Funeral Directing Compendium

A pricing method that shows separately the price of the services to be rendered and the price of the casket is?

Bi-unit pricing

When jewelry is found on the deceased during a residential removal, you as the funeral director should do what?

Check with the family about the jewelry and remove it if they so desire

Who has the preference to receive the burial flag for the deceased veteran?

Father

What is the name often used to refer to the holy book of Islam?

Koran/Qua ran

The Jewish term for a funeral cortege?

Levaya

The term meaning the ending portion of a Catholic funeral mass is?

Libera

The founder of the Church of Christ, Scientists was?

Mary Baker Eddy

A commemorative inscription on a tomb or monument is?

An epitaph

When used, the Mogen David is placed?

At the foot of the casket

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

The purchasing, pricing, display and sale of merchandise items specific to the funeral service is typically referred to as?

Funeral service merchandising

The "Committal Service" is usually held at the?

Grave site

The first letters for the Greek word for Jesus are?

IHS

What is the name of the skull cap warn by the men at temple and funeral services for members of the Jewish faith?

Kippah

The time limit for filing the Social Security Lump Sum Death Benefit payment is?

2 years from the date of death

Any Western Christian who is not adherent to the Ramon Catholic faith is known as a?

Protestant

The largest expense for a funeral home is?

Salaries

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

What is the most appropriate for a funeral director to do before leaving the next of kin after making the removal?

Set a time for the arrangement conference

The Jewish term for a seven day mourning period that begins on the day of burial is?

Shiva

The Jewish term for the 30 day mourning period is?

Sholoshim

A funeral pricing procedure which creates the one total package price for both services and merchandise is referred to as the?

Unit pricing method

The Latin term 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

The time set aside for the paying respects to the deceased by friends and family, Generally held the afternoon and evening prior to the day of the funeral ?

Visitation

The rosary service is usually held the night before?

A Roman Catholic funeral rite

A gasket sealed container used as either an insert into a casket or as a shipping case is, generally made of galvanized steel (zinc coated) with flaring sides so that the containers may be stored by stacking inside one another?

A Ziegler case

The head of the Roman Catholic diocese is?

A bishop

What is an obituary?

A brief biological sketch of a person's life

One who carries the casket during the funeral service is?

A casketbearer

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

A cenotaph

The prie dieu in the Roman Catholic church signifies?

A kneeling bench or rail

The person who usually makes the notification of death to the funeral home is usually?

A member of the family

A crucifer in the Roman Catholic church is?

A person who carries the crucifix in an ecclesiastical procession

An outer enclosure which entraps air via its dome-shaped construction uses which of the following closure methods?

Air seal

The entry way into the church proper is most properly referred to as the ________ in religious vernacular?

Narthax

The seating or auditorium section of the church where the members of the congregation are seated is?

Nave

One who is authorized to read lessons and scriptures in a Christian Science Church is the?

Reader

What is an example of a grave liner?

Sectional box

When a person dies at home without medical attention and has not been seen by a doctor in more that 30 days, an official inquiry into the cause of death is made by the?

Coroner

Which of the following would lead a liturgical Protestant funeral procession?

Crucifer

A legal document containing vital statistics, disposition and final medical information pertaining to the deceased is the?

Death certificate

In the funeral procession, the family car should be placed?

Directly after the funeral coach

The priest leads the processional and recessional for what funeral rites?

Eastern Orthodox

The act of placing the remains in a mausoleum crypt is?

Entombment

The proper word which means placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum is?

Entombment

A price determination method whereby the casket cost in multiplied by a constant factor?

Fixed multiple pricing

Music played before a funeral service is the?

Prelude

The suggested volume of containers used for cremated bodies is?

200 cubic inches

The document that can be produced when the completed death certificates is filed is the?

Burial transit permit

The one who carries a cross in an ecclesiastical procession is the?

Crossbearer

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?

Educational grouping

A man who has lost his spouse by death is known as a?

Widower

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 for all of the following except? Ushering, church truck, prie dieu, and floral display equipment

Prie dieu

What information is not needed to complete a death certificate?

Religious affiliation

A burial-transit permit is not needed for?

Remains which are used for scientific or educational study

The Christian Burial Permit is issued by the?

Roman Catholic Church

The document between the seller and the buyer stipulating the items furnished, the price of said items and the terms of payment is the?

Sales contract

Architecturally, in the liturgical Protestant church, the part of the church containing the altar is the?

Sanctuary

The Eastern Orthodox funeral is held with?

The casket open during the service

Which of the following would lead the processional and recessional in a non-liturgical Protestant funeral service?

An Officiant

A burial vault which is sealed by placing a dome over the base is?

An air seal burial vault

A printed form the funeral home uses specifically for the funeral director and the family to make funeral and financial arrangement is the?

Arrangement form

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

Average sale

A religious singer who assists a Rabbi is a?

Cantor

A device upon which caskets are placed one above the other for display is known as a?

Casket rack

Who receives the flag of a deceased veteran if there is no surviving spouse?

Child of the deceased

The portions of the funeral service which is conducted at the place of disposition is the?

Committal service

The trisagion is associated with what faith's funeral rites?

Eastern Orthodox

The Orthodox Jewish funeral may not be held?

In the Synagogue, on Saturday afternoon, and with flowers present

An area set aside in a cemetery for several grace spaces, usually containing tow, four, or six grave spaces is a?

Lot

What is an improper action regarding the US flag used in a military funeral service?

Lowering the flag into the grave with the deceased veteran

A place to which remains are removed pending identification by relatives is the?

Morgue

Which of the following religions does not permit the use of candles, cross, or crucifix in their funeral service?

Mormons

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

Orthodox Jewish

Embalming is usually not practiced by the?

Orthodox Jewish faith

Who could not be buried in a national cemetery?

Parents of any member of the armed forces

The Trisagion is part of the?

Eastern Orthodox church

An honorary title conferred upon Roman Catholic priests is?

Monsignor

98% of the notification of deaths comes to the funeral home by means of?

Telephone

In the Jewish faith, the one year anniversary of the death?

Yahrzeit

The time limit for the VA application for burial benefits is?

2 years from the date of cremation or permanent burial

A metal or concrete enclosure designed to protect the casket is called?

A vault

A holy picture in the Eastern Orthodox church is?

An icon

The icon is associated with the?

Eastern Orthodox church

The total of all sales divided by the number of sales is known as the?

Mean sales

The middle sale when sales for a given period of time are arranged in order of their increasing value is the?

Median

Stated directions in the Liturgical Protestant church regarding church practices and procedures are referred to as?

Rubrics

What is the Jewish term for a tasseled shawl worn by men during prayer?

Tallith

What are the names used when referring to the cap warn by men at temple by members of the Jewish faith?

Yamaka, Yarmulke, Kippah

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

Indirect presentation

The individual who supplies the statistical data concerning the deceased at the funeral arrangement conference is the?

Informant

A pricing method by which each and every service functions and item of merchandise is priced separately when making the funeral bill?

Itemized pricing

What may be utilized during the Roman Catholic funeral rite?

Sacred heart

The head of the Roman Catholic church is?

The Pope

A dignity conferred upon Roman Catholic bishops and/or priests making them Princes of the Church is known as the station of?

Cardinal

The place about the altar of a church that encloses the clergy and other officials is the?

Chancel

The "Practitioner" is the officiant of the?

Christian Science funeral rite

If the family requests that the casket be opened in the church during the actual funeral service, the funeral director should?

Consult the clergy person in charge of the service

A crepe badge of floral design placed on the door of a home where a death has occurred is referred to as a?

Door badge

The act of placing a dead human body in a grave is called?

Interment