Funeral Service Counseling: Sample Questions

Question 1

Carl Rogers is well known for his work in humanistic therapy, which is also known as:

Answer 1

Client centered therapy

Question 2

A person who expresses anxiety and discomfort while attending a visitation at a funeral home is most likely experiencing a/an:

Answer 2

Conditioned response

Question 3

What is a determinant of grief?

Answer 3

Concurrent stresses

Question 4

The event of a loss is:

Answer 4

Bereavement

Question 5

The defense mechanism by which a person refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the ego is called:

Answer 5

Denial

Question 6

According to Bowlby, attachments come from a need for:

Answer 6

Safety and security

Question 7

“Affect” is synonymous with:

Answer 7

Emotion

Question 8

The process of incorporating a loss into one’s life is known as:

Answer 8

Mourning

Question 9

Blame directed outward is the definition of:

Answer 9

Anger

Question 10

Blame directed inward is the definition of:

Answer 10

Guilt

Question 11

Psychology is defined as the study of:

Answer 11

Human behavior

Question 12

Crying would be an example of a/an:

Answer 12

External response to an emotion

Question 13

Suicide resulting from a hopeless situation is:

Answer 13

Fatalistic

Question 14

The funeral rite satisfies all of the following needs of the survivors except:

• Stress
• Closure
• Emotional
• Psychological

Answer 14

Stress

Question 15

An emotion characterized by sudden and extreme fear is:

Answer 15

Panic

Question 16

In the early stages of developing a counseling relationship, it is important for the counselor to be:

Answer 16

Nonjudgmental

Question 17

Directive counseling is also known as:

Answer 17

Active

Question 18

Which act of mourning is to experience the pain of loss?

Answer 18

Second

Question 19

Using specialized techniques to help people with abnormal grief is known as:

Answer 19

Grief therapy

Question 20

Carl Rogers is most frequently associated with

Answer 20

Unconditional positive regard

Question 21

The state of being prevented from attaining a goal best defines:

Answer 21

Frustration

Question 22

Client-centered counseling is also known as:

Answer 22

Non-directive

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Grief counseling

Question 24

Which of the following types of death would allow for anticipatory grief to occur?

• SIDS
• AIDS
• suicide
• homicide

Answer 24

AIDS