This document provides a 50 question test on digital photography fundamentals covering topics like aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, focal length, lenses, and camera settings. Questions require identifying camera parts and controls, understanding how different settings impact photographs, and analyzing sample photos to determine likely camera settings used. The test covers core technical concepts in digital SLR photography from chapters 1 and 2 of the course material.

1. Digital Photography 2863
Test on Chapters 1 and 2
Spring 2013

2. 1. What does the aperture do?
A. It controls how much light reaches the
sensor.
B. It controls how long the shutter is open.
C. It controls the depth of field.
D. It controls the speed of the film.
E. Both A and C.
F. Both B and D.

3. 2. What does the acronym
“SLR” stand for?

4. 3. Name at least one advantage of using
an SLR instead of another type of
camera.

5. 4. What does focusing on the “hyperfocal distance”
increase: angle of view or depth of field?

6. 5. What is the primary way in which the brain judges
depth in a photograph?

7. 6. When using shutter priority mode, you set the
_______ and the camera sets the appropriate
_________.

8. 7. An aperture of f/2.8 lets in:
a. twice as much light
b. half as much light
as an aperture of f/4.

9. 8. The combination of shutter speed
and aperture is called the ________.

10. 9. The focal length of a lens affects the
photograph in what two ways?
a. Amount of light and angle of view
b. Angle of view and magnification
c. Depth of field and magnification

11. 10. Name the two types of shutters used in
digital cameras. Which type is used more
commonly in DSLR’s?

12. 11. What is a “normal lens?”

13. 12. What type of lens is best to use in
tight indoor locations?

14. 13. In this cutaway view of an SLR with a
long lens, what is the space defined by
the arrow called?

15. 14. True or False:
A normal lens for a full
frame or 35 mm camera is
about 50mm.

16. 15. Name at least one
advantage of a normal
lens.

17. 16. True or False:
A long lens provides
relatively little depth of
field.

18. 17. Which of the following lenses
works best when taking portraits?
a. Medium-long lens
b. Wide angle lens
c. Long lens
d. Telephoto lens

19. 18. What type of specialty lens was most
likely used to make this photo?

20. 19. What is the “plane of critical focus?”

21. 20. Name at least one thing a
polarizing filter can do.

22. 21. Explain how the diaphragm of your
camera lens is like a human eye.

23. 22. True or False:
The longer the lens, the more light is
needed to reach the sensor and the
larger the maximum aperture.

24. 23. In this photo by Sebastiao Salgado, make an
educated guess about the aperture and shutter speed
used. Use the word “fast” or “slow” for shutter speed
and “large” or “small” to describe the aperture opening.

25. 24. In this photo by Lou Jones, make an educated
guess about the aperture and shutter speed used.

26. 25. Is it possible for an aperture named “f/4” to
be different actual sizes on different lenses?

27. 26. What method is most effective in
changing the perspective in a
photograph?
a. Changing the focal length of the lens
b. Changing the lens to distance of the
closest subject
c. Changing the angle of view

28. 27. True or False:
The shorter the lens, the greater the depth of field.

29. 28. In this close-up view of a Nikon lens, explain what
the circled numbers mean.

30. 29. True or False:
Zone focusing is
useful when you
want to shoot rapidly
without refocusing,
and can predict
approximately
where, if not exactly
when, action will take
place.

31. 30. True or False:
• A camera lens that
is able to open to a
very wide aperture is
sometimes called a
“fast lens.”

32. 31. What type of lens was used to take all
of the photos below without moving the
camera?

33. 32. True or False:
The “plane of critical focus”
usually falls about 1/3 of the
way back from the front of
the depth of field.

34. 33. Explain how this
photo was taken.
Include focus point
and length of
exposure.

35. 34. Explain how
apertures and
shutter speeds work
together using the
“bucket of light”
metaphor.

36. 35. Which option is true of this photograph?
It was probably taken with a:
A. Small aperture and
a slow shutter
speed.
B. Large aperture and
a fast shutter
speed.

37. 36. These two Canon lenses have different focal
lengths. Will the aperture f/4 be the exact same size in
both lenses? What does an aperture designation
actually designate?

38. 37. Name one type of lens or device
commonly used for taking close-ups.

39. 38. If you wanted to
take a photo of a
public building but
do not want to
include people in the
shot, what is one
way of doing it which
doesn’t involve
staging the photo
without people in it?

40. 39. What changes perspective: changing
the focal length or changing the lens-to-
subject distance?

41. 40. True or False:
• A small aperture has a shallow depth of
field and a large aperture has a deep
depth of field.

42. 41. An f/32 aperture has what
size opening?
A. Large
B. Small
C. Medium

43. 42. A lens is called “fast”
because:
A. It takes very little time to focus.
B. The wide aperture allows for faster
shutter speeds.
C. It can capture a greater depth of field
in a longer period of time.

44. 43. Is there a. more or b. less motion
blur when a subject is moving toward
you?

45. 44. In this photograph,
was the shutter
speed fast or slow?

46. 45. “Depth of field” means:
A. How many pixels your sensor
captures.
B. How much of the shot is in focus.
C. How much of a landscape appears in
your shot.
D. How much of a view is seen in your
viewfinder.

47. 46. To achieve
the silky
quality of
flowing
water, what
type of
shutter
speed should
you choose:
fast or slow?

48. 47. What is the action of the
camera below called?

49. 48. What action by the photographer
produced the motion blur in this
photograph?
A. Adjusting the
aperture
B. Making a short
exposure
C. Panning the figure
D. Changing the film
speed.

50. 49. Which of the following aperture
settings was most likely used in the photo
below?
A. F/22
B. F/2.8
C. F/32

51. 50. Which option is true of this photograph? It was
probably taken with a:
A. Small aperture
and a slow
shutter speed.
B. Large aperture
and a fast
shutter speed.

52. Extra Credit
Section 1
Identify the photographer whose
work is shown:
1 pt. each

53. Lee Friedlander
Annie Leibovitz
Gregory Crewdson

54. Jan Groover
William Christenberry
Paul Berger

55. James Welling
Jerry Uelsmann
Andreas Gursky

56. Robert Frank
Les Krims
Gregory Crewdson

57. William Klein
John Pfahl
Richard Avedon

58. Extra Credit
Section 2
Identify the photographer whose
work is shown:
1 pt. each