Final Cut Pro Certification Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
Define the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro
Import: The process of ingesting and 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 outputting your completed story for various
distribution platforms and formats
Describe the device recommendations for storing source media files.
Media files should be stored on a fast storage device such as a 7200 RPM or
GREATER hard disk or a solid-state disk (SSD)
Describe the volume formatting and access recommendations for a media
storage device.
A media storage volume should be formatted in a supported format like HFS= and
be read and write accessible.
Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event, or library?
Library
Describe possible organisational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events.
,Whatever you choose. IE 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 flexible storage container that can be as all encompassing or as
granularly compartmentalised as your raw media and projects.
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files.
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?
Camera archives can be stored anywhere. To reduce the chance of a single-point
failure taking down an entire editing job, it is best practice to store your camera
archives on a volume physically separate from the media storage volume you use
for editing.
What two views are available in Media Import window, and when are the two
views available?
Filmstrip and list view. Both are available when importing from a recognised
CAMERA CARD file structure; otherwise, only 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 file as a
single thumbnail?
All
,What keyboard shortcuts or modified-skimming keys let you mark MULTIPLE
range selections within a clip?
Command + Shift + I and Command + Shift + O
In the Media Import Option pane, what sets the media files as Managed or
External?
The option
Create new event in:
"Lifted" library
Event Name: ______________
or
Files
Copy to Library
Leave files in Place
The option
files
Copy to Library
Leave files in place
, With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transcodes
imported media to the ___________ codec.
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?
In the menu bar at the top
Final Cut Pro > Preferences
and then select 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?
From folders
When applying Keywords to a clip, can keywords be overlapped?
Yes
Which Inspector lets you add notes to a clip?
Info Inspector
Correct Answers
Define the three post-production workflow phases in Final Cut Pro
Import: The process of ingesting and 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 outputting your completed story for various
distribution platforms and formats
Describe the device recommendations for storing source media files.
Media files should be stored on a fast storage device such as a 7200 RPM or
GREATER hard disk or a solid-state disk (SSD)
Describe the volume formatting and access recommendations for a media
storage device.
A media storage volume should be formatted in a supported format like HFS= and
be read and write accessible.
Which of these three is the largest container: clip, event, or library?
Library
Describe possible organisational criteria for sorting clips and projects into events.
,Whatever you choose. IE 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 flexible storage container that can be as all encompassing or as
granularly compartmentalised as your raw media and projects.
Name and describe the built-in command for backing up camera media files.
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?
Camera archives can be stored anywhere. To reduce the chance of a single-point
failure taking down an entire editing job, it is best practice to store your camera
archives on a volume physically separate from the media storage volume you use
for editing.
What two views are available in Media Import window, and when are the two
views available?
Filmstrip and list view. Both are available when importing from a recognised
CAMERA CARD file structure; otherwise, only 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 file as a
single thumbnail?
All
,What keyboard shortcuts or modified-skimming keys let you mark MULTIPLE
range selections within a clip?
Command + Shift + I and Command + Shift + O
In the Media Import Option pane, what sets the media files as Managed or
External?
The option
Create new event in:
"Lifted" library
Event Name: ______________
or
Files
Copy to Library
Leave files in Place
The option
files
Copy to Library
Leave files in place
, With the "Create optimized media" option selected, Final Cut Pro X transcodes
imported media to the ___________ codec.
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?
In the menu bar at the top
Final Cut Pro > Preferences
and then select 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?
From folders
When applying Keywords to a clip, can keywords be overlapped?
Yes
Which Inspector lets you add notes to a clip?
Info Inspector
