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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor Multimedia Communication (BMMC) , Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia (BA Multimedia) .
| 51. |
Sky appears to be blue because of: |
| A. | radiation of light over dust particles |
| B. | reflection of light over dust particles |
| C. | refraction of light over dust particles |
| D. | scattering of light over dust particles |
| Answer» D. scattering of light over dust particles | |
| 52. |
Candle power is: |
| A. | the luminous flux emitted by the source per unit solid angle |
| B. | the part of the light energy radiated by the sun that is received by earth |
| C. | measured in lux |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. the part of the light energy radiated by the sun that is received by earth | |
| 53. |
An object which appears to be red to the eyes absorbs: |
| A. | blue radiation |
| B. | violet radiation |
| C. | green radiation |
| D. | absorbs all the above radiation |
| Answer» D. absorbs all the above radiation | |
| 54. |
. Which of the following colour has the wavelength between blue and yellow: |
| A. | violet |
| B. | orange |
| C. | red |
| D. | green |
| Answer» D. green | |
| 55. |
Which of the materials is most commonly used for the filaments in the incandescent lamps: |
| A. | tungsten |
| B. | tin |
| C. | silver |
| D. | asbestos |
| Answer» A. tungsten | |
| 56. |
The expected life of an incandescent lamp is about: |
| A. | 100 hours |
| B. | 200 hours |
| C. | 500 hours |
| D. | 1000 hours |
| Answer» D. 1000 hours | |
| 57. |
‘Camera’ is actually a Latin word meaning |
| A. | picture box |
| B. | room |
| C. | light box |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. room | |
| 58. |
The world’s first photographic portrait studio was opened in |
| A. | 1840 |
| B. | 1850 |
| C. | 1860 |
| D. | 1870 |
| Answer» A. 1840 | |
| 59. |
The world’s first all electric photographic studio was opened in |
| A. | 1877 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1887 |
| Answer» A. 1877 | |
| 60. |
Incident light |
| A. | falls on the subject |
| B. | is reflected from the subject |
| C. | backlights the subject |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. falls on the subject | |
| 61. |
Who coined the term ‘photography’? |
| A. | fox talbot |
| B. | nicephore niepce |
| C. | sir john herschel |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. sir john herschel | |
| 62. |
What is a photon? |
| A. | a particle of light energy |
| B. | a measure of light energy |
| C. | a stream of light energy |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. a particle of light energy | |
| 63. |
What type of development process does Kodachrome need? |
| A. | additive |
| B. | subtractive |
| C. | dye replacement |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. subtractive | |
| 64. |
Your print needs 8 seconds at f5.6 (in a diffuser enlarger). You decide to use f11, what is your new exposure? |
| A. | 16 seconds |
| B. | 24 seconds |
| C. | 32 seconds |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. 32 seconds | |
| 65. |
What was Roger Fenton famous for? |
| A. | war photography |
| B. | founding the royal photographic society? |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. both | |
| 66. |
When was the first proper flashbulb invented? |
| A. | 1920 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. 1925 | |
| 67. |
What is a ‘magic lantern’? |
| A. | a slide projector |
| B. | an early enlarger |
| C. | a flashbulb |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. a slide projector | |
| 68. |
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 |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. under exposure and under development | |
| 69. |
What is ‘posterization’? |
| A. | extreme tone separation |
| B. | partial image reversal |
| C. | total image reversal |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. extreme tone separation | |
| 70. |
David Seyour was the founder of which group? |
| A. | f64 |
| B. | societe heliographique |
| C. | magnum |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. magnum | |
| 71. |
Which camera (from around 1984) used solar energy to assist the batteries? |
| A. | nikon fa |
| B. | ricoh xr-s |
| C. | pentax lx |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. ricoh xr-s | |
| 72. |
Your black and white print has mottled tones despite full development. Why? |
| A. | old paper |
| B. | contaminated stop bath |
| C. | exhausted fixer |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. old paper | |
| 73. |
What is ‘chiaroscuro’? |
| A. | a lens aberration |
| B. | a light and shade effect |
| C. | warped negative film |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. a light and shade effect | |
| 74. |
