DEAD program arts

In those states that require them, the metal ID disc for cremation must follow the remains through the process (from receiving to incineration to shipping) and must be:

placed in the retort on the right hand side near the charging door.

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

Mr. Johannes passes away. His family provides the funeral director with multiple religious items to be used in preparing him for burial. Among them are a Scapular, Rosary, and Chaplet. When setting up for the visitation, the funeral director should use which of the following pieces of chapel equipment?

prie dieu

What information should the person who releases a body from an institution request from the person representing the funeral home before allowing the removal to proceed?

proper identification

Which of the following is an example of cash advance?

public transportation

In a nuclear family, when the spouse dies, the surviving spouse:

raises the children alone

All efforts designed to preserve assets and earning power associated with a business:

risk management

Which of the following is an example of a grave liner?

sectional box

A gathered type of casket interior made on a sewing machine with a multiple number of needles (usually 7 to 9) is called:

shirred

A type of casket interior style in which the casket material is drawn together, in parallel fashion, with a specific sewing process is

shirred

Legal limits established by OSHA to which workers can be continuously exposed for a short period of time without damage or injury

short term exposure limit

The process of determining whether the amount of cash, both on hand and in bank, is the same as amount entered in the accounting records is called:

Proving the cash

A container for the preservation of relics of a Saint:

Reliquary

Mrs. Thompson passes away. She is a long-time member of the local Episcopal Church. You are unfamiliar with the specifics of the church, but you locate the Rector who informs you that Mrs. Thompson's family should be seated on the Epistle side of the church. Where does the Priest expect you to have the family seated?

Right side as the congregation looks at the altar

A joint family would most likely be found in which of the following settings?

Rural

Application for lump sum death benefit:

SSA 8

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

Shivah

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

In the Jewish faith, the prayers said during the Tehillim are found here.

book of psalms

In terms of a commercial transaction, a _________ is a person who sells goods for commission.

broker

Insurance that protects companies during the period necessary to restore property damaged by an insured peril. Coverage typically pays for lost income and other expenses related to recovery:

business interruption insurance

The number of cremated remains that may be buried in a single normal size grave is controlled by

cemetery policy

A term for blood kin is

consanguinity

An association of individuals united for a common purpose and permitted by law to use a common name and to change its members without dissolution of the association is a(n)

corporation

When a net profit is closed to capital, the capital account is:

credited

Any borrowed or loaned capital invested in the business that must be repaid to creditors:

debt equity

A cloth or floral design placed on the door of a home where a death has occurred is referred to as a:

door badge

Sociology is concerned with each of the following areas EXCEPT

examining individual behavior

Which type of family practices patriarchal governance?

extended (joint) family

Obtaining cash before payments are received from customers by selling off one's accounts receivable to a third party:

factoring

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 cost that for a given period of time and range of activity called the relevant range, does not change in total, but becomes progressively smaller on a per unit as volume increases:

fixed expenses

A procedure by which charges are broken down into a few major components such as services, merchandise, and livery is:

functional pricing

Under what condition can a Veteran's Burial Benefit be paid directly to the funeral home?

if the funeral home can demonstrate that a veteran's bill is unpaid

The actual time limit after which a funeral home must permanently dispose of unclaimed cremated remains is legally determined by ___.

individual state law

Which of the following examples explain how funeral service facilitates grief?

it allows grievers to feel the pain of loss

A pre-placed enclosed chamber, which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete, installed in quantity, either side by side or multiple depth, and covered by earth is called:

lawn crypt

Which of the following is a mistake that does NOT render an agreement defective?

terms of the contract

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 funeral director is required by the Funeral Rule to retain all price lists for a ____________ period from the date the price lists were last distributed.

1 year

Most products of combustion (smoke and odor) given off during the cremation process will be destroyed if subjected to temperature between __________ and _________ for a period of 0.5 seconds to 1 second, if the stream is subjected to proper mixing (turbulence).

1,400*F- 1,800*F

The first crematory built in the United States was built in which year?

1876

The time limit for the V.A. "application for burial benefits" is:

2 years from the date of cremation or permanent burial

In many States, the permit to operate a crematory states that the opacity shall not exceed________ % except for __________ seconds in any ________ minute period.

