NBE Arts Practice - D.E.A.D 9/12 - editing

If the wholesale cost of a casket is $1,000.00, and the funeral director marks caskets up 100%, what is the retail price for that casket?

$2000

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

2 inches

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 is called:

ALternative container

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

The body of the casket includes the:

Base molding

Which of these are in the design of a retort?

Both breech and flue

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

Both smoke and fly ash

The quantity of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit while water is in the liquid state:

British Thermal Unit (BTU)

Term often used by Native Americans to refer to their places of burial:

Burial ground

In cremation, the __________ supplies heat to raise the temperature of the cremation chamber to the point where combustion of the human remains and container is possible.

Burner

A memorial to a single person but more commonly for a group of people who have died, but whose bodies are not present is classified as a ___.

Cenotaph

A space of sufficient size in a public mausoleum used for the disposition of casketed human remains:

Crypt

Also known as - Wage and Hour Laws:

Fair Labor Standards Act

Carbon monoxide release from the crematory retort is an indication of:

Incomplete combustion

The number of times the average inventory has been sold or used up during a period:

Inventory turnover

The art and science of motivating employees toward the achievement of a goal:

Management

An example of backing material used in casket construction is:

Masselin

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

Niche

The air supply introduced under pressure directly into or adjacent to the fuel bed in a crematory retort is called ___.

Primary air

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

Refractory brick

The fair market price to purchase similar products in similar condition:

Replacement value approach

In most states with cremation laws, the __________ is responsible for the crematory complying with the laws, rules and regulations of that state.

Responsible cremationist

An example of a padding material used in casket construction is:

Shredded paper

A person who is interested in the study of cemeteries and other forms of final disposition is classified as a:

Taphophile

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

Turbulence

To cremate bodies larger than 300 lbs, the operator should:

Use modified operating procedures

A cost of doing business which increases when there is more activity and decreases when there is less business is called:

Variable expense

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 the entire time between death and the funeral is called a ___.

Vigil

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

Zinc