NBE Arts Practice Questions

What is a determinant of grief?

Concurrent Stresses

A decedent is in the care of a funeral home. A second funeral home that has control of the final disposition is said to have?

Constructive possession

A helpful relationship in which one party seeks to facilitate the development of informed choices and meaningful actions at a critical time within the context of another's life is called?

Counseling

What is the most likely location for the funeral of a member of the church of Christ Scientist?

Funeral home

What must the Outer Burial Container Price List include?

Name of The Funeral Home

A synonym for foyer is?

Narthex

The first step to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance is the creation of a?

Needs assessment

Upon arrival at the cemetery for a committal service, the practitioner should first?

Assemble the pallbearers behind the funeral coach

The party who ASSIGNS a contract is the?

Assignee

An irrevocable preneed funeral contract stipulates that the?

Funds cannot be refunded

what is the accrued interest after 3 months on a one-year, $1,000 note at a 9% annual interest rate?

$22.50 1000x9%= 90 90/12= 7.5 7.5x3= 22.50

A legal instrument authorizing payment of insurance funds for funeral expenses to a funeral home is a/an?

Assignment of proceeds

The gauge of a steel casket is equivalent to the number of steel sheets placed on top of one another to equal the thickness of how many inches?

1

How long must a funeral home retain a copy of the General Price List?

1 year after its discontinued use

The party who SIGNS a contract is the?

Assignor

A casket invoiced as 6' 6" XX would be how many inches wide?

27"

How many nautical miles from land should you be to spread cremated remains?

3 Nautical Miles

According to OSHA, the medical record for each employee shall be preserved and maintained for at least the duration of employment plus?

30 years

What is the general Temperature range for cremation?

800-1000 C

Blame directed outward is the definition of?

Anger

What statement is true regarding the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requirements?

A General Price List must have all prices itemized.

An apprentice learns the cause of death to be a sexually transmitted disease. Sharing this information with the public is?

A breach of ethical principles

In the Jewish Faith, a coffin or casket made entirely of wood and containing no metal parts is known as a(n)?

Aron

A humanistic service would be a/an?

A service without religious connotation

A family desires a sealed OBC to protect the casket. The best option to be offered to the family for selection should be?

A vault

Funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved and to the trends of the times is called?

Adaptive

Rules and Regulations passed by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are examples of?

Admin Law

An unfinished wood box, or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, with or without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-wood or composition materials (with or without an outside covering) is called a/an?

Alternative container

The only fee permitted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to be non-declinable at the outset of the funeral transaction is the charge for?

Basic services for funeral practitioner and staff

Which fraternal organization may need assistance with setting up the trolling of the bell at the 11th hour?

Benevolent and protective order of the Elks

Funeral homes are required to provide specific training, protective clothing, and a vaccination against Hepatitis B under which of the OSHA standards?

Bloodborne pathogen

What religion would the family follow the casket to the grave and sing?

Buddhist

What is the responsibility of the funeral attendant during visitation?

Direct visitors to the appropriate room

When it is necessary to perform a visual identification for cremation, the practitioner should?

Disinfect/bathe the body prior to the identification viewing.

Which container is most suitable for cremation?

Cardboard Container

What is NOT required to be on the General Price List?

Casket price list

Which document is NOT required by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?

Casket price list

What are similar to rituals and charged with symbolic content?

Ceremonies

Placement of the pall in the casket should be done at the direction of the?

Clergyperson

What is not an OSHA Standard?

Communicable Disease

Grief Extending over a long period of time without resolution is called?

Complicated

Who is responsible for appointing an Administrator/ personal representative if there is no will?

Court

A business or individual to whom a debt is owed is a?

Creditor

What is the shape of a liturgical church?

Cross

In a Catholic Mass, who leads the recessional down the aisle?

Crucifer

What is an interior style for a casket?

Crushed

What has occurred if a funeral service practitioner intentionally misrepresents a benefit of a preneed funeral arrangement?

Fraud

What form is needed to obtain military service information?

DD-214

The decedents Social Security number is required to be entered on the?

Death Certificates

To which party do D-Mort personnel have a legal responsibility?

Deceased's next of kin

The standard government headstone or marker is the property of the?

Department of veteran's affairs

What may be initiated verbally and subsequently executed in writing?

