AAMI - FHMM COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
Who signs it (death certificate) - CORRECT ANSWER attending physician or
coroner/medical examiner.
Certified copies (death certificate) - CORRECT ANSWER legal copy of the
original death certificate.
Burial permit - CORRECT ANSWER legal document issued by government
agency authorizing transportation and/or disposition.
Mean - CORRECT ANSWER the sum of a group of numbers divided by the
number of units.
Median - CORRECT ANSWER the value of the "midpoint" in a set of numbers.
Mode - CORRECT ANSWER the value that occurs most frequently in a group of
numbers.
Range - CORRECT ANSWER the upper and lower limits of a series of numbers.
Hermitic - CORRECT ANSWER casket is completely sealed by fusion or
soldering.
Consumer Value Index - CORRECT ANSWER Percentage derived by dividing
the wholesale cost of the merchandise by the retail price of the merchandise.
,Merchandise Value Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER Relationship between the
wholesale cost of merchandise and total cost (services & merchandise) to the
consumer.
Itemization - CORRECT ANSWER price quotation in which each unit of service
or merchandise is priced separately.
Unit - CORRECT ANSWER method of price quotation showing pricing of
services and casket together.
Bi-unit - CORRECT ANSWER method of price quotation showing separate
pricing for services and casket.
Functional - CORRECT ANSWER price quotation where prices are broken down
into several major component parts.
Entombment - CORRECT ANSWER the placing of remains in a crypt in a
mausoleum.
Interment - CORRECT ANSWER act of placing the dead human body into the
ground.
Inhument - CORRECT ANSWER act of placing the dead human body into the
ground.
Cremation - CORRECT ANSWER the reduction of a dead human body to
inorganic bone fragments by intense heat.
,Columbarium - CORRECT ANSWER structure, room or space inside a
mausoleum containing niches to hold cremains.
Retort - CORRECT ANSWER the burning chamber in a crematory.
Price quotation - CORRECT ANSWER itemization, unit pricing, bi-unit pricing,
functional pricing.
Pre-funded funeral arrangements - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangement
made in advance of need that include funding or prepayment.
Pre-planned funeral arrangements - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangement
made in advance of need that do not include funding or prepayment.
Pre need - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangements made prior to need.
(usually funded)
At need - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangements made at the time of need.
Post need/aftercare - CORRECT ANSWER services provided by funeral service
organizations that occur after final disposition.
State casket - CORRECT ANSWER casket in which the body panels are at a 90
degree agle to the bottom and the corners form 90 degree angles; also called a
vertical side square casket.
Octagonal design - CORRECT ANSWER casket having eight angles or corners;
has eight sides or body panels.
, Elliptical design - CORRECT ANSWER casket with ends in the shape of a half
circle.
Actuating - CORRECT ANSWER regulating the activities or course of activities
of an organization. Guide and/or supervise.
Copper - CORRECT ANSWER a malleable, ductile metallic element having a
characteristic reddish-brown color.
Bronze - CORRECT ANSWER metal alloy consisting of 90% copper with tin
and sometimes zinc comprising the other 10%.
Gauge - CORRECT ANSWER a measurement of the thickness of metals. Caskets
usually 16, 18, 20.
Ounce per square foot - CORRECT ANSWER how non-ferrous metal caskets are
differentiated in the US. Weight of wrought material used to construct the casket
shell.
Rubrics - CORRECT ANSWER LITURGICAL church - stated directions in a
prayer book.
Chancel - CORRECT ANSWER portion of church surrounding the altar. Where
the clergy sit; behind communion rail.
Narthex - CORRECT ANSWER Foyer or entry way to the church.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
Who signs it (death certificate) - CORRECT ANSWER attending physician or
coroner/medical examiner.
Certified copies (death certificate) - CORRECT ANSWER legal copy of the
original death certificate.
Burial permit - CORRECT ANSWER legal document issued by government
agency authorizing transportation and/or disposition.
Mean - CORRECT ANSWER the sum of a group of numbers divided by the
number of units.
Median - CORRECT ANSWER the value of the "midpoint" in a set of numbers.
Mode - CORRECT ANSWER the value that occurs most frequently in a group of
numbers.
Range - CORRECT ANSWER the upper and lower limits of a series of numbers.
Hermitic - CORRECT ANSWER casket is completely sealed by fusion or
soldering.
Consumer Value Index - CORRECT ANSWER Percentage derived by dividing
the wholesale cost of the merchandise by the retail price of the merchandise.
,Merchandise Value Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER Relationship between the
wholesale cost of merchandise and total cost (services & merchandise) to the
consumer.
Itemization - CORRECT ANSWER price quotation in which each unit of service
or merchandise is priced separately.
Unit - CORRECT ANSWER method of price quotation showing pricing of
services and casket together.
Bi-unit - CORRECT ANSWER method of price quotation showing separate
pricing for services and casket.
Functional - CORRECT ANSWER price quotation where prices are broken down
into several major component parts.
Entombment - CORRECT ANSWER the placing of remains in a crypt in a
mausoleum.
Interment - CORRECT ANSWER act of placing the dead human body into the
ground.
Inhument - CORRECT ANSWER act of placing the dead human body into the
ground.
Cremation - CORRECT ANSWER the reduction of a dead human body to
inorganic bone fragments by intense heat.
,Columbarium - CORRECT ANSWER structure, room or space inside a
mausoleum containing niches to hold cremains.
Retort - CORRECT ANSWER the burning chamber in a crematory.
Price quotation - CORRECT ANSWER itemization, unit pricing, bi-unit pricing,
functional pricing.
Pre-funded funeral arrangements - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangement
made in advance of need that include funding or prepayment.
Pre-planned funeral arrangements - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangement
made in advance of need that do not include funding or prepayment.
Pre need - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangements made prior to need.
(usually funded)
At need - CORRECT ANSWER funeral arrangements made at the time of need.
Post need/aftercare - CORRECT ANSWER services provided by funeral service
organizations that occur after final disposition.
State casket - CORRECT ANSWER casket in which the body panels are at a 90
degree agle to the bottom and the corners form 90 degree angles; also called a
vertical side square casket.
Octagonal design - CORRECT ANSWER casket having eight angles or corners;
has eight sides or body panels.
, Elliptical design - CORRECT ANSWER casket with ends in the shape of a half
circle.
Actuating - CORRECT ANSWER regulating the activities or course of activities
of an organization. Guide and/or supervise.
Copper - CORRECT ANSWER a malleable, ductile metallic element having a
characteristic reddish-brown color.
Bronze - CORRECT ANSWER metal alloy consisting of 90% copper with tin
and sometimes zinc comprising the other 10%.
Gauge - CORRECT ANSWER a measurement of the thickness of metals. Caskets
usually 16, 18, 20.
Ounce per square foot - CORRECT ANSWER how non-ferrous metal caskets are
differentiated in the US. Weight of wrought material used to construct the casket
shell.
Rubrics - CORRECT ANSWER LITURGICAL church - stated directions in a
prayer book.
Chancel - CORRECT ANSWER portion of church surrounding the altar. Where
the clergy sit; behind communion rail.
Narthex - CORRECT ANSWER Foyer or entry way to the church.
