CEMETERY AND CEMETERY
OPERATION PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONSS 100%
CORRECT
What should a funeral director tell the family of an honorably discharged
veteran who says the government will pay for both the marker and its
installation in a private cemetery?
✔✔ The funeral director should inform them that the government provides the
marker only, not the setting or installation in a private cemetery.
What is the term for a short inscription honoring the deceased, often
engraved on a tombstone or grave marker?
✔✔ c. Epitaph
Markers that are flush with the ground can be made from granite,
bronze, and which other material?
✔✔ b. Marble
When discussing burial vaults or grave liners with a family, what must the
funeral director explain?
✔✔ d. The cemetery’s rules determine whether an outer burial container
is required.
What is the correct term for placing cremated remains in a grave or
niche?
✔✔ c. Inurnment
the one who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church
a. grave digger
b. maintenance personnel
c. the clergy
d. the sexton - ANSWER✔✔d- the sexton
used at the cemetery to cover the earth around the grave
a. flowers
, b. dirt
c. mulch
d. artificial grass - ANSWER✔✔d- artificial grass
a portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal
a. canopy
b. umbrella
c. gazebo
d. porch - ANSWER✔✔a- canopy
a general term designating those places suitable for the reception of a dead
human body
a. niche
b. mausoleum
c. tomb
d. grave - ANSWER✔✔c-tomb
an arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside, the income
from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely
a. artificial grass
b. perpetual care
c. graveside service
d. memorial park - ANSWER✔✔b-perpetual care
a subdivision in a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment
spaces
a. plot
b. section
c. park
d. block - ANSWER✔✔a-plot
a cemetery created and maintained under an act of congress for burial of
veterans of military service and their eligible family members
a. military cemetery
b. memorial park
c. national cemetery
d. U.S. cemetery - ANSWER✔✔c- national cemetery
OPERATION PRACTICE TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONSS 100%
CORRECT
What should a funeral director tell the family of an honorably discharged
veteran who says the government will pay for both the marker and its
installation in a private cemetery?
✔✔ The funeral director should inform them that the government provides the
marker only, not the setting or installation in a private cemetery.
What is the term for a short inscription honoring the deceased, often
engraved on a tombstone or grave marker?
✔✔ c. Epitaph
Markers that are flush with the ground can be made from granite,
bronze, and which other material?
✔✔ b. Marble
When discussing burial vaults or grave liners with a family, what must the
funeral director explain?
✔✔ d. The cemetery’s rules determine whether an outer burial container
is required.
What is the correct term for placing cremated remains in a grave or
niche?
✔✔ c. Inurnment
the one who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church
a. grave digger
b. maintenance personnel
c. the clergy
d. the sexton - ANSWER✔✔d- the sexton
used at the cemetery to cover the earth around the grave
a. flowers
, b. dirt
c. mulch
d. artificial grass - ANSWER✔✔d- artificial grass
a portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal
a. canopy
b. umbrella
c. gazebo
d. porch - ANSWER✔✔a- canopy
a general term designating those places suitable for the reception of a dead
human body
a. niche
b. mausoleum
c. tomb
d. grave - ANSWER✔✔c-tomb
an arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside, the income
from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely
a. artificial grass
b. perpetual care
c. graveside service
d. memorial park - ANSWER✔✔b-perpetual care
a subdivision in a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment
spaces
a. plot
b. section
c. park
d. block - ANSWER✔✔a-plot
a cemetery created and maintained under an act of congress for burial of
veterans of military service and their eligible family members
a. military cemetery
b. memorial park
c. national cemetery
d. U.S. cemetery - ANSWER✔✔c- national cemetery
