D.E.A.D Wrong Answers 2

Glycerol can be used in embalming formulations as a:

-Humectant -Solvent -Vehicle

If a funeral Home is located in a state that requires the funeral director to guarantee the Preneed Funeral Arrangement- it would be less risky for the FD to recommend that the family purchase an Insurance Policy. Which of the following types of Insurance Policies would be good for the purpose of being sure that the money is available to pay for the final disposition of the deceased loved one?

1- Term insurance 2- Whole life coverage 3- Universal life coverage 4- Limited-pay 5- Endowments

The metal used in the shell of a 20 gauge steel casket would be:

1/20 inch thick

The width of oversize caskets are indicated by X's and each X indicates an increase in width by

2 inches

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

Human remains are made up of _________ % moisture, __________% combustible solids, and ___________ % non-combustible solids and are classified as Type ___________ waste.

85; 10; 5; 4.

The process with which members of one culture assimilate the traits of another is called

Acculturation

A deceased female, in the Jewish faith.

Bat Minen

In terms of commercial transactions, a _____________ is a person who sells goods for a commission.

Broker

An entity that is something that has a distinct existence separate and apart from the existence of its individual members:

Corporation

Which of the following are types of packages that are required by the FTC to appear on all GPL's?

Direct Cremation Package Direct Burial Package

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

El Malei Rachamin

The first of this type was in Mt. Auburn, Mass, in 1830. During the Victorian era, cemeteries were used as parks for walks and picnics:

Elite Garden Cemetery

One who organizes, controls, and assumes the risk for a successful business is the ___.

Entrepreneur

For shipment of remains it is necessary to have one of these to attache the papers to the shipping case:

Envelopes to contain transportation papers

In a Liturgical Church, the right side of the church (as the congregation faces the altar) from which readings and prayers are often proclaimed is known as the _________ side.

Epistle

A price determination method whereby the casket cost is multiplied by a constant factor describes

Fixed multiple pricing

The form used by the funeral director to notify Social Security that a person has died is:

Form S.S.A 721

Which documents, according to FTC Funeral Rule, MUST be given to the family at the completion of the Arrangements Conference for them to keep?

GPL for General Price List, SFGSS for Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected

A stone with an inscription used to mark the grave. May be as simple as the name and dates- John Doe 1927 - 2004:

Gravestone

Because of this ___________ there was a loss of individual craftsmanship!

Industrialization

Which of the following is not a good personal ethical trait?

Infidelity

Mrs. Poppins dies without a will and her husband and four children go to a lawyer to find out who is entitled to her property. The lawyer informs Mr. Poppins that he will receive all of her property because they were legally married at the time of death. This is an example of

Intestate succession

Jewish mourners, depending on their degree of relationship to the deceased, repeat a prayer daily for thirty days and/or at every service for 11 months. That prayer is:

Kaddish

One major characteristic of pre-injection fluids:

Little or no preservative

A type of pre-need arrangements that means the funeral home applies the amount already paid, plus accruals to the balance due. The cost of the funeral, however, will be whatever the current price is for service and merchandise.

Non-guaranteed

Which statement is FALSE regarding HIV/Aids?

The HIV virus survives well outside of the body

Inheritance

The estate which passes from the deceased to his/her heirs.

What change in the American funeral rite is most closely associated with improvement in transportation

The selection of funeral homes are no longer made because of proximity

A monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human body not present is

a cenotaph

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

The person who usually makes the notification of death to the funeral home is which of the following?

a member of the family

When a number of people assemble in honor of a deceased person without the body present and with no religious portion, this is properly called:

a memorial gathering

A cluster of two or more nuclear families united by a social bond for security, protection and help is

a modified extended family

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 If someone offers a reward for a lost pet, the contract is complete when the pet is found and the reward paid. There was no negotiation between the parties. The glossary definition is "a contract formed when an act is done in consideration of a promise". Note that the completion of the act is also the acceptance of the contract.

