Photography paper

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UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA, SRI LANKAFACULTY OF ENGINEERING

END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2007/2008 (Held in Aug 2008)

B.Sc. ENGINEERING LEVEL 2, JUNE TERM

DE 2290 PHOTOGRAPHY

AnswerALLquestions in the answer sheet provided. Time allowed: 1hour

Instructions to the candidate

1. This paper contains 45 multiple-choice-questions (MCQ) in 6 pages.2. All questions carry equal marks.3. You can take 1 hour for answering.


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1. Which of the following image formats is appropriate for web publishing?

a. M2b. Sc. M1d. L

2. What will be the film speed which you use for a night function?

a. ISO 400b. ISO 100c. ISO 200d. ISO 800

3. In Av mode

a. manually control aperture and firmware adjusts shutter speedb. manually control shutter speed and firmware adjusts aperturec. control both aperture and shutter speed manuallyd. control both aperture and shutter automatically

4. Which of the followings is not a creative shooting mode?

a. manualb. flash-offc. Tvd. close-up

5. AI SERVO

a. lets you focus multiple objects simultaneouslyb. is not an AF modec. useful for portrait photographyd. keeps the focused object focused despite its motion

6. You use your digital camera on a trip to the North Pole. Which of the followings will you probably

experience ?

a. camera will not function properlyb. camera slows downc. photos will be dark at right exposured. will find difficulties using AF

7. Which of the following statements is not true about macro lenses?

a. they provide magnifications more than physical size of the subjectb.

they are generally used with a flash

c. they are generally used on a tripodd. they are useful to discover finer details of a subject

8. Focus lock is useful when

a. macro lens is usedb. photographing a moving animalc. the camera needs to move without changing focusd. composing wide angle frames


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9. What do you use the dioptric adjustment button on the camera?

a. to adjust compositionb. to make focusing easier and quickerc. to get a clear viewfinder imaged. to control exposure level

10. in telephoto lenses

a. field of view is narrowb. magnification is lowc. depth field is widerd. focal length is adjustable

11. Which of the followings is not true about day light photography?

a. a little under exposure can be helpful to record fine detailsb. flash can be used to eliminate shadows in portraitsc. reflectors and diffusers help eliminate unwanted shadowsd. daylight WB must always be used

12. Which of these statements is not true about handheld shooting?

a. cradle the camera with the left handb. use thumb and first finger for zooming and focusingc. loosely press the camera against foreheadd. create a tripod between two arms and forehead

13. WB setting lets you

a. spread existing colors evenly around whiteb. record natural color information under various lighting conditionsc. record in the photograph what you actually seed. none of the above

14. As an advanced amateur, which mode should you use to photograph 100m short-track race?

a. manual modeb. shutter priorityc. program moded. aperture priority

15. Which of the followings can be differentiated from others?

a. macro lensb.

zoom lens

c. normal lensd. wide angle lens

16. In full auto shooting mode

a. timer is disabledb. exposure is automatically set to the user preferencec. closest object in the AF points is selected to focusd. object on the selected AF point is focused


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17. Film speed is

a. proportional to light sensitivityb. increased in day-light photographyc. lowered in flash photographyd. increased for enlargement photographs

18. Auto exposure bracketing allows

a. exposure to be automatedb. to take multiple shots of various exposure levelsc. to override auto exposured. exposure to be fine tuned

19. Which of the following focal lengths give normal photograph in digital cameras?

a. 10mmb. 7mmc. 15mmd. 25mm

20. Which of the following expressions is not true about bulb exposure in digital cameras?

a. lets you exposure times longer than 30sb. used only in manual shooting modec. determines the long exposure automaticallyd. can be used to photographs start trails

21. Which of the following statements is true about tele-extenders

a. they increase range of zoom lensesb. tele-extender is part of the camera bodyc. they are used to extend depth of field of the lensd. they are used to increase focal length of telephoto lenses by a factor

22. The difference between full auto (FA) and P mode is

a. Full auto does not allow any user adjustmentb. FA mode allows user to select from a list of settingsc. P mode does not allow any user controld. FA mode allows user to control flash

