Final Cut Pro Certification Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - 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 options presented are to
upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to allow you to selectively
upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process later.
Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in process? -
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: clip, event or library? - CORRECT
ANSWER The library is the largest media container.
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 backing up camera media files. - 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 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 are available when
importing from a recognized camera card file structure. Otherwise, only the list view is
available in the Browser of the 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 can you use to 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.
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 >
select the Import pane
you are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media Import
option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - CORRECT
ANSWER "From folders"
When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - CORRECT
ANSWER Yes
Which Inspector can you use to add notes to a clip? - CORRECT ANSWER The Info
Inspector
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Describe the three post-production workflow phases. - 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 options presented are to
upgrade all projects and events into one library per volume, to allow you to selectively
upgrade now, or to return to the upgrade process later.
Should you update any post-production software during an editing job in process? -
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: clip, event or library? - CORRECT
ANSWER The library is the largest media container.
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 backing up camera media files. - 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 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 are available when
importing from a recognized camera card file structure. Otherwise, only the list view is
available in the Browser of the 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 can you use to 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.
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 >
select the Import pane
you are about to import source media files grouped into various folders. Which Media Import
option must be selected to replicate the folder structure within an event? - CORRECT
ANSWER "From folders"
When applying keywords to a clip, may keywords be overlapped? - CORRECT
ANSWER Yes
Which Inspector can you use to add notes to a clip? - CORRECT ANSWER The Info
Inspector
