Photography Quiz Organised by the quiz Club and the Photography Club Spring Dale Senior School Amritsar, Punjab, India.

1. PHOTOGRAPHY QUIZ
2016
PRESENTED BY THE
PHOTGRAPHY CLUB
AND
THE QUIZ CLUB

2. ROUND 1
•This round is an MCQ-based round, with 8
questions in total. 4 options for each question,
choose the correct one.
•5 marks for a correct answer, no negative
marking and no passing.

3. What is the most important element for
photography to be possible?
a. Lens
b. Composition
c. Tripod
d. Light

4. Which camera component controls the
intensity of light?
a. Shutter
b. Lens
c. Aperture
d. CCD Sensor

5. Describe the appearance of an
overexposed picture.
a. Dark
b. Blurry
c. Bright
d. None of these

6. Which camera component controls a stop
action picture?
a. Shutter
b. Aperture
c. Lens
d. Exposure

7. What kind of color model is used for
printing?
a. RGB
b.CMYK
c.HSB
d.RGY

8. Where might you find silica gel?
a. On the surface of light sensitive film
b. In colored filters
c. In little bags in your camera case
d. Inside the camera around the seals to make it
waterproof
e. A coating on silicon chips outside the camera

9. ‘Lightroom’ is a software by _________________.
a. Linux
b.Adobe
c. Canon
d.Hewlett Packard (HP)

10. Which of these is best suited for low-light
photography?
a. Low ISO
b. Fast shutter speed
c. Low f- no. for the aperture
d. A polarizing filter
e. Long focal length lenses

11. ROUND 2
This is a direct answer round, with
passing of questions. No negative
marking. 10 points for the correct
answer of the original question and 5
for a passed one.

12. During 17th Century, it was noted that
Silver chloride turned dark under
exposure to what?

13. What ‘125’ mean when you select the
shutter speed?

14. What does the term ‘Camera
Obscura’ actually mean?

15. Which company, founded in 1888, used
the tagline “You press the button and
we do the rest”?

16. Name any one use for the
mirror lockup function in a
DSLR?

17. What kind of photography
makes use of a ‘tilt and shift
lens’?

18. What is the full form of
CCD, a kind of sensor?

19. Credited with the first large image-
forming CCD chip, which company
produced it in 1973?

20. ROUND 3
This round is a visual round. You will be
shown pictures, and will be asked a
question related to it. 10 points for a
correct answer, 5 for a passed. No
negatives, so go on, make your best guess!

21. IDENTIFY THIS
KIND OF
PHOTOGRAPHY.

22. IDENTIFY THIS
KIND OF
PHOTOGRAPHY

23. IDENTIFY THIS
KIND OF
PHOTOGRAPHY

24. IDENTIFY THIS
KIND OF
PHOTOGRAPHY

25. IDENTIFY THIS KIND
OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

26. IDENTIFY
THIS
CAMERA

27. IDENTIFY
THIS
CAMERA

28. IDENTIFY
THIS
CAMERA

29. ROUND 4
Last but not the least, this is the buzzer round.
10 questions, on the buzzer. But a little twist:
while 10 marks will be given for a correct
answer, 5 will deducted for an incorrect
answer. Starred questions will have a value of
+20/-10.
Be careful!

30. *The image sensors of the Nikon’s
modern range of DSLR cameras are
from __________.

31. L-series lenses are
manufactured by?

32. What file format is used
mainly by and for Adobe
software?

33. Which company produced the
first successful 35mm format
for a camera in 1925?

34. Which company was the first to
sell self developing film and
cameras?

35. Resolution is often measured in
megapixels. How many pixels
are there in 1 megapixel?

36. Where on a camera would
you find a ¼ “ screw socket?

37. What kind of lens gives us an
ultra-wide 180º view all
around?

38. What is the full form of DPI?
(as in 300 dpi)

39. * What is the full form
of DSLR?