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If a casket cost $200 wholesale and was sold for $1,000, and the average overhead per funeral was $500, what would the net profit be?
$300
The action level for formaldehyde when calculated using an 8-hour TWA is:
0.5 ppm
The time limit for the V.A. "application for burial benefits" is:
2 years from the date of cremation or permanent burial
How large would a grave need to be to accommodate a standard burial vault?
3 feet wide and 8 feet long
Which of the following weights are commonly used in the construction of copper caskets?
32 & 48 oz
The length (interior) of the standard adult wood casket is
6'3"
What is the % of initial contacts made to the funeral home via telephone?
98%
When this limit is exceeded, the employer must take proper steps to reduce employee exposure:
Action Level
An Orthodox Jewish person dies at home. Death occurs at 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. When is it appropriate for the funeral director to contact the Rabbi regarding the death?
After sundown Saturday
When a person dies with a will and he appoints a woman to settle his affairs after death, the person who settles his affairs is known as
An Executrix
A federal court of appeal is
An appellate court
After washing, the deceased is to be clothed in a shroud of either silk or cotton. Those who are 15 or older will be adorned with a burial ring, placed on the forefinger. Hardwood caskets are required.
Baha'i
Regulating the activities of an organization
Both Directing and Actuating
The amount of waste incinerated, usually expressed in pounds per hour, with the characteristics or type of waste stipulated:
Burn Rate
Combustion is also called:
Burning
Source of market data that explains where certain manufacturers are located:
Census of Manufacturing
The "Reader" is the officiant of the:
Christian Science funeral rite
The term which refers to an Orthodox Jewish Memorial service or closing prayer of a funeral is ___.
El Malei Rachamin PrevNext
Usury is a term which refers to
Excess interest
A person makes prearrangements and prefunds the contract by giving the funeral director the total amount. The funeral director deposits the funds in a bank to be withdrawn upon death of the client. The bank is known as the:
Fiduciary
A Veteran's Application for Burial Benefits is:
Form 21-530
If the family of a military veteran wants to order an upright head stone for his grave at Mountain View Cemetery, what form must the funeral director and family complete.
Form 40-1330
OSHA Form 301 is also called the ____________ and must be kept 30 years from the date of the occurrence.
Injury and Illness Incident Report
Life insurance that protects a firm against losses due to the death of a key employee:
Key-person life insurance
Funeral procession, in the Jewish faith.
Levaya PrevNext
A source of information that is used by a business to determine where the potential customers are located is a
Market survey
The process of planning the development, pricing, promotion, and distribution of an organization's goods/services
Marketing Management
Local Islamic religious facility containing no icons, statues, symbols, pews, chairs, or musical instruments; a Mosque.
Masjid
Honorary title of a Roman Catholic Priest
Monsignor
Though the name is derived from the Greek, meaning "a small point", they are Egyptian. These are the physical representation of rays from the sun streaming to the earth
Obelisk
The voluntary association of two or more people who have combined their resources to carry on as co-owners of a lawful enterprise, assume full risk for any liability for their
Partnership
The act or process of proving a will
Probate
The proportion of vapors to air that will burn is called:
The flammable range
A statement or action designed or perceived to create anxiety in an individuals's life:
Threat
For each extra X in width, the interior of a wooden casket increases by:
Two Inches
What does VSIMS stand for:
Vital Statistics Information Management System
A contract which is written so that either part may consider it as a joint obligation or a group of individual obligation is
a joint and several contract
A charge against another's property as security for a debt or claim is
a lien
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other entity has the right to be legally considered to be the same as
a living person
The term which means a fact that could alter one's decision to enter into a legal binding contract is
a material fact
Often called a "reward contract" this type of contract promises to pay when an act is completed. There is no negotiation between parties, the execution is the acceptance.
