Comps: Crematory & Cemetery -
Practice Test Questions And
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commemorative inscription on a tomb or cemetery marker - ANSWER✔✔ epitaph
types of markers that are level with the ground can be made of: -
ANSWER✔✔ granite, bronze, & marble
when discussing outer burial containers during the arrangement conference, the
funeral director must tell the family - ANSWER✔✔ regulations of the cemetery
determines requirements
act of placing cremated remains in a niche or grave - ANSWER✔✔ inurnment
one who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church -
ANSWER✔✔ sexton
used at the cemetery to cover the earth around the grave - ANSWER✔✔ artificial
grass
portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal -
ANSWER✔✔ canopy
general term designating those places suitable for the reception of a dead human
body - ANSWER✔✔ tomb
arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside, the income
from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely - ANSWER✔✔
perpetual care
subdivision in a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment spaces -
ANSWER✔✔ plot
, cemetery created and maintained under an Act of Congress for burial of veterans
of military service and their eligible family members - ANSWER✔✔ national
cemetery
board of commissioners disinterred bodies in a town cemetery because the
graves were unpaid. they had the bodies reburied in the free section of the
cemetery. the board of commissioners - ANSWER✔✔ guilty of
unauthorized disinterments
It is an indictable offense under statute and common law to disinter a dead body
w/o proper authority regardless of purpose or motive. Proper authorization
comes from: - ANSWER✔✔ surviving spouse
then next of kin
Must either make written application to the cemetery trustees or a court of
equity, depending on state laws
a son paid for his father's funeral requested that his father's remains be moved to
a cemetery closer to his home. His father had a surviving spouse. The FD should -
ANSWER✔✔ non participate until the disinterment has been legally authorized
widow sought to have her husband's remains removed from her in-laws'
property. the evidence showed that the parents of the decedent and the wife
were very hostile to each other. the court ruled - ANSWER✔✔ that the widow
could have the body disinterred
an orthodox jewish cemetery sought to prevent the decedent's next of kin from
removing the decedents remains to a reformed jewish cemetery. the court ruled:
- ANSWER✔✔ that the next of kin could have the body moved to another
cemetery
which subdivision in a cemetery is the largest - ANSWER✔✔ section (several
blocks)
block (several lots)
lot/plot (several graves)
grave
is it necessary to identify the deceased prior to cremation - ANSWER✔✔ yes
Practice Test Questions And
Answers With Verified Solutions
Rated A+
commemorative inscription on a tomb or cemetery marker - ANSWER✔✔ epitaph
types of markers that are level with the ground can be made of: -
ANSWER✔✔ granite, bronze, & marble
when discussing outer burial containers during the arrangement conference, the
funeral director must tell the family - ANSWER✔✔ regulations of the cemetery
determines requirements
act of placing cremated remains in a niche or grave - ANSWER✔✔ inurnment
one who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church -
ANSWER✔✔ sexton
used at the cemetery to cover the earth around the grave - ANSWER✔✔ artificial
grass
portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal -
ANSWER✔✔ canopy
general term designating those places suitable for the reception of a dead human
body - ANSWER✔✔ tomb
arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside, the income
from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely - ANSWER✔✔
perpetual care
subdivision in a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment spaces -
ANSWER✔✔ plot
, cemetery created and maintained under an Act of Congress for burial of veterans
of military service and their eligible family members - ANSWER✔✔ national
cemetery
board of commissioners disinterred bodies in a town cemetery because the
graves were unpaid. they had the bodies reburied in the free section of the
cemetery. the board of commissioners - ANSWER✔✔ guilty of
unauthorized disinterments
It is an indictable offense under statute and common law to disinter a dead body
w/o proper authority regardless of purpose or motive. Proper authorization
comes from: - ANSWER✔✔ surviving spouse
then next of kin
Must either make written application to the cemetery trustees or a court of
equity, depending on state laws
a son paid for his father's funeral requested that his father's remains be moved to
a cemetery closer to his home. His father had a surviving spouse. The FD should -
ANSWER✔✔ non participate until the disinterment has been legally authorized
widow sought to have her husband's remains removed from her in-laws'
property. the evidence showed that the parents of the decedent and the wife
were very hostile to each other. the court ruled - ANSWER✔✔ that the widow
could have the body disinterred
an orthodox jewish cemetery sought to prevent the decedent's next of kin from
removing the decedents remains to a reformed jewish cemetery. the court ruled:
- ANSWER✔✔ that the next of kin could have the body moved to another
cemetery
which subdivision in a cemetery is the largest - ANSWER✔✔ section (several
blocks)
block (several lots)
lot/plot (several graves)
grave
is it necessary to identify the deceased prior to cremation - ANSWER✔✔ yes
