Basic Photography Quiz

Who coined the term’ photography’?
(a) Fox Talbot
(b) NicephoreNiepce
(c) Sir John Herschel

Answer. (c)

The world’s first photographic portrait studio was opened in
(a) 1840
(b) 1850
(c) 1860
(d) 1870

Answer. (a)

Backlighting:
(a) Light from the foreground
(b) Light behind the camera
(c) Light behind the object

Answer. (c)

The world’s first all-electric photographic studio was opened in
(a) 1877
(b) 1897
(c) 1917
(d) 1887

Answer. (a)

Composition
(a) Arrangements of camera parts
(b) Pleasing arrangements of elements
(c) Focusing

Answer. (a)

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A camera mounting that straps the camera to the body of the operator to keep the recorded image reasonably steady is known as ______
(a) Steadicam
(b) Sturdycam
(c) study cam

Answer. (a)

What is a ‘magic lantern’?
(a) a slide projector
(b) an early enlarger
(c) a flashbulb

Answer. (a)

The Kodak Camera was invented by ____
(a) George Eastman
(b) Edison
(c) Lumiere Brothers

Answer. (a)

___ photography has been defined as taking photographs to provide a record of social and political situations to convey information.
(a) Documentary
(b) Wildlife
(c) Travel
(d) Sports

Answer. (a)

Candid pictures
(a) Posed picture
(b) Unposed picture
(c) Group photo

Answer. (b)

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Your negative is very weak, with very little shadow detail. Why?
(a) Under-exposure and under development
(b) Under-exposure and over-development
(c) Over-exposure and over-development

Answer. (a)

Long-distance Photography is facilitated by _______
(a) Visible light
(b) X-rays
(c) Infra-red rays
(d) Ultraviolet rays

Answer. (c)

Capturing
(a) Focusing
(b) cloning
(c) Exposing
(d) making image sharper

Answer. (c)

The first shot is a man looking up. The second shot is a low-angle shot of a high-rise apartment. The second shot is a _____shot
(a) long shot
(b) mid – shot
(c) extreme long shot
(d) Point-of-view

Answer. (d)

When was the first-ever color photograph taken?
(a) 1861
(b) 1881
(c) 1901
(d) 1900

Answer. (a)

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The term “photography” was first used by _____ in 1839.
(a) Sir John Herscel
(b) Tim Donald
(c) Fox Talbot
(d) Thomas Alwa Edison

Answer. (a)

Lenses are usually coated with
(a) magnesium fluoride
(b) sodium fluoride
(c) zinc fluorite

Answer. (a)

A Digital Image is made up of thousands of
(a) Pixels
(b) Bitmap
(c) Resolution
(d) Vector Images

Answer. (a)

POV
(a) Point of View
(b) Picture of vision
(c) Photographs of visual

Answer. (a)

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‘Camera’ is a Latin word meaning
(a) picture box
(b) room
(c) lightbox

Answer. (b)

____ is a process developed by French physicist Joseph Niepce in 1816 that produced a positive copy of an engraving by exposing a glass plate coated with an asphalt-like substance
(a) Texography
(b) heliography
(c) developing

Answer. (b)

Edison’s studio was known as ___
(a) Edison Parlour
(b) Film strip parlor
(c) Black Maria
(d) Black Edison

Answer. (c)

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