DEAD Arts
The action level for formaldehyde when calculated using an 8-hour TWA is:
0.5ppm
Reasons for making funeral arrangements in advance of need: 1- make personal wishes known to the next of kin 2- decisions can be made with less emotion 3- survivors are relieved of the financial burden in the case of pre-funded contracts 4- reductions of assets for Medicaid eligibility in the case of irrevocable pre-funded contracts
1- make personal wishes known to the next of kin 2- decisions can be made with less emotion 3- survivors are relieved of the financial burden in the case of pre-funded contracts 4- reductions of assets for Medicaid eligibility in the case of irrevocable pre-funded contracts
It is recommended that a casket selection room carry a minimum of
12
How many holes must be drilled into a casket to prepare it for burial at sea?
20 holes, 2 inch diameter
In many States, the permit to operate a crematory states that the opacity shall not exceed________ % except for __________ seconds in any ________ minute period.
20; 30; 60
What is the number of people required to conduct a full American Legion funeral service?
21
The ideal number of caskets to display in a selection room is:
22
If you as a funeral director are presenting casket materials to a family and you are holding one square foot of 32 oz. copper, how many pounds of copper are you holding?
2lbs
Adult wood caskets normally increase in length in
3 inches
The banding requirement for caskets for intact burial at sea (at least ¾ inch bands):
6
A government document which defines the rights of its citizens and is the source of fundamental legal principles upon which other laws are based is:
A constitution
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity has the right to be legally considered to be the same as:
A living person
A court of original general jurisdiction is
A trial court
Federal legislation that requires employer to treat applicants and employees equally regardless of age:
Age discrimination in employment act
Mrs. Thompson's daughter gave the funeral director a watch and a broach to use for her mother's visitation and funeral. The items will be returned after the funeral. This is an example of:
Bailment
The release of cremated human remains into the wind?
Both casting and scattering
Turbulence in the exhaust flow in a cremation retort is caused by:
Both drop arches and curtain walls
The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation by manual or mechanical means and reducing to granulated particles or dust?
Both pulverizing and processing
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)
In terms of commercial transactions, a _____________ is a person who sells goods for a commission.
Broker
Term often used by Native Americans to refer to their places of burial:
Burial ground
The doctrine of stare decisis is concerned with
Case law
Which of these casket descriptors does NOT have to be included for each casket on the Casket Price List?
Casket manufacturer name
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 physical identification of a space where a special person, or where several people died in a common occurrence. It is a memorial without the body present.
Cenotaph
Which of the following individuals cannot certify the cause of death of a death certificate?
Chiropractor
In the middle of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Browne wrote the earliest known essay in defense of _________." It stressed the advantages of this form of burial.
Common (mass) graves
Thompson Funeral Home sends human remains via common carrier to Fitzgerald Funeral Home. Fitzgerald Funeral Home is the
Consignee
The funeral director sends Mrs. Thompson to Florida via a common carrier. The funeral director is the
Consignor
What is the term for the type of cardboard which is made with a series of zig-zag folds of thick paper with a smooth layer glued to either side of that folded paper?
Corrugated cardboard
Any borrowed or loaned capital invested in the business that must be repaid to creditors:
Debt equity
Requirements for a valid offer must include:
Definite time, definite intent, and seriously intended.
Sociology is concerned with each of the following areas EXCEPT
Examining individual behavior
According to Worden, which of the following are Tasks of Mourning?
Experience the pain of loss, accept the reality of the loss, adjust to the new environment and invest energy in new relationships
Outlaws discriminatory practices in pay:
Fair labor standards act
A person makes prearrangements and prefunds the contract by giving the funeral director the total amount. The funeral director deposits the funds in a bank to be withdrawn upon death of the client. The bank is known as the:
Fiduciary
A Veteran's Application for Burial Benefits is:
Form 21-530, (online 21p 530EZ)
Goods of a homogenous nature which are sold by weight or measure are known as
Fungible goods
The Johnson family owns two funeral homes. One is in the older part of the city and was started by their grandfather 60 years ago. The other is only 5 years old and is located in one of the newer suburbs. They are both incorporated under the same corporation document and all of the stock is owned by members of the same family. Which of these statements about the GPL is correct?
GPL may be different at each location
This type of casket is made from the wood that comes from a leaf-bearing tree:
Hardwood
In an extended (joint)family, religion is taught at
Home
Words are spelled the same, might be pronounced the same but not necesssarily, with different meanings are called:
Homonyms
Historically, an inn for travelers, especially one kept by a religious order:
Hospice
Process of acquiring, training, developing, motivating and appraising a sufficient quantity of qualified employees to perform necessary activities:
Human Resources management
The lighting design where the diffuse and more even distribution of light is achieved by having the room light be reflected off the ceiling instead of coming from point sources (bulbs) is called:
Indirect lighting
Special words or expressions used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Jargon
The process of determining the critical components of a job for purposes of selecting, training, and rewarding personnel:
Job analysis
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 behavior pattern which is enforced by special authority is a
Law
A pre-placed enclosed chamber, which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete, installed in quantity, either side by side or multiple depth, and covered by earth is called:
Lawn crypt only
A crematory shall not accept a casket or cremation container from which there is evidence of:
Leakage
The person to whom the Cemetery Authority has conveyed a right of interment in a number of adjacent cemetery lots:
Lot owner
Which of the following actions is improper, regarding the U.S. flag used in a military funeral service?
