NBE Arts Practice - D.E.A.D Program 9/7/25

The sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant, which remains unexplained after a complete autopsy and a review of the circumstances around the death:

All of these

The tendency in human being to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for security and safety:

Attachment theory

An event producing acute deprivation and loss due to death of one in whom emotional capital has been invested is:

Bereavement

The release of cremated human remains into the wind?

Both casting and scattering

Regulating the activities of an organization:

Both directing and acutating

Turbulence in the exhaust flow in a cremation retort is caused by:

Both drop arches and curtain walls

Balance of costly goods paid for in small monthly (fractional) payments over a specific period of time:

Both installment credit and closed end credit

The amount of material that a cremation retort can incinerate per hour is called:

Burn rate

vThis type of casket is made from a base material which can be as simple as corrugated fiberboard or pressed wood which is covered with a layer of cloth:

Cloth covered

Military Discharge Papers:

DD 214

The change in family dynamics due to the death of a child would be decreased simply by the larger number of children in a:

Extended family

The crematory operator should cremate the containers with the most combustible finishes:

First

The Social Security Administration document titled Statement of Death by Funeral Director is also known as:

Form S.S.A 721

A new form of business ownership (not a corporation) approved in most states since approximately 1994- combines aspects of partnerships with the limited liability of a corporation; owners know as members:

Limited Liability Company

Which of the following actions is improper, regarding the U.S. flag used in a military funeral service?

Lowering the flag into the grave with the deceased veteran

Business plan a.k.a -

New venture plan

In a hillside cemetery, where the grave is on a steep slope, it might be necessary for the funeral director to ____________ in order to keep the lowering device level over the grave.

Use crib work

Which of the following best describes an obituary:

A brief biographical sketch of a person's life

A rite can be described as:

A ritual filled event with deep symbolic meaning

A contract in which the duties and obligations assumed by the parties are not verbalized but indicated by their actions is known as:

An implied contract

If a mistake has been made on a Death Certificate, it may be necessary to file an:

Application to amend Certificate of Death

Usually the best way to meet our problems is to:

Attack them directly

The modern definition of psychology is that it is the study of individual human:

Behavior

Which of the following is a need of the bereaved?

Confirm reality

What is the term for the type of cardboard which is made with a series of zig-zag folds of thick paper with a smooth layer glued to either side of that folded paper?

Corrugated cardboards

Any borrowed or loaned capital invested in the business that must be repaid to creditors:

Debt equity

A protective coping mechanism characterized by an inability to perceive external reality is called:

Denial

The fourth stage of anticipatory grief according to Kubler-Ross is:

Depression

The attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation is:

Due diligence

Who must be notified within 30 days of any disposition at sea:

EPA

Strong emotion marked by such reactions as a alarm, dread and disquieting:

Fear

A casket designed to display the deceased from head to foot is a:

Full couch casket

The killing of one human being by another:

Homicide

Process of acquiring, training, developing, motivating and appraising a sufficient quantity of qualified employees to perform necessary activities:

Human resource management

A solid screen, covered with icons, at the front of the Eastern Orthodox church is the:

Iconostasis

A speech "given off the top of one's head" without preparation:

Impromptu

The lighting design where the diffuse and more even distribution of light is achieved by having the room light be reflected off the ceiling instead of coming from point sources (bulbs) is called:

Indirect lighting

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

Indirect presentation

To bury or put a dead body into a grave:

Inter

The burial, entombment, or inurnment of human remains are all classified as:

Interment

What do we call business communications that are sent to receivers within a company?

Internal communication

Which of the following statements regarding the pall is false?

It can be placed on top of the American flag

The process of determining the critical components of a job for purposes of selecting, training, and rewarding personnel:

Job analysis

A document that lists the knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal characteristics a job holder must possess to perform effectively is called:

Job specification

Life insurance that protects a firm against losses due to the death of a key employee:

Key-person life insurance

If a family buys a casket from Funeral Home A and intends to use it at Funeral Home B, the way Funeral Home B may legally recover some profit is:

Nonexistent, there is no way to recover that lost revenue

A man, a woman and their unmarried children in one household is:

Nuclear family

Choice of actions provided through counseling as a means of solving the client or counselee's dilemma:

Option

The laws of the city councils are called:

Ordinances

A "bone-pit":

Ossuary

A form of financial planning whereby a part of the firm's earnings is retained to pay for possible losses, often for individual loss categories such as property, medical, or product liability is called:

Self-insurance

A business owned by one person who is subject to claims of creditors:

Sole proprietorship

Thoughts of ending one's life:

Suicidal ideation

Compared to the joint family, a nuclear family is:

The smaller group

What is the bi-unit pricing method?

