UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT-SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION-BGDA

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

BGDA(UG SDE)
I SEMESTER

CORE COURSE

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
QUESTION BANK

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1. Kodak Camera was invented by__________________

A. George Eastman B. Edison C. Lumiere Brothers D. None of these

2. Rules of third

A. Camera handling rule B. Composition rule

C. Rules of lighting D. None of the above

3. CCD

A. Sensor B. Lens C. Shutter D. Flash

4. Capturing

A. Focusing B. cloning
C. Exposing D. making image sharper

5. ISO

A. International Organization for Standardization B. Indian Optical Standards

C. Internal Office system D. Information of Standards

6. A Digital Image is made up of thousands of

A. Pixels B. Bitmap C. Resolution D. Vector Images

7. SLR

A. Single Lens Reflex B. Semi Lens Reflector

C. System Linear Remote D. Specification of Lens range

8. Camera modes

A. Portrait B. lens C. View finder D. Focal length

9. Aperture:

A. Controls the size of the hole B. Controls speed of shoot

C. Controls CCD D. none of the above

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10. ISO Number

A. Sensitivity of the film to light B. Serial no of film

C. Frame no. of film D. None of the above

11. Back lighting

A. Light from the foreground B. Light behind camera

C. Light behind the object D. None of these

12. Candid pictures

A. Posed picture B. Unposed picture C.

Group photo D. None of the above

13. Cartridge

A. Camera container B. Film container C.

Flash container D. None of the above

14. Colour noise

A. Acuracy of signals B. Disturbance C.

Vibration D. None of the above

15. Composition

A. Arrangements of camera parts B. Pleasing arrangements of elements

C. Focusing D. None of the above

16. ___________________ has been defined as taking of photographs to provide a record of social
and political situations with the aim of conveying information.

A. Documentary photography B. Wild life photography

C.Travel photography D. Sports photography

17. Long distance photography is facilitated by_______________________________

A. Visible light B. X-rays C. Infra-Red rays D. Ultra violet rays

18. Visible light occurs between

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A. 3000 and 8000 Angstrom B. 3000 and 7000 Angstrom

C. 4000 and 7000 Angstrom D. None of these

19. The Camera Obscura was first recorded in

A. 400BC B. 1600 AD C. 1800 AD D. 800 AD

20. A Camera Lucida is

A. an artists aid B. an early box camera

C. a type of rangefinder camera D. None of these

21. Which of the following parts of the eye are the most colour sensitive

A. the rods B. the cones C. the iris D. the retina

22. When was the first ever colour photograph taken?

A. 1861 B. 1881 C. 1901 D. 1900

23. Lenses are usually coated with

A. magnesium fluoride B. sodium fluoride C.

zinc fluorite D. none of these

24. Visible spectrum of the light has a wavelength in the range of:

A. 1000 to 4000 Ao B. 4000 to 7000 Ao

C. 7500 to 12500 Ao D. 12500 to 30000 Ao

25. The expected life of an incandescent lamp is about:

A. 100 hours B. 200 hours C. 500 hours D. 1000 hours

26. ‘Camera’ is actually a Latin word meaning

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

27. The world’s first photographic portrait studio was opened in

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

28. The world’s first all electric photographic studio was opened in

A. 1877 B. 1897 C. 1917 D. 1887

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29. Incident light

A. falls on the subject B. is reflected from the subject

C. backlights the subject D. None of these

30. Who coined the term ‘photography’?

A. Fox Talbot B. NicephoreNiepce

C. Sir John Herschel D. None of these

31. What is a photon?

A. A particle of light energy B. A measure of light energy

C. A stream of light energy D. None of these

32. What was Roger Fenton famous for?

A. War photography B. Founding the Royal Photographic Society?

C. Both D. None of these

33. When was the first proper flashbulb invented?

A. 1920 B.1925 C.1930 D. None of these

34. What is a ‘magic lantern’?

A. a slide projector B. an early enlarger

C. a flashbulb D. None of these

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

A. Under exposure and under development

B. Under exposure and over development
C. Over exposure and over development
D. None of these

36. Focus finders are found in

A. studios B. darkrooms C. cameras D. none of these

37. The term "photography" was first used by____________, in 1839, the year the photographic
processbecame public.

A.Sir John Herscel B.Tim Donald

C.Fox Talbot D. Thomas Alwa Edison

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38. MFD stands for ________________

