History of Funeral Service Final Exam Questions with Latest Update
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California Funeral Association
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California Funeral Association
All of the following were innovators who established schools of embalming except - Answer-Jean Ganal
Felix Sullivan - Answer-embalmed Ulysses S Grant
Continuing Education Units became more popular because - Answer-states require them to maintain license
Mortuary Affairs - Answer-military b...
History of Funeral Service Final Exam
Questions with Latest Update
All of the following were innovators who established schools of embalming except -
Answer-Jean Ganal
Felix Sullivan - Answer-embalmed Ulysses S Grant
Continuing Education Units became more popular because - Answer-states require
them to maintain license
Mortuary Affairs - Answer-military branch that was once known as Graves Registration
Service
In the early part of the 20th Century death typically occurred in the home. The
undertaker would be called and the equipment that was brought to the home included
all but - Answer-podium
One of the many reasons Memorial Societies became popular was because - Answer-
the funeral director's mindset was that funerals had to be traditional
Consolidation is the practice of - Answer-purchasing multiple funeral homes and
cemeteries and combining the businesses to a larger company that can take advantage
of scale
A reference to the term "Heritage" funeral home implies - Answer-a funeral home that
proclaims several generations of ownership
The two events in the 60's which had the most profound affect on promoting cremation
were - the publication of Jessica Mitford's "The American Way of Death," and - Answer-
an end to the Catholic Church's ban on cremation
The establishment and growth of the "Memorial Society" was a result of - Answer-the
funeral director not meeting the needs of cremation consumers
What was the name of the apprentice that would announce their presence with a bell
and take the bodies away for burial by morning? - Answer-Plague Bearers
What is the Roman organization called that helped fund funerals - Answer-collegium
Alexander Buterov composed "Taps " the 24 note melancholy bugle call - Answer-false
, The 1984 Federal Trade Commission Rule requires every funeral home in the country
to provide accurate, itemized, written price information to any person - Answer-who
asked for it in person
The first two Memorial Societies in California to demonstrate the acceptance of the
cremation customer and prove it profitable were - Answer-Telophase and Neptune
What was the name of the person appointed by the priest to function as a church
administrator to schedule funeral masses, collect fees for soul shots and see to any
detail that needed to be completed. (Middle Age Era) - Answer-Stewart of the guild
The Cremation Association of American was founded in 1913 by - Answer-Dr Hugo
Erichsen
women who cared for the dead during colonial times - Answer-shrouding women
The funeral association that represents all segments of the funeral industry is the -
Answer-ICCFA
The earliest funeral publications include all but which - Answer-the director
Non-profit voluntary association providing examination services, information, and
regulatory support to funeral service licensing boards, educators, government bodies,
and other regulatory agencies - Answer-ICFSEB
Burial flag is provided for any honorably discharged veteran by - Answer-the department
of veterans affairs
funeral parlors were established around the 30s because - Answer-embalming was
more sophisticated and required more equipment and a special laboratory
New terminology used to reference a funeral service include all but - Answer-adaptive
service
Specialists trained and certified to conduct creative funeral services especially for
families that do not want a religious service are referred to as - Answer-celebrants
Cremation - Answer-is not a final disposition
The area where slaves were buried was on non-crop producing land and commonly
known as - Answer-hush harbors
Collin St. Clair - Answer-immersed the body in plaster or paris and hydraulic cement
with tubes coming out of the cadaver so the gasses could escape
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