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

12 caskets

The first crematory built in the United States was built in which year?

1876

The Short- Term Exposure Limit (STEL) for formaldehyde is:

2.0 ppm

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

26 inches The 6/6 means that the casket is 6 feet 6 inches long. The two X's mean that 4 inches is added to the standard interior width of a wood casket which is 22 inches. Thus it is 26 inches wide.

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

29 inches

If the authorizing agent agrees to take possession 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 of the authorizing agent to take possession of the remains.

30

When preparing for a burial at sea, to meet EPA Regulations, the casket and body plus any ballast added must weigh a minimum of ___ pounds.

300 lbs.

The length (interior) of the standard adult wood casket is:

6'3

Probate Court

A court which has jurisdiction over estates

Bequest

A gift of personal property made in a will.

When a person dies with a will and she appoints a man to handle her final affairs, this person is known as

An Executor

The person or persons with the paramount right to authorize the cremation of a deceased human?

Authorizing agent

In the Jewish faith, the prayers said during the Tehillim are found here.

Book of Psalms

Which of the following authors proposed the "attachment theory":

Bowlby

Social behavior as dictated by tradition:

Custom

The term which refers to an Orthodox Jewish Memorial service or closing prayer of a funeral is ___.

El Malei Rachamin

According to Worden, which of the following are Tasks of Mourning?

Experience the pain of loss Accept the reality of the loss Adjust to new environment and invest energy in new relationships

The observation of ways that touch affects the communication process is called:

Haptics

Methods for Prevention, Response, Storage and Disposal of chemical are:

Included in precautionary statements on GHS labels

The rim is part of the casket

LID

Which organization is responsible for creating and promoting a Code of Ethics for Funeral Directors?

National Funeral Directors Association

The registered right of an inventor to make, use, and sell an invention:

Patent

Hydrogen chloride is produced in the cremation process when _________ containing chlorine are cremated.

Plastics

The act or process of proving a will

Probate

A contract which may be terminated by the purchaser at any time prior to the death of the beneficiary:

Revocable contract

Specific act or function dealing with the religious funeralization of a deceased human being:

Rite

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

The vessel, or cabinet in which the Blessed Sacrament is kept.

Tabernacle

A monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human body not present is

a cenotaph

A crucifer in the Roman Catholic church is:

a person who carries the crucifix in an ecclesiastical procession

Which of the following is a "Task of Mourning" according to Worden?

adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

An order, issued by a court, which can be either preliminary, temporary, or permanent ,which forbids or requires a specific performance is ___.

an injunction

The Hebrew word which translates as "container" is

aron

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

average sale

When a funeral director has a dead human body in his care, he is properly termed a

custodian

A term that would best describe the studies of the population is

demography

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

gauge

direct lightning

illumination directly shining on an object

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

impromptu

The type of lighting used in a funeral home that reflects off of the ceiling is

indirect lighting

The governing body which issues Funeral Director licenses is:

individual states

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

leakage

Which of the following has no time limit for filing the appropriate Veteran's Administration application for benefits?

marker

The crown and ogee are part of the casket:

shell

Parol evidence is

spoken words

A galvanized finish is applied to

steel burial vaults for protection

incandescent lightning

the illumination resulting from the glowing of a headted filament

If a person considers universal moral principles to supersede the authority of the group, he or she is complying with which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

the post-conventional stage

An example of lining material used in casket construction is

woven linen