Welcome to your comprehensive guide for Camera Control quiz answers! Whether you’re tackling practice quizzes to enhance your camera skills or preparing for graded quizzes to evaluate your knowledge, this guide is here to assist you.
Covering all course modules, this resource will help you master essential camera controls like shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focus, and white balance, empowering you to capture stunning photographs with precision.
Camera Control Quiz Answers for All Modules
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Camera Control Module 01 Quiz Answers
Exposure – Summative Practice Quiz Answers
Q1. Center-weighted metering is often used for portraits
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: Center-weighted metering prioritizes the light measurement from the center of the frame, making it a good choice for portraits where the subject is typically placed in the center.
Q2. Which of the following factors does not contribute to the creation of a “normally” exposed photograph?
Correct Answer: The options chosen for panorama mode
Explanation: Factors like sensor sensitivity, lens aperture, and shutter speed contribute to a “normal” exposure, but panorama mode itself does not affect exposure.
Q3. If the lens is set to f/11, at 1/250th of a sec. and the ISO is 400, changing the ISO to 200 cuts in half the effect of light by making the sensors half as responsive to the light coming in (also decreasing the chance of digital noise).
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: Lowering the ISO cuts the sensor’s sensitivity to light, effectively reducing exposure. It also reduces the chance of digital noise, particularly in darker areas.
Q4. Spot metering measures only a small spot in the center of the frame, not other areas of the scene.
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: Spot metering evaluates only a small, typically center-focused area, ignoring the rest of the scene, which is useful when you want to meter for a specific part of the frame.
Q5. The most common light meter on all digital cameras – cellphone, point-and-shoot, and DSLR cameras is a reflective light meter.
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: Reflective light meters measure the light reflecting off the subject and into the camera. This is the most common type of light meter found in digital cameras.
Q6. Which of these groups of settings are not equivalent?
Correct Answer: f/22, 1/15 sec, ISO 200 AND f/22, 1/30 sec, ISO 400
Explanation: These settings are not equivalent because changing the shutter speed from 1/15 to 1/30 sec. reduces the exposure time by half, while increasing ISO from 200 to 400 compensates for the loss of light. The effect of both changes doesn’t fully cancel out.
Q7. Which of the following is not a Shooting Mode found on most DSLR, Mirrorless, and many Point-and-Shoot Cameras?
Correct Answer: Solo Mode
Explanation: Solo Mode is not a recognized shooting mode on most cameras. Common modes include Manual, Program, Shutter Speed Priority, and Aperture Priority.
Q8. Which one is accurate?
Correct Answer: Meter measures the light intensity in several regions of the scene, and combines the results, according to a method specific to the camera, to determine the “best” result. The number of regions used varies widely, and from camera to camera. Most of the variation in method has to do with how much priority is given to the Auto Focus point, and how many zones are used. Experimentation can help, but it is often difficult to determine exactly how the camera reacts and why to various situations.
Explanation: This explanation is more accurate since different cameras use different metering methods, which may prioritize certain areas or use varying numbers of metering zones, making it hard to predict without experimentation.
Q9. If your settings are f/11, 1/120 sec, and ISO 400, if you cut the ISO in half, lowering it to 200, then to get the equivalent exposure, you can leave the f/11 and change the shutter speed to 1/60 sec.
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: By halving the ISO (cutting sensitivity to light), you can adjust the shutter speed to compensate. In this case, halving the ISO requires doubling the shutter speed (from 1/120 to 1/60 sec.) to maintain the same exposure.
Q10. Which of the following is incorrect?
Correct Answer: The more distance between you and your subject, the less likely that a blurred picture will result at any given shutter speed.
Explanation: Increasing the distance between the subject and the camera reduces the apparent blur, as the subject moves less relative to the frame at the same shutter speed.
Q11. If the lens is set to f/11, at 1/250 sec, ISO 200, then which of the following is false:
Correct Answer: Changing the f-stop to f/8, cuts by half the light coming in (opening twice as large) changing the f-stop to f/11, doubles the light coming in (opening half as large).
