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Which of the following should not be discussed in the funeral arrangements conference?

educational programs

Principles of mortality, including both the science of good and the nature of right is

ethics

Which of the following is an example of unethical publicity?

fraudulent promotion

Fidelity to moral principles is the definition of

integrity

Which of the following are required for a valid contract?

All (mutual agreement, contractual capability, legal objective, and consideration).

Which of the following is not considered ethical in regard to a deceased body?

Allowing a personal friend to watch the embalming procedure.

In regard to an ethical funeral director's relationship with his competitors, which of the following is considered a proper goal?

Cooperation

Which of the following would be the best example of ethnicity?

Jewish

Which of the following is an allied professional or service that the ethical funeral director is professionally concerned with?

Organ donation

Which of the following terms are associated with filing suit in a civil action:

All(discovery, process, petition, and answer)

While all states have their own laws describing their requirements for a valid will, most include:

All(testamentary capacity, freedom from duress, freedom from fraud, freedom from undue influence, in writing, witnessed)

Which of the following is not an allied profession or service to the funeral industry?

Banking professional

Which of the following is a good ethical behavior in regard to treatment of the deceased?

Cleanliness in the preparation room

Which of the following is a desirable characteristic of an ethical funeral director?

Compassionate

Maintaining discreet client relationships would fulfill what ethical practice?

Confidential responsibility

Which of the following consists of the rules, ideas, and the beliefs shared by members of society for living and dying, which are learned directly or indirectly?

Culture

Which of the following is an ethical consideration in regard to the care of the deceased body?

Entrusted care by the family

situation requiring immediate action or urgency

Exigent circumstance

Which of the following has occurred if a funeral practitioner intentionally misrepresents a benefit of a pre-need funeral agreement?

Fraud

Which of the following is not a good personal ethical trait?

Infidelity

Who of the following is primarily liable on a promissory note?

Maker

Which of the following is considered unethical publicity for a funeral director?

Misrepresentation in warranties

Which of the following is not good ethical behavior in regard to treatment of the deceased

Necromania

Which of the following is an ethical obligation that a funeral director owes to his professional association?

Participate in continuing education

A funeral director submits a bill for his services for $7,500.00. The estate's administrator sends a check for $8,500.00. How should the funeral director handle the overpayment?

Return the overpayment immediately.

The passing of title from seller to buyer for a price is called a

Sale

Which of the following denotes good professional ethics in community relationships?

Speaking to a local church group

Which of the following is a rule of ethical conduct that is found in most major religions?

The Golden Rule

Which of the following is a consideration in the funeral director's community relationships?

The funeral director's honesty

The state Atttorney General of a given state requires a $10 fee for each pre-need contract written. This would be an example of

a law

A reason or desire that acts as a catalyst to spur one to a specific action is called

a motive

In choosing your source of supply of caskets, the most important qualification of the manufacturer is

a policy of standing behind their product

All of the following would be considered an allied service EXCEPT

a public agency

A philosophy that focuses on the worship of a god or gods is called

a theistic philosophy

Criminal law is concerned with

a wrong against the public as a whole.

The ethical funeral director should NOT

advise each family what casket they should select

An ethical funeral director is expected to be knowledgeable and give factual representation of all of the following EXCEPT

all known religious practices

Which of the following terms means related, as in related professions?

allied

With respect to the funeral industry, private and governmental agencies are examples of

allied services

Ethics is probably best defined

as the discipline of dealing with moral duty and obligation

If a funeral director receives the remains from another funeral home and the conditions are below standard, he/she should

attempt to make the remains presentable before viewing

When dealing responsibly with the media, an ethical funeral director should

be discrete in the information he or she releases

When a funeral director makes funeral arrangements with a family, he/she should

be factual and knowledgeable

Type of endorsements include which of the following

blank, special, qualified, and restrictive

What is good and moral in business transactions is the definition of

business ethics

A declaration or public statement of professional standards of right and wrong conduct defines a(n)

code of ethics

A system or code of morals of a particular philosopher, religion, group or profession is called?

code of ethics

A stage of moral development in which the expectations of the social group (family, community, and nation) are supported and maintained is known as

conventional stage

In reference to ethics, advice given to someone else to help them with a problem is termed

counseling

All of the following ethical standards apply to the deceased while under the care of the funeral home or embalming service EXCEPT

embalming should be completed as quickly as possible without regard to proper case analysis

