Mort 203 FINAL EXAM & EXAM 3 / Fires of Change
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a container used to hold human remains which is constructed out of a type of
cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds and ridges.
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American Board of Funeral Service
1 Corrugated container 2
Education (ABFSE)
3 American Monument Association 4 Temporary Container
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Terms in this set (198)
American Board of Funeral Service organization which accredits funeral service and
Education (ABFSE) mortuary science programs
,Conference of Funeral Service organization of licensing agencies in North America;
Examining Boards (The Conference; provides examination services, information, and
ICFSEB) regulatory support to funeral service licensing
boards, educators, and governmental bodies
University Mortuary Science organization of college and university-based funeral
Educational Association (UMSEA) service programs established in 1961
public
National Association of Colleges of established in 1942 as an organization for privately
Mortuary Science (NACMS) sponsored schools with the goal of advancement of
mortuary education
Apprentice/intern/resident trainee a person engaged in learning the practice of funeral
directing and/or embalming under instruction,
direction, or personal supervision of a duly licensed
funeral director and/or embalmers
Funeral director a person properly licensed, engaged in, or
conducting, or holding himself/herself out as being
engaged in 1) preparing, other than by embalming,
for the burial or disposition of dead human bodies;
and/or 2) maintaining or operating a funeral
establishment for the preparation and disposition, or
for the care of dead human bodies
Embalmer a person, properly licensed, who disinfects,
preserves,
and/or restores a dead human body
Trade embalmer term originated when some of the original graduates
of early embalming courses gave up regular
employment with a single firm to provide embalming
service to firms which had no trained embalmer
, Cremationist historically, a person who advocates or encourages
cremation as a method to replace the burial of the
dead. Presently, a trained professional who is
authorized and/or licensed to operate a cremator
and perform the cremation process; a professional
who arranges and carries out death care rites when
cremation is chosen
Undertakers Mutual Protective first formal organization of undertakers; kept a
Association of Philadelphia black book of injectable and delinquent customers to
be shared among members only; originated in
Philadelphia, January 1864
Ethics that branch of philosophy dealing with values
relating to human conduct, with respect to the
rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to
the goodness and badness of the motives and ends
of such actions
Drummers/salesmen traveling salesmen who went from town to town
selling their products. Early embalmers often
obtained their products and training in this manner
American Monument Association a national trade association representing the major
granite and marble memorial manufacturers and
quarries throughout the United States
Catholic Cemeteries Conference the oldest and largest Catholic cemetery association
serving Catholic cemeteries nationally and internally
Casket & Funeral Supply Association represents the interests of funeral service suppliers;
of America (CFSAA) its members manufacture or distribute virtually every
type of product used by funeral directors (formerly
known as Casket Manufacturers Association)
Glossary – Questions With Fully Explained Answers
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Practice questions for this set
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a container used to hold human remains which is constructed out of a type of
cardboard, which is made with a series of alternate folds and ridges.
Choose an answer
American Board of Funeral Service
1 Corrugated container 2
Education (ABFSE)
3 American Monument Association 4 Temporary Container
Don't know?
Terms in this set (198)
American Board of Funeral Service organization which accredits funeral service and
Education (ABFSE) mortuary science programs
,Conference of Funeral Service organization of licensing agencies in North America;
Examining Boards (The Conference; provides examination services, information, and
ICFSEB) regulatory support to funeral service licensing
boards, educators, and governmental bodies
University Mortuary Science organization of college and university-based funeral
Educational Association (UMSEA) service programs established in 1961
public
National Association of Colleges of established in 1942 as an organization for privately
Mortuary Science (NACMS) sponsored schools with the goal of advancement of
mortuary education
Apprentice/intern/resident trainee a person engaged in learning the practice of funeral
directing and/or embalming under instruction,
direction, or personal supervision of a duly licensed
funeral director and/or embalmers
Funeral director a person properly licensed, engaged in, or
conducting, or holding himself/herself out as being
engaged in 1) preparing, other than by embalming,
for the burial or disposition of dead human bodies;
and/or 2) maintaining or operating a funeral
establishment for the preparation and disposition, or
for the care of dead human bodies
Embalmer a person, properly licensed, who disinfects,
preserves,
and/or restores a dead human body
Trade embalmer term originated when some of the original graduates
of early embalming courses gave up regular
employment with a single firm to provide embalming
service to firms which had no trained embalmer
, Cremationist historically, a person who advocates or encourages
cremation as a method to replace the burial of the
dead. Presently, a trained professional who is
authorized and/or licensed to operate a cremator
and perform the cremation process; a professional
who arranges and carries out death care rites when
cremation is chosen
Undertakers Mutual Protective first formal organization of undertakers; kept a
Association of Philadelphia black book of injectable and delinquent customers to
be shared among members only; originated in
Philadelphia, January 1864
Ethics that branch of philosophy dealing with values
relating to human conduct, with respect to the
rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to
the goodness and badness of the motives and ends
of such actions
Drummers/salesmen traveling salesmen who went from town to town
selling their products. Early embalmers often
obtained their products and training in this manner
American Monument Association a national trade association representing the major
granite and marble memorial manufacturers and
quarries throughout the United States
Catholic Cemeteries Conference the oldest and largest Catholic cemetery association
serving Catholic cemeteries nationally and internally
Casket & Funeral Supply Association represents the interests of funeral service suppliers;
of America (CFSAA) its members manufacture or distribute virtually every
type of product used by funeral directors (formerly
known as Casket Manufacturers Association)