Explanation: This statement is incorrect. Lowering the f-stop (e.g., from f/11 to f/8) actually doubles the light entering the camera because the aperture opening is larger, not the other way around.
Q12. There are three factors that contribute to being able to “freeze or stop” the action of a fast moving subject:
- the relative speed and direction of the moving subject
- the distance between the photographer and the subject
- the focal length of the lens
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: These three factors impact the ability to freeze motion effectively. Faster subjects, closer distances, and longer lenses require adjustments to freeze the motion without blur.
Q13. Which statement about reflected light exposure meters is true?
Correct Answer: Reflected light exposure meters assume the scenes values average out to middle gray
Explanation: Reflected light meters assume the scene will average out to middle gray, and adjust exposure accordingly. This is why they may overexpose or underexpose scenes with large amounts of white or black.
Q14. Which of the following is not a metering mode?
Correct Answer: Peripheral
Explanation: Peripheral is not a standard metering mode. Common modes are Center-weighted, Spot, and Evaluative or Matrix.
Q15. Aperture refers to how long the shutter stays open before it closes
Correct Answer: False
Explanation: Aperture refers to the size of the opening in the lens through which light passes, not the duration the shutter stays open (which is shutter speed).
Q16. In Program Mode, the camera chooses either the Aperture setting or the Shutter Speed setting, and the photographer chooses the other
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: In Program Mode, the camera selects the exposure settings for aperture or shutter speed, and the photographer can adjust the other setting.
Q17. Which of the following is not true?
Correct Answer: The direction the subject is moving in relation to the camera is irrelevant to the shutter speed needed to “freeze” motion
Explanation: The direction of the subject’s movement does affect how fast the shutter speed needs to be to freeze the motion. Subjects moving towards or away from the camera require faster shutter speeds than those moving side to side.
Q18. Just as when we set an exposure for the purpose of freezing motion, when we want to create camera blur we must coordinate aperture, shutter speed, and ISO to purposely underexpose tonal values so the effect will be clear.
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: To create camera blur, it’s important to use slow shutter speeds, and adjusting the aperture and ISO accordingly ensures the exposure supports the blur effect without overexposing the image.
Camera Control Module 02 Quiz Answers
Lens Summative Graded Quiz Answers
Q1. If we could insert a longer focal length pupil, our eyes would act like a:
Correct Answer: Telephoto lens compared to our normal vision.
Explanation: A longer focal length would magnify distant objects, much like a telephoto lens does, providing a narrower field of view and more detailed images of distant subjects.
Q2. A wide-angle lens is one that has a:
Correct Answer: Shorter focal length than the normal lens for a given sensor size.
Explanation: Wide-angle lenses have a shorter focal length compared to a normal lens, allowing for a broader field of view, which makes them ideal for capturing large scenes.
Q3. Telephoto lenses are associated with a certain kind of distortion of perspective, known as:
Correct Answer: Compression of space.
Explanation: Telephoto lenses compress the space between objects, making them appear closer together than they are in reality, which is known as compression.
Q4. A zoom lens:
Correct Answer: Can include wide angle, normal, or telephoto focal lengths in its range.
Explanation: A zoom lens is versatile and can cover a range of focal lengths, allowing for both wide-angle and telephoto shots within the same lens.
Q5. A “Prime” lens is:
Correct Answer: A fixed focal length lens.
Explanation: A prime lens has a fixed focal length, meaning it doesn’t zoom in or out. It tends to offer better image quality and is simpler in design compared to zoom lenses.
Q6. At any given focal length, a fixed focal length lens will:
Correct Answer: Generally be noticeably sharper than a zoom lens.
Explanation: Fixed focal length lenses often produce sharper images because they have fewer moving parts and simpler optical designs compared to zoom lenses, which can introduce optical compromises.
Q7. A Fisheye lens is characterized by a: (Note: multiple correct answers)
Correct Answer:
- Field of view of 180 degrees
- A very short focal length
Explanation: A fisheye lens has a very wide angle of view, typically around 180 degrees, and a very short focal length, which causes the distinctive distorted, wide image.
