FSE 215 - Funeral Home Operations - [Module One] *Caskets*

What type of laminate has layers of wood glued together so that each layer has grains at a right angle to the layer above or below it?

Plywood

Which of these would be the most durable and longlasting ferrous casket?

Stainless Steel

Lignin is primarily seen to-

help hold the material (wood cells) together like glue

Your casket supplier offers two types of stainless steel, namely 300 series and 400 series. You want the better of the two. Which one is better?

300 Series

How does one create the casket metal known as bronze?

By combining copper, tin, and zinc

Most burial recepticals sold by funeral homes in the US today are:

Caskets

The term 'casket' comes from the root word:

Casse

"Anthropomorphic" would be a term that best describes a:

Coffin

Which of these burial recepticals was the oldest? (Historically)

Coffins

In which of these types of copper is a copper shell submerged in a copper ionic solution in order to reinforce the copper shell?

Copper Deposit

What is the term that describes the wood that is derived from a leaf-bearing tree?

Deciduous

What type of wood more closely resembles cardboard in its composition?

Fiberboard

"Extreme Oxidation" would be an applicable term for which casket material?

Iron

What common element or material is shared among all ferrous caskets?

Iron

A Coffin ____ the same article as a casket:

Is not

Client families that purchase wood caskets usually do so because of:

Its warmth, beauty, and craftsmanship

Which of these would be the "ultimate" hardwood?

Mahogany

Which of these is not a softwood?

Maple

Generally speaking, hardwoods are ____ resistant than softwoods.

More

A casket truck has brought your funeral home two caskets, a pecan casket and pine casket, weighing a total of 500 lbs. The first casket you remove from the truck weighs 200 lbs., so you deduct that the casket that is still on the truck is the ____ casket.

Pecan

Which of these is not a hardwood?

Redwood

In which methods of producing copper caskets is the molds of a casket submerged in a copper ionic solution; allowing the creation of a casket within the molds of the casket; later, the mold is broken away, leaving the casket for finishing.

Seamless Copper Deposit

What is the "ultimate" copper casket ever produced?

Seamless Copper Deposit

While looking at a hardwood casket at a visitation, you notice the lines of the grain pattern are not close together. Which means that this casket wood is a:

Softwood

You observe that your deceased mother-in-law's casket has the words "16 gauge" written on the base molding of the foot end of the casket. You immediately draw the conclusion that her casket is made from what material?

Steel

In measuring the thickness of a ferrous casket, the lower the number, the ____ the casket metal.

Thicker

In measuring the thickness of a non-ferrous casket metal, the higher the number, the ____ the casket metal.

Thicker

Judging the differences between the weights of two ferrous metal casket thicknesses, the casket with the higher number represents the casket with the ____metal.

Thinner

How does one make a casket material known as copper?

You can't - it's a natural element

A receptical that is "in the shape of a man" would most likely be:

Wide in the shoulders and more narrow at the head and at the foot

Which of these types of copper is the most common used in casket construction today?

Wrought Copper

If a wood comes a coniferous tree, that tree -

is cone-bearing

What does the term "selected hardwood" actually mean?

The casket is manufactured using different species of wood