Lowering the flag into the grave with the deceased veteran
The part of the handle which is attached to the casket is the:
Lug
A group of potential customers possessing purchasing power and unsatisfied needs:
Market
Eligibility for the social security lump-sum death benefit is measured by:
Martial status of the deceased
Which of the following is a slightly rigid material that is used in casket interior design. It backs up or supports the visible interior fabric. The material in question is not visible when the interior is complete.
Masselin
In the language of cremation, retort capacity refers to:
Maximum weight per cycle
The general term applied to markers or other permanent items used to identify the place of interment. Their purpose is to commemorate a family or an individual.
Memorial
Which of the following terms best describes relocation or travel?
Mobility
A type of exterior covering used on a cloth covered wood casket?
Moleskin
Which of these charges may legally be shown on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected in addition to the package called Direct Burial?
Newspaper notices
The measurement of ____ during cremation is the method by which incomplete or improper combustion can be determined.
Opacity
A comparison of profit with each item of expense in the income statement expressed as a percentage of sales income:
Operating ratios
That portion of the atmosphere supplied to the cremation chamber for combustion, cooling and ventilation is:
Oxygen
External communication includes:
Personal letters, congratulatory notes, and letters of reference
An exterior casket finish created when the base metal is coated by another metal via an electrolytic process is
Plated
Generally State or Country owned and operated cemetery for the burial of the indigent or unclaimed is called:
Potters field
When the remains have been prepared at the mortuary and later taken to a Presbyterian church for the funeral service, the funeral director normally provides all of the following except the:
Prie dieu
The term for removal of the cremated remains from the retort is the same term used to describe working cremains into the softened soil of a garden specifically designated for that purposes. This term is ___.
Raking
Which of the following denominations traditionally utilize a pall during the funeral service?
Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran
Social Security application for lump sum death benefit (claimant's form):
S.S.A. 8
The principal government agency concerned with the financing, operation, and management of small businesses:
SBA
A form of financial planning whereby a part of the firm's earnings is retained to pay for possible losses, often for individual loss categories such as property, medical, or product liability is called:
Self-insurance
A printed form the funeral home uses specifically for the funeral director and the family to make funeral merchandise and service choices and make financial arrangements is the:
Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected
The owners of a corporation are known as
Stockholders
Sharing the same feelings as the person who is trying to adjust to a serious loss or the death of a loved one is called:
Sympathy
Which of the following is a mistake that does NOT render an agreement defective?
Terms of the contract
The psychological needs of the bereaved family include
The need for emotional support
Which of the following is Worden's second "Task of Mourning"?
To experience the pain of grief
Mrs. Thompson entrusts her pre-arrangements with Joyovich Funeral Home. Joyovich Funeral Home is the
Trustee
Mrs. Thompson makes and funds prearrangements with Joyovich Funeral Home. Mrs. Thompson is the
Trustor
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
Exists when a seller requires the purchase of unwanted items/services in order to obtain the desired item/service.
Tying arrangements
A contract made by a person who is intoxicated enough to be uncertain of the consequences at the time the contract is made is:
Voidable
A contract that may be set aside by at least one of the parties is
Voidable
A lien or mortgage against real property is
an encumbrance
Each of the following have affected the nuclear family EXCEPT
an increase in the day to day confrontation with death
The sum of a group of sales figures divided by the number of units is known as the:
average sale
Which of these are in the design of a retort?
both breech and flue
Combustion is also called
burning
An agreement that payment for a product or service will be made at some later date:
credit
The concept that all cultures have something of value to add to the common good for all society?
cultural relativity
A person's attitude toward death and funerals develops
from early childhood into adolescence
A casket that is completely sealed by fusion or soldering so that it is "air tight" is said to be ______________ sealed.
hermetically
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
Which of these factors is correct regarding a guaranteed prefunded preneed funeral arrangement?
the funeral director may keep any excess if the funds grew faster than costs went up
These are relatively small cemeteries with rows of headstones of size and style determined by the lot owner. Located in larger cities, they appear crowded and may use multiple depth burial methods.
urban cemeteries
The practice of watching over the body the entire time between death and the funeral is called a ___.
vigil
can produce thick, white smoke that is difficult to control during cremation.
zinc
