CLA Practice Test On Photography Lighting! Trivia Questions
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- 1.What Is Light?
- A.
Electromagnetic Radiation or Photons
- B.
UV Rays
- C.
A Bulb
- D.
A Dinosaur
- 2.How Is Light Shown?
- A.
Wave Form + Ray
- B.
At A Club
- C.
By Looking At The Sun
- 3.Frequency & Amplitude Are The 2 Things that a light wave shows
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What measurement is visible light? "1 billionth of a _____"
- 5.What do Black surfaces do when a light hits it? "It _____ L___" BLACK:
- 6.What do White surfaces do when light hits it? "It _____ L____ "
- 7.How is light measured? In Degress With the ____ scale
- 8.What is the Kelvin scale based on? HEATING UP OF AN “IDEAL BLACK BODY __________ ” WHICH CHANGES COLOUR TEMPERATURE AS IT HEATS UP. (ANSWER IS UPPERCASE)
- 9.The Fresnal light does what?
- A.
More spot and flood positioning
- B.
Dosnt spot and only floods
- C.
Has to have a scrim on it at all times
- 10.The Open Face Light does what?
- A.
Makes light brighter than the sun
- B.
Dosnt use a RCD
- C.
Have to use it inside only
- D.
Less spot and flood positioning than Fresnel
- 11.Name one manufacturer of portable lights?
- A.
BARRI
- B.
ARRI
- C.
ARRIFLEX
- D.
PANAVISION
- 12.
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Name Three light stands used in the industry?- A.
KID
- B.
BABY
- C.
JUNIOR
- D.
WOMAN
- E.
C-STAND
- F.
HANDSTAND
- G.
MANSTAND
- 13.What are the color temperature values for the following? Standard Candle Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 14.What are the color temperature values for the following? Household lamp Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 15.What are the color temperature values for the following? Tungsten Lamp Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 16.What are the color temperature values for the following? Tungsten-Halogen Lamp Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 17.What are the color temperature values for the following? Flash Bulb Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 18.What are the color temperature values for the following? Carbon Arc Light Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 19.What are the colour temperature values for the following? Midday Sun Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 20.What is the colour temperature for Outdoors? Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 21.What is the colour temperature for Indoors? Answer like this "____" no K or ° needed in answer just the number
- 22.
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What are the positions called in a typical three light setup?- A.
YELLOW
- B.
KEY
- C.
FRONT
- D.
REAR
- E.
FILL
- F.
BACK
- G.
END
- 23.What happens to the light when you add Diffusion? IT LESSONS THE LIGHT _______
- 24.What are the two types of lights we use?
- A.
HMI
- B.
FRESNAL
- C.
SLIDE PROJECTION LIGHT
- D.
OPEN FACE
- 25.What are their uses?
- A.
FRESNAL - More spot and flood positioning, and creates an even beam of light
- B.
FRESNAL - For those hard to reach places and perfect for underwater lighting
- C.
FRESNAL - Less Spot , and creates an uneven beam of light
- D.
OPEN FACE - Makes all edges of a subject halo and thats it
- E.
OPEN FACE - Less spot and flood positioning than Fresnel, and creates a centre hotspot falloff around edges
- F.
OPEN FACE - Creates an even beam of light and is perfect for spotting
- 26.A 2Kilo Watt Fresnel is also avaliable?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 27.How do you set up a C-STAND first?
- A.
RIGHTY TIGHTY LEFTY LOOSEY
- B.
PLACE LARGE LEG UNDER THE WEIGHT
- C.
SET C-STAND ARM RIGHT SIDE UP
- 28.How do you set up a C-STAND second?
- A.
SET C-STAND ARM RIGHT SIDE UP & RIGHTY TIGHTY LEFTY LOOSEY
- B.
PLACE LARGE LEG UNDER THE WEIGHT
- C.
BE AWARE PROTRUDING ARM IS NOT AT EYE LEVEL
- 29.Name the Lighting Spectrum for ROY.G.BIV.
- A.
"Rain,Opal,YAZE,Gun,BEAN,Indigo,Violet"
- B.
