FINAL CUT PRO CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - ans-
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Import: The ingest process of storing your story's source media files and organizing the clip
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s that represent those source files. Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and
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effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story
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to various platforms.
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What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to Fi
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nal Cut Pro x 10.1 or later? - ans-
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The options presented are to upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to
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allow you to selectively upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process later.
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Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in process? - ans-
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A common practice in the post-
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production industry is to not update software, and in some cases hardware, while working o
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n an editing job.
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Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event or library? - ans-
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The library is the largest media container.
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Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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The criteria are whatever you choose; a scene of a film, a segment of a news-
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magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all versions of the
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projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as all-
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encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and projects. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files. - ans-
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The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the
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folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
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Where should you store camera archives? - ans-
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You may store camera archives anywhere. However, to reduce the chance of a single-
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point failure taking down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume phys
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ically separate from the volume you use for editing.
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What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views avail
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able? - ans- xz xzxz
Filmstrip and list view are available when importing from a recognized camera card file stru
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, cture. Otherwise, only the list view is available in the Browser of the the Media Import windo
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w.
What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single thum
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bnail? - ans- xz xzxz
All. The setting defines the time length represented by each thumbnail of the clip.
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What keyboard shortcuts or modified skimming keys can you use to mark multiple range sel
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ections within a clip? - ans-The keyboard shortcuts are Command+Shift+I and Command-
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Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional ranges.
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Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro x transco
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des imported media to the _________ codec. - ans-Apple ProRes 422
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When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
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copy) the files into the library? - ans-Final Cut Pro > Preferences > select the Import pane
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you are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media Impor
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t option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? -
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ans-"From folders"
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When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - ans-Yes
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Which Inspector can you use to add notes to a clip? - ans-The Info Inspector
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All clips start with which rating assigned? - ans-Unrated
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What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? -
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ans-Hide Rejected
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You're trying to find a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - ans-
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In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-
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up menu, choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field.
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What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of keywords? - ans-
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Keyword combinations are searchable only by clicking the magnifying glass in the search fi
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eld and using the Keywords criteria rule in the Filter HUD.
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How do you edit the criteria rules for an exisiting Smart Collection? - ans-
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In the Libraries pane, double-click the Smart Collection.
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At what point in the workflow may a clip be assigned a role? - ans-
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Clips may be assigned a role at any time in the workflow. However, roles assigned to clips s
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hortly after import are carried with the clip throughout the editing workflow.
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - ans-
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Import: The ingest process of storing your story's source media files and organizing the clip
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
s that represent those source files. Edit: The creative process of assembling, trimming, and
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effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of distributing your completed story
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to various platforms.
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What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to Fi
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nal Cut Pro x 10.1 or later? - ans-
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The options presented are to upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to
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allow you to selectively upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process later.
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Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in process? - ans-
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A common practice in the post-
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production industry is to not update software, and in some cases hardware, while working o
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n an editing job.
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Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event or library? - ans-
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The library is the largest media container.
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Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. - ans-
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The criteria are whatever you choose; a scene of a film, a segment of a news-
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card, all versions of the
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as all-
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encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and projects. xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files. - ans-
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The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source media device, preserving the
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folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
Where should you store camera archives? - ans-
xz xz xz xz xz xz xzxz
You may store camera archives anywhere. However, to reduce the chance of a single-
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point failure taking down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume phys
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ically separate from the volume you use for editing.
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What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views avail
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able? - ans- xz xzxz
Filmstrip and list view are available when importing from a recognized camera card file stru
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
, cture. Otherwise, only the list view is available in the Browser of the the Media Import windo
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w.
What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single thum
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
bnail? - ans- xz xzxz
All. The setting defines the time length represented by each thumbnail of the clip.
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What keyboard shortcuts or modified skimming keys can you use to mark multiple range sel
xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz xz
ections within a clip? - ans-The keyboard shortcuts are Command+Shift+I and Command-
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Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks additional ranges.
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Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro x transco
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des imported media to the _________ codec. - ans-Apple ProRes 422
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When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
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copy) the files into the library? - ans-Final Cut Pro > Preferences > select the Import pane
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you are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media Impor
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t option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? -
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ans-"From folders"
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When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - ans-Yes
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Which Inspector can you use to add notes to a clip? - ans-The Info Inspector
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All clips start with which rating assigned? - ans-Unrated
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What default filter setting prevents Rejected clip ranges from appearing in the Browser? -
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ans-Hide Rejected
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You're trying to find a clip you imported into the library. How can you locate it? - ans-
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In the Libraries pane, select the Library. From the Filter pop-
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up menu, choose All Clips. Clear the Browser's search field.
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What procedure is necessary to search an event using a combination of keywords? - ans-
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Keyword combinations are searchable only by clicking the magnifying glass in the search fi
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eld and using the Keywords criteria rule in the Filter HUD.
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How do you edit the criteria rules for an exisiting Smart Collection? - ans-
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In the Libraries pane, double-click the Smart Collection.
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At what point in the workflow may a clip be assigned a role? - ans-
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Clips may be assigned a role at any time in the workflow. However, roles assigned to clips s
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hortly after import are carried with the clip throughout the editing workflow.
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