Funeral Director Arts Exam

Which of the FTC required packages should be the lowest fee on any funeral home's GPL?

Receiving Remains from Another Funeral Home

Which funeral home document required by the FTC contains just three mandatory disclosures. These disclosures state that the client family will only be charged for the items that they selected, that embalming is not required by law and is not necessary for all types of services, and that if you take rebates or discounts on cash advance items that you charge for your services in obtaining those items.

Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected

Which of these documents is the place where the funeral director explains why merchandise such as a vault or services such as embalming are included in this funeral purchase?

Statement of Goods and Services Selected

One who loves cemeteries and funerals.

Taphophile

Which of the following is a document signed by a person who wants to create a "Do Not Resuscitate" order in case they are brain dead and unable to give any direction at the time to avoid extraordinary life saving measures.

The Living Will

Corrugated fiberboard is a material used in casket shell construction that is classified as

a wood by-product

A proportional reduction of a legacy when the funds or assets out of which such legacy are payable are not sufficient to pay it in full is

abatement

The extinction or withdrawal of a legacy by an act equivalent to revocation is called

ademption

A holy picture in the Eastern Orthodox church is called a(n):

an icon

A permanent order, issued by a court, forbidding activities which would be detrimental to others is

an injunction

The second stage of anticipatory grief according to Kubler-ross is:

anger

Any refractory construction intended to change direction of flow or velocity of the products of combustion:

baffle

That portion of the casket hardware which is grasped by the casket bearers when carrying the casket is called the:

bar

An alloy of copper and tin is called:

bronze

A memorial to a single person but more commonly for a group of people who have died, but whose bodies are not present is classified as a ___.

cenotaph

The damages awarded an injured party in a contract in which the injured party is entitled to compensation for the exact amount of the loss are called

compensatory damages

Another common name for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome would be

crib death

Laws within the Penal Code that are violated are examples of

criminal law

The election to void a contract is called

disaffirmation

The right a minor has to avoid a contract is termed

disaffirmation

A component of the casket handle is the

ear or lug

A personal representative of the decendent appointed in the will to carry out the provisions of the will is called

executor

Obtaining cash before payments are received from customers by selling off one's accounts receivable to a third party:

factoring

A strip of metal, plastic or cloth attached to the inside of the casket panel which covers the point where the roll is anchored is the

gimp

A common pattern of symptoms experienced by those who have lost relatives or friends through death is known as

grief

A solid surface in a cremation retort upon which the body is placed is called:

hearth

A symbol of grief that is a tear in the upper corner of the garment or a symbolic ribbon worn by the survivors is known as ________ in the Jewish faith:

kriah

An adjustment process that involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following a loss or death of someone loved:

mourning

Establishing a rapport with the client, appraising the client's problems, and accepting the client's attitudes and feelings are factors specifically associated with which style of counseling?

non-directive

The substitution of a new party in a contract for the original party who is to perform the contract is called?

novation

Which of the following is not a member of a profession allied to the funeral profession?

nurse

The thickness of a non-ferrous metal casket is expressed in terms of:

ounces per square foot

The wedge shaped portion of the cap of a casket at each end of the crown is the

pie

An exterior casket finish created when the base metal is coated by another metal via an electrolytic process is

plated

In most states with cremation laws, the __________ is responsible for the crematory complying with the laws, rules and regulations of that state.

responsible cremationist

A Roman Catholic sacrament given to those seriously ill or in danger of dying, to prepare their souls for eternity is the:

sacrament of the sick

Which of the following is an example of a grave liner?

sectional box

The law whose purpose is to compensate the aggrieved, not to punish the wrongdoer is

tort law

The funeral director is required by the Funeral Rule to retain all price lists for a ____________ period from the date the price lists were last distributed.

1 year

For each extra X in width, the interior of a wooden casket increases by:

2 inches

Select the statement(s) regarding OSHA recording requirements which is/are incorrect. 1- If your business changes ownership, you must transfer the records to the new owner. 2- If your business changes ownership, you are still responsible for recording at the establishments. 3- All employees must be given access to the OSHA 300 and 300 A logs. 4- Employees must be given access to their own medical records and 301 incident report. 5- The OSHA illness and injury reporting forms must be retained for 5 years following the end of the calendar year that these records cover.

2 only.

How many holes must be drilled into a casket to prepare it for burial at sea?