“RED,Orange,Yellow.GREEN.BLUE,indigo,violet”
- C.
"ORANGE,red,GREEN,Blue"
- 30.Name the Lighting Spectrum for PRINCIPLE.
- A.
RED, GREEN, BLUE
- B.
GREEN, RED, BLUE
- C.
BLUE, RED , GREEN
- D.
GREEN, BLUE , RED
- 31.What is Additive colour mixing?
- A.
When Red, Green and Blue is used together to create White
- B.
If you mix two primary colors together, you create what is called a secondary color
- C.
Black and white can also not be made by mixing together other colors, but as they aren't used in color mixing to create colors
- 32.What does CRI stand for?
- A.
Colour Reversal Intermediate
- B.
China Radio International
- C.
Colour Rendering Index
- D.
Composers Recordings, Inc.
- E.
Centre Relais Innovation
- F.
Congressional Record Index
- G.
Criterion Referenced Instruction
- 33.What is the position called in a typical three light setup for a KEY light? FOR THE KEY LIGHT!
- A.
MAIN SOURCE OF LIGHT
- B.
BACKLIGHT
- C.
USED FOR FAR LIGHT
- D.
SEPARATES THE SUBJECT FROM THE BACKGROUND
- 34.What is the position called in a typical three light setup for a FILL light? FOR THE FILL LIGHT!
- A.
TO REMOVE ALL CONTRAST FROM THE BACK LIGHT
- B.
TO CONTROL THE CONTAST CREATED BY THE FILL LIGHT ITSELF
- C.
TO CONTROLL THE CONTRAST CREATED BY THE KEY
- 35.What is the position called in a typical three light setup for a BACK light? FOR THE BACK LIGHT!
- A.
SEPERATES ALL THE CONTRAST FROM EVERYTHING
- B.
SEPERATES THE SUBJECT FROM THE BACKGROUND
- 36.What does hard light give?
- A.
FULL ON SHADOWS
- B.
REMOVES ALL LIGHT
- C.
DEFINED SHADOWS, HARSHER LIGHT, LIGHT IS MORE CONTROLABLE
- 37.Select the objectives lighting is used for?
- A.
VISIBILITY
- B.
SETS THE TABLE
- C.
MOOD SWINGS
- D.
SETS THE SOUND
- E.
MOOD
- F.
LIGHTING TREES
- G.
REVEALS CHARACTER
- H.
VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD
- I.
SETS THE SCENE
- 38.MOOD Is a Lighting Objective?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 39.WHAT does DEPTH DO IN A LIGHTING OBJECTIVE?
- A.
CREATES THE FOREGROUND
- B.
CREATES THE SCENE
- C.
CREATES THE BACKGROUND
- D.
CREATES THE SUBJECT
- 40.WHAT DOES RCD STAND FOR?
- A.
Royal Canadian Dragoons
- B.
Radar Correlated Display
- C.
Residual Current Device
- D.
Research Centers Directory
- 41.How do you calculate the Electrical Load?
- A.
AMPS (amount of current) x VOLTS (force driving the current) = WATTS (power)
- B.
VOLTS (force driving the current) x AMPS (amount of current) x = WATTS (power)
- C.
AMPS (amount of current) x WATTS (power) = VOLTS
- 42.What is the amperage of a NZ household circuit?
- A.
30 Amps
- B.
20 Amps
- C.
15 Amps
- D.
40 Amps
- 43.Power cords connected to the Circuit are only rated to 10 Amps
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 44.10 Amps x 240 Volts = 3,400 Watts
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 45.What should you do when replacing a light bulb?
- A.
Always leave it on and plug the light in the whole time
- B.
Put the light bulb in water before replacing
- C.
Always turn off and unplug the light before changing the bulb
- 46.What are the four controls when a light is setup on a stand?
- A.
FRONTDOORS
- B.
BARNDOORS
- C.
PAN
- D.
LEVEL
- E.
TILT
- F.
SPOT + FLOOD
- G.
FLOOD + LEVEL
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