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1
Wake is best defined as a
A)memorial service after the funeral.
B)vigil at which those close to the deceased keep watch over the body.
C)ceremony held at the grave or crematorium.
D)ceremony that involves relatives and friends gathering to pray and say farewell.
2
David Sudnow's study on death notification revealed that
A)the immediate family is often last to be notified.
B)doctors are unskilled in notifying families about the death of a loved one.
C)notification occurs randomly depending on the circumstances of the cause of death.
D)notification occurs in a consistent pattern from the immediate family to the wider community.
3
What is the primary requirement of the FTC Funeral Rule?
A)Funeral service providers must give accurate, detailed information about prices and legal requirements to people who are arranging funerals.
B)Only professionals can care for the dead.
C)Funerals are required to be private functions.
D)Grave goods cannot be buried with the deceased.
4
Historically, when a family's ceremonial occasions involving death were held within the home, what services did the undertaker provide?
A)Organizing aftercare programs for the family
B)Supplying materials and funeral paraphernalia
C)Digging the grave
D)Laying out the body for the wake
5
Funeral parlors acquired that name because
A)parlor is a pun as it comes from the same root word as pale or dead.
B)church officials wanted a separate place for funeral services.
C)undertakers wanted to disguise the reality of death.
D)viewing of the body used to take place in the ceremonial room of the home.
6
What were The Casket and Sunnyside?
A)Satirical plays presented by the National Funeral Directors Association at their 2012 convention
B)The undertaker's instruction guides for helping client families
C)Two nationally known funeral bereavement aftercare programs
D)Early trade publications to help facilitate communication among funeral directors
7
According to Leroy Bowman, modern funerals
A)are overlaid with such ostentation that the essential meaning and dignity of such rites has all but disappeared.
B)are lacking in serious religious symbols, which diminishes the dignity of funeral rites.
C)have remained largely unchanged throughout history, which promotes a sense of mysticism in the experience.
D)have improved in society to meet the needs of the bereaved.
8
Jessica Mitford found modern funeral practices to be
A)interesting.
B)enlightening.
C)beautiful.
D)morbid.
9
Roadside memorials
A)began after the great rail disaster of 1929.
B)are a 21st century phenomenon.
C)have a long history.
D)are state mandated farewells to workers killed in the line of duty.
10
Which of the following fees are included in a mortuary's basic charge for professional services?
A)Consulting with family members and clergy
B)Placement of newspaper notices
C)Cemetery or crematory services
D)Flowers
11
Funerals have been compared to a
A)shopping mall display.
B)graduate student defending their research.
C)traveling museum exhibit.
D)theatrical presentation.
12
President Lincoln's funeral procession increased awareness of the practice of
A)embalming.
B)flying flags at half-mast.
C)reparation.
D)cremation.
13
Which of the following prefer cremation to ground burial?
A)Judaism
B)Christianity
C)Islam
D)Buddhist
14
Which of the following types of body disposition will delay decomposition the most?
A)Open air disposal
B)Corpse buried in a casket
C)Corpse buried without a casket
D)Body whose flesh has been washed from the bones prior to burial
15
It has been said that no land in the United States is more sacred than the square mile of
A)Arlington National Cemetery.
B)Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
C)Washington Monument.
D)Cherokee Burial Mound.
16
After cremation, the "ashes" are
A)in pieces like wood or paper pulp.
B)in a sharp and spiky state.
C)as fine as baby powder.
D)in a granular state like coarse coral sand.
17
What is a "green" technique that can substitute for the conventional cremation process?
A)Resomation
B)Crypting
C)Ecolization
D)Larching
18
Which of the following is considered a new direction in funerals and body disposition?
A)Cremation and scattering ashes at sea
B)Placing one's ashes in a columbarium niche or urn
C)Having a space burial on a rocket
D)Entombment in a subterranean vault
19
Which of the following is generally considered an experimental technology?
A)Harvesting of organs
B)Cryonics
C)Burial at sea
D)Donation to science
20
What is the Hawaiian "feast of tears"?
A)The first family meal following burial
B)The final family meal before burial
C)A joyful reunion of the bereaved
D)A marriage celebration of the deceased's grandchildren





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