A ledger is a book of

accounts

Which of the following terms means "related", as in related professions?

allied

An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining:

alternative container

The right that one person has to use the property of another for a special purpose is known as

an easement

A lien or mortgage against real property is

an encumbrance

The term mausoleum is derived from:

ancient King Mausolus who advocated building burial

External communication is:

any communication that goes beyond the doors of your business

Double entry bookkeeping means an entry is made:

as a debit and a credit

Accounts Receivable is a/an:

asset account

A disease characterized by a collapsed or airless condition of the lungs in known as

atelectasis

The event that leads to experiencing the emotion of grief:

bereavement

A pricing method that shows separately the price for the service to be rendered and the price for the casket is:

bi-unit pricing

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

bi-unit pricing

Combustion is also called:

burning

Insurance that protects companies during the period necessary to restore property damaged by an insured peril. Coverage typically pays for lost income and other expenses related to recovery:

business interruption insurance

The only time the debit side of the revenue account is used is when you make:

closing entries

According to client-centered counseling, the necessary quality of a counselor being in touch with reality and other's perception of one-self is termed

congruence

A business owned by stockholders:

corporation

Amount paid by a business for merchandise:

cost

Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person, or the performance of an act with a certain standard of care. Although due diligence is always to be practiced in funeral service it is most especially needed in cases involving:

cremation

A system of abstract patterns of and for both living and dying which are learned directly or indirectly defines

cultures

If a funeral director receives payment from a client who had purchased a service on a 30 day account, he would make which of the following entries in his journal?

debit cash; credit accounts receivable

Usury is a term which refers to

excess interest

Which of the following is NOT a manifestation of normal grief?

extreme withdrawal

A material primarily used as a backing material in the construction of caskets is

fiberboard

A procedure by which charges are broken down into a few major components such as services, merchandise, and livery is:

functional pricing

An all inclusive term used by people to encompass all funeral and/or memorial services is

funeral rite

The "Committal Service" is usually held at the:

grave site

A device containing a sealed, rigid magnetic disk and read/write mechanism, usually built directly into the computer's cabinet is a:

hard disk

Ford's assembly line of the early 1900's is an example of

industrialization

Ignoring of undesirable information by a listener

insulated listening

A piece of cloth affixed to a person's clothing at an Orthodox Jewish funeral. This cloth will be torn as a sign of sadness to lose a friendship. This cloth is called ___.

kriah

The rim is part of the casket

lid

An area set aside in a cemetery for several grave spaces, usually containing two, four, or six grave spaces is referred to as a:

lot

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

moleskin

Written instruments drawn in a special form, which can be transferred from person to person as a substitute for money or as instruments of credit, are called

negotiable instruments

Reaction of an acid with a base is called the ___ reaction.

neutralization

Those funeral rites that deviate from the traditional services are referred to as:

non-traditional funeral rites

The laws of the city councils are called

ordinances

A strong emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear:

panic

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

plated

The FTC, Bureau of Funeral Directing, OSHA, ADA, are all examples of

police powers

Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which the individual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them:

pre-conventional stage

To relieve family of the burden of making arrangements in a time of acute grief; ensure that personal wishes are known; to relieve survivors of financial burden; and to reduce assets for Medicaid eligibility are some of the reasons why people choose to make ___________ arrangements.

prefunded funeral

At the completion of a prearrangement conference the family gives the funeral director $8550 to fund the services and merchandise at current prices. The agreement states that the money will be placed in a trust and any interest that accrues will be available to offset any increase in costs at the time of need. If the interest does not keep pace with inflation and costs at the time of need exceed the trust amount, additional funds will have to be contributed by the family. The family reserves the right to take back the money prior to the person's death if they change their minds in the interim. What type of arrangement has been made?

preneed arrangements, revocable trust, nonguaranteed contract

Components of embalming solutions which chemically alter peptide bonds are called ___.

preservatives

The party who appoints an agent is the

principal

A set of instructions arranged in proper sequence which can direct the computer to perform a desired task is:

program

Damages in excess of those required to compensate the plaintiff for the wrong done are

punitive

A relation of harmony, conformity, accord or affinity established in any human interaction is called

rapport

Various pathological processes indicating a disturbance in cell metabolism are called:

regressive tissue changes

Parol evidence is

spoken words

The focal point of worship in the strict liturgical church is:

symbolized by the cross

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?

the GPL's may be different at each location

Compared to the joint family, a nuclear family is:

the smaller group

Which of these items is not part of the Direct Cremation package yet is added to the final bill?

third party crematory fee

A pricing method which creates a total price for all services and the casket is called a _____________ pricing method.

unit

A solution in which more solute can still be dissolved at a given temperature is:

unsaturated

Underground receptacles for caskets:

vaults

Meaning: Burial alive:

vivisepulture

Insurance that protects a firm against claims that its product caused bodily injury or property damage to the user.

Product liability insurance

One person lecturing to a group with limited verbal feedback is called:

Public speaking

In some states the ____________ has replaced the Burial- Transit Permit for intrastate disposition

Report of Death

Specific act or function dealing with the religious funeralization of a deceased human being:

Rite