Cemetery/Cremation

Grate, hearth, or combination thereof where the body is consumed by flame?

Burning Area

In cemetery language, "remains" and ___________ have the same meaning

Deceased

All cemeteries must be incorporated?

False

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

Niche

Fear of tombstones:

Placophobia

One who loves cemeteries and funerals.

Taphophile

____________ is the mixing of gases in the cremator's exhaust flow.

Turbulence

These are relatively small cemeteries with rows of headstones and no resemblance to a park. Usually in larger cities up until the late 1950's:

Urban Cemeteries

Combustion a.k.a?

burning

A "bone-pit":

ossuary

Any cremated or processed remains that do not fit in the temporary container or urn shall be:

returned in a separate container

Some modern lowering devises are equipped with telescoping legs to accommodate ___________ at the location of the grave.

sloping ground or hillsides

Underground receptacles for caskets:

vaults

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

30 days

Term used when cremated remains are cast from a private plane?

Aerial Scattering

That portion of the atmosphere supplied to the cremation chamber for combustion, cooling and ventilation? air moisture soot CO₂

Air

Literally "an empty tomb". A monument erected in honor for a deceased who is interred elsewhere:

Cenotaph

This type of cemetery originated in Europe where it was thought that the closer to the place of worship a person was the greater their chance of going to heaven:

Church Yard

A sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat and conversion of chemical species?

Combustion/Burning

Disposing of cremated remains in a manner or location that combines the cremated remains with the cremated remains of another individual?

Commingling

Rural, roadside cemeteries, many with homemade grave markers: Veterans Memorial Parks Urban Country

Country

All remains of the cremated human body recovered after the completion of the cremation process, including pulverization?

Cremated Remains

Proper term for the remnants of the human body that remain following the cremation:

Cremated Remains

A heating process that reduces human remains to bone fragments by combustion and evaporation in the presences of an open flame:

Cremation

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

Crypt

The physical identification of a space where one, several or a multiple of people died in a common occurrence. The deceased may or may not be interred at that place.

Memorial Cenotaph

An upright memorial, including what used to be called a tombstone, also includes large structures like obelisks, usually made of granite, marble or common stone.

Monument

A container that is designed for placement in the grave space around the casket, including, but not limited to, containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, and grave liners:

Outer Burial Container

Of those items listed below, which are regarded as a threat to the integrity of the cremation equipment as well as a threat to the safety and well-being of the crematory operator.

Pacemalers

A cemetery, Originally a cemetery for the victims of great battles:

Polyandrium

The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation by manual or mechanical means and reducing to granulated particles or dust?

Pulverization/Processing

Chlorinated plastic containers should be:

Refused

The everyday care and operation of the cemetery:

Sextant

A receptacle for cremated remains usually made of cardboard, plastic or similar materials designed to hold the cremated remains until an urn or other permanent container is acquired or other disposition is made?

Temporary Container

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

Third party crematory

The three "T's" of proper pollution control are:

Time, Temperature & Turbulence

A grave, crypt or niche:

a lot

The memorial stone marking the head of the grave:

headstone

The three elements required for combustion to take place:

heat, fuel and oxygen

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 changing door

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

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.

urn burial

Meaning: Burial alive:

vivisepulture

The minimum temperature at which a human crematory should operate for maximum efficiency is:

1400 degrees Fahrenheit

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

1783

Many adherents to the Roman Catholic faith are not aware of the Vatican's acceptance of Cremation in:

1963

How large would a grave need to be to accommodate a standard burial vault?

3′ x 8′ 36″ x 96″

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

85; 10; 5; 4

___________ is/are recommended to assist in loading casketed or containerized human remains into the cremation unit

A 2 1/2 inch diameter cardboard roller

Cremation is the process of reducing human remains to its basic elements in the form of bone fragments through the use of all of these are needed heat flame vaporization

All of these

Which of the following might fall under the jurisdiction or use of a cemetery: 1 - land dedicated, reserved or used for interment 2 - trees, shrubs and other vegetation grown on the property 3 - graves, mausoleums, crypts, columbaria, niches, or other interment spaces 4 - memorial works of art 5 - roadways, walkways and ponds or lagoons (water features) 6 - equipment, vehicles and facilities incident to the operation thereof

All of these

An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains generally for the purpose of cremation?

