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