Cremation and cemetery

The quantity of heat required to rise one pound of water one degree fahrenheit while water is in the liquid state

British Thermal Unit (BTU)

In the ideal cremation process, the only compounds exiting the stack are

CO2 & H2O

A structure, room or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains?

Columbarium

During the performance of any maintenance on the retort, OSHA _________ procedures should be strictly followed

LOTO, (lock out, tag out)

Due diligence when using an off site crematory requires the crematory agrees to allow

Licensed personnel from the funeral home to make unannounced visits

Hydrogen chloride is produced in the cremation process when ________ containing chlorine are cremated

Plastics

Generally state or county owned and operated for the burial of the indigent or unclaimed

Potter's field

Any air, controlled with respect to quantity and location, forced or induced, supplied through or adjacent to the fuel bed in a crematory retort

Primary air

The ability of the operator to evaluate the materials to be cremated (casket, container and human remains) is:

The first step in controlling visible emissions

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

baffle

Any refractory device construction in manor intended to change the direction of flow or velocity of products of combustion?

baffle

A source that might bring radiation near embalmers or crematory operators. Sometimes called seed implantation

brachytherapy

A device for the introduction of flame by the delivery or combining of a fuel and air mixture in the presence of heat? Sometimes referred to as primary, secondary, or after

burner

The amount of waste incinerated, usually expressed in pounds per hour, with the characteristics or type of waste stipulated

capacity

all property for earth burials

cemetery

the artificial grass, chairs, tent and casket lowering devices are generally referred to as

cemetery set up

Literally "an empty tomb"

cenotaph

A container used to hold the deceased which is constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds and ridges

corrugated container

An environmentally safe casket which is designed for encasing the dead human remains for the purpose of cremation

cremation casket

A space of sufficient size in a building or land area used or intended to be used for the entombment of human remains

crypt

Remains and this have the same meaning

deceased

Any neolithic monument consisting of a large, flat stone supported by two or more rocks like a table

dolmen

Any vertical refractory wall supported by arch construction which serves to deflect gasses downward, sometimes referred to as a curtain wall

drop arch

A mausoleum is a building primarily intended for cremated remains

false

A stone marker, with or without an inscription used to mark the foot of the grave

footstone

The three elements required for combustion to take place

head, fuel, oxygen

Carbon monoxide release from the crematory retort is an indication of

incomplete combustion

Which of the following might fall under the jurisdiction and use of a cemetery?

land dedicated or used for interment, graves, mausoleums, crypts, columbaria, niches, roadways, walkways, ponds, lagoons

A crematory shall not accept a casket or cremation container from which there is evidence of

leakage

A grave, crypt, or niche

lot

The person to whom the cemetery authority has conveyed a right of interment though original purchase, by transfer from original purchaser, or who hold such right by inheritance

lot holder

named for the king of caria

mausoleum

a big rock the most famous of these are not sepulchral but things or places like stonehenge

megalith

The device used to identify the place of interment and whose purpose is to commemorate an individual

memorial

The physical identification of a space where one, several or a multitude or people died in a common occurence

memorial cenotaph

Most modern crematory retorts operated in the US are fired by

natural gas

A space in a columbarium, mausoleum or other structure, used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated human remains

niche

Though the name is derived from greek "the small spit" they are egyptian. these are the physical representation of rays of sun streaming to the earth

obelisk

A container that is designed for placement in the grave space around the casket, including containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, grave liners

outer burial container

In those states that require them, the metal ID disc must follow the remains through the process (from receiving to shipping) and must be:

placed in the retort on the right hand side near the charging door

A cemetery, originally a cemetery for the victims of great battles

polyandrium

Retort capacity refers to

pounds per hour

To pound, crush, smash or hammer into a powder or dust like consistence

pulverize

The removal of the cremated remains from the retort or working them into the soil of a garden or place specifically designated for that purpose

raking

Human remains that are not embalmed shall be held by the crematory in a _____ holding facility

refrigerated

Opacity training which is generally required in those areas with very strict environmental regulations is referred to by those in the cremation business as

smoke school

Particulate matter commingled with the gases escaping from the stack of the crematory is referred to as

smoke, fly ash

Historians generally agree that the idea of cremation most likely had its roots in the early

stone age

one who loves cemeteries and funerals

taphophile

Crematory operated by an entity other than the funeral home or funeral provider who contracted with the family of the deceased?

third party crematory

Mixing of gases in the cremator's exhaust flow

turbulence

In the middle of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Browne wrote the earliest known essay in defense of

urn burial

A family representative present for the initiation of the creation process

witness

Produces thick white smoke

zinc

Visible emissions (opacity) is rated on a scale from

0%-100%

In most states, regardless of the age of equipment, there is a ____ second retention time requirement

1/2

The first recorded pre-planned cremation in the US took place in Charleston, South Carolina in

1783

In many states, the permit states that the opacity shall not exceed

20% except for 30 seconds in any 60 minute period

If the authorizing agent agrees to take possession of the cremated remains but does not take possession within __ days after cremation or an agreed date, the crematory shall send written notice to the last known address and the authorizing agent to take possession of the remains

30

Cremation containers or caskets are made up of

85% combustible solids, 10% moisture, 5 % non combustible solids and are classified as Type 0 waste

Human remains are made up of

85% moisture, 10% combustible solids, 5% non combustible solids, and are classified as type 4 waste