Alternative Container

Of those persons listed below, which one should be responsible for the visual identity (ID viewing) of the deceased? Removal personnel Authorizing agent Responsible Cremationist Responsible Funeral Director

Authorizing Agent

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

Baffle

The optimum temperature for human crematory operations is:

Between 1400 and 1800 degrees Fahrenheit 1600 degrees Fahrenheit

A device for 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 per unit of time, usually expressed in pounds per hour?

Burning Rate

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

CO₂ & H₂O

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

Capacity

The release of cremated human remains into the wind?

Casting & Scattering

Human made subterranean or hillside passageway for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place. Most commonly associated with the Roman Empire.

Catacomb

Turbulence in the exhaust flow are caused by the presences of physical obstacles such as:

Drop arches/Curtain Walls

A mausoleum is a building primarily intended for cremated remains?

False

Cremate the largest (most obese) remains:

First of the day

Suspended ash particles, charred paper, dust, soot or other partially incinerated matter, carried in the products of combustion (often referred to as particulate matter, or particulates):

Fly ash

A stone marker, with or without an inscription used to mark the foot of the grave: footstone gravestone Lich headstone

Footstone

A space of land in a Cemetery used or intended to be used for the burial of human remains:

Grave

A stone with an inscription used to mark the grave. May be as simple as the name and dates - John Doe 1927 - 1214:

Gravestone

A solid surface upon which material with high moisture content, or liquids or waste material for burning or drying are placed:

Hearth

Carbon Monoxide released from the crematory retort is an indication of:

Incomplete Combustion

Carbon monoxide is the result of: incomplete combustion too much heat shallow breathing low octane fuel

Incomplete combustion

The burial, entombment, or inurnment of human remains:

Interment

Once it has been started, the cremation process is:

Irreversible

With exception of ___________ and ___________, most major religious readily accept cremation

Islam - Orthodox Judaism

A pre-placed enclosed chamber, which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete, poured in place or precast unit installed in quantity, either side by side or multiple depth, and covered by earth or sod:

Lawn crypt/Garden crypt

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

Leakage

Due diligence when using an off-site (third party) crematory requires that the crematory agrees to allow:

Licensed personnel from the funeral home to make unannounced visits

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

Smoke/Fly Ash

The Greeks called the swollen ground or mound which marked gravesites a tumulus. Today, the word tomb is used chiefly to refer to those burial places which are above ground.

Tomb

A or an __________ is a receptacle into which processed cremated remains are placed.

Urn

A cemetery created by an act of congress for the burial of those that served in the military:

Veterans Cemeteries

The practice of watching over the body by candlelight the night before the funeral.

Wake

Visible emissions (opacity) is rated on a scale from:

0% to 100%

Most products of combustion (smoke and odor) given off during the cremation process will be destroyed if subjected to temperatures between _____________ and _________ for a period of 0.5 seconds to 1 second, if the stream is subjected to proper mixing (turbulence).

1,000*F - 1,200*F

Family representative(s) present for the initiation of the cremation process? Observer Bystander Kin Witness

Witness

Which of the following metals is notorious for producing thick white smoke which will set off the pollution controls during the cremation process?

Zinc

_____________ can produce thick, white smoke that is difficult to control.

Zinc

An environmentally safe receptacle which is designed for encasing the dead human remains for the purpose of cremation? Mausoleum cremation casket Zigler case Disaster pouch

cremation casket

A short text honoring a deceased which is inscribed on their tombstone or plaque:

epitaph

In a hillside cemetery, where the ground is on a steep slop where the grave is located, it may be necessary for the funeral director to ___________ in order to keep the lowering devise level over the grave.

erect a scaffolding

Visual inspection of the equipment and stack should be inspected _____________ and _____________ when not in use.

prior to every use - no less than every 30 days

In most states with cremation laws, the _________ is responsible for the crematory complying with the laws, rules and regulations of that state. responsible cremationist embalmer funeral home owner funeral director

responsible cremationist

Generally State or County owned land operated for the burial of the indigent or unclaimed: Flanders Field All of these Potter's Field Farmers Field

Potters Field

A leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of death?

Pouch

In the language of Cremation, Retort capacity refers to:

Pounds Per Hour

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

A structure whose shape is geometric where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top:

Pyramid

A ceremonial construction made of wood and fire, designed to reduce a deceased human body to ashes:

Pyre

The term for the special brick that is used to line the firebox or primary chamber of the crematory retort:

Refractory Brick

The crematory operator should ___________ any items for cremation that contain chlorinated plastics.

Refuse