What temperature should colour film be developed at? |
| A. | 95 degrees celsius |
| B. | 100 degrees celsius |
| C. | 105 degrees celsius |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. 100 degrees celsius | |
| 75. |
Daylight colour film is balanced for light at |
| A. | 3200 k |
| B. | 3400 k |
| C. | 5400 k |
| D. | 3000 k |
| Answer» C. 5400 k | |
| 76. |
Circles of confusion are most prominent in |
| A. | mirror lens |
| B. | zoom lens |
| C. | fisheye lens |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. mirror lens | |
| 77. |
Magenta is a combination of |
| A. | red and blue light |
| B. | red and green light |
| C. | blue and green light |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. red and blue light | |
| 78. |
Panchromatic film is sensitive to |
| A. | all light |
| B. | all light bar red |
| C. | all light bar green |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. all light | |
| 79. |
Parallax error is due to |
| A. | your flash mis-timing |
| B. | viewing and taking lenses being separate |
| C. | flaws in ultra wide angle lenses |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. viewing and taking lenses being separate | |
| 80. |
What is the angle of view on a fisheye lens? |
| A. | 180 degrees |
| B. | 225 degrees |
| C. | 270 degrees |
| D. | 290 degrees |
| Answer» A. 180 degrees | |
| 81. |
Focus finders are found in |
| A. | studios |
| B. | darkrooms |
| C. | cameras |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. darkrooms | |
| 82. |
The light source that casts sharp, well define shadows is called ___________________ |
| A. | fill light |
| B. | set light |
| C. | hard light |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 83. |
Rule of thirds is a concept related to _____________________ |
| A. | trimming |
| B. | composition |
| C. | tracking |
| D. | lighting |
| Answer» B. composition | |
| 84. |
MFD stands for ________________ |
| A. | minimum focusing distance |
| B. | maximum focusing |
| C. | distance minimum focusing direction |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. minimum focusing distance | |
| 85. |
Wide angle lens |
| A. | focal length is smaller |
| B. | focal length is longer |
| C. | large size of the lense |
| D. | none of the above aspect ratio |
| Answer» A. focal length is smaller | |
| 86. |
key light |
| A. | principle illuminator |
| B. | back light |
| C. | soft light |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. principle illuminator | |
| 87. |
POV |
| A. | point of view |
| B. | picture of vision |
| C. | photographs of visual |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. point of view | |
| 88. |
An image editing software. |
| A. | pagemaker |
| B. | ms-word |
| C. | photoshop |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. photoshop | |
| 89. |
Which colour mode is used for digital Image |
| A. | cmyk |
| B. | hsb |
| C. | pantone |
| D. | rgb |
| Answer» D. rgb | |
| 90. |
The early photographic process involving an emulsion coated onto a glass plate |
| A. | dry plate |
| B. | silver plate |
| C. | platinum dry plate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. dry plate | |
| 91. |
A photographic process developed by inventor William Henry Fox Talbot in 1853 that allowed him to make multiple copies of a positive image from a single “negative.” |
| A. | stroboscope |
| B. | calotype |
| C. | zoetrop |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. calotype | |
| 92. |
________________ 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 asphaltlike substance |
| A. | texography |
| B. | heliography |
| C. | developing |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. heliography | |
| 93. |
_____________ is a photographic image made without a camera ,generally by contact printing object placed directly on the photographic paper. |
| A. | photogram |
| B. | photo testing |
| C. | photo sketching |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. photogram | |
| 94. |
Edison is considered the father of movie studio. His studio was known as ______________ |
| A. | edison parlour |
| B. | film strip parlour |
| C. | black maria |
| D. | black edison |
| Answer» C. black maria | |
| 95. |
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. point - of – view | |
| 96. |
The light source that casts sharp, well define shadows is called ____________________ |
| A. | key light |
| B. | fill light |
| C. | set light |
| D. | hard light |
| Answer» D. hard light | |
| 97. |
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. | studycam |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. steadicam | |
| 98. |
Rule of thirds |
| A. | rule of composition |
| B. | rule of camera fixing |
| C. | rule of editing |
| D. | rule of art direction |
| Answer» A. rule of composition | |
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