D.E.A.D Arts Flashcards
The amount of time the products of combustion should be held in the retort
The retention time
The three components required for combustion to take place are:
heat, fuel and oxygen
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.
Monument
A vertical passage for conduction products of combustion to the atmosphere: (3)
Flue
Chimney
Stack
Which type of cemetery is allowed to be selective about who may be buried there?
Religious
Any refractory device which changes the direction or velocity of the products of combustion is called a:
Baffle
The term for the special brick that is used to line the firebox or primary chamber of the crematory retort:
refractory brick
The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation by manual or mechanical means and reducing to granulated particles or dust?
both processing and pulverizing are correct
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.
Cenotaph
The person or persons with the paramount right to authorize the cremation of a deceased human?
Authorizing agent
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.
Memorial
The attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation is:
Due Diligence
The crematory operator should cremate the containers with the most combustible finishes:
First
Any borrowed or loaned capital invested in the business that must be repaid to creditors:
Debt Equity
The process of coating ferrous metals with zinc is
galvanizing
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?
2lbs
Source of market data that explains where certain businesses are located:
Census of Business
A procedure by which charges are broken down into a few major components such as services, merchandise, and livery is:
functional pricing
An interior material found in caskets that has a smooth shiny face and is dull on the back is
Satin
A galvanized finish is applied to
steel burial vaults for protection
The number of sheet in ferrous metal necessary to equal approximately one inch of thickness is the
Gauge
Crushed is known as a casket
Interior Style
Obtaining cash before payments are received from customers by selling off one’s accounts receivable to a third party:
factoring
The achieving of economical, orderly, and adequate distribution of products and services is
marketing management
Which of the following weights are commonly used in the construction of copper caskets?
32 oz
48 oz
Which of the following is considered a source of income for a funeral home?
sales of burial clothing
The thickness of a ferrous metal casket is measured in
Gauges
An agreement that payment for a product or service will be made at some later date:
Credit
An example of casket hardware is:
decorative corner
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 .
Bail
These can be compared to the industry standards in regard to measuring the possible growth of the business:
Operating ratios
The statistical study of human populations with respect to their size, density, distribution, composition, and income:
Demographics
A business valuation approach which centers on estimating the amount of potential income that may be produced by the business in the next year:
Earnings Value Approach
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
Gimp
The anticipated value of an asset that would be realized in case of liquidation of a business:
Liquidation value approach
Which of the following would argue that counseling is associated with good communication?
Carl Rogers
a “Task of Mourning” according to Worden?
adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing
The sudden, intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant:
acute grief
Acute= characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
A term that would best describe the studies of the population is
demography
The tendency in human being to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for security and safety:
attachment theory
Patterns identifiable in nearly all cultures worldwide are called :
Cultural Universals
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
masked grief
Social behavior that is dictated by tradition
is a custom
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)
Person- Centered
Client- Centered
Rogerian
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.
Ceremony
Which of the following initiates the communication process?
Sender
In some states the __________ has replaced the Burial- Transit Permit for intrastate disposition:
Report of Death (some states)
Which of the following has no time limit for filing the appropriate Veteran’s Administration application for benefits?
Marker
Transfer Container
Air Tray
Giving the appearance of listening:
pseudolistening
The focal point of worship in the strict liturgical church is:
symbolized by the cross
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.
Form 40-1330
The “Committal Service” is usually held at the:
Grave site
This type of speech, where the speaker has a short time to prepare, is an example of
extemporaneous speech
An extemporaneous speech is a debate competition style where there is a short time, perhaps 20 minutes or so, to prepare statements.
A burial-transit permit is needed for all of the following except:
removing a body from the place of death to the funeral home
The ceremony of washing the deceased before burial by the Chevra Kaddisha is
Taharah
Printed or typewritten list of the casket and alternative containers normally offered for sale by the funeral provider which do not require special ordering:
Casket Price List
A person receiving a gift of real estate in a will is
A devisee
The contract between a principal and an agent creates a relationship called
Agency
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
Yes
Which of the following terms is defined as having a sense of honor, and fair dealings?
Honesty
The failure to volunteer or reveal information not requested is termed
concealment
Which one of these is a legally designated necessary?
medical bill
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
Yes
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
Receiving remains
A contract which is written so that either part may consider it as a joint obligation or a group of individual obligation is
a joint and several contract
May a funeral home have a fee for obtaining DC’s outside of its normal business area?
Yes or No
Yes
Testate
The condition of leaving a will at death
Goods which are owned by the seller and are physically in existence at the time of the contract are known as
Existing Goods
Which of the following is an ethical obligation that a funeral director owes to his professional association?
Participation
The charge for Embalming on the GPL includes all of these except:
Dressing the body
A person who handles the affairs of a Trust account is a
Trustee
May a funeral home list a separate fee on its GPL to apply for and obtain a death certificate?
Yes or No
No
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
An Executrix
Exist when a seller requires the purchase of unwanted items/services in order to obtain the desired item/service.
Tying Arrangements
When a buyer takes actual possession of goods which have been offered for sale, this action is called
an acceptance
If a funeral director receives the remains from another funeral home and the conditions are below standard, he/she should:
attempt to make the remains presentable before viewing
Bailment in which the bailee does not receive any compensation is
gratuitous bailment
To cancel or annul or void a contract is to
rescind
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?
Culture
Probate Court
A court which has jurisdiction over estates
Incorrect thoughts that lead us to believe that we have heard the message before are
Faulty assumptions
A person who, according to Orthodox Jewish burial traditions, watches over a deceased body through an all night vigil is called ___.
Shomer
The physical location where therapeutic communication occurs between a funeral director and client families is also referred to as ___.
The Environment
Ignoring of undesirable information by a listener
Insulated Listening
Liturgical denominations are _________ centered. They have a prescribed order of worship or form of worship.
Eucharist
the Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.
Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needle sticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions:
parenteral
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?
After sundown Saturday
Mrs. Thompson makes and funds prearrangements with Joyovich Funeral Home. Mrs. Thompson is the
Trustor
an entity that creates and opens a trust
Family sits on what side of the Episcopal Church
Right side as the congregation looks at the altar
an act of delivering goods to a bailee for a particular purpose, without transfer of ownership.
Bailment
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:
Fiduciary
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
Chrism
an individual or party that brings a good to be sold on their behalf by another party
Consignor
a person or party to whom goods are delivered for a purpose, such as custody or repair, without transfer of ownership.
Bailee
