ftcc 112 principles of funeral service final exam

What culture buried their wealthier dead by day, and the ordinary or less than fortunate persons at night?

Answers: Romans.

Egyptians.

Greeks.

Scandinavians.

romans

Who was the first person to patent a process of embalming the body by use of chemical injection?

Answers: Dr. William Hunter.

Dr. John Hunter.

Leonardo Da Vinci.

Dr. Thomas Holmes.

Anthony Gaussardia.

william hunter

In which Egyptian embalming method were the organs removed and placed in jars?

Answers: Least expensive.

Middle method.

Most expensive.

All of these.

most

If one does not believe in God, like the Egyptians were described, this person would be called __

Answers: Atheist.

Pagan.

Agnostic.

Agnetheistic.

pagan

The early Egyptians were excellent embalmers of their dead. What type of jars did they use to contain the organs of their wealthy class?

Answers: Santeed.

Heiroglyph.

Canopic.

Readen.

canopic

Constantine was the first Roman emporer who:

Answers: Was a funeral director.

Was a cemetery sexton.

Served in an official role after death.

Was a Christian.

was a christian

The Greek stelae, are also called a____ tomb.

Answers: Column.

Shaft.

Square cut.

Temple-like.

shaft

An "ogee" pertained to a casket or coffin's:

Answers: Appearance.

Preservative qualities.

Pricing.

Speed of manufacture.

apperance

The Fisk burial case was made from what material?

Answers: Metal.

Wood.

Paper Mache.

Glass.

metal

An interesting advantage that a sexton had over his competitors when practicing undertaking was:

Answers: He had some formal education where others did not.

He was a better grave-digger than his contemporaries and this trait made him more desirable.

He had the monopoly over his church's cemetery.

He- usually- was not married, so he was free to help the survivors and bury the dead at almost any arranged time.

He had the monopoly over his church's cemetery.

The first embalming schools in the United States were seen around the year _____.

Answers: 1799.

1840.

1870.

1882.

1882

What purpose did a combination car serve?

Answers: It allowed the casket to exit the left or the right side doors.

It was one of the first cars to feature a lock and key and locking doors.

It could transport the casket and the mourners in one vehicle.

It could be used as a hearse or an ambulance.

It could be used as a hearse or an ambulance.

What group or culture believed that their wealthy should have animals, servants, and food for their afterlife? (Servants and animals were sometimes sacrificed or placed alive in the deceased's tomb)

Answers: Ancient Germans.

Romans.

Scandinavians.

Egyptians.

Egyptians

A corpse cooler used _____ to help preserve bodies.

Answers: Ice.

Electrically operated compressors.

Natural gas.

Vinegar and brine solution.

ice

What was the unique claim made by the Fisk Burial case company?

Answers: Their casket left a better positive image of the deceased.

Their casket would delay decomposition.

Their casket was the first to feature an ogee.

They were the first to use a mechanized manufacturing process as well as an assembly line.

Their casket would delay decomposition

The vogue of black was given a powerful boost in 1498, when black was substituted for white by ______, the widow of Charles VIII of France.

Answers: Marie.

Mary.

Elizabeth.

Anne.

anne

One interesting early Indian burial practice included:

Answers: The cremation of the wife of the male deceased.

The burial in the sea of the deceased and all of his earthly possessions.

The preservation of the body in cold, running streams or rivers.

The killing of a horse for burial with the deceased.

The killing of a horse for burial with the deceased.

Another name for the Egyptian pollinctor was the:

Answers: Apothecary.

Surgeon.

Dissector.

Physician.

apothecary

How long was the undertaker's buying cycle?

Answers: 20 years.

15 years.

12 years.

10 years.

5 years.

15 years

In late 17th century and early 18th century England, if undertakers made a sideline of furnishing upholstery, then area drapers:

Answers: Boycotted that particular undertaker and publicly recommended another undertaker.

Were legally allowed to share in the undertaker's profits.

Began to furnish funerary goods.

Boycotted that particular undertaker and publicly recommended another undertaker.

In early America, the lesser quality or less expensive coffins were made from:

Answers: Metal.

Pine.

Concrete.

Glass.

pine

The term that best describes funeral rites and ceremonies of the late 19th century is:

Answers: Uplifting.

Gloomy.

Religious.

