Funeral merchandise/funeral management &Ftc

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 suggested volume of containers used for cremated bodies is

200 cubic inches

How many holes must be drilled into a casket to be buried at sea? (At least this many )

21

The length of a standard adult wood is

6/3

The length of a standard adult metal is

6/6

The length of a standard adult metal is called

6/6

A non-moveable handle consisting of. Lug only is ?

A bail handle

An exterior finish in which the casket surface is coated with a substance that wrinkles as dries ?

A crinkled finish

Which of the following describes a "state" casket ?

A squared cornered casket with aides which are at right angles to the bottom

Methods of figuring a formula price are

All of these

An example of a transfer container is

An air tray

The rim is part of the casket

Cap

Wood that has been shredded into spaghetti like strings or thin shavings is

Excelsior

The initials FICA stands for

Federal insurance contribution Act

The initials FICA stand for ?

Federal insurance contribution act (FICA)

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

Fiberboard

A method of pricing which places a price on THREE separate items of services such as casket, facilities and automobiles is called ?

Functional

The purchasing, display and sale of merchandise items specific to the funeral service is

Funeral merchandising

The number of sheets of ferrous metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness is the ?

Gauge

Sales minus cost of good sold gives

Gross profit

The type of lighting used in a funeral Home that reflects off the ceiling is ?

Indirect lighting

Vault dimension are usually measured on the _____ is the vault

Inside

Which of the following is a principal interest group for all funeral service personnel ?

National funeral directors association

A casket designed to displayed the deceased from head to foot is a

Perfection full couch casket

The wedge shaped portion of the cap of casket at each end of the crown is the

Pie

Which of the following an advantage of bi-unit pricing method ?

Places realistic value on the casket

A sale of merchandise in one of the four pricing categories based on the median as the low unit of the third quartile is a ?

Quartile sale

Which of these is not a hardwood used in casket construction ?

Redwood (is a softwood )

Another name for the ogre of the casket shell is

Rim

The largest expense for funeral home is

Salaries

Which of the following is considered a source of income for the funeral home ?

Sales of burial clothing

An interior material found in casket that has smooth shiny face and is dull on the back is ?

Satin

Pine is an example of ?

Soft woods

A non-moveable handle that extended all the way around the casket is called ?

Stationary bar handle

Twenty gauge is a term most likely to be used with which one of the following types of caskets ?

Steel

A galvanized finish is applied to the

Steel burial vaults for protection

A style of casket interior created by placing a padding material between a lining material and backing material, with subsequent stitches taken, forming small raised puffs defines a

Tufted interior

An x in oversized caskets is general equivalent to an additional width of ________

Two inches

A double-wall glass dealer is actually a/an

Typical casket that has an inner liner and the inner liner has a glass top

Which method of pricing does not show the true value of merchandise or services ?

Unit

Satin is used in caskets as _______ material

Upholstery

There is no time to receive which of the following benefits

VA marker

A strip of metal, plastic or cloth attached to the inside of the casket panel which covers the point where the roll is anchored is the

gimp

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

mean sale

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

28 inches

If a manufactures standard metal casket is 23 inches wide, what would the width of a XXX casket be ?

29 inches

Adult caskets normally increase in length by

3 inch increments

A casket which has sides that are vertical or at right angles to the bottom is called

A state casket

An outer container which entrapped air via its dome-shaped construction used which of the following closure methods ?

Air seal

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

Air seal

The lining attaches to the under surface of the foot panel of the casket is known as

Apron

The verification and authentication of accounts is called ?

Auditing

Masselin is a casket ..

Backing material

The part of a handle of casket the casket bearer grasp to lift the casket is called the

Bar

The part of the casket handle that is grasped by the casket bearer is the ?

Bar

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

A merchandising method of using three or four caskets to educate the selecting party regarding the elements of casket construction is known as

Educational grouping

Which of the following types of cloth covered exterior had raised designs above the surface of the material ?

Embossed

A casket that is completely scaled by fusion or soldering is

Hermetically sealed

A casket that is completely sealed by fusion or soldering is ?

Hermetically sealed

Casket measurements are stated according to

Inside dimensions

Tailored is a style of casket ?

Interior

Which of following is appropriate for casket placement in the liturgical church ?

It may be parallel or at right Angles to the alter

A pricing procedure that places a price in each and every item of service and merchandise is called

Itemization

An example of a lining material used in casket construction is

Linen weave

In the construction of the swing bar hardware, the arm attached the bar to the ?

Lug

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

Mean sale

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

Median sale

An example of a padding material used in casket construction is

Shredded paper

An example of padding material used in casket construction is ?

Shredded paper

Most infant caskets increase in the lengths in increments of ?

Six inches

Pine is an example of

Softwood

Birch is used in caskets contraction to manufacture

Solid wood caskets

A casket in which the sides are vertical or at right angles to the casket bottom is ?

State casket

When the interior material is tightly stretched across the panel of the casket it is said to be

Tailored

The part of the casket handle that is grasped by the casket bearers is the?

Bar

A procedure that shows separately the price of the services to be rendered and the price of the casket is

Bi unit pricing

A portable colter employed to cover the grave area during the committal service is a

Canopy

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

Top body molding flange

A component part of the casket hardware is the

Corner

Which of the following in a lining material that is used in casket construction ?

Crepe

Which of the following weights are commonly used in the construction of bronze caskets ?

-32 oz -48oz

If total overhead for a funeral home was 65,000 for her fiscal period and the firm did 100 services, what would the average overhead per service be ?

$650

If a funeral home had an average overhead of $650 and the wholesale cost of a casket was $100 and the funeral director marked his casket up 100% what would the unit price be ?

$850

Adult casket normally increase in length by ?

3 inches

A pricing procedure which places a separate price on the caskets and a separate price onservice fee is called

Bi-unit

A financial agreement between a funeral directors and client where the client pays in full for a funeral in advance needs is called a ?

Burial trust agreement

The top most portion of a casket shell is

Cap

Those expenses which a funeral director pays for the family and adds to the funeral bill with no provision for profit are classified as ?

Cash advances

A device upon which caskets places one on top of other for display is known as a

Casket rack

A monument erected which is erected to the memory of the dead but containing no remains is

Cenotaph

A casket that is completely seasoned by fusion or soldering is

Hermetically sealed

The method of providing which allows for more through discussion of the items of service and merchandise is

Itemization

The preferred location of the selection room is the

Main level of the funeral home

The distance process consisting of planning, Organizing, actuating, and controlling performance to accomplish established objectives is

Management

An example of a backing material used in caskets construction is

Masselin (fiberboard)

A gathered type of casket interior made on a sewing machine with multiple number of needles is called

Shirred

Which of the following benefits had a time of two years from the date of death ?

Social security

The crown and ogee are part of the casket

Shell