FSE 215 Midterm Prep

Your casket supplier offers two types of stainless steel, namely 300 series and 400 series. You want the better of the two. Which one is the better?

300 series

What are the standard gauges found in metal burial vaults?

7, 10, & 12 gauge

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

"Bail handle" hardware-

Doesn't move or is stationary

This casket opening style allows for a single or double style

Hinged cap

Where would one find "stiffeners"?

On the bottom of the casket

How do lining materials affect the structural integrity of concrete burial vaults? (i.e., a copper inner liner within a concrete burial vault)

The structural ability of the vault is increased

Are all burial vaults considered "outer burial containers"?

Yes

Burial vaults that are manufactured of solid copper usually utilize which sealing method?

Air seal

What type of burial vault seal allows a small amount of water to enter the bottom portion of the vault?

Air seal

A semi-tailored casket interior style combines that tailored interior with:

Any of the above styles (tufted, shirred, crushed)

What part of the hardware grouping do the pallbearers actually grasp?

Bar

How does one create a crinkled exterior finish?

By adding something to the paint before spraying

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 materials is not a typical primary burial vault material?

Cement

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

Coffin

Which of these burial recepticals was the oldest (historically)?

Coffins

If the caskets in your selection room began with the least expensive, then became more expensive as you walked further in the room, this would be an example of which arrangement method?

Consecutive grouping

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

Where would one be most likely to find plush or high pile?

Covering a wood casket

What is the term that describes the wood that is derived from a leaf-bearing tree?

Deciduous

What material best described by "a heavy durable fabric with a short thick velvety nap on one side; a woven cloth with a suede-like appearance with a nap less than 1/18th of an inch"?

Doeskin

What casket shell design resembles an old-timey claw-footed bathtub in its shape?

Elliptic ended

Cloth-covered caskets can be classified as smooth or ____

Embossed

Which of these types more closely resembles cardboard in its composition?

Fiberboard

The lighting from a tubular electric discharge lamp:

Fluorescent lighting

Which type of lighting "burns" cooler?

Fluorescent lighting

Which type of lighting is high in "blues"?

Fluorescent lighting

Merchandisers state that funeral homes should have a minimum of ____ square feet per casket unit displayed.

Forty

Lignin is primarily seen to-

Helps hold the material (wood cells) together like glue

What type of lighting is most recommended by merchandisers for casket selection rooms?

Incandescent lighting

Which type of lighting "burns" hotter?

Incandescent lighting

"Extreme oxidation" would be an applicable term for which one of these casket materials

Iron

If a wood comes from a coniferous tree, that tree-

Is cone-bearing

A coffin ____ the same article as a casket.

Is not

What is the position of the ogee in the open regular couch casket?

It was separate from the cap and hinged and folded down while the cap was raised

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

Its warmth, beauty, and craftsmanship

Which of these hardware parts actually connects the hardware to the side of the casket?

Lug

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

This material is actually pressed paper in a sheet form.

Masselin

Generally speaking, hardwoods are ___ resistant than softwoods

More

Are all outer burial containers "burial vaults"?

No

In the regular half couch casket, what part of the casket is hinged so that it may fold down for viewing?

Ogees

This opening style allows for "half" or "full" types

Perfection couch

The 'priest' or 'clergy' casket is a variation of what opening style?

Perfection full couch

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

The "slip head panel" is a variation of the ____ opening style

Single hinged cap

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

Which of these caskets cannot be brushed?

Solid mahogany

A flaring side casket is most likely to be which shell design?

Square cornered

Which of these would be the most durable and long-lasting ferrous casket?

Stainless steel

"Direct" counseling is when the funeral director-

Stays in the selection room with the family at all times

An end seal burial vault is customarily made form which of these materials?

Steel

You observe that your deceased mother-in-law's casket has the words "16 gauge" written on the base molding of the foot end of the casket. You immediately draw the conclusion that her casket is made from what material?

Steel

You have a client family in your arrangement office that desires a perfection half couch casket that has a plain or simple interior appearance. You are most likely to suggest a casket with a ____ interior style.

Tailored

Which of these is represented by a tightly stretched or smooth appearance?

Tailored interior

Which of these hardware types serves as a bridge between the bar and the lug?

The arm

What does the term "selected hardwood" actually mean?

The casket is manufactured using different species of wood

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 ferrous casket, the lower the number, the ____ the casket metal

Thicker

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

Thicker

Judging the differences between the weights of two ferrous metal casket thickness, the casket with the higher number represents the casket with the ____ metal

Thinner

What is the maximum number of caskets that merchandisers recommend that you have on hand to show families?

Thirty

If a casket has a gasket, the gasket will be "sandwiched" between the ___ & ___

Top body molding and ogee

What is considered to be the ultimate interior style?

Tufted

Which of these interior styles appears to have small "puffs" in the cloth, and may or may not have a button or stitch in the "puff"?

Tufted

What is the minimum number of caskets that merchandisers recommend that you have in stock to show your families?

Twelve

Which of these numbers is closer to the average number of caskets that United States funeral homes show their client families?

Twenty

Your client family desires the best casket you have to offer. This casket is most likely to feature what shell design?

Urn cornered

Which of these types of copper is the most common used in casket construction today?

Wrought copper

How does one make a casket material known as copper?

You can't, it's a natural element

How does one create the casket metal known as bronze?

By combining copper, tin, and zinc

A top seal burial vault is usually made from what material?

Concrete

An air seal burial vault is NOT usually found in this material.

Concrete

What material is used to make a sectional box?

Concrete

Which type of lighting is high in yellows?

Incandescent lighting

What common element or material is shared among all ferrous caskets?

Iron

Is a grave liner considered a burial vault?

No

Which of these casket finishes is made by actually striking the casket metal with a ball-peen tool?

None of these (hammertone, plated, brushed, crinkled)

Which of these is not a hardwood?

Redwood

Another term for the "ogee" is the:

Rim

Which of these types of copper was considered to be the "ultimate" copper casket ever produced?

Seamless copper deposit

A receptical that is "in the shape of a man" would most likely be:

Wide at the shoulders and more narrow at the head and at the foot

In which of these methods of producing a copper casket is the molds of a casket submerged in a copper ionic solution; thereby allowing the creation of a casket within the molds of the casket? Later, the mold is broken away, leaving the casket for finishing

Seamless copper deposit

A casket truck has brought your funeral home two caskets, a pecan casket and pine casket, weighing a total of 500 pounds. The first casket you remove from the truck weighs 200 pounds, so you deduct that the casket that is still on the truck is the ____ casket

Pecan

Is a grave liner considered an outer burial container?

Yes