a unilateral contract
The requirement that funeral homes have accessible public areas using ramps or lifts as necessary comes from
ada
An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining:
alternative container
When used, the Mogen David is placed:
at the top part of the foot panel
The sum of a group of sales figures divided by the number of units is known as the
average sale
Mrs. Thompson's daughter gave the funeral director a watch and a broach to use for her mother's visitation and funeral. The items will be returned after the funeral. This is an example of:
bailment
Mrs. Thompson's daughter gave the funeral director a broach. Mrs. Thompson's daughter is the
bailor
The body of the casket includes the
base molding
A gift of personal property received through a will is a
bequest
A state, condition , or event produced when we lose someone or something of value best describes the term
bereavement
Blame directed towards one's self based on real or unreal conditions (as if you felt that it was your fault that some situation has occurred):
blame
A realistic attitude toward death
can best be developed in early childhood
A device upon which caskets are placed on top of each other for display is known as a
casket rack
A document filed with the Secretary of State in which a corporation wishes to operate detailing the major components of the company:
charter
A term for blood kin is
consanguinity
The funeral director sends Mrs. Thompson to Florida via a common carrier. The funeral director is the
consignor
When the services include embalming, which of these charges may also legally appear on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected?
cosmetizing
Another common name for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome would be
crib death
A newspaper notice simply stating the name of the deceased. Dates of birth and death and the location of service.
death notice
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 at the:
educational grouping
The process by which social values are learned, usually starting at a young age is called:
enculturation
Which of the following is NOT a manifestation of normal grief?
extreme withdrawa
A term involving a relation of trust or confidence is
fiduciary
A stone marker, with or without an inscription used to mark the foot of the grave
footstone
The FTC Funeral Rule requires a minimum of ___ packages on the GPL.
four
None of the 16 items required by the rule to be separately itemized on the GPL can be listed as "free" or "no charge". Items not required by the rule can be listed as
free
A service commemorating the deceased with the body present:
funeral ceremony
A common pattern of symptoms and reactions experienced by those who have lost relatives or friends through death is known as
grief syndrome
Detailed examples of adjustments, choices, or alternatives available to the client or counselee from which a course of action may be selected:
illustrating
Caveat Emptor means
let the buyer beware
Velvet is a type of casket
lining materia
The failure to perform with the ability and care normally exercised by people in a profession is known as
malpractice
The economic impact of the death of the patriachal leader in an extended/joint family is
minimal
Written instruments drawn in a special form, which can be transferred from person to person as a substitute for money or as instruments of credit, are called
negotiable instruments
Moving to and living in an area different from or other than the place of birth:
neolocalism
The substitution of a new party in a contract for the original party who is to perform the contract is called?
novation PrevNext
An oral will stated to a witness is a
nuncupative wil
A joint/extended family is usually
patriarchal
The FTC, Bureau of Funeral Directing, OSHA, ADA, are all examples of
police powers
A cemetery, originally a cemetery for the victims of great battles:
polyandrium
When dealing responsibly with the media, an ethical funeral director should:
release only nonconfidential information that he or she knows first hand as factual
An adaptive maneuver characterized by an inability or unwillingness to act with the aim of asserting or sustaining individual, autonomy or self-esteem:
resistance
According to Wolfelt, the ability to communicate the belief that everyone possesses the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions:
respect
The assumption of blame directed toward one's self by others is called
shame
A type of casket interior style in which the casket material is drawn together, in parallel fashion, with a specific sewing process is
shirred
Laws enacted by legislative bodies are
statutes
A galvanized finish is applied to
steel burial vaults for protection
Ownership of corporate stocks is represented by
stock certificates
A person who dies leaving a valid will is called a
testator
Compared to the joint family, a nuclear family is:
the smaller group
To read the charge of an indictment is
to arraign
A situation where a person has suffered damages as a result of another person's actions is a ___. Compensation for the injured party can be determined by a court of law.
tort
The occurrence of a situation that requires certain action(s):
triggering event
In his service to the public, the funeral director must always be conscious of the basic __________ which consistently maintains and improves his ability to communicate with the community.
trust
All employees of the crematory who handle dead human remains shall practice
universal precautions
To cremate bodies larger than 300 lbs, the operator should
use modified operating procedures
