D.E.A.D Arts

Question 1

The amount of time the products of combustion should be held in the retort

Answer 1

The retention time

Question 2

The three components required for combustion to take place are:

Answer 2

heat, fuel and oxygen

Question 3

An upright memorial, including what used to be called a tombstone, also includes large structures like obelisks, usually made of granite, marble or common stone.

Answer 3

Monument

Question 4

A vertical passage for conduction products of combustion to the atmosphere: (3)

Answer 4

Flue
Chimney
Stack

Question 5

Which type of cemetery is allowed to be selective about who may be buried there?

Answer 5

Religious

Question 6

Any refractory device which changes the direction or velocity of the products of combustion is called a:

Answer 6

Baffle

Question 7

The term for the special brick that is used to line the firebox or primary chamber of the crematory retort:

Answer 7

refractory brick

Question 8

The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation by manual or mechanical means and reducing to granulated particles or dust?

Answer 8

both processing and pulverizing are correct

Question 9

The physical identification of a space where a special person, or where several people died in a common occurrence. It is a memorial without the body present.

Answer 9

Cenotaph

Question 10

The person or persons with the paramount right to authorize the cremation of a deceased human?

Answer 10

Authorizing agent

Question 11

The general term applied to markers or other permanent items used to identify the place of interment. Their purpose is to commemorate a family or an individual.

Answer 11

Memorial

Question 12

The attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation is:

Answer 12

Due Diligence

Question 13

The crematory operator should cremate the containers with the most combustible finishes:

Answer 13

First

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Debt Equity

Question 15

The process of coating ferrous metals with zinc is

Answer 15

galvanizing

Question 16

If you as a funeral director are presenting casket materials to a family and you are holding one square foot of 32 oz. copper, how many pounds of copper are you holding?

Answer 16

2lbs

Question 17

Source of market data that explains where certain businesses are located:

Answer 17

Census of Business

Question 18

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

Answer 18

functional pricing

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Satin

Question 20

A galvanized finish is applied to

Answer 20

steel burial vaults for protection

Question 21

The number of sheet in ferrous metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness is the

Answer 21

Gauge

Question 22

Crushed is known as a casket

Answer 22

Interior Style

Question 23

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

Answer 23

factoring

Question 24

The achieving of economical, orderly, and adequate distribution of products and services is

Answer 24

marketing management

Question 25

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

Answer 25

32 oz | 48 oz

Question 26

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

Answer 26

sales of burial clothing

Question 27

The thickness of a ferrous metal casket is measured in

Answer 27

Gauges

Question 28

An agreement that payment for a product or service will be made at some later date:

Answer 28

Credit

Question 29

An example of casket hardware is:

Answer 29

decorative corner

Question 30

A non-movable handle consisting of lug only (designed so that the bar and arm are part of the lug) is referred as a _______________ handle .

Answer 30

Bail

Question 31

These can be compared to the industry standards in regard to measuring the possible growth of the business:

Answer 31

Operating ratios

Question 32

The statistical study of human populations with respect to their size, density, distribution, composition, and income:

Answer 32

Demographics

Question 33

A business valuation approach which centers on estimating the amount of potential income that may be produced by the business in the next year:

Answer 33

Earnings Value Approach

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Gimp

Question 35

The anticipated value of an asset that would be realized in case of liquidation of a business:

Answer 35

Liquidation value approach

Question 36

Which of the following would argue that counseling is associated with good communication?

Answer 36

Carl Rogers

Question 37

a "Task of Mourning" according to Worden?

Answer 37

adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing

Question 38

The sudden, intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant:

Answer 38

acute grief Acute= characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset

Question 39

A term that would best describe the studies of the population is

Answer 39

demography

Question 40

The tendency in human being to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for security and safety:

Answer 40

attachment theory

Question 41

Patterns identifiable in nearly all cultures worldwide are called :

Answer 41

Cultural Universals

Question 42

A type of grief reaction when the person experiences symptoms and behavior which causes them difficulty, but they do not see or recognize the fact that these are related to the loss

Answer 42

masked grief

Question 43

Social behavior that is dictated by tradition

Answer 43

is a custom

Question 44

A non- directive method of counseling that stresses the inherent worth of the client and the natural capacity for growth and health (recognizes that the person has the ability to answer all of their own questions): (3)

Answer 44

Person- Centered Client- Centered Rogerian

Question 45

An instrumental action dealing with death, that is also expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expressing, among other things, the attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries.

Answer 45

Ceremony

Question 46

Which of the following initiates the communication process?

Answer 46

Sender

Question 47

In some states the __________ has replaced the Burial- Transit Permit for intrastate disposition:

Answer 47

Report of Death (some states)

Question 48

Which of the following has no time limit for filing the appropriate Veteran's Administration application for benefits?