The total funeral bill is the sum of merchandise items plus one basic fee for all services

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

Tip

A form of credit that is extended by one business to another business to help finance distribution of producer's goods:

Trade credit

The Latin for an ornamental vase, especially one with an ornate pedestal, often used as a receptacle for the cremated remains of a deceased human or animal?

Urn

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

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

Vault

Underground receptacles for caskets:

Vaults

In "Tasks of Mourning", which of the following are two of the main components? 1. Accept the reality of the loss 2. Develop traits of the deceased 3. Call on inner strengths 4. Experience the pain of grief

1 and 4

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

1,400 F - 1,800 F

In most States, regardless of the age of the cremation equipment, there is a __________ second retention time requirement.

1/2

It is recommended that a casket selection room carry a minimum of:

12 caskets

The maximum temperature at which a human crematory should be operated for efficient use is:

1800 degrees F

If you as a funeral director are presenting casket materials to a family and you are holding one square foot of 32 oz. copper, how many pounds of copper are you holding?

2 lbs

If a manufacturer's standard metal casket is 23 inches wide, how wide is a oversize casket labeled as 23 XXX?

29 inches

Those funeral rites that deviate from the traditional services are referred to as:

All of these choices are correct

A death has occurred and the funeral director is counseling with the family as they select the services and items of merchandise in completing arrangements for the funeral:

At-need counseling

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 is called ___.

Body bag

This is issued upon the filing of a completed death certificate with the proper agency. It is a legal authority to allow the funeral director to transport and/or dispose of a dead human body.

Burial transit permit

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

Burn rate

Fundamental statements that serve as guides to management practice:

Business policies

Source of market data that keeps track of new home sales by region and/or the construction of new houses by region and specific area:

Census of Housing

Which of the following individuals cannot certify the cause of death of a death certificate?

Chiropractor

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

Direct presentation method

A heavy duty, leak resistant zipper bag with at least six handles, designed to contain a dead human body and body fluids and used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from a place of death other than in an institution like a hospital, is a:

Disaster pouch

Feelings such as happiness, anger or grief, created by brain pattern accompanied by bodily changes:

Emotions

The ability to project oneself into another person's point of view, so as to experience the other's thoughts and feelings:

Empathy

The method by which social values are learned:

Enculturation

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

Epitaph

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

Extendover

Eligibility for the social security lump-sum death benefit is measured by:

Marital status of the deceased

An example of backing material used in casket construction is:

Masselin

A ceremony with religious content commemorating the deceased without the remains present.

Memorial service

A must behavior for all members of society that is not enforceable by law but will be enforced by other members of society as with shunning?

Mores

Which of the following religions places restrictions on the removal of their dead during sabbath?

Orthodox Jewish

A crucifer in the Roman Catholic church is:

Person who carries the crucifix in an ecclesiastical procession

According to Carl Rogers, accepting the client or counselee as he or she is, and for what he or she is without imposing judgments or stipulations:

Positive regard

John Jones, an only son, comes to College Funeral Home to make funeral arrangements for his deceased father, William. His mother passed 10 years ago and used the same funeral home. At that time, William made his own prearrangements. John agrees to proceed with his father's stated wishes. At the end of the at-need conference, FD Gary presents him with a contract for $6,500. The son is astonished. He thought his father had taken care of everything. William executed what type of pre-need wishes?

Pre-funded

Arrangements made in advance of need:

Pre-need

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

Satin

The portion of the funeral home which contains caskets and other funeral merchandise displayed for sale is most often referred to as the:

Selection room

A brief review of points covered in a portion of the counseling session or the summary at the close of a session:

Summary

The grouping of caskets, usually 3, used to educate the selecting clientele family members about the various attributes of the caskets and price points is referred to as the:

educational grouping

The number of sheets of ferrous metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness is the:

gauge

When the remains have been prepared at the mortuary and later taken to a Presbyterian church for the funeral service, the funeral director normally provides all of the following except the:

Prie dieu

Sacred beliefs reflected in the daily conduct of an individual are part of:

Religion

Zinc ornaments, handles and trim should be __________ before loading into retort.

Removed