Question 1

Your black and white print has mottled tones despite full development. Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  old paper
B)  contaminated stop bath
C)  exhausted fixer
D)  none of these A

Question 2

'Camera' is actually a Latin word meaning

Accepted Answer

A)  picture box
B)  room
C)  light box
D)  none of the above B

Question 3

What is a 'magic lantern'?

Accepted Answer

A)  a slide projector
B)  an early enlarger
C)  a flashbulb
D)  none of these A

Question 4

Who coined the term 'photography'?

Accepted Answer

A)  fox talbot
B)  nicephore niepce
C)  sir john herschel
D)  none of these

Question 5

Candle power is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the luminous flux emitted by the source per unit solid angle
B)  the part of the light energy radiated by the sun that is received by earth
C)  measured in lux
D)  none of the above

Question 6

What is a photon?

Accepted Answer

A)  a particle of light energy
B)  a measure of light energy
C)  a stream of light energy
D)  none of these

Question 7

David Seyour was the founder of which group?

Accepted Answer

A)  f64
B)  societe heliographique
C)  magnum
D)  none of these

Question 8

. Which of the following colour has the wavelength between blue and yellow:

Accepted Answer

A)  violet
B)  orange
C)  red
D)  green

Question 9

Which camera (from around 1984) used solar energy to assist the batteries?

Accepted Answer

A)  nikon fa
B)  ricoh xr-s
C)  pentax lx
D)  none of these

Question 10

Your negative is very weak with very little shadow detail. Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  under exposure and under development
B)  under exposure and over development
C)  over exposure and over development
D)  none of these

Question 11

Which of the materials is most commonly used for the filaments in the incandescent lamps:

Accepted Answer

A)  tungsten
B)  tin
C)  silver
D)  asbestos

Question 12

Daylight colour film is balanced for light at

Accepted Answer

A)  3200 k
B)  3400 k
C)  5400 k
D)  3000 k

Question 13

What was Roger Fenton famous for?

Accepted Answer

A)  war photography
B)  founding the royal photographic society?
C)  both
D)  none of these

Question 14

The world's first photographic portrait studio was opened in

Accepted Answer

A)  1840
B)  1850
C)  1860
D)  1870

Question 15

Sky appears to be blue because of:

Accepted Answer

A)  radiation of light over dust particles
B)  reflection of light over dust particles
C)  refraction of light over dust particles
D)  scattering of light over dust particles

Question 16

Incident light

Accepted Answer

A)  falls on the subject
B)  is reflected from the subject
C)  backlights the subject
D)  none of these

Question 17

An object which appears to be red to the eyes absorbs:

Accepted Answer

A)  blue radiation
B)  violet radiation
C)  green radiation
D)  absorbs all the above radiation

Question 18

When was the first proper flashbulb invented?

Accepted Answer

A)  1920
B)  1925
C)  1930
D)  none of these

Question 19

What temperature should colour film be developed at?

Accepted Answer

A)  95 degrees celsius
B)  100 degrees celsius
C)  105 degrees celsius
D)  none of these

Question 20

What is 'posterization'?

Accepted Answer

A)  extreme tone separation
B)  partial image reversal
C)  total image reversal
D)  none of these

Exam 3: Different Times of Day: Light, and Colour in Photography