10

A camera's internal light meter has the ability to:

A)Assume that you are metering off of something with middle gray reflectance.
B)Give you settings that will render a sunset scene as bright as you see it.
C)Give you settings that will render a photo of a black car at night as dark as you see it.
D)Assume that you are metering the ambient light in a scene.

Question 11

If you want to make an exposure of 5 minutes, you should set your camera to:

A)Aperture Priority mode.
B)Shutter Priority mode.
C)Bulb mode.
D)Program mode.

Question 12

What are the three elements of exposure?

A)Lens, camera, and aperture.
B)Aperture, shutter speed, and lens.
C)Aperture, ISO, and shutter speed.
D)ISO, shutter speed, and camera.

Question 13

A histogram gives information about the:

A)Exposure of a digital photograph.
B)Digital photo's file size.
C)Subject matter of a photo.
D)Type of camera used to make the digital photograph.