Unorthodox and unconvential.

gloomy

Metal burial vaults originated around the year ____.

Answers: 1910.

1879.

1850.

1829.

1879

During the Middle ages, when royalty died, a likeness or "fake" body would be created of the deceased, then the likeness of this person might be dressed in royal attire and placed in a special hearse and paraded throughout towns. This ensured the safety of the "real" body while also avoiding showing a possible decomposing body. What was this likeness called?

Answers: Royal likeness.

Royal mask.

Symbolic remnants.

Effigy.

effigy

Who injected a colored solution into arteries to confirm his theories concerning blood circulation?

Answers: Ruysch.

W. Hunter.

Harvey.

J. Hunter.

William hunter

The plagues during the middle ages were also called this:

Answers: Death kiss.

Death hug.

Blued head.

Black death.

black death

This person could be given some money, bread, and a bowl of beer to "assume the sins of the deceased":

Answers: Death partaker.

Sin eater.

Soul shot.

Friend of transgressions.

sin eater

Memorial Societies usually stress what disposition type to its members?

Answers: Earth burial.

Sea burial.

Cremation.

Entombment.

cremation

Although embalming was rare in biblical times, which of these persons was embalmed?

Answers: Moses.

Joseph.

David.

Isaac.

joseph

Known as the "Father of Modern Embalming":

Answers: Anthony Gaussardia.

Dr. Thomas Holmes.

Dr. William Hunter.

Dr. John Hunter.

Leonardo Da Vinci.

Thomas Holmes

Which Egyptian embalming method consisted of purging the intestines and soaking the body for a period of seventy days?

Answers: Least expensive.

Middle method.

Most expensive.

least

How popular were sermons during early New England funeral services?

Answers: Very unpopular at the funeral.

Very popular at the funeral.

very unpopular at the funeral

What group believed in their afterlife as the "elysian fields"?

Answers: Romans.

Greeks.

Egyptians.

Scandinavians.

greeks

Which of these would be the main accrediting organization for the nation's mortuary schools?

Answers: NFDA.

UMSEA.

ICFSEB.

ABFSE.

NACMS.

ABFSE

What was a chandler?

Answers: Draper.

Clergy.

Church sexton.

Public embalmer.

Candle maker.

candle maker

Which of these funerary gifts was not common during early New England funeral services?

Answers: Needlecraft.

Books.

Fountain pens.

Gloves.

Rings.

fountain pens

Who, in the course of their studies, dissected over 50 cadavers and made over 750 illustrations of human anatomy?

Answers: Frederick Ruysch.

Leonardo Da Vinci.

William Harvey.

John Hunter.

Leonardo da vinci

This person began as a druggist and later studied medicine although the civil war kept him from finishing. He persuaded Dr. Lukens that an embalming school should be established in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school became the Cincinnati school of Mortuary Science.

Answers: Joseph Clark.

Johnson Dodge.

August Renouard.

Richard Harlan.

Joseph Clark

Which of these phrases best describes what "funeral" actually means:

Answers: "Mama looks just like herself".

"I just want to be alone in my grief".

"Granny's just sleeping Johnny... she's not dead."

"I'm glad her friends came, she DID have such a great life".

mama looks just like herself

The Public Health Movement in America began with the publication of the "Report of the Massachusetts Sanitary Commission" in the year _____.

Answers: 1830.

1850.

1890.

1920.

1850

A mortuary school would most like be a member of which of these organizations?

Answers: OGR.

NACMS.

CMA.

JFDA.

nacms

Who invented the trocar that embalmers use today?

Answers: Samuel Rogers.

John Hunter.

Dr. Thomas Holmes.

Anthony Gaussardia.

samule rogers

Crane & Breed produced a hearse that was displayed at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It was used for the funeral of:

Answers: Ulysses S. Grant, ex-president of the US.

Carmina Hernandez, wife of the US Diplomat to Cuba.

Woodrow Wilson, ex-president of the US.

Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago.

Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago.

In order to have someone to provide for him in his afterlife, it was inportant for a Hebrew to have a

son

Greek "trapazae" were the:

Answers: Shafts.

Columns.

Square-cut tombs.

Temple-like structures.

square cut tombs

"Reducers" was another term for______________.

Answers: Embalming.

Evisceration.

Bloodletting.