Q8. A Tilt-Shift lens is an essential tool for: (Note: multiple correct answers)
Correct Answer:
- Architectural photography
- Interpretive food photography
Explanation: Tilt-Shift lenses are essential in architectural photography to control perspective and avoid distortion of straight lines. They can also be used creatively in food photography to achieve a selective focus effect.
Q9. The lens filter which severely reduces the total amount of light passing through the lens is a:
Correct Answer: Neutral Density filter.
Explanation: A Neutral Density (ND) filter reduces the amount of light entering the lens, allowing for longer exposures or wider apertures in bright conditions without overexposing the image.
Q10. A device that permits a photographer to use Nikon lenses on Canon cameras is:
Correct Answer: A Lens Adapter.
Explanation: A lens adapter allows lenses from one brand, like Nikon, to be used on cameras from another brand, like Canon, by converting the mount type to be compatible.
Camera Control Module 03 Quiz Answers
Depth of Field Summative Graded Quiz Answers
Q1. Which of the following is not used to refer to the focal length characteristics of a group of lenses?
Correct Answer: Superwide Angle
Explanation: The common terms used to refer to the focal length characteristics of a lens group are “Wide Angle,” “Zoom,” and “Telephoto.” “Superwide Angle” is not a standard classification, though “ultra-wide” is often used for lenses with very short focal lengths.
Q2. Which of the following aperture settings would not be able to create a photograph in which everything in a narrow slice in the foreground is sharply in focus and the rest of the foreground, through the middleground, to the most remote background, is blurry, and full of geometric blur patterns called “bokeh”?
Correct Answer: f/16
Explanation: A smaller aperture (higher f-stop) like f/16 would create a deep depth of field, where everything from the foreground to the background would be in focus. Larger apertures (e.g., f/1.4 or f/2) are typically used to create shallow depth of field and the characteristic “bokeh” blur.
Q3. The farther the subject is from the camera’s lens, the more shallow the depth of field
Correct Answer: False
Explanation: As the subject moves farther from the camera, the depth of field generally increases, meaning more of the scene will be in focus. Shallow depth of field typically occurs when the subject is closer to the lens, particularly with wide apertures.
Q4. The most desirable depth of field is always defined as the condition when the entire image is sharply in focus from the foreground, through the midground, to the background.
Correct Answer: False
Explanation: The most desirable depth of field depends on the creative intent of the photographer. While deep depth of field (sharp focus throughout the scene) may be desirable for some images, a shallow depth of field (blurry background or foreground) may be preferred for others, such as portraits or macro shots.
Q5. The more wide open the lens (small f/stop numbers, i.e., f/1.4), the larger the area of sharp focus in the image (depth of field, DOF)
Correct Answer: False
Explanation: When the lens is wide open (with a small f/stop like f/1.4), the depth of field becomes shallower, meaning only a small portion of the image is in focus while the rest is blurry. A larger f/stop (e.g., f/16) increases the depth of field, making more of the image sharp.
Q6. Which is false?
Correct Answer: The wider the lens, the shallower the depth of field (DOF)
Explanation: This is false. A wider lens (shorter focal length) actually tends to have a deeper depth of field compared to longer focal lengths. It’s longer focal lengths (telephoto lenses) that create a shallower depth of field.
Q7. The distance from the camera to the subject is the focal distance
Correct Answer: False
Explanation: The distance from the camera to the subject is called the “subject distance” or “focusing distance.” Focal distance refers to the distance between the lens’s optical center and its focal point.
Q8. Depth of Field is determined by the aperture setting, the focal distance (distance from camera to subject), and the focal length (and sensor size).
Correct Answer: True
Explanation: Depth of field is influenced by all of these factors: a larger aperture (smaller f-number) leads to a shallower depth of field, closer subjects reduce the depth of field, and longer focal lengths and larger sensors result in a shallower depth of field.
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