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FUNERAL DIRECTING COMPENDIUM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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FUNERAL DIRECTING COMPENDIUM QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS
98% of the notification of deaths comes to the funeral home by means of? - Answers-
Telephone
A burial-transit permit is not needed for? - Answers- Remains which are used for
scientific or educational study
The proper word which means placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum is? -
Answers- Entombment
The Latin term for an ornamental vase, especially one with an ornate pedestal, often
used as a receptacle for the cremated remains of a deceased human or animal? -
Answers- Urn
What is the name often used to refer to the holy book of Islam? - Answers- Koran/Qua
ran
The person who usually makes the notification of death to the funeral home is usually? -
Answers- A member of the family
When jewelry is found on the deceased during a residential removal, you as the funeral
director should do what? - Answers- Check with the family about the jewelry and
remove it if they so desire
The portion of the funeral home which contains caskets and other funeral merchandise
displayed for sale is most often referred to as the? - Answers- Selection room
A monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the the dead human body not
present is? - Answers- A cenotaph
A printed form the funeral home uses specifically for the funeral director and the family
to make funeral and financial arrangement is the? - Answers- Arrangement form
The act of placing a dead human body in a grave is called? - Answers- Interment
In the Jewish faith, the one year anniversary of the death? - Answers- Yahrzeit
A device upon which caskets are placed one above the other for display is known as a?
- Answers- Casket rack
A man who has lost his spouse by death is known as a? - Answers- Widower
, The individual who supplies the statistical data concerning the deceased at the funeral
arrangement conference is the? - Answers- Informant
The document between the seller and the buyer stipulating the items furnished, the
price of said items and the terms of payment is the? - Answers- Sales contract
A crepe badge of floral design placed on the door of a home where a death has
occurred is referred to as a? - Answers- Door badge
An area set aside in a cemetery for several grace spaces, usually containing tow, four,
or six grave spaces is a? - Answers- Lot
What is an improper action regarding the US flag used in a military funeral service? -
Answers- Lowering the flag into the grave with the deceased veteran
A gasket sealed container used as either an insert into a casket or as a shipping case
is, generally made of galvanized steel (zinc coated) with flaring sides so that the
containers may be stored by stacking inside one another? - Answers- A Ziegler case
The time set aside for the paying respects to the deceased by friends and family,
Generally held the afternoon and evening prior to the day of the funeral ? - Answers-
Visitation
An outer enclosure which entraps air via its dome-shaped construction uses which of
the following closure methods? - Answers- Air seal
The suggested volume of containers used for cremated bodies is? - Answers- 200
cubic inches
What is an example of a grave liner? - Answers- Sectional box
The Jewish term for a seven day mourning period that begins on the day of burial is? -
Answers- Shiva
What is the name of the skull cap warn by the men at temple and funeral services for
members of the Jewish faith? - Answers- Kippah
The Jewish term for the 30 day mourning period is? - Answers- Sholoshim
One who is authorized to read lessons and scriptures in a Christian Science Church is
the? - Answers- Reader
What are the names used when referring to the cap warn by men at temple by members
of the Jewish faith? - Answers- Yamaka, Yarmulke, Kippah
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