Funeral Home Operations - Mid-Term (Module Four) *Casket Locking Methods & Casket Sizes and Dimensions*

Place the following wood caskets in the order that they would decay or decompose. Begin with the wood that's the fastest to decay and end with the most resistant or durable wood.

1. Pine. 2. Oak. 3. Walnut. 4. Mahogany

Place these woods in order of their increasing value, beginning with the least expensive and ending with the most expensive:

1. Pine. 2. Oak. 3. Walnut. 4. Mahogany

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 term best describes how beautiful or 'nice' something appears?

Aesthetics

How does one create the casket metal known as bronze?

By combining copper, tin, and zinc.

How does one create a casket metal known as stainless steel?

By combining iron, chromium, and nickle.

Which of these components is NOT part of the typical casket?

Caging.

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 bronze casket types was made by molten bronze, poured into a mold?

Cast bronze.

Which of these bronze caskets is apt to be the heaviest type?

Cast bronze.

Your friend tells you that she attended her grandmother's funeral and that the casket was 8-sided. From this description, you correctly deduct that the casket material was-

Cloth-covered wood.

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

Coffins

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.

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.

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

Deciduous.

"Bail handle" hardware-

Doesn't move or is stationary.

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

Elliptic-ended.

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

Fiberboard.

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

Foot end.

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

Full-length stationary.

If you see strike pins on a casket, it's probably a fair assumption that the casket is-

Gasketed.

Ferrous caskets are commonly measured by their thicknesses, or their _______________.

Gauge.

While attending a church funeral, you notice that when closing the casket, one of the funeral directors removes a casket key or crank from her pocket. The crank is inserted in the end of the casket and a few turns are made. You immediately know that this is a gasketed casket and it is a/an _______ type.

Glassless.

Lignin is primarily seen to-

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

Your funeral home must prepare remains for shipment to Europe. The receiving country requires that the lid to the metal receptical be soldered or welded closed to be airtight. This type of sealing or closure is called

Hermetic.

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.

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

Iron.

If a wood comes a coniferous tree, that tree-

Is cone-bearing.

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.

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

It was connected in one piece with the cap, therefore it was raised for viewing.

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.

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

Lug.

Which of these would be the ultimate hardwood?

Mahogany.

What do "stiffeners" actually do?

Make the bottom more structurally sound.

Which of these is not a softwood?

Maple.

Generally speaking, hardwoods are ______ resistant than softwoods.

More.

If you see a threaded fastener on the caps of a casket, it is a fair assumption that this casket is-

Non-gasketed.

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

Ogees.

Where would one find "stiffeners"?

On the bottom of the casket.

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

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

Perfection couch.

The "fishtail" is also known as the-

Pie.

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 is not a hardwood?

Redwood.

In this opening style, it would be impossible to view the body from head to toe:

Regular couch

Another term for the "ogee" is the:

Rim.

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.

The "slip head panel" is a variation of the _______ opening style.

Single hinged cap.

Which of these are you NOT likely to find in a gasketed format?

Single hinged cap.

Which of these locking types uses one piece of glass covering the uppermost part of a casket shell for positive closure?

Single wall glass.

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.

A flaring side casket is most likely to be which shell design?

Square cornered.

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

Stainless steel.

Which of these casket metals is most likely to receive galvanizing?

Steel.

Which of these hardware types serves as a bridge between the bar and the lug?

The arm.

Why can't you hermetically seal a hardwood casket?

The casket is combustible and may catch on fire.

A "fishtail" would be found on what part of a casket?

The ends of the casket, just above the ogee.

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

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

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.

The ultimate casket shell design is considered to be the-

Urn shell.

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

Wrought copper.

If one galvanizes a metal, a coating of _____ is generally applied to the metal.

Zinc

Your client family desires the best casket you have to offer. This casket is most likely to feature what shell design?

Urn-cornered.

While attending a funeral service, you are positioned so that you are looking directly at the foot end of the casket. You see two "tubes" on the foot end of the casket. You know that one is used to lock the casket with a crank or key, but what is the purpose of the other tube?

A place to store biographical info about the deceased.

Place the following metals in order of their expense in casket construction: Begin with the least expensive and end with the most expensive metal.

1. Steel. 2. Stainless Steel. 3. Copper. 4. Bronze

You helped a family today make arrangements for their son. The family wanted your finest hardwood casket (which was a mahogany) but they also wanted some assurance of protection using gasketing. You tell the family that only THIS type of closure method allows for protection in a hardwood casket:

Double wall glass.

What does 'casse' mean?

Little box.

The "body" of the casket refers to-

The sides of the casket.

The regular full couch casket-

There is no such casket.