Take-home Quiz #1

ART 170 Name:____________
Spring 2008
Randy Nelson

Quiz #1
Due Wednesday May 14th
10 points

A. Select from the following camera settings for the following questions (3 points):
F2, f2.8, f4, f5.6, f8, f11, f16, f22 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000

Which shutter speed is most likely to freeze motion?
Which shutter speed is most likely to blur motion?
Which shutter speed is the slowest recommended shutter speed to hand-hold a camera with a normal lens?
Which aperture provides for the shallowest depth-of-field?
Which aperture provides for the greatest depth-of-field?
Which of the above settings would be the approximate starting BDE settings for
a film with an ISO rating of 400.

B.. Essay Question Compare and contrast photographic vision and human vision. (4 points)
In other words, what are some differences between how cameras typically see and how humans see?

Multiple Choice (3 points)



1. In modern computers the size of hard drives are stated in gigabytes or GB. One gigabyte equals approximately:
a. One billion bytes of memory.
b. One million bytes of memory.
c. One thousand bytes of memory.
d. One hundred bytes of memory.

2. What are the picture elements (pixels) within a digital image?
a. Small color grain dots.
b. Small square dots.
c. Small lines.
d. Small B&W grain dots.

3. There are basically two types of scanners depending on application, flatbed and?
a. Vertical.
b. Linear.
c. Media.
d. Film.

4. Dpi is a measurement that means?
a. Dots inside.
b. Dots per inch.
c. Dots provided per inch.
d. Don’t Know.


5. Which file format contains the most digital information?
a. JPEG
b. BMP
c. TIFF
d. RAW



6. Vector software is primarily used for?
a. Accounting.
b. Word processing.
c. Computer operations (OS).
d. Art and Illustrations.

7. Raster software is primarily used for?
a. Surfing the web.
b. Digital images.
c. Web site development.
d. Bar charts and graphics.


8. When working in the digital darkroom your most active color mode will be?
a. RGB
b. CMYK
c. Lab color
d. 18% Gray.


9. When working with image filters in the digital darkroom, carefully consider their applications as they can change?
a. Reality.
b. Your color mode.
c. The size of your image.
d. Your file size.


10. When printing a high quality print with an inkjet printer your print would be best at…
a. 72.
b. 100.
c. 200.
d. 300.




11. The dpi of photos used on a web site are usually around?
a. 300 dpi.
b. 200 dpi.
c. 100 dpi.
d. 72 dpi.

12. When sending photos via email you should usually use what file format?
a. TIFF
b. JPEG
c. BMP
d. GIF