20;30;60

A wood state casket labeled 6/6XX would measure in length 6 feet, 6 inches, and in width:

26 inches

The first ______ of cremation is/are critical, especially for obese cases

30 minutes

Cremation containers or caskets are made up of __________ % combustible solids,__________ % moisture, and __________ % non- combustible solids and are classified as Type __________ waste.

85;10;5;0

Over activity, acquisition of symptoms of the deceased, isolation from friends and family, and furious hostility toward a specific person are part of what theory?

Abnormal Grief

Of those listed below, which are the most easily discernible by a crematory operator with regard to determining the sequence of cases for that day?

Amount of body fat

The man generally credited with the term "Father of Bacteriology" was:

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

The basic accounting equation is:

Assets = Liabilities + Capital

The author of "The Undertaker's Manual," the first book publishes specifically as an embalming textbook in the United States was:

Auguste Renouard

The quantity of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit while water is in the liquid state:

British Thermal Unit (BTU)

In the ideal cremation process, the only compounds exiting the stack are?

Co2 and H2o

A person who expresses anxiety and discomfort while attending a visitation at a funeral home is most likely experiencing a(n):

Conditioned response

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

Coroner

The man who translated Jean Gannal's "History of Embalming" in 1834 and thereby made embalming available to the American public was:

Dr. Richard Harlan

The term which refers to an Orthodox Jewish Memorial service or closing prayer of a funeral is ___.

El Malei Rachamin

A material primarily used as a backing material in the construction of caskets is

Fiberboard

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

Application for Lump Sum Death Benefit- Claimant's Form

Form S.S.A. 8

Helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to healthy completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame best defines:

Grief Therapy

The first secular funeral director in the western world was:

Libitinarius

Which of the following is a slightly rigid material that is used in casket interior design. It backs up or supports the visible interior fabric. The material in question is not visible when the interior is complete.

Masselin

Another term for autopsy is

Necropsy

Client-centered counseling is also known as:

Non-Directive Counseling

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

mean sale

Vaults are

measured by inside dimensions

A ceremony with religious content commemorating the deceased without the remains present.

memorial service

A cluster of two or more nuclear families united by a social bond for security, protection and help is

modified extended family

Most modern crematory retorts operated in the U.S are fired by:

natural gas

Which of these charges may legally be shown on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected in addition to the package called Direct Burial?

newspaper notices

If a family buys a casket from Funeral Home A and intends to use it at Funeral Home B, the way Funeral Home B may legally recover some profit is:

nonexistent, there is no way to recover that lost revenue

The measurement of ____ during cremation is the method by which incomplete or improper combustion can be determined.

opacity

nuncupative will

oral will

The first major attempt to establish requirements, tests, and licenses for embalmers in the United States was:

the Order Concerning Embalming

What is the bi-unit pricing method?

the total funeral bill is the sum of merchandise items plus one basic fee for all services

The rubber gasket used on sealer caskets is generally compressed between the rim flange and the

top body molding flange

Mrs. Thompson entrusts her pre-arrangements with Joyovich Funeral Home. Joyovich Funeral Home is the

trustee

_____________ is the mixing of gases in the cremator's exhaust flow.

turbulence

A pricing method which creates a total price for all services and the casket is called a _____________ pricing method.

unit

The family must give ____ permission for embalming to occur at all, and ____ permission in order to be obligated to pay for it.

verbal .... written

According to the Statute of Frauds, contracts classified under the statute need to be to be enforceable

written contract

A gasket sealed container used as either an insert into a casket or as a shipping case is

ziegler case

What does a probate court handle?

Wills

Formulating different actions in adjusting to a crisis:

alternatives

A lien or mortgage against real property is

an encumbrance

Linda was attending an Optimist Club luncheon and upon her arrival was asked to give a speech regarding her vocation at the meeting that would follow the meal. This type of speech, where the speaker has a short time to prepare, is an example of:

an extemporaneous speech

The component part of the throw that hangs down into the body of the casket is the

apron/overlay skirt

To read the charge of an indictment is

To arraign

Carl Rogers is most frequently associated with:

Unconditional Positive Regard

In the middle of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Browne wrote the earliest known essay in defense of _________." It stressed the advantages of this form of burial.

Urn burial

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

The nave