NBE ARTS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
A form of financial planning whereby a part of the firm's earnings is earmarked as a
contingency fund for possible future losses, specifically for individual loss categories
such as property, medical, or worker's compensation - Answer- Self-insurance
Which of the following is not a material used in the construction of a burial vault? -
Answer- pressed wood
To assist in the understanding of the circumstances or situations the individual is
experiencing, and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if
necessary is known as - Answer- facilitating
Which of the following are objectives of psychology - Answer- to help people learn more
effectively
to make better adjustments to life situations
to understand why people do the things they do
Which of the following is Worden's second "Task of Mourning"? - Answer- to experience
the pain of grief
Is it permissible on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected to simply
indicate that a funeral home "may" markup cash advance items? - Answer- yes
The OSHA designation Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) is determined
based on the exposure level at which an unprotected person could escape within ___ of
the first exposure. - Answer- 30 minutes
Controlling is also known as: - Answer- Evaluating
OSHA's revised record keeping rule for 2015 includes which of the following - Answer-
The rule updates the list of industries that are exempt form the requirement to routinely
keep OSHA injury and illness records.
The rule expands the list of severe work- related injuries that all covered employers
must report to OSHA.
From the Latin "sepulcrum" which meant only "a burial place": - Answer- Sepulchre
,In most States, regardless of the age of the cremation equipment, there is a
__________ second retention time requirement. - Answer- 1/2
A cemetery, originally a cemetery for the victims of great battles: - Answer- polyandrium
In the middle of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Browne wrote the earliest known essay in
defense of _________." It stressed the advantages of this form of burial. - Answer- urn
burial
How large would a grave need to be to accommodate a standard burial vault? - Answer-
both 3' X 8' and 36" X 96" are correct
Outlaws discrimination in employment against Vietnam Era veterans : - Answer-
Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act
Expenses incurred in the normal operation of a business: - Answer- Overhead
The primary reason behind the selection of a particular casket is said to be its
____________. - Answer- Beauty and Finish
Contemporary funeral rites could be considered - Answer- adaptive funeral rites
Each of the following have affected the nuclear family EXCEPT - Answer- an increase in
the day to day confrontation with death
A benefit of a hospice type death with anticipatory grief is that it allows - Answer-
unfinished business to be taken care of
Which of the following does NOT describe the joint/extended family unit? - Answer-
Urban based
The age at which a child understand death as being both final and inevitable is -
Answer- 9 years and above
Who must be notified within 30 days of any disposition at sea: - Answer- EPA
A man who has lost his spouse by death is known as a: - Answer- a widower
If a funeral home marks up cash advance items or receives a commission, rebate or
discount which is not passed on to the consumer, is it a violation of the Funeral Rule to
represent to the consumer that the charge represents the same amount that the funeral
home paid for these items? - Answer- yes
A sale is different from a contract to sell in that ___ - Answer- sale means the transfer of
funds and merchandise is now complete
, If a funeral home offers packages, other than the four mandated by the FTC, does the
Funeral Rule require the funeral home to list each of the items included in the package
on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected? - Answer- yes
If I ship you an embalming machine via an airplane, you are known as - Answer-
consignee
On its GPL, may a funeral home use the term "basic cremation" instead of "direct
cremation" or the term "simple burial" instead of "immediate burial?" - Answer- yes- but
NOT in the Mandatory Disclosures.
Generally, a minor is fully liable for his/her - Answer- torts
codicil - Answer- An addition or amendment to a last will in testament is executed with
the same formality as the will
A "contract" made with which of these types of people is actually void? - Answer- legally
declared insane person
A contract made by a person who is intoxicated enough to be uncertain of the
consequences at the time the contract is made is: - Answer- Voidable
If I send you an embalming machine via an airplane, I am known as a - Answer-
consignor
A permanent order, issued by a court, forbidding activities which would be detrimental to
others is - Answer- an injunction
The right a minor has to avoid a contract is termed - Answer- disaffirmation
May a funeral home impose an additional fee for obtaining payment of the funeral bill
from an estate or from assigned insurance policies? - Answer- yes
The owners of a corporation are known as - Answer- stockholders
An oral will stated to a witness is a - Answer- nuncupative will
Holographic Will - Answer- A will written entirely by the testator with his own hand.
In a Liturgical Church, the right side of the church (as the congregation faces the altar)
from which readings and prayers are often proclaimed is known as the _________ side.