Embalming authorization

In a well-managed funeral home, the source of acceptable employee procedures is the?

Employee Handbook

The social values of the funeral rite are most commonly learned through?

Enculturation

What is the feeling that one's own cultural responses and activities relative to death are superior to those of other cultures?

Ethnocentrism

What type of contract does the funeral home have with the family of the deceased at the time the transfer is made?

Expressed

Personal property permanently attached to land is known as a?

Fixture

During a Roman Catholic funeral Mass, The casket for a lay person is usually placed?

Foot end toward the alter

What price list must be offered to each consumer for their information and retention?

GPL

Chromium is added to carbon steel primarily to?

Increase the resistance to rust and corrosion

In order to transport casketed remains out of state, the practitioner may?

Make arrangements with a common carrier

What are examples of hardwood?

Maple, Oak and Cherry

The FTC's Cooling-off Regulation for Door-to-door sales mandates that preneed sellers inform their customers that they have the right to cancel the transaction at any time prior to?

Midnight of the third business day after the date of transactions

The state or condition of dying without having made a valid will is called?

Intestate

The proper terminology for the placing of cremated remains into a final container is?

Inurnment

To qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid benefits, applicants purchasing preneed funerals must enter into which of the following preneed contracts?

Irrevocable

How should the practice of viewing the deceased prior to cremation be explained?

It aids in accepting the reality of the death

When explaining caskets to a family, what should the term 'protective' indicate?

It is designed to resist the entrance of outside elements.

What statement is true about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

Its requires equal access for the for the physically impaired.

What statement is true regarding cremation?

The Authorization contains instructions to ultimate disposition of cremated remains.

Another name for a client-centered counseling is?

Nondirective

The most commonly accepted means of measuring thickness of copper and bronze casket is?

Ounces per square foot

The increments between casket prices, when arranged in order of their increasing value, is called?

Progression

Which are examples of soft wood?

Red wood, Cedar and Pine

How does a practitioner use the direct selection room procedure for vault selection?

Remaining in the selection room

What statement is true regarding cemeteries?

Right to schedule burial according to cemetery rules

Which subdivision in a cemetery is the largest?

Section

a document required by the department of Veterans Affairs to obtain burial benefits is a?

Separation/ discharge form.

During the procession to the grave, a rabbi may stop the pallbearers how many times to pray?

Seven

With whom may information about a decedent's infectious disease be shared?

Staff handling the deceased

The "must behaviors" that indicate that an individual must obtain from certain acts are referred to as?

Taboos

How should survivors of a traumatic event involving the sudden death of others handle their grief?

Talk about the events when the subject arises

What is an abnormal fear of death?

Thanatophobia

The best way to ensure identification of the decedent is?

The authorizing agent or their designee viewing the deceased.

An 8-year-old child lost a sibling to SID. In working with the family, the practitioner may suggest?

The family to allow the child to participate in the funeral

What guideline is accurate with regard to the container used for cremation of human remains?

The funeral provider can provide an alternative container for cremation

Who would assume control of the family at the death of the father in an extended patriarchal family?

The oldest son

What is a requirement for a funeral practitioner regarding burial of human remains?

The practitioner is responsible for ensuring interment is complete before leaving the cemetery.

A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony which may be dictated either by religious beliefs or social customs or a society is?

Traditional

Which action should be taken when utilizing a third party crematory for the first time?

Unannounced visit

At what point is it appropriate to deliver the honorarium to the clergy person officiating services?

Upon their arrival at the funeral home along with the clergy card.

If an individual was intoxicated when the contractual portion of the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected was signed, the contract is?

Voidable

A practitioner arrives at a liturgical church for a service in which the processional and recessional will include clergy, casket bearers, casket, and family. If the aisle is only wide enough to accommodate the casket, the casket bearers should?

Walk in front of the casket behind the clergy

When is it appropriate to explain and discuss medical terminology used on the death certificate?

When the family inquires

Galvanizing is a process in which steel is coated with?

Zinc

The placing of a deceased Native American tribal member on a scaffold is known as a/an?

primitive funeral rite

Which professional should a family be referred to for grief counseling?

psychologist

Funeral claims against the decedent's estate are?

preferred claims

The difference between the total debits and the total credits in an account is the?

trial balance

You are serving a Buddhist family, whom would give you the permission to dress the deceased?

the eldest son.