Funeral Directing

Question 1

Practical and ceremonial washing of a deceased Muslim

Answer 1

Al Ghusl

Question 2

The name for God in the Islam faith

Answer 2

Allah

Question 3

An elevated place on which sacrifices are offered or at which religious rights are performed

Answer 3

Alter

Question 4

Funeral rate that is adjusted to the needs and once of those that are directly involved

Answer 4

Adoptive funeral rite

Question 5

Hebrew meaning container, a casket made entirely of wood with no metal parts

Answer 5

Aron

Question 6

Title of the Buddhist priest

Answer 6

Bonze

Question 7

A religious singer, who assists the clergy

Answer 7

Cantor

Question 8

Chevra Kadisha

Answer 8

Hebrew group of men, or women who wash the deceased (orthodox Jewish)

Question 9

Ecclesiastical

Answer 9

Relating to the Christian churches or it’s clergy

Question 10

Foyer, Narthex, vestibule

Answer 10

The entryway into a church

Question 11

A price reduction given for a payment with the time limits established by the sales contract

Answer 11

Cash discount

Question 12

Supplier will allow funeral home to order and display merchandise without being billed for the product until the merchandise sells

Answer 12

Consignment

Question 13

 what is the best lighting for a selection room?

Answer 13

Indirect recessed, incandescent lighting

Question 14

How many caskets should be placed in a selection room?

Answer 14

12 to 30 full-size caskets

Question 15

Monument erected to the memory of the dead with a human remains not present

Answer 15

Cenotaph

Question 16

An agreement for future funeral services, which cannot be terminated or canceled prior to the death of the beneficiary

Answer 16

Irrevocable

Question 17

A household or family unit created by one male, and one female, and the children from their previous marriages, and may include children from the present marriage

Answer 17

Blended family

Question 18

The movement of families from the area in which they were born

Answer 18

Neo Localism

Question 19

The ability to perceive another’s experience, and communicate that perception back to the person

Answer 19

Empathy

Question 20

Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune

Answer 20

Sympathy

Question 21

Internal side of a reaction associated with loss. How a person feels on the inside. The series of emotions associated with loss.

Answer 21

Grief

Question 22

The external expression of our internal emotions

Answer 22

Mourning

Question 23

The act or event of separation or loss that results in the experience of grief

Answer 23

Bereavement

Question 24

Suicide done for the greater good, a selfless act. (9/11 Hijackers)

Answer 24

Altruistic

Question 25

Suicide due to the feeling of meaninglessness, apathy. Isolated and alone.

Answer 25

Egoistic suicide

Question 26

Choosing suicide because of fatal illness, or a loss of freedom (terminally ill patient, life in prison)

Answer 26

Fatalistic suicide