- Answer- Epistle
Any Western Christian who is not an adherent of the Roman Catholic Faith - Answer-
Protestant
ANSWERS
A form of financial planning whereby a part of the firm's earnings is earmarked as a
contingency fund for possible future losses, specifically for individual loss categories
such as property, medical, or worker's compensation - Answer- Self-insurance
Which of the following is not a material used in the construction of a burial vault? -
Answer- pressed wood
To assist in the understanding of the circumstances or situations the individual is
experiencing, and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if
necessary is known as - Answer- facilitating
Which of the following are objectives of psychology - Answer- to help people learn more
effectively
to make better adjustments to life situations
to understand why people do the things they do
Which of the following is Worden's second "Task of Mourning"? - Answer- to experience
the pain of grief
Is it permissible on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected to simply
indicate that a funeral home "may" markup cash advance items? - Answer- yes
The OSHA designation Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) is determined
based on the exposure level at which an unprotected person could escape within ___ of
the first exposure. - Answer- 30 minutes
Controlling is also known as: - Answer- Evaluating
OSHA's revised record keeping rule for 2015 includes which of the following - Answer-
The rule updates the list of industries that are exempt form the requirement to routinely
keep OSHA injury and illness records.
The rule expands the list of severe work- related injuries that all covered employers
must report to OSHA.
From the Latin "sepulcrum" which meant only "a burial place": - Answer- Sepulchre
,In most States, regardless of the age of the cremation equipment, there is a
__________ second retention time requirement. - Answer- 1/2
A cemetery, originally a cemetery for the victims of great battles: - Answer- polyandrium
In the middle of the 17th century, Sir Thomas Browne wrote the earliest known essay in
defense of _________." It stressed the advantages of this form of burial. - Answer- urn
burial
How large would a grave need to be to accommodate a standard burial vault? - Answer-
both 3' X 8' and 36" X 96" are correct
Outlaws discrimination in employment against Vietnam Era veterans : - Answer-
Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act
Expenses incurred in the normal operation of a business: - Answer- Overhead
The primary reason behind the selection of a particular casket is said to be its
____________. - Answer- Beauty and Finish
Contemporary funeral rites could be considered - Answer- adaptive funeral rites
Each of the following have affected the nuclear family EXCEPT - Answer- an increase in
the day to day confrontation with death
A benefit of a hospice type death with anticipatory grief is that it allows - Answer-
unfinished business to be taken care of
Which of the following does NOT describe the joint/extended family unit? - Answer-
Urban based
The age at which a child understand death as being both final and inevitable is -
Answer- 9 years and above
Who must be notified within 30 days of any disposition at sea: - Answer- EPA
A man who has lost his spouse by death is known as a: - Answer- a widower
If a funeral home marks up cash advance items or receives a commission, rebate or
discount which is not passed on to the consumer, is it a violation of the Funeral Rule to
represent to the consumer that the charge represents the same amount that the funeral
home paid for these items? - Answer- yes
A sale is different from a contract to sell in that ___ - Answer- sale means the transfer of
funds and merchandise is now complete
, If a funeral home offers packages, other than the four mandated by the FTC, does the
Funeral Rule require the funeral home to list each of the items included in the package
on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected? - Answer- yes
If I ship you an embalming machine via an airplane, you are known as - Answer-
consignee
On its GPL, may a funeral home use the term "basic cremation" instead of "direct
cremation" or the term "simple burial" instead of "immediate burial?" - Answer- yes- but
NOT in the Mandatory Disclosures.
Generally, a minor is fully liable for his/her - Answer- torts
codicil - Answer- An addition or amendment to a last will in testament is executed with
the same formality as the will
A "contract" made with which of these types of people is actually void? - Answer- legally
declared insane person
A contract made by a person who is intoxicated enough to be uncertain of the
consequences at the time the contract is made is: - Answer- Voidable
If I send you an embalming machine via an airplane, I am known as a - Answer-
consignor
A permanent order, issued by a court, forbidding activities which would be detrimental to
others is - Answer- an injunction
The right a minor has to avoid a contract is termed - Answer- disaffirmation
May a funeral home impose an additional fee for obtaining payment of the funeral bill
from an estate or from assigned insurance policies? - Answer- yes
The owners of a corporation are known as - Answer- stockholders
An oral will stated to a witness is a - Answer- nuncupative will
Holographic Will - Answer- A will written entirely by the testator with his own hand.
In a Liturgical Church, the right side of the church (as the congregation faces the altar)
from which readings and prayers are often proclaimed is known as the _________ side.
- Answer- Epistle
Any Western Christian who is not an adherent of the Roman Catholic Faith - Answer-
Protestant
