module 3

What material is used to make a sectional box?

Concrete.

Which type of lighting is high in yellows?

Incandescent lighting.

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

Steel.

The lighting from a tubular electric discharge lamp:

Fluorescent lighting

The illumination caused by a heated filament:

Incandescent lighting.

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

Cement.

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

Median.

What is the maximum number of caskets that merchandisers recommend that you have on hand to show families?

30

What are the standard gauges found in metal burial vaults?

7,10, & 12 gauge.

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

86

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

Bronze.

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.

Double seal burial vaults are usually produced in what material?

Correct: Plastic.

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.

Merchandisers state that funeral homes should have a minimum of ____ square feet per casket unit displayed.

Forty.

Confirming and reassuring the family after they have made selections of service and merchandise (post-selection counseling) provides two important functions, one is to confirm their selection so that no mistakes are made as to what they want. The second reason is to-

Help eliminate buyers "remorse" so you should let them know that they made good choices.

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

Mean.

Are all outer burial containers "burial vaults"?

NO

"Direct" counseling is when the funeral director-

Stays in the selection room with the family at all times.

When determining the rooms for the selection room-

The fewer the rooms, the better.

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.

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

Quartile.

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

Concrete.

The original reason that burial vaults were invented was to:

Help prevent grave robbery.

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

Incandescent lighting.

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

Mode.

The upper and lower limits of a series of numbers:

Range.

Are all burial vaults considered "outer burial containers"?

yes

Is a grave liner considered an outer burial container?

yes