If you plan on using the companion website to test how much you learn each chapter, please be aware that there are some “issues” with a few of the questions. I recently used Photography, 8th Edition as a study guide for earning my certification. I found the Companion Website to be invaluable (http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_london_photo_8) for testing my comprehension; however, there were some problems with the online quizzes. Some of the questions mark the correct response as incorrect – this was frustrating at first, before I realized there were issues with the quizzes rather than some problem on my part. I’ve enclosed a list of questions that I found with errors; hopefully this will be used to make the learning experience easier for others studying this text.
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Ch. |
Quiz |
# |
Description | Answer/Explanation |
Pg. |
|
1 |
T/F |
12 |
It is suggested to begin photographing with your subjects against a very brightly lit background | FALSE – you are most likely to get a good exposure if you photograph an evenly lit scene. |
9 |
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3 |
MC |
7 |
Modern focal lengths are usually measured in: | Millimeters |
64 |
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3 |
MC |
8 |
A general rule of thumb when starting to buy lenses is to buy those that are in increments of: | Two times the focal length |
64 |
|
3 |
MC |
9 |
Most lenses are sharpest at an aperture closed down: | one or two f-stops from the widest — this is enough to minimize aberrations but not enough to cause noticeable diffraction |
65 |
|
3 |
Fill in the Blanks |
9 |
A long-focal-length lens used far from a subject produces _____ effect | Telephoto |
63 |
|
3 |
T/F |
2 |
Provided that the subject remains at the same distance from othe lens, the image ormed by a 50mm lens will be half the size of that formed by a 25mm lens | TRUE |
42 |
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6 |
MC |
8 |
Which of the following statements is generally false? ** A thin negative will make for short printing time. ** A thin negative will have more density in the shadows. ** A thin negative will have low contrast overall. ** A thin negative will be grainier than a dense one. | The statement “A thin negative will have a low contrast overall” is generally false |
127 |
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7 |
MC |
1 |
The grade of paper that will produce a print with the greatest contrast is: | Grade 5 — graded papers are available ranging from grade 0 to grade 5 –in this answer, since 1, 6, 10, and 4 were the choices, grade 4 would be the “best” answer as it is more high contrast than grade 1 |
137 |
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10 |
MC |
12 |
Dynamic range a scanner is capable of producing should be at least: | 3.5 |
206 |
So, there you have it 
— hours of frustration saved!
Betsy is a Michigan-based 
[...] I haven’t taken these quizzes myself, so I don’t know if there are any errors in them. Do recall, though, that I did find a few inaccuracies in the Photography 8th edition companion website quizzes. [...]