Funeral Merchandising Chapter 1-8 Questions for Review

Softwood Species

Gymnosperms are coniferous (cone-bearing) trees with needles or scale-like foliage, like pine or cedars

False

Hammertone or crinkled finishes are applied to more expensive caskets

Muslin

Is a basic, plain-woven cotton fabric, and is most frequently used in the lining of the Orthodox Jewish casket

Plated Finish

Is created when a base metal is coated by another metal via an electrolytic process

Overlay

Is the aesthetic covering for the foot cap (of the half couch) or inner foot panel of the (full couch) casket

True

Linen is a fabric made from flax

True

Most casket manufacturers produce metal units with an average interior width of 23-24 inches, an average length of 78 inches, and an interior height between 16 and 24 inches

Stainless steel is a metal alloy of steel, chromium, and sometimes

Nickel

Casket

Rectangular

Casket Shell

Refers collectively to the cap and body of the casket

Coffin

Six sides, antrhopoid

Children Caskets

Small as 12 inches to approximately 5 feet 6 inches in length. The units INCREASE lenghtwise in 6 inch increments

False

Stainless steel is rustproof

True

The bar is the part of the casket handle which is grasped by the casket bearer

True

The body ledge flange/top body molding flange is the horizontal portion of the top body molding where the gasket is placed on gasketed caskets

True

The brushed/scratch finish is the result of a process where bare metal is scratched with an abrasive material and then finished until a smooth high gloss is obtained

True

The casket "body" is that portion of the casket shell containing the top body molding, body panels, base molding, and casket bottom

True

The first United States patent for a "metallic coffin" was issued in 1836 to James Gray

True

The hinge cover conceals the knee brace that supports the open casket cap

True

The most commonly plated casket components are hardware items

True

The production of a good quality wood casket will require 130 to 150 board-feet of lumber, with some units incorporating up to 300 board-feet

True

The shirred interior is a style in which the material is drawn or gathered in a parallel fashion in a multiple needle head sewing process

True

The term "doeskin" generically refers to any cloth-covered casket

Sliding Lock Bar and Lever Lock

The two most common methods used to secure closure of gasketed caskets

True

The word casket is alternately defined as a small box for jewels which implies that the contents therein are of a precious and valuable nature

True

Urnside casket shell designs may have either square or round corners

True

Use of an oversize outer burial container may result in the need to utilize more than one standard grave space

False

"Hardware" refers to the bolts, screws, and nails used to assemble the casket shell

True

"Nap" refers to a plush, downy, soft surface texture, like that found on velvet

Wood Interior Measurements

75" L x 22" W, 16" x 22" H

Twin Bed Mattress Measurement

75" L x 39" W

Metal Interior Measurements

78" L x 23" W, 16"x24" H

Specialty Cap Panel

A removable and interchangeable item designed to fit into the casket's cap panel

True

A shell manufactured in the elliptic style will appear a casket having ends in the shape of a half circle

False

An octagonal shell design has 6 body panels

Outer Burial Container

An oversize casket may require the use of an oversized

Hardwood Species

Angiosperms are broad-leaved deciduous trees, that is trees that annually loose their leaves, like oaks and maples

Non-ferrous Metal

Any metal which is not formed from iron, such as copper or bronze

True

Cast hardware is formed via the most expensive hardware production method

True

Cloth that is embossed has designs raised above its surface

Polymer Casket

Combination Unit... casket and outer burial container. No additional burial vault is needed

False

Crepe is commonly used to line the most expensive caskets

True

Depending upon the specific style, anywhere from 12 to 15 yards of textiles may be used to complete the casket lining

Semi-tailored

Describes a combination of a tailored interior with one or more other styles of interior

True

Due to the variation in grain patterns, every wood casket is unique

Exterior Measurements (Metal and Wood)

84" L x 29" W

Double Oversize Casket Inside Measurement

85" L x 38" W

Standard interior dimensions of a burial vault measure

86 inches long by 30 inches wide

True

A backing materials give body and support to the material lining the casket

True

A slip-panel cap may be completely removed from the casket

Tailored Interior

A tightly drawn form of casket interior style

Ferrous Metal

Any metal formed from iron such as steel or stainless steel

True

By the mid - 1800s, many professional cabinetmakers began specializing in the production of coffins and even offered "undertaking" as a supplemental sideline to their already established businesses

True

Doeskin is a heavy, durable cotton fabric with a short nap

True

Ferritic stainless steel is often referred to as "400 series" or "409 stainless"

True

Gauge, a measurement of the thickness of metals, is roughly equated to the number of sheets of metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness

True

Generally speaking, round-corner caskets are more expensive than square-cornered caskets

Perfection Half Couch

Is a casket in which the ogee, crown, and pies are formed as one unit with a transverse cut in the cap, forming a two piece lid for the casket

Cove

Is a component of the casket interior which lines the rim (ogee) and surrounds the cap panel

Body Lining

Is the material which drapes the inside perimeter of the casket body

Casket Cap

Is the topmost portion of the casket shell, and includes the ogee, crown, pie and header

Casket Crown

Is the uppermost part of the cap

False

It is perfectly acceptable for a funeral director to allow a family to select a casket before the funeral director has had a chance to ascertain the actual size of the remains

16, 18 and 20

List the three most common gauges employed in steel casket construction

True

Non-ferrous metal caskets are distinguished by weight expressed in ounces per square foot; this expression of thickness is known as the Brown & Sharpe Gauge

True

Over time, emphasis on the coffin's basic functionality gave way to an increasing interest in the coffin's aesthetics, or "eye appeal"

True

Oversize casket dimensions increase incrementally by 2 inches in width and 3 inches in length, each "step" increase in size represented by an "x"

Gasket adhered

The gasket is adhered to the body ledge flange; in the case of a half-couch casket, a secondary transverse gasket lies atop the gasket channel found on the foot cap header

True

The lining attached to the undersurface of the foot panel and/or a component part of the throw which extends downward into the body of the casket is the "apron"

True

The matte/flat finish is dull

True

Wood caskets have average inside dimensions of 75 inches in length and 22 inches in width, and approximately 16 to 22 inches interior height