A. Minimum Focusing Distance B. Maximum Focusing

C. Distance Minimum Focusing Direction D. None of the above

39. Wide angle lens

A. Focal length is smaller B. Focal length is longer

C. Large size of the lense D. None of the aboveAspect ratio

40. key light

A. Principle Illuminator B. Back light

C. Soft light D. None of the above

41. POV

A. Point of View B. Picture of vision

C. Photographs of visual D. None of the above

42. A photographic process developed by inventor William Henry Fox Talbot in 1853 that
allowed him to make multiple copies of a positive image from a single “negative.”

A. Stroboscope B. Calotype
C. Zoetrop D. None of These

43. ________________ is a process developed by French physicist Joseph Niepce in 1816 that
produced a positive copy of an engraving by exposing a glass plate coated with asphalt-
like substance

A. Texography B. heliography
C. developing D.None of These

44. _____________ is a photographic image made without a camera ,generally by contact printing
object placed directly on the photographic paper.

A. Photogram B. Photo testing

C.Photo Sketching D.None of These

45. Edison is considered the father of movie studio. His studio was known as ______________

A. Edison Parlour B. Film strip parlour

C. Black Maria D. Black Edison

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46. The first shot is a man looking up. The second shot is a low angle shot of a high rise
apartment. The second shot is a _____________________________shot

A.long shot B. mid – shot

C. extreme long shot D. point - of – view

47. The light source that casts sharp, well define shadows is called ____________________

A. Key light B.fill light

C. set light D. hard light

48. A camera mounting that straps the camera to the body of the operator to keep the
recorded image reasonably steady is known as _______________________

A. Steadicam B.Sturdycam
C. studycam D. none of the above

49. Wide angle lens

A. Focal length is smaller B. Focal length is longer

C. Large size of the lense D. None of the aboveAspect ratio

50. key light

A. Principle Illuminator B. Back light

C. Soft light D. None of the above

51. The ……tool allows you to copy one area of the layer to another area of the layer.

A. Clone stamp B. Magic wand

C. Marquee D. Gradient

52. To turn-off the use of a tool, or deselect it, you must push the ……key.

A.Ctrl +Z B.Shift + Z C.Shift + D D.Ctrl + D

53. When selecting an area of pixels to delete, which of the following tool could be used?

A. Magic wand B. Marquee

C. Paint bucket D. Gradient

54. __________________is a raster graphics editor (with significant vector graphics functionality).

A. Adobe Photoshop B. Adobe Flash

C.Adobe Illustrator D.Adobe Dreamweaver

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55. A new layer can be created by pressing __________________

A.Alt+Ctrl+ N B.Shift+Ctrl+N
C.Alt+Shift+N D.None of these

56. The _________________________tool selects areas of similar color.

A.Lasso B.Marquee C.Move D.Magic Wand

57. The ______________________________________is used to trim images.

A.Paint bucket B.Eraser C.Gradient D.Crop

58. The amount of space between lines of type is called _______________________

A. Leading B. Kerning C. Tracking D. Cloning

59. __________________________ Is the process of generating an image from a model by means of

computer programs.

A. Cloning B. Rendering C. Filtering D. None of these

60. In Photoshop, _________________________ tool is used to repair the selected area with pixels of
Another area.

A. Patch B. Clone C. Wand D. None of these

61. In Photoshop, ….… tool is used to make straight edge selection.

A. Magnetic lasso B. Clone C. Wand D. Polygonal lasso

62. In Photoshop, _________________________ tool is used to darken pixel in an image.

A. Patch B. Blur C. Burn D. Dodge

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ANSWERS
1. A 2. B 3. A
4. C 5. A 6.A
7.A 8. A 9. A
10. A 11.C 12.B
13.B 14.A 15.B
16.A 17.C 18.C
19.A 20.A 21.B
22.A 23.A 24.B
26.B 27.A 28.A
29.A 30.C 31.A
32.C 33.B 34.A
35.A 36.B 37.A
38.A 39.A 40.A
41.A 42.B 43.B
44.A 45.C 46.D
47.D 48.A 49.A
50.A 51.A 52.A
53.A 54.A 55.B
56.D 57.D 58.C
59.A 60.A 61.A
62.C

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