OPERATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
It is believed that the first cremation occurred during the -
correct answer ✅Stone Age
The concept of the disembodied souls which through the
ceremonies by the living is liberated from the body to then enter
into the spiritual life is credited to -
correct answer ✅Ancient Scandinavians
The end of the acceptance of cremation due to a belief that the
body was sacred is attributed to -
correct answer ✅Constantine
The reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone fragments by
intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber -
correct answer ✅Cremation
A structure , room or space in a mausoleum or other building
containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains -
correct answer ✅Columbarium
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OPERATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The result of the reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat -
correct answer ✅Cremated remains
A furnace or retort for cremating dead human bodies -
correct answer ✅Crematory
The burning chamber in a crematory -
correct answer ✅Retort
The art of placing cremains in an urn ,, niche or grave -
correct answer ✅Inurnment
A recess or space in a columbarium , used for the permanent
placing of cremated remains -
correct answer ✅Niche
In early Greece, creation became aligned with valor, patriotism and
military glory. -
correct answer ✅True
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OPERATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Ancient Scandinavians believed cremation was protection from
animals -
correct answer ✅False
Cremation did not become popular in Rome until well after the
birth of Christ -
correct answer ✅False
Cremation was rare and even considered a pagan ritual by the
Christians -
correct answer ✅True
The first cremation performed in the united states after the
revolutionary war was colonel Henry Laurens -
correct answer ✅True
Cremation in England and the United States was started as a result
of limited area for burial -
correct answer ✅False
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OPERATIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The cremation association of north America was formed in 1913 to
promote cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing
with a dead human body -
correct answer ✅True
A pile of wood on which the deceased is placed for cremation is
called a bier -
correct answer ✅False
The ancient Scandinavians believed that in afterlife , the dead could
enter the realm of the gods -
correct answer ✅True
People's earliest view of cremation, come out of their regard for
"ashes to ashes. dust to dust" -
correct answer ✅False
Between 1500 and 1550 three roman scientist worked
independently to invent an oven which could generate enough heat
to cremate a body -
correct answer ✅False