A written agreement, such as a deed, is delivered to a third person.. That person is to deliver it to another person only on performance of a specific action by the person. This type of agreement is known as an

escrow

That branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions

ethics

The cultural heritage or identity of a group, based on factors such as language or country of origin is known as

ethnicity

Which of the following is not a good example of ethical employer-employee relationships?

favoritism

Which of the following is a reason to have continued education in funeral service?

good for self-improvement

All of the following would be considered part of a funeral director's individual/personal ethics EXCEPT

his or her relationship to allied professions

Which of the following is considered to be a component of a funeral director's individual relationships?

his or her relationship with family

Which of the following terms is defined as having a sense of honor, and fair dealings?

honesty

The Johnson Funeral Home hired a plumber to do some much needed work around the funeral home. The plumber is considered a/n

independent contractor

When 2 or more persons enter into a contract with one or more persons, the contract may be

joint or severable

All of the following would be considered fiduciary components of pre-funded funeral arrangements EXCEPT

maintaining the privacy and security of the arrangements

A term that is synonymous with ethical, and that refers to the customs, values and standards of practice of a group, age or theory intended to be timeless is

moral

In recognizing ethical standards in his/her professional responsibility to the press, the funeral director

must exercise discretion in releasing confidential information

A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods is considered to be

non-theistic

What would the death of a minority stock holder do to that company?

nothing

In regard to professional boards, the ethical funeral director should not

only abide by the rules that he/she agree(s) with

The set of values, ideas and opinions of an individual or group is known as

philosophy

With personal effects of a deceased in his custody, the ethical funeral director should not

place them in a bag and leave them in the preparation room

According to Kohlberg, state of mind development in which the individual considers universal and moral principles which supersede the authority of the group is called

post-conventional stage

Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority is the

pre-conventional stage

Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which the individual is characterized as not understanding the rules of feeling a sense of obligation to them

pre-moral stage

With respect to pre-need funeral arrangements, all of the following records should be kept on file at the funeral home except

preferences of family members who have not signed the contract

The proving of a will

probate

Which of the following would be a part of a funeral director's individual/personal ethics

professionalism

A family wants to pay the funeral bill by means other than cash. They need to negotiate which of the following types of document?

promissory note

Consideration in a contract could be

property, money, of a promise of service

In regard to employer-employee relationships, the ethical funeral director should

provide environmentally safe working conditions

The ethical funeral director should

provide professional service to all who seek it

When a family during a arrangement conference, it is good ethical practice to

provide the family with documentation of all business transactions

In regard to employer-employee relationships, the ethical funeral director should

provide through training

A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of sacred beliefs, emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs, and overt conduct, presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings, is known as

religion

In maintaining a high standard of conduct with a competitor, the funeral director would be wise to

respect the bereaved family's choice of a funeral establishment.

When making pre-need arrangements, a good ethical practice is to

secure all funeral home records in a safe place

With regard to colleagues, an ethical funeral director should be willing to do all the following EXCEPT

share profits with less fortunate funeral directors

Moral principles that vary with circumstances are referred to as

situational ethics

All of the following statements are true of ethics, EXCEPT

that ethics are imposed externally

With respect to ethics, the term citizenship refers to

the behavior or character of an individual viewed as a member of society

All of the following would be considered components of an ethical funeral director's employer-employee relationship EXCEPT

the employee's religious background

All of the following are examples of Kohlberg's stages of moral development EXCEPT

the moral stage

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

If a person complies with the laws of his or her community solely because of fear of going to prison, which stage of Kohlberg's moral development are they complying with?

the pre-conventional stage

Law is defined as

the rules that govern society

All of the following are true of laws, EXCEPT

they are imposed internally

If the family takes issue with the fact that a legal will states that the money and assets of the deceased should be divided equally among the heirs and they ask the funeral director what they can do about that. The funeral director should tell them

to consult an attorney

Which of the following would be an ethical obligation to your professional association?

to share time and talents

In his/her ethical obligation to various professional associations, the funeral director should

urge professional solidarity

Beliefs that are held in high esteem are

values

A legal document directing how real and personal property should be distributed after his death.

will

In regards to competitive relationships, which of the following is not a good ethical practice?

defamation of competitor

Requirements for a valid offer must include

definite time, definite intent, and seriously intended