FSE-215 Mid-Term Answers

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

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 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

"Anthropomorphic" would be a term that best describes a:

Coffin

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

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

Most gasketed caskets sold today are of this type:

Glassless

Lignin is primarily seen to-

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

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

Bail handle hardware is a variation of-

Individual stationary

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

Client families that purchase wood caskets usually do so because of:

Its warmth, beauty, and craftsmanship

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

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

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

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

Historically, Which of these types of copper was considered to be the "ultimate" copper casket?

Seamless copper deposit

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

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

The regular full couch casket-

There is no such casket

In measuring the thickness of a non-ferrous casket metal, the higher the number, the _______ the casket metal.

Thicker

What part of the hardware grouping covers the ends of the bar?

Tip

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

The most common bronze casket produced and sold today by american funeral homes is the:

Wrought bronze

Which of these types of copper is made from copper sheets, stamped to shape and welded or soldered together?

Wrought copper

How does one make a casket material known as copper?

You can't- it's a natural element

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

Cast bronze

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