FSE 2060 Brown Midterm

A man that has paid $14,000 to Social Security has passed away, if there is no surviving spouse or children, what is the benefit?

$0

If a decedent has a 32 year old daughter and has contributed to Social Security, what is the benefit?

$0

What is the veteran burial allowance for service connected death?

$2000

What is the death benefit paid from Social Security to certain survivors

$255

Another name of a funeral coach

- Casket coach - Hearse

An example of a cash advance item

- Death certificates -flowers

What are the basic services of the funeral director and staff

- arrangement conference - sheltering the remains - obtaining permits

What must the casket price list require

- title of the form - funeral home - effective date

What are some different names for the entranceway of a funeral home

-Lobby -Vestibule -Foyer

Types of dispositions

-Removal to medical science - Earth burial - entombment - Direct cremation

What are limited service calls

-ship in -ship out -trade embalming for another funeral home

How long does the family have to file an application for a social security lump sum death benefit

2 years from the date of death

Cards of thanks and recognition sent to friends for kindness shown to a deceased family

Acknowledgment cards

One who actively bears or carries the casket during the funeral service and at the committal service

Active Casketbearer (pallbearer)

Visit or call made to the surviving family of the deceased after services have been completed

Aftercare

An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains. Made of fiberboard, pressed-wood, composition materials or like materials

Alternative container

Meeting between the funeral director and clients during which funeral arrangements are discussed

Arrangement conference

A printed form the funeral home uses specifically for the funeral director and the family to make funeral and financial arrangements

Arrangement form

Imitation grass made in mat form and used at the cemetery used to cover the earth around the grave

Artificial grass

Where should pallbearers stand for the interment at the committal service?

At the foot of the casket

Where is a committal service held?

At the grave site. Can also be held at the cemetery chapel, then the family may be permitted to go to the grave site for interment

Where should the clergy stand for the interment at the committal service

At the head of the casket

When are at need arrangements made?

At the time of death

A list of automobiles used in the cortege showing the names of the occupants and position in the cortege

Automobile list

What is the only non declinable fee

Basic services of funeral director and staff

The person to whom the proceeds of a life insurance policy are payable; a person for whose benefit property is held in trust; a person given property by a will

Beneficiary

A more permanent device that a casket is set on for a visitation or viewing in the funeral home

Bier

A spray of flowers worn in a buttonhole sometimes worn by the casket bearers

Boutonniere

Any religious ceremony conducted for the deceased

Burial rites

The legal document issued by the proper government agency authorizing transportation and/or disposition of human remains.

Burial transit permit

Any item obtained from a third party and paid for by the funeral provider on the purchaser's behalf

Cash advance

A floral arrangement placed on the casket

Casket piece

A device on which caskets are placed in order to stack the caskets for display purposes

Casket rack

A room (in a funeral home) in which caskets are put on display for consumers

Casket selection room

A historic term, a device that is very similar in nature to a bier; a device used to support a casket

Catafalque

Washington Monument is an example of a monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere

Cenotaph

A designated area of a building where services are conducted

Chapel

A portable device that folds and unfolds that a casket is set on for visitation or viewing in the funeral home

Church truck

Portion of the funeral which is conducted at the place of final disposition

Committal service

What is another name for a funeral procession

Cortege

Portable device, can collapse into a transfer vehicle and be used by one person to transfer remains

Cot

A classified notice publicizing the death of a person, listing survivors and giving those details of the funeral service that the survivors wish to have published.

Death notice

Encourages using the deceased's name during ceremonies and believes that it is acceptable to review the circumstances of death (at the ceremony) even if they are traumatic

Dr. Alan Wolfelt views of memorialization

Why do memorial parks have ground level monuments

Easier to care for the grounds

An agency created by the federal government to promote free and fair competition by preventing trade restraints price fixing, false advertising, and other unfair methods of competition

Federal trade commission

A funeral vehicle used to carry a coffin/casket/urn from a church or funeral home to a cemetery

Funeral coach

A complete price list provided in the funeral home on which forms

GPL

A printed and typed list of goods and services offered for sale by funeral providers with retail prices

GPL

Considered the keystone of the Funeral Rule

GPL

Where is the telephone number required?