20 holes, 2 inch diameter

The ideal number of caskets to display in a selection room is:

22

Most infant caskets increase in length in increments of

6 inches

A funeral rite specifically designed to meet the needs and wishes of the family:

Adaptive funeral rites

The Hebrew word which translates as "container" is Container, in Hebrew

Aron

Masselin is used in casket construction as a:

Backing material

The primary reason behind the selection of a particular casket is said to be its

Beauty and Finish

A management function which compares organizational and individual performance with predetermined standards or expected results:

Both Evaluating and Controlling

Which of these are in the design of a retort

Both breech and flue are correct

The quantity of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit while water is in the liquid state:

British Thermal Unit (BTU)

Source of market data that explains where certain businesses are located:

Census of Business

Source of market data that explains where certain manufacturers are located:

Census of Manufacturing

The "Reader" is the officiant of the:

Christian Science funeral rite

Patterns identifiable in nearly all cultures worldwide are called :

Cultural Universals

Abstract patterns of and for living and dying are known as:

Culture

Often abbreviated- EOQ:

Economic Order Quantity

The term which refers to an Orthodox Jewish Memorial service or closing prayer of a funeral is ___.

El Malei Rachamin

Outlaws discriminatory practices in pay:

Fair Labor Standards Act

If the family of a military veteran wants to order an upright head stone for his grave at Mountain View Cemetery, what form must the funeral director and family complete.

Form 40-1330

Veterans Administration Application for Headstone or Marker is:

Form 40-1330

A funeral devoid of religious connotation:

Humanistic funeral

Leader of the local congregation, in Islam

Imam

The loss of craftsmanship is a result of

Industrialization

The prie dieu in the Roman Catholic church

Is a kneeling bench or rail

During the performance of any maintenance on the retort, OSHA __________ procedures should be strictly followed to the letter or the rule.

LOTO (lock-out,tag-out)

A single receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains is called ___.

Ossuary

OPIM:

Other potentially infectious materials

Mr. Greenjeans makes a will which states that his estate will be divided equally only among the children who are alive when he dies. This type of distribution is called ___.

Per capita

Generally State or Country owned and operated cemetery for the burial of the indigent or unclaimed is called:

Potter's Field

The air supply introduced under pressure directly into or adjacent to the fuel bed in a crematory retort is called ___.

Primary Air

Which hazard is represented by the Exploding Bomb pictogram?

The product is capable of rapidly expanding and damaging surroundings.

_____________ is the mixing of gases in the cremator's exhaust flow.

Turbulence

In the Jewish faith, the One Year anniversary of the death?

Yizkor

A person receiving a gift of real estate in a will is

a devisee

Caskets prepared for burial at sea must have:

a total of 20, 2 inch holes drilled in them

Often called a "reward contract" this type of contract promises to pay when an act is completed. There is no negotiation between parties, the execution is the acceptance.

a unilateral contract

Which of the following is a "Task of Mourning" according to Worden?

adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

A/an _________ family would include a son and his family.

an extended family

A procedure that shows separately the price of the services to be rendered and the price of the casket is

bi-unit pricing

The doctrine of stare decisis is concerned with

case law

Another term for a funeral procession is a:

cortege

None of the 16 items required by the rule to be separately itemized on the GPL can be listed as "free" or "no charge". Items not required by the rule can be listed as:

free

Velvet is a type of casket

lining material

An example of casket hardware is:

lug

The part of the handle which is attached to the casket is the:

lug

Which of the following is lining material that is used in casket construction? It backs up or supports the visible interior fabric.

masselin

Vaults are

measured by inside dimensions

A type of exterior covering used on a cloth covered wood casket?

moleskin

The modern American family is considered to be

nuclear

Which of the following would NOT be provided for a deceased Catholic's rosary service?

prayer shawl

What information should the person who releases a body from an institution request from the person representing the funeral home before allowing the removal to proceed?

proper identification

Which of the following is not a hardwood used in casket construction?

redwood

Sacred beliefs reflected in the daily conduct of an individual are part of

religion

Courts that have exclusive jurisdiction of bankruptcy matters, claims against the United States, and patent and copyright cases are defined as

special federal courts

The main purpose of grave liners is to provide

support from the earth load

Which of these casket descriptors does NOT have to be included for each casket on the Casket Price List?

the casket manufacturer name

Testate

the condition of leaving a will at death

The preferred location of the selection room for accessibility and reinforcing the importance of the casket to the funeral is:

the main level of the funeral home

A style of casket interior created by placing a padding material between a lining material and a backing material, with subsequent stitches taken, forming small depressed pockets defines a

tufted interior