AAMI CREMATORY AND CEMETERY
OPERATIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Cremation - CORRECT ANSWER - The reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber.
Cremated Remains - CORRECT ANSWER - The result of the reduction of a dead body
to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat.
Crematory - CORRECT ANSWER - A furnace or retort for cremating dead human
bodies; a building that houses a retort.
Retort - CORRECT ANSWER - The burning chamber in a crematory. This is also
referred to as a "cremator"
Inurnment - CORRECT ANSWER - The act of placing cremains in an urn (CANA
Definition) act of placing cremated remains in a niche or a grave.
Niche - CORRECT ANSWER - A recess or space in a columbarium used for the
permanent placing of cremated remains. The aesthetic covering for a foot cap or inner
foot panel of the casket.
Columbarium - CORRECT ANSWER - A structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or
other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
3000 BC - CORRECT ANSWER - when is it believed that the first cremation took
place?
Rome - CORRECT ANSWER - where did we begin to see the development of an
independent funeral industry?
Greeks - CORRECT ANSWER - who is reconized for having a significant influence on
the evolution of the funeral service industry?
Romans - CORRECT ANSWER - who's burial practices helped establish the modern
tradition through the practice of cleaning and anoiting the body in preperation of lying in
state?
Middle Bronze Age - CORRECT ANSWER - when did the practice of fire burial begin in
Scandinavia?
OPERATIONS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Cremation - CORRECT ANSWER - The reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber.
Cremated Remains - CORRECT ANSWER - The result of the reduction of a dead body
to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat.
Crematory - CORRECT ANSWER - A furnace or retort for cremating dead human
bodies; a building that houses a retort.
Retort - CORRECT ANSWER - The burning chamber in a crematory. This is also
referred to as a "cremator"
Inurnment - CORRECT ANSWER - The act of placing cremains in an urn (CANA
Definition) act of placing cremated remains in a niche or a grave.
Niche - CORRECT ANSWER - A recess or space in a columbarium used for the
permanent placing of cremated remains. The aesthetic covering for a foot cap or inner
foot panel of the casket.
Columbarium - CORRECT ANSWER - A structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or
other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
3000 BC - CORRECT ANSWER - when is it believed that the first cremation took
place?
Rome - CORRECT ANSWER - where did we begin to see the development of an
independent funeral industry?
Greeks - CORRECT ANSWER - who is reconized for having a significant influence on
the evolution of the funeral service industry?
Romans - CORRECT ANSWER - who's burial practices helped establish the modern
tradition through the practice of cleaning and anoiting the body in preperation of lying in
state?
Middle Bronze Age - CORRECT ANSWER - when did the practice of fire burial begin in
Scandinavia?