GPL

What documents will be given to the family to keep for retention

GPL and statement of goods and services

What vaccination is provided for employees exposed to bloodborne pathogens? This vaccination may be declined and choose to receive it later at no coast

Hepatitis B

Money paid to the officiant for service performed

Honorarium

Disposition of human remains by burial, without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present, except for a graveside service

Immediate burial

When, according to the FTC, is embalming authorization implied?

It is never implied

If a veteran passes without a survivor, what happens to the burial flag?

It is returned to the place of issuance

A pamphlet made available at the funeral service giving details about the deceased and the funeral arrangements which can be retained

Memorial folder

Service conducted without the body present

Memorial service

The entranceway of a Christian church leading to the nave (main, central and principal part) of the church

Narthex

A military cemetery containing the graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses, but not exclusively so.

National cemetery

A recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains

Niche

Is a lowering device necessary for cremated remains?

No

Is the casket price required on the GPL

No

A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established customs.

Non-traditional funeral rites

An announcement of death that has a biographical sketch of the person's life, listing occupation, organizations, and notable information, sometimes with a photograph.

Obituary

One who conducts a religious service or ceremony

Officiant

Any container designed for placement in the grave around the casket including containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, and grave liners

Outer burial container

Use of a single dollar amount to identify the charge for a group or bundle of goods and/or services

Package pricing

What is the primary purpose of artificial grass in a cemetery

Physiological and emotional health

A group of grave spaces, usually purchased under the same property deed

Plot

A funeral rite which may be construed as being identifiable with a pre-literate society

Primitive funeral rite

When should the GPL given to the family

Prior to any discussion of any prices

When should the application for a burial flag be filed?

Prior to the burial

The movement of vehicles from the place of the funeral to the place of disposition

Procession

The movement, in an orderly fashion, at the end of a service

Recession

A book signed by those attending a visitation / service

Register book

To lay in state

Repose

A room used for the viewing of the deceased by mourners

Reposing room

Burning chamber used for cremation

Retort

Receiving remains from another funeral home

Ship In

Forwarding remains to another funeral home

Ship out

The itemized written statement provided for retention to each person who arranges a funeral or other disposition, that includes the goods and services selected and prices paid for each, itemization of cash advance items and the total cost

Statement of goods and services

A man passes away without a living spouse. He contributed to Social Security and has a 13 year old son, who gets the benefit?

The son would receive a benefit of $255

What is the veteran plot allowance if they are buried in a national cemetery?

There is no plot allowance

What is unique about memorial parks

They have ground level monuments

Application form for a burial flag used for a veteran

VA 27-2008

The government form used to apply for a headstone

VA 40-1330

Formally kept on the night before a religious event or occasion

Vigil

When must the application for veteran benefits be applied?

Within 2 years from the date of burial

Rigid container designed for encasement of human remains, it is usually constructed of wood, metal, or fiberglass. Ornamented and lined with fabric

casket

Printed or typed list of the caskets and alternative containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider. Must include retain price and enough descriptive information to enable consumers to identify the merchandise

casket price list

Disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the deceased present

direct cremation

Goods and services that are sold or offered for sale directly to the public for use in connection to funeral services

funeral goods and services

What is the method of price quotation where each unit of service and/or merchandise is priced separately

itemization

Funeral rites, or funeral ceremonies

obsequies

How long must the GPL be retained

one year after the date it was in use

An introductory piece of music to a funeral service

prelude

Two poles with canvas used for carrying an injured or deceased person that requires two people

stretcher

What is memorial service classified as

types of service

Designed to prevent seepage of water and soil into the grave space

vault