Funeral Home Operations Midterm & Final Study Guide

Your casket supplier offers two types of stainless steel, namely 300 series and 400 series. You want the better of the two. Which one is the better?

300 Series

What are the standard gauges found in metal burial vaults?

7,10, & 12 gauge.

A semi-tailored casket interior style combines the tailored interior with:

Any of the above styles.

Which of these materials is not a typical metal used in air seal burial vault construction?

Bronze.

In which of these types of copper is a copper shell submerged in a copper ionic solution in order to reinforce the copper shell?

Copper deposit.

What is the term that describes the wood that is derived from a leaf-bearing tree?

Deciduous.

Which of these types more closely resembles cardboard in its composition?

Fiberboard.

Which of these would be the ultimate hardwood?

Mahogany.

The number that occurs most frequently in a listing of numbers:

Mode

In the regular half couch casket, what part of the casket is hinged so that it may fold down for viewing?

Ogees.

What is the fabric type that is woven to have a glossy or lustrous front or face, and a dull back?

Satin.

How do lining materials affect the structural integrity of concrete burial vaults? (i.e., a copper inner liner within a concrete burial vault)

The structural ability of the vault is increased

The regular full couch casket-

There is no such casket.

A receptical that is "in the shape of man" would most likely be:

Wide and the shoulders and more narrow at the head and at the foot.

Which of these numbers is closer to the average number of caskets that United States funeral homes show their client families?

20

Cremation urns for adults should contain at least ____ cubic inches.

200

Cloth-covered caskets can be classified as smooth or _____________.

Embossed.

Bail handle hardware is a variation of-

Individual stationary.

"Extreme oxidation" would be an applicable term for which one of these casket metals:

Iron

If a wood comes a coniferous tree, that tree-

Is cone-bearing.

Which of these hardware parts actually connects the hardware to the side of the casket?

Lug

Which of these is not a softwood?

Maple

Which of these is not a hardwood?

Redwood

What is the minimum number of caskets that merchandisers recommend that you have in stock to show your families?

12

What type of burial vault seal allows a small amount of water to enter the bottom portion of the vault?

Air seal

How does one create a crinkled exterior finish?

By adding something to the paint before spraying.

What common element or material is shared among all ferrous caskets?

Iron.

A coffin ______ the same article as a casket.

Is not

The ogee-

Is seen around the perimeter or entirety of the casket.

A "state" casket is one which-

Is shaped entirely like a shoe box.

Generally speaking, hardwoods are ______ resistant than softwoods.

More

Double seal burial vaults are usually produced in what material?

Plastic

Which of these utilizes an electrolytic process in its creation?

Plated.

In which of these methods of producing a copper casket is the molds of a casket submerged in a copper ionic solution; thereby allowing the creation of a casket within the molds of the casket? Later, the mold is broken away, leaving the casket for finishing.

Seamless copper deposit.

Which of these types of copper was considered to be the "ultimate" copper casket ever produced?

Seamless copper deposit.

When determining the rooms for the selection room-

The fewer the rooms, the better.

The main difference between a casket bed and a casket mattress is that-

The mattress is removeable as one piece- the bed is not.

What is considered to be the ultimate interior style?

Tufted.

Is a grave liner considered an outer burial container?

Yes

How does one make a casket material known as copper?

You can't-- its a natural element

The original reason that burial vaults were invented was to:

Help prevent grave robbery.

Lignin is primarily seen to-

Helps hold the material (wood cells) together like glue.

The regular half couch casket features ogees that-

Hinged and fold down for viewing.

This casket opening style allows for a single or double style:

Hinged cap.

The illumination caused by a heated filament:

Incandescent lighting.

What type of lighting is most recommended by merchandisers for casket selection rooms?

Incandescent lighting.

Which type of lighting "burns" hotter?

Incandescent lighting.

Which type of lighting is high in yellows?

Incandescent lighting.

What casket display method groups 3-4 caskets together, so each can be shown to the family in some detail? These caskets are different from each other, but they represent the remainder of the caskets shown in your selection room.

Educational grouping.

What type of laminate has layers of wood glued together so that each layer has grains at a right angle to the layer above or below it?

Plywood

Which of these would be the most durable and longlasting ferrous casket?

Stainless steel.