Answer 48

Marker

Question 49

Transfer Container

Answer 49

Air Tray

Question 50

Giving the appearance of listening:

Answer 50

pseudolistening

Question 51

The focal point of worship in the strict liturgical church is:

Answer 51

symbolized by the cross

Question 52

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.

Answer 52

Form 40-1330

Question 53

The “Committal Service” is usually held at the:

Answer 53

Grave site

Question 54

This type of speech, where the speaker has a short time to prepare, is an example of

Answer 54

extemporaneous speech An extemporaneous speech is a debate competition style where there is a short time, perhaps 20 minutes or so, to prepare statements.

Question 55

A burial-transit permit is needed for all of the following except:

Answer 55

removing a body from the place of death to the funeral home

Question 56

The ceremony of washing the deceased before burial by the Chevra Kaddisha is

Answer 56

Taharah

Question 57

Printed or typewritten list of the casket and alternative containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider which do not require special ordering:

Answer 57

Casket Price List

Question 58

A person receiving a gift of real estate in a will is

Answer 58

A devisee

Question 59

The contract between a principal and an agent creates a relationship called

Answer 59

Agency

Question 60

According to the Federal Trade Commission, may a funeral home list a separate fee on its GPL to conduct an identification prior to cremation? Yes or No

Answer 60

Yes

Question 61

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

Answer 61

Honesty

Question 62

The failure to volunteer or reveal information not requested is termed

Answer 62

concealment

Question 63

Which one of these is a legally designated necessary?

Answer 63

medical bill

Question 64

May a funeral home have a fee for correcting a Death Certificate (when the correction is not due to their negligence)- plus cost of new copies? Yes or No

Answer 64

Yes

Question 65

One of the categories required to be itemized on the GPL (if the funeral provider offers the service). This involves services of the funeral provider after another firm at the locale of death has provided initial service. Funeral Rule requires package pricing of this service with a description of the components included

Answer 65

Receiving remains

Question 66

A contract which is written so that either part may consider it as a joint obligation or a group of individual obligation is

Answer 66

a joint and several contract

Question 67

May a funeral home have a fee for obtaining DC's outside of its normal business area? Yes or No

Answer 67

Yes

Question 68

Testate

Answer 68

The condition of leaving a will at death

Question 69

Goods which are owned by the seller and are physically in existence at the time of the contract are known as

Answer 69

Existing Goods

Question 70

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

Answer 70

Participation

Question 71

The charge for Embalming on the GPL includes all of these except:

Answer 71

Dressing the body

Question 72

A person who handles the affairs of a Trust account is a

Answer 72

Trustee

Question 73

May a funeral home list a separate fee on its GPL to apply for and obtain a death certificate? Yes or No

Answer 73

No

Question 74

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

Answer 74

An Executrix

Question 75

Exist when a seller requires the purchase of unwanted items/services in order to obtain the desired item/service.

Answer 75

Tying Arrangements

Question 76

When a buyer takes actual possession of goods which have been offered for sale, this action is called

Answer 76

an acceptance

Question 77

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

Answer 77

attempt to make the remains presentable before viewing

Question 78

Bailment in which the bailee does not receive any compensation is

Answer 78

gratuitous bailment

Question 79

To cancel or annul or void a contract is to

Answer 79

rescind

Question 80

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?

Answer 80

Culture

Question 81

Probate Court

Answer 81

A court which has jurisdiction over estates

Question 82

Incorrect thoughts that lead us to believe that we have heard the message before are

Answer 82

Faulty assumptions

Question 83

A person who, according to Orthodox Jewish burial traditions, watches over a deceased body through an all night vigil is called ___.

Answer 83

Shomer

Question 84

The physical location where therapeutic communication occurs between a funeral director and client families is also referred to as ___.

Answer 84

The Environment

Question 85

Ignoring of undesirable information by a listener

Answer 85

Insulated Listening

Question 86

Liturgical denominations are _________ centered. They have a prescribed order of worship or form of worship.

Answer 86

Eucharist the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.

Question 87

Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needle sticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions:

Answer 87

parenteral

Question 88

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?

Answer 88

After sundown Saturday

Question 89

Mrs. Thompson makes and funds prearrangements with Joyovich Funeral Home. Mrs. Thompson is the

Answer 89

Trustor an entity that creates and opens a trust

Question 90

Family sits on what side of the Episcopal Church

Answer 90

Right side as the congregation looks at the altar

Question 91

an act of delivering goods to a bailee for a particular purpose, without transfer of ownership.

Answer 91

Bailment

Question 92

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:

Answer 92

Fiduciary

Question 93

During a baptism the priest anoints with consecrated oil the forehead, lips, and heart of the individual being baptized. The consecrated oil is known as

Answer 93

Chrism

Question 94

an individual or party that brings a good to be sold on their behalf by another party

Answer 94

Consignor

Question 95

a person or party to whom goods are delivered for a purpose, such as custody or repair, without transfer of ownership.

Answer 95

Bailee