COMP Arts

Which may be included in a funeral rite?

I. rite with the body present

II. rite without the body present

III. immediate disposition

IV. only burial

I & II

The decedent’s estate is considered to be this with regards to the funeral bill:

The primary obligor

A young couple meets with you in an arrangement conference to plan services for their infant son who died of SIDS. The parents of the mother accompany the couple and sign the funeral contract. Which party is required to pay this funeral bill?

The grandparents who signed the contract

Which of the following ratios is computed by dividing a firm’s total current assets by its total current liabilities?

Current ratio

A practitioner enters a Roman Catholic Church with the casket. Where is s/he most likely to meet the priest to begin the service?

I. chancel

II. narthex

III. nave

IV. vestibule

II & IV

What do mutual mistakes as to the existence of the subject matter make a contract?

Void

While serving a Muslim family, a funeral director would typically do which of the following?

transfer the body to the funeral home

What is a contract to keep an offer open for a specified period of time called?

an option

What is defamation of character by spoken words called?

slander

Raw material used to manufacture products entirely from natural wood pieces that contain no wood by-products or composite wood derivatives is called:

Solid wood

All of the following are cash advance items except for:

Etching of a marker by a 3rd party

Which of the following are reasons for keeping a furniture group in the selection room?

I. Gives some familiar items to families that are anxious about selecting a casket

II. Provides someplace for someone to sit, if the need arises

III. Enhanced decor and ambiance

IV. Creates an area to discuss decisions for the family

II only

The natural and normal response to loss:

grief

Affect is a psychological term which is synonymous with:

emotion

Which of the following may be included in an exaggerated grief response?

I. distortion of anger or guilt

II. prolonged grief

III. Major Depression

IV. Thanatophobia

I , II, III

Grief counseling is a form of:

situational counseling

Which of the following is associated with the work of Erich Lindemann?

Delayed grief

The event or experience of a loss:

bereavement

Which are characteristics of a present day nuclear family?
I.   less conservative than a joint family
II.  neo-local
III. more than two generations per household
IV. egalitarian

I, II, IV

Psychology is most commonly defined as the study of:

human behavior

This type of negotiable instrument is considered an “order to pay”.

check

In funeral service, funeral directors are bound by the representations they make of merchandise. When selling a casket, urn or any other merchandise, the warranty that arises from the sale is known as:

Warranty for Use of a Particular Purpose

In a contract, what a promisor requires as the price for a promise is:

consideration

What is a person appointed by the court to oversee the estate called?

administrator

Per the FTC, all of the following are considered "special groups" that may receive an alternative price list, except:

Families that use your funeral home often

Which of the following are components of the Natural Law Theory?

I. Human nature creates law

II. Laws change with the times

III. As society evolves, the laws change to reflect these new understandings

IV. Absolutist Philosophy

I & IV

Those drivers NOT under the direct control of the funeral director are legally called:

Volunteer drivers

Many people never reach this stage of moral development:

Post-Conventional

All of the following are triggering events for presenting the GPL, except:

Embalming permission

Which of the following actions is not something the authorizing agent must grant permission to do:

For crematory operators to positively identify the deceased prior to cremation

Around the year 400 CE, Roman Emperor Constantine declared the state religion of Rome

Forbidden as an act of heresy

By many, these are considered the first “modern” cemeteries, originating in the mid-nineteenth century and focusing on aesthetics.

Lawn-Park cemeteries

Agrarian societies earlier in American history would often bury families together in a common place, usually on or near their farms, when they died. What is this type of cemetery called?

Domestic graveyard

What is a person or concern, usually a bank, which has been ordered to make payment of a check known as?

drawee

What is book value?

difference between original cost and accumulated depreciation

Which of the following would be a non-liturgical funeral rite?

mennonite

What is the process of copying debits and credits from the journal to the ledger called?

posting

What is a gift of personal property received through a will called?

Bequest

If a metal is non-magnetic, it is said to be

Austenitic

A unit of measure used in measuring logs and lumber equal to the cubic contents of a piece of lumber that is 1'x1'x1"

Board foot

Of the following casket selections, which is the highest quality?

48 oz full couch bronze

All of the following are true regarding the traditional selection room, except:

Generally contains an average of 20 caskets displayed

The number of times sales in a given price bracket occur over a fixed period of time:

Tangible Sales Frequency

Which of the following are premises of Attachment Theory?

I. attachments develop from a need for food and water

II. the instinctive response to separation from an attachment is called searching

III. attachments develop from a need for safety and security

IV. early in healthy development, the formation of attachments is instinctive

II, III, IV