Mortuary Compend MCC-Man & Mer

A pricing procedure which creates a total price for service and casket is called:

Unit

A procedure which creates one total package for both services and merchandise is:

Unit pricing

A container for cremains is called:

Urn

A metal or concrete enclosure designed to protect the casket is called:

Vault

The part of a handle of a casket the casket bearer grasps to lift the casket is called the:

bar

A pricing procedure which places a separate price on casket and separate price on service fee is called:

bi-unit

The part of the casket interior which folds out over the top body molding for aestetic purposes is the:

extendover

A pricing procedure which places price on each and every item of service and merchandise is called:

itemization

The part of the casket hardware that covers the exposed ends of the bar is the:

tip

The rubber gasket used on sealer caskets is generally compressed between the rim flange and the:

top body molding flange

If a casket cost $100 wholesale, and the funeral home's fixed multiple was 5, what would be the selling price of the casket?

$500

If the total overhead for a funeral home was $65,000, for a fiscal period, and the firm did 100 services, what would the average overhead per service be?

$650

If a casket cost $200 wholesale and was sold for $1000 and the average overhead per funeral was $500, what would the gross profit be?

$800

If the funeral home had an average overhead of $650, and the wholesale cost of a casket was $100, and the funeral director marked his casket up 100%, what would the unit price be?

%850

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

1/20 inch thick

Extra sizes of caskets increase for each extra width by:

2 inches

The suggested volume of containers used for cremated bodies is:

200 cubic inches

Wha is the minimum number of people required to conduct an American Legion Funeral:

21

A wood casket labeled 6/6XXX would measure in length 6 feet, 6 inches and in width:

28 inches

If a manufacturer's standard metal casket is 23 inches wide, what would the width of an XXX casket be?

29 inches

Adult caskets normally increase in length by:

3 inch increments

Most infant caskets increase in length in increments of:

6 inches

he length of the standard adult wood is:

6/3

The length of a standard adult metal is:

6/6

A casket which has sides taht are vertical, or at right angles to the bottom is called:

A State Casket

A gasket sealed container used as either an insert into a casket or as a shipping case:

A Ziegler Case

An exterior finish in which the casket surface is coated with a substance that wrinkles as it dries is:

A crinkled finish

A burial vault which is sealed by placing a dome over the base is:

An Air Sealed Burial Vault

A transfer container which consists of a wooden tray with a corrugated cover for the casket is:

An air tray

The body of the casket includes the:

Base molding

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

Bi-unit pricing

An alloy of copper, tin, and sometimes zinc is:

Bronze

The rim is part of the casket:

Cap

A device upon which caskets are placed on the top of one another for display is called:

Casket rack

Which of the following is lining material that is used in casket construction?

Crepe

The selling method in which the funeral director is in selection room with the family throughout their selection process is the:

Direct presentation method

A component of the casket handle is the:

Ear

The grouping of 3 or 4 caskets used to educate the selecting clientele is casket construction is:

Educational Grouping

Which of the following types of cloth covered exterior has raised designs above the surface of the material?

Embossed

Wood that has been shredded into spaghetti like strings or thin shavings is:

Exelsior

The obtaining and maintaining of adequate work space and funeral equipment:

Facilities management

The efficient utilization and adequate regulation of all revenue, expenditures, and capital rights is:

Finance management

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

Fixed multiple pricing

A method of pricing which places a price on three separate items of service such as a casket, facilities, and automobiles is called:

Functional

A procedure by which charges are broken down into several major components is:

Functional pricing

Methods of figuring a formula price are

Functional, unit, and bi-unit.

Which of the following is being used when the funeral director does not remain in the selection room thought the selection process?

Indirect presentation

Tailored is a style of a casket:

Interior

A procedure by which each and every function and item of merchandise is priced separately is:

Itemized pricing

An example of lining material used in casket construction is:

Linen weave

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

In the construction of swing bar hardware, the arm attaches the bar to the:

Lug

The part of the handle which is attached to the casket is called the:

Lug

The distinct process consisting of planning, actuating, and controlling performance to accomplish established objectives is:

Management

The achieving of economical orderly, and adequate distribution of products and services is:

Marketing management

The thickness of non-ferrous metal casket is measured in:

Ounces per square foot

The obtaining and maintaining of a satisfactory and satisfied workforce is:

Personal management

The wedge shaped portion of the cap of a casket at each end of the crown is the:

Pie

Which of the following is an advantage of bi-uni pricing method?

Places realistic value on the casket.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of itemized pricing:

Possible elimination of certain items of service resulting in loss of overhead recovery.

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

Pouch

Which of the following is not a material used in the construction of a burial vault?

Pressed wood

Another name for the ogee of the casket shell is:

Rim

The crown and ogee are part of the casket:

SHELL

The largest expense for a funeral home is:

Salaries

Which of the following is a source of expense in the funeral business?

Salaries

Which of the following is considered a source of income for a funeral home?

Sale of burial clothing

The base molding is a part of the casket:

Shell

A type of casket interior style in which the casket material is drawn together, in a parellel fashion, with a specific sewing process is:

Shirred

An example of padding material used in casket construction is:

Shredded paper

A casket constructed of cherry is a:

Solid Wood Casket

Birch is used in casket construction to manufacture:

Solid wood caskets

When the interior material is tightly stretched across the panel of the casket it is said to be:

Tailored

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

2 inches

A casket in which the sides are vertical or at right angles to the casket bottom is:

A state casket

Corrugated fiberboard is a material used in casket shell construction that is classified as:

A wood by-product

A burial vault which is closed by placing the dome over the base is called a/an:

Air seal

An outer enclosure which entraps air via its dome-shaped construction uses which of the following closure methods:

Air-seal

An eight-sided casket is referred to as:

An octagon casket

The component part of the throw that hangs down into the body of the casket is the:

Apron

A printed form the funeral home uses specifically for the funeral director and the family to make funeral and financial arrangements is the:

Arrangement form

The sum of a group of sales figures divided by the number of units is known as the:

Average Sale

Any pricing method would be based on:

Average overhead per adult formula service, mark-up on wholesale casket costs, and wholesale casket costs.

The purchasing, pricing, display and sale of merchandise items specific to the funeral service is:

Funeral Merchandise

The process of coating ferrous metals with zinc is:

Galvanizing

The number of sheet in ferrous metal necessary to equal approximaely one inch of thickness is the:

Gauge

The thickness of a ferrous metal casket is measured in:

Gauge

A strip of metal, plastic of cloth attached to the inside of the casket panel which covers the point where the roll is anchored to the:

Gimp

An examples of backing material used in casket construction is:

Masselin

The total of all sales divided by the number of sales is known as the:

Mean sale

The middle sale when sales for a given period of ime are arranged in order of their increasing value is the:

Median Scale

Which of the following is a source of income in the funeral business?

Non-formula services

The planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling of office work is:

Office management

A division of the total into four intervals, each one representing one-fourth of the total is known as a:

Quartile

The document between the seller and the buyer stipulating the items furnished, the price of said items, and the terms of the payment is the:

Sales contract

An interior material found in caskets that has a smooth shiny face and dull on the backside is:

Satin

Which of the following is an example of a grave liner?

Sectional

The portion of the funeral home which contains caskets and other funeral merchandise displayed for sale is the:

Selection room

A gathered type of casket interior made on a sewing machine with a multiple number of needles is called:

Shirred

A non-movable handle that extends all the way around the casket is called a/an:

Stationary Bar Handle