23. IS (image stabilization) lenses

a. have gyros and micro-motors within the lense, and compensate the motions of the lenseb. are useful to reduce only the vertical blur of the photographc.

are useful to stabilize a moving subject

d. need a firmware upgrade in the camera24. What is the major difference between FULL AUTO and PROGRAMMED AE mode?

a. the later allows to select from a number of shutter-aperture combinationsb. the later always achieves a correct exposurec. the former lets you control the depth of fieldd. the later doesnt let you change the exposure level


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25. Mirror Lock

a. reduces blurb. is useful in photographing moving objectsc. not useful in photographing portraitsd. useful in high-speed shutter speeds

26. Suppose that you want to take a digital photo of you to post on your website. What is the

recording format will you be using

a. largeb. mediumc. smalld. raw

27. Metering is the process of

a. exposure calculationb. determining closest object to focusc. determining flash requirementd. determining brightness

28. The limiting shutter speed that would avoid blur in the photograph when a 600mm lens is used is

a. 1/125b. 1/250c. 1/500d. 1/1000

29. Auto exposure lock allows

a. to override automatic exposure calculationb. lock the exposure settingsc. to use fixed exposure level for multiple shotsd. to properly expose any object within the frame

30. Which of the followings does not help to take a good landscape scenery?

a. use morning or evening lightb. use rule of thirdsc. use a tripodd. use a short lens

31. Which of the followings is not true about digital zoom?

a. it increases information quantity in the photographb.

it does not increase information quantity in the photograph

c. it does not increase resolution of the photographd. it is useful in making banners

32. Which of these is not relevant with lens mounting of a digital camera?

a. check electrical contacts before mountingb. check electrical contacts before mountingc. keep the lens release button alwaysd. turn off the camera before mounting/unmounting the lens


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33. Photographing an infant does not involve

a. low angleb. expressionc. rule of thirdsd. lens type

34. Which of these is not a composition technique

a. rule of thirdsb. expressionc. golden pointsd. s-curve

35. Suppose you want to photograph a kid in the evening twilight, holding an oil lamp. What exposure

mode will you select if the oil lamp is positioned at one of the trisect points? [hint: a good

photograph will have the flame little over exposed and the kid and the twilight properly exposed]

a. spot meteringb. evaluative meteringc. center-weighted averaged. partial metering

36. Which of the followings is the most important in photography?

a. understanding the compositionb. understanding the scenec. understanding the lightd. understanding the camera

37. When using a 35mm film sensor, which of the followings is a normal lens

a. 40mmb. 70mmc. 25mmd. 50mm

38. Suppose that you want to photograph a bird on a tree branch. Which of the followings will you not

be practicing?

a. select and use a single AF pointb. use mirror lockc. set AF mode to AI SERVOd. use continuous drive mode

39. A photograph is taken in fully automatic mode with 125, and 8.0. Which of the followings willgive an under exposure on the same conditions?

a. 250, 5.6b. 60, 13.0c. 125, 5.6d. 500, 4.8


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40. Black or red pixels if you notice on the LCD screen of a digital camera

a. are dead pixelsb. will deteriorate the photoc. is a temporary anomalyd. none of these

41. When you are preparing to take an out- door photograph, suddenly a rainy cloud covered the light,

to maintain the technical quality of the of the photograph which of the followings is an

appropriate remedy

a. change the film to a high speed filmb. wait until the cloud movesc. increase the apertured. slow down the shutter speed

42. Which of these is not an exposure factor?

a. lightb. film speedc. speed of the subjectd. shutter speed

43. AF points allows you

a. select the area on the viewfinder for focusingb. automatically focus to the nearest foreground objectc. get the average focusing distanced. to select which object to be properly focused

44. Which one of the followings is not a metering mode

a. evaluativeb. center-weightedc. spot partiald. spot

45. Auto exposure bracketing allows you

a. select underexposure by a selected amountb. to take two additional shots about the set exposure levelc. select overexposure by a selected amountd. all of the above

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DE 229 PHOTOGRAPHY

END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2007/2008 (Held in Aug 2008)

B.Sc. ENGINEERING LEVEL 2, JUNE TERM


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