Execution.

bloodletting

Anthropomorphic or anthropodal refers to the shape of some early Egyptian coffins. These were in the shape of _____.

Answers: A man.

An arthropod.

A fish.

A leopard.

a man

Another name for the Egyptian physician was the _____.

Answers: Apothecary.

Priest.

Designer.

Embalmer.

priest

A great Scottish anatomist, he is known for his lectures concerning his theories and the directions for arterial and cavity embalming for anatomical and burial purposes:

Answers: Dr. William Hunter.

Dr. John Hunter.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Anthony Gaussardia.

Dr. Thomas Holmes.

william hunter

In this faith, there is a LITERAL interpretation of the Holy Bible:

Jehovah's Witness.

If a church as deemed as architecturally liturgical, the chancel would be found in the _____ as one stands in the narthex and faces the altar.

Center.

Communion is the central element in __________ centered worship.

Eucharist.

The epistle side of a church that is grouped as liturgical by architecture would be on one's _____ as he or she faced the altar while standing in the narthex.

Right.

The chancel is-

The area of the church behind the minister.

In a liturgical church by architecture, the gospel side would be found on the officiant's _____ as he or she stands near the altar area facing the seated congregation.

Right.

Funerals in the Mormon faith are NOT held in this place:

Temple.

A chaplain is likely to be attached to-

A military unit.

The movement of the casket, officiant, acolytes, and funeral directors out of the church- or an ending hymn or song:

Recessional.

In what faith can young people work on a 'mission' for the church?

Mormon.

What song is usually played during the folding of the flag of a military service?

Taps.

For a decedent in this faith, special clothing is needed to attire the deceased:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Where would one find rubrics?

In a book.

Joseph Smith-

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Salt Lake City is the location of the base for:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

If a church relies on rubrics, it would be an accurate assumption that it is:

Liturgical.

What is "INRI"?

Jesus of Nazareth, King of Jews.

In this faith, members do not accept blood transfusions, refuse to serve in a fighting role for any country, and refuse to salute the flag of any country:

Jehovah's Witness.

What's the main difference between a cross and a crucifix?

The body of Christ.

A church that is designed in the shape of a cross would be classified as _____________ in shape.

Liturgical.

When was the Book of Mormon first published?

1830.

Historically, an altar was a place designed for:

Sacrifices

.

How do mainstream Mormons feel about polygamy?

It is grounds for excommunication from the church.

What is "IHS"?

The first three letters for "Jesus".

It would not be a wise idea to play "The Old Rugged Cross" at a funeral for one of this faith:

Jehovah's Witness.

•

Boston, Massachusetts is the home or base for:

Church of Christ Scientist.

Which of these locations would not be acceptable for a funeral of a Christian Scientist:

Church

.

A tallith is usually:

Worn.

Which type of Jews are not the most strict, but are not the least strict in their beliefs and practices. (The "middle" in their beliefs)

Conservative.

Which Jews are the MOST strict in their beliefs and practices?

Orthodox.

Which type of Jew is most likely to mandate an aron?

Orthodox Jew

.

During shivah, which food is one most likely to encounter?

Hard-boiled eggs

.

The Jewish place of worship is called a

synagogue

an:

Synagogue

.

Who usually conducts the service for a Christian science funeral?

Reader or practitioner.

What is the casket placement for an Episcopal funeral service?

At a right angle to the altar.

Is cremation acceptable in the Episcopal faith?

Yes.

Shivah is an intense ____-day mourning period for the immediate family.

Seven.

Where would one find a levaya?

In the street.

Mary Baker Eddy-

Christian Science.

During _____, someone is likely to approach the family and offer their condolences and maybe make a contribution to a charity.

Yahrzeit

.

Which of these types of Jews do not allow embalming?

Orthodox Jews.

A yamaka is meant to be:

Worn.

A tachrichim should be:

Worn.

Shabbath is usually:

Sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.

Sholoshim is a _____-day mourning period.

Thirty

.

Who is the officiant at a Jewish funeral service?

Rabbi.

Generally speaking, one would find a bat minen:

Inside an aron.

A kaddish is usually:

Said.

"Science and Health with Key to the Scripture" is a text used as a supplement in what faith?

Christian Science

.

Which type of Jews are the least strict in their beliefs and practices?

Reformed