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1
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Largest subdivision of a cemetery

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Section

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What casket interior has the material drawn or gathered in a parallel fashion

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Shirred

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Casket interior most expensive casket

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Velvet

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All of the following are casket lining materials except

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Crushed

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Which of the following types of casket metal finish has the most shine

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Glossy

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Wedge shaped portion of the cap at each end of the casket is called

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Pie shape

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The number that occurs most frequently in a listing of numbers

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Mode

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The bronze metal rolled into sheets is known as

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Wrought

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Another term for the word average

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Mean

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A thin wood shaving used in casket

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Excelsior

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Thin crinkled material containing leather like design

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Crepe

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Which of the following defines the purchase, display, and sale of goods

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Merchandise

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Ideal location for merchandise display room

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On the main floor

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Which indicates the number of times the average inventory was sold or used up

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Inventory turnover

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Width of average casket

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28.5”

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16
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Width of typical crypt

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29

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Width of an inside measurement of typical air sealed vault

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30

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Which of the following receptacle for remains with anthropoids shape

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Coffin

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A Moe able casket handle attacked to the casket body

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Lug

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Part of casket handle attached to the lug or the arm which is grabbed by the casket bearer

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Bar

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Most expensive hardware production method; molten metal mold

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Cast

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Hardware production method of lesser expense; pressed out through hydro LIC press

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Stamped

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Recommended number of caskets for display

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12-30

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Which of the following is a selection room procedure where funeral director leaves the room during selection process

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Indirect sales

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Consumer value index
Dividing wholesale cost by retail price
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What is the merchandise value ratio
Relationship between wholesale cost and total cost of both service and merch
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When the interior material is highly stretched across the panel of the casket it is said to be
Tailored
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All of the following are casket padding materials except
Doe skin
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Tailored is a style of casket
Interior
30
Embossed is a style of casket
Exterior
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The price increments between casket prices when arranged in order of their increased value
Progression
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Person for LDS (Mormons)
Bishop of the ward
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What fraternal order is associated with the white lamb skin apron
Free masons
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The term in which a non ferrous casket is measured for thickness
Ounces
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What is the proper description of a foot board
12 x 12 x 1
36
A mournful poem or a song for the dead
Elegy
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The Eastern Orthodox Church the opening area sometimes raised before the alter is called
Solea
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A burial vault which is closed by lowering the dome over the base describes
Air seal
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In a Greek Orthodox Church the wall of icons and the alter
Iconostasis
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The holy picture that is kissed in Greek funeral service
Icon
41
Buddhist hymn sung at funeral service
Gatta
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Deceased veteran funeral; no one to give the flag to; what do you do
Return to VA
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When conducting a burial at sea; how far
3 nautical miles
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A family comes into a funeral. They are planning to put mama in a nursing home. Their lawyer advises them to open what kind of trust
Irrevocable
45
Cost for tolls and bridges would come up on what side do the contract
Right side
46
The federal agency charged with enforcing antitrust laws and prohibits against false, deceptive or unfair trade and advertising practices
FTC
47
When closing the casket at the funeral home before leaving for the church, the family should be
Asked if they wish to stay or not
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When using the word direct before the type of disposition we usually make reference to all of the following except
Visitation
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In NYS the death certificate cannot be completed without
SSN
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Kapok
Cotton like material
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A casket that is airtight, completely sealed by fusion or soldering
Hermetically sealed
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The part of the handle the pall bearers grasp to life the casket
Bar
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Copper Caskers are measured in
Ounces
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The difference between merchandise cost and selling price
Mark up
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Excelsior is
Wood shavings
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What % of initial contact is made by phone
98%
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Answering the phone, when you give your name and the name of the funeral home is
Salutation
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In NYS information collected from the family for the death certificate for
Vital statistics
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Outer burial co gainer price list is
Available for the family to review
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A telephone voice that is clear and crisp
Diction
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The hospital is responsible for filling death certificate
FALSE
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When making a removal from a home or health care facility, the funeral director should check for personal belongings and jewelry
TRUE
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When making a house removal, the funeral director should insist the family leave the room
FALSE
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When leaving for a removal, you should leave with a copy of the first call information
TRUE
65
NYS embalming is required by law
FALSE
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A container usually made of wood, fiber glass, metal, designed to hold human remains
TRUE
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NYS death certificate requires place of death
TRUE
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The casket price list must be a separate sheet and not part of GPL
FALSE
69
Info regarding the deceased on the death certificate is called the vital statistics
TRUE
70
A separate outer burial price list must be given for retention
FALSE
71
Casket veil
Transparent net
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Church truck
Collapsible catafalque
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Memorial folder
Pamphlet about deceased and funeral arrangements
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Candelabrum
Large ornamental candle stick holder with several branches
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Door badge and
Floral design placed on door
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All of the following are considered funeral home merch except
Grave
77
Military funeral order
Band, troop escort, Chaplin, casket, casket coach, family
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SS lump sum
$255
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Another term for burial
Internment
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The portion of funeral service which is conducted at a place of disposition
Committal service
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Movable casket handle with hinged arm
Swing bar
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Type of wood structure gluing superior/inferior
Wood veneer
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Amount of illumination produced by one candle at a distance of 1 Foot
Foot candle
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Which of the following components make a casket a seal or non seal
Gasket
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When measuring a casket to go into a burial vault, it is important to get
External Measurements
86
The suggested minimum of post cremation container
200 cubic
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Which is not merch
Chapel
88
Form SS8-721
Statement of death by funeral director
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VA form 40-1430
Headstone/marker
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VA form 21-2008
Flag
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Shiva
Seven days
92
Yarmulkas
Skull cap
93
Taharah
Washing of the body
94
Tachrichim
Shite linen shroud
95
Chevra
Brotherhood
96
MYS death certificate contains all the following except
Religion
97
Family member is very ill and requires life long nursing care and needs Medicaid. Where would you put the funds
Irrevocable pre need bank account
98
Casket price list must include
Effective date

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