An end seal burial vault is customarily made from which of these materials:

Steel

You observe that your deceased mother-in-law's casket has the words "16 gauge" written on the base molding of the foot end of the casket. You immediately draw the conclusion that her casket is made from what material?

Steel

What is so special about a 'priest' or 'clergy' casket?

The top is removed from the casket; allowing viewing on both sides.

"Anthropomorphic" would be a term that best describes a:

Coffin

Which of these burial recepticals was the oldest? (historically)

Coffins

A top seal burial vault is usually made from what material?

Concrete.

An air seal burial vault is NOT usually found in this material?

Concrete.

What material is used to make a sectional box?

Concrete.

A casket truck has brought your funeral home two caskets, a pecan casket and pine casket,weighing a total of 500 lbs. The first casket you remove from the truck weighs 200 lbs, so you deduct that the casket that is still on the truck is the _____ casket.

Pecan.

The standard size of the adult burial vault is 30"X____"

86.

This opening style allows for "half" or "full" types:

Perfection couch

The 'priest' or 'clergy' casket is a variation of what opening style?

Perfection full couch.

Which of these best describes a synthetic material that is softened, and then hardened to shape?

Plastic.

"Permanent handle" or "continuous bar" hardware is a variation of ______ hardware.

Full-length stationary.

Burial vaults that are manufactured of solid copper usually utilize which sealing method?

Air Seal

How does one create the casket metal known as bronze?

By combining copper, tin, and zinc.

A keepsake urn is one which-

Can be worn. Can be buried. Can be displayed. Correct: All of these. ***

Most burial recepticals sold by funeral homes in the US today are:

Caskets

The term 'casket' comes from the root word:

Casse.

Which of these materials is not a typical primary burial vault material?

Cement.

If the caskets in your selection room began with the least expensive, then became more expensive as you walked further in the room, this would be an example of which arrangement method?

Consecutive grouping.

This part of the hardware grouping may be found on a casket for decoration, or to add structural integrity, or not be found on a casket at all---

Corner

Where would one be most likely to find plush or high pile?

Covering a wood casket.

"A thin, crinkled cloth containing rayon", best describes:

Crepe

What casket shell design resembles an old-timey claw-footed bathtub in its shape?

Elliptic-ended.

Which type of lighting "burns" cooler?

Fluorescent lighting.

Which type of lighting is high in "blues"?

Fluorescent lighting.

Some caskets have two "tubes" located at the end of the casket. On which end would you find them?

Foot end.

What is the position of the ogee in the open regular couch casket?

It was separate from the cap and hinged and folded down while the cap was raised.

Client families that purchase wood caskets usually do so because of:

Its warmth, beauty, and craftsmanship.

Strike pins are crucial when speaking about the ______ of the casket.

Locking of the caps.

This material is actually pressed paper in a sheet form:

Masselin.

The sum of a group of figures divided by the number of units:

Mean

Cremated remains that are inurned before being allowed to cool may-

Melt through the plastic bad and 'seep' into the urn itself

The underside of the ogee would be called the _______.

Ogee flange.

While looking at a hardwood casket at a visitation, you notice that the lines of the grain pattern are not close together. You correctly deduct that the not-so-close grain pattern makes this casket wood a/an _____.

Softwood

One-fourth of the casket sales when arranged in median order:

Quartile.

The upper and lower limits of a series of numbers:

Range.

What does the term "selected hardwood" actually mean?

The casket is manufactured using different species of wood.

A "state" casket is one which is/has-

Vertical sides at right angles to the bottom.

In measuring the thickness of a ferrous casket, the lower the number, the ________ the casket metal.

Thicker

In measuring the thickness of a non-ferrous casket metal, the higher the number, the _______ the casket metal.

Thicker

Judging the differences between the weights of two ferrous metal casket thicknesses, the casket with the higher number represents the casket with the _______ metal.

Thinner.

This is the middle number when numbers are arranged in increasing values, from the smallest to the largest number:

This is the middle number when numbers are arranged in increasing values, from the smallest to the largest number:

What part of the hardware grouping covers the ends of the bar?

Tip.

Which of these interior styles appears to have small "puffs" in the cloth, and may or may not have a button or stitch in the "puff"?

Tufted.

This premium fabric is described as one of silk, cotton, or possibly rayon with a nap:

Velvet

Which of these types of copper is the most common used in casket construction today?

Wrought copper.

Are all burial vaults considered "outer burial containers"?

Yes