Final Cut Pro X Certification Review Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro. - CORRECT
ANSWER Import: The ingest process of storing your story's source media files and
organizing the clips that represent those source files. Edit: The creative process of
assembling, trimming, and effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of
distributing your completed story to various platforms.
What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to
Final Cut Pro X 10.1 or later? - CORRECT ANSWER The available options are to
upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to selectively upgrade now, or to
return to the upgrade process at a later time.
Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in progress? -
CORRECT ANSWER A common practice in the post-production industry is to not
update software, and in some cases hardware, while working on an editing job.
Which of these three is the largest container? - CORRECT ANSWER The library is the
largest of the media containers.
Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. -
CORRECT ANSWER The criteria are whatever you choose: a scene of a film, a
segment of a news-magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card,
all versions of the projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as
all-encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and projects.
Name and describe the built-in command for sorting clips and projects into events. -
CORRECT ANSWER The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source
media device, preserving the folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
Where should you store camera archives? - CORRECT ANSWER You may store
camera archives anywhere; however, to reduce the chance of a single-point failure taking
, down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume physically separate from
the media storage volume you use for editing.
What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views
available? - CORRECT ANSWER Filmstrip and list view. The two views are available
when importing from a recognized camera card file structure; otherwise, only the list view is
available in the Browser of the Media Import window.
What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single
thumbnail? - CORRECT ANSWER All. The setting defines the time length represented
by each thumbnail of the clip.
What keyboard shortcuts or modified-skimming keys let you mark multiple range selections
within a clip? - CORRECT ANSWER The keyboard shortcuts are Command-Shift-I
and Command-Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks
additional ranges.
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or
external?
---- - CORRECT ANSWER In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two
sections set media files as managed or external?
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or
external?
A. - CORRECT ANSWER
Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X
transcodes imported media to the _____ codec. - CORRECT ANSWER Apple ProRes
422
When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
copy) the files into the library? - CORRECT ANSWER Final Cut Pro > Preferences
and select the Import pane.
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro. - CORRECT
ANSWER Import: The ingest process of storing your story's source media files and
organizing the clips that represent those source files. Edit: The creative process of
assembling, trimming, and effecting clips to tell a story. Share: The export process of
distributing your completed story to various platforms.
What options are available when Final Cut Pro asks to update your projects and events to
Final Cut Pro X 10.1 or later? - CORRECT ANSWER The available options are to
upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to selectively upgrade now, or to
return to the upgrade process at a later time.
Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in progress? -
CORRECT ANSWER A common practice in the post-production industry is to not
update software, and in some cases hardware, while working on an editing job.
Which of these three is the largest container? - CORRECT ANSWER The library is the
largest of the media containers.
Describe possible organizational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events. -
CORRECT ANSWER The criteria are whatever you choose: a scene of a film, a
segment of a news-magazine show, a webisode, stock footage, raw media from an SD card,
all versions of the projects, and so on. An event is a flexible storage container that can be as
all-encompassing or as granularly compartmentalized as your raw media and projects.
Name and describe the built-in command for sorting clips and projects into events. -
CORRECT ANSWER The Create Archive command creates a clone of your source
media device, preserving the folder structure and metadata along with the source media files.
Where should you store camera archives? - CORRECT ANSWER You may store
camera archives anywhere; however, to reduce the chance of a single-point failure taking
, down an entire editing job, store your camera archives on a volume physically separate from
the media storage volume you use for editing.
What two views are available in the Media Import window, and when are the two views
available? - CORRECT ANSWER Filmstrip and list view. The two views are available
when importing from a recognized camera card file structure; otherwise, only the list view is
available in the Browser of the Media Import window.
What setting on the Zoom slider in filmstrip view allows you to see each clip as a single
thumbnail? - CORRECT ANSWER All. The setting defines the time length represented
by each thumbnail of the clip.
What keyboard shortcuts or modified-skimming keys let you mark multiple range selections
within a clip? - CORRECT ANSWER The keyboard shortcuts are Command-Shift-I
and Command-Shift-O. Holding down Command while skimming a clip also marks
additional ranges.
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or
external?
---- - CORRECT ANSWER In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two
sections set media files as managed or external?
In the Media Import Options pane, which of these two sections set media files as managed or
external?
A. - CORRECT ANSWER
Fill in the blank: With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X
transcodes imported media to the _____ codec. - CORRECT ANSWER Apple ProRes
422
When dragging files from the Finder to an event, where do you set the option to copy (or not
copy) the files into the library? - CORRECT ANSWER Final Cut Pro > Preferences
and select the Import pane.
