CREMATORY AND CEMETERY
OPERATIONS FINAL EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
When is it believed the earliest cremations took place?
✔✔ During the Stone Age
Which culture is credited with the belief that ceremonial rites help release the
soul from the body so it can enter the spiritual world?
✔✔ Ancient Scandinavians
Who is historically associated with the decline of cremation due to the belief in
the body’s sacredness?
✔✔ Constantine
What is the term for reducing a human body to inorganic bone fragments using
high heat in a specially designed chamber?
✔✔ Cremation
What is a building, room, or structure that houses niches for storing cremated
remains called?
✔✔ Columbarium
What do we call the end result of the cremation process?
✔✔ Cremated remains
What is the name of the facility where the cremation process takes place?
✔✔ Crematory
What is the term for the equipment used to perform cremation?
✔✔ Cremator
What is the act of placing cremated remains into a grave, urn, or niche called?
✔✔ Inurnment
,What is the name for an individual compartment in a columbarium used to
store cremated remains?
✔✔ Niche
True or False: In ancient Greece, cremation was associated with honor,
patriotism, and military heroism.
✔✔ True
True or False: Ancient Scandinavians believed cremation protected remains
from wild animals.
✔✔ False
True or False: Cremation did not become popular in Rome until well after the
birth of Christ.
false
True or False: Cremation was rare and even considered a pagan ritual by the
Christians.
true
True or False: The first cremation performed in the United States after the
Revolutionary War was Colonel Henry Laurens.
true
True or False: Cremation in England and the United States was started as a
result of limited area for burial.
false
True or False: The Cremation Association of North America was formed in
1913 to promote cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing with
a dead human body.
true
,True or False: A pile of wood on which the deceased is placed for cremation is
called a bier.
false
True or False: The Ancient Scandinavians believed that in afterlife, the dead
could enter the realm of the gods.
true
True or False: People's earliest view of cremation, come out of their regard for
"ashes to ashes, dust to dust".
false
True or False: Between 1500 and 1550 three Roman scientist worked
independently to invent an oven which could generate enough heat to cremate
a body.
false
True or False: Prince Albert of England was interested in the cremation oven.
false
True or False: The first crematory in the United States was built in
Washington, PA.
true
True or False: Early crematories were built in New Orleans, Los Angeles and
Seattle.
false
True or False: The cremation of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife helped the
cremation industry.
true
, True or False: The public sees funerals as an important part of the grieving
process.
true
True or False: The internet is increasingly relied upon as a resource for
information in funeral service.
true
True or False: The "Funeral Rule" sets forth mandatory practices that funeral
directors must adhere to regarding the purchase of merchandise.
true
True or False: The public in increasing numbers finds that making pre-
arrangements to be offensive and ghoulish.
false
True or False: The ZMET study of 2012 found that a "traditional funeral" is
perceived to be a very uplifting experience.
false
True or False: According to the ZMET study the new view going forward is
that a funeral is to be "customized" and a celebration of life.
true
True or False: A recommendation that a funeral director can use to help
families understand funerals and cremation is to use the words
interchangeably.
false
True or False: According to the ZMET study the consumer of today wants to
find real value in the services they buy.
true
OPERATIONS FINAL EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
When is it believed the earliest cremations took place?
✔✔ During the Stone Age
Which culture is credited with the belief that ceremonial rites help release the
soul from the body so it can enter the spiritual world?
✔✔ Ancient Scandinavians
Who is historically associated with the decline of cremation due to the belief in
the body’s sacredness?
✔✔ Constantine
What is the term for reducing a human body to inorganic bone fragments using
high heat in a specially designed chamber?
✔✔ Cremation
What is a building, room, or structure that houses niches for storing cremated
remains called?
✔✔ Columbarium
What do we call the end result of the cremation process?
✔✔ Cremated remains
What is the name of the facility where the cremation process takes place?
✔✔ Crematory
What is the term for the equipment used to perform cremation?
✔✔ Cremator
What is the act of placing cremated remains into a grave, urn, or niche called?
✔✔ Inurnment
,What is the name for an individual compartment in a columbarium used to
store cremated remains?
✔✔ Niche
True or False: In ancient Greece, cremation was associated with honor,
patriotism, and military heroism.
✔✔ True
True or False: Ancient Scandinavians believed cremation protected remains
from wild animals.
✔✔ False
True or False: Cremation did not become popular in Rome until well after the
birth of Christ.
false
True or False: Cremation was rare and even considered a pagan ritual by the
Christians.
true
True or False: The first cremation performed in the United States after the
Revolutionary War was Colonel Henry Laurens.
true
True or False: Cremation in England and the United States was started as a
result of limited area for burial.
false
True or False: The Cremation Association of North America was formed in
1913 to promote cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing with
a dead human body.
true
,True or False: A pile of wood on which the deceased is placed for cremation is
called a bier.
false
True or False: The Ancient Scandinavians believed that in afterlife, the dead
could enter the realm of the gods.
true
True or False: People's earliest view of cremation, come out of their regard for
"ashes to ashes, dust to dust".
false
True or False: Between 1500 and 1550 three Roman scientist worked
independently to invent an oven which could generate enough heat to cremate
a body.
false
True or False: Prince Albert of England was interested in the cremation oven.
false
True or False: The first crematory in the United States was built in
Washington, PA.
true
True or False: Early crematories were built in New Orleans, Los Angeles and
Seattle.
false
True or False: The cremation of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife helped the
cremation industry.
true
, True or False: The public sees funerals as an important part of the grieving
process.
true
True or False: The internet is increasingly relied upon as a resource for
information in funeral service.
true
True or False: The "Funeral Rule" sets forth mandatory practices that funeral
directors must adhere to regarding the purchase of merchandise.
true
True or False: The public in increasing numbers finds that making pre-
arrangements to be offensive and ghoulish.
false
True or False: The ZMET study of 2012 found that a "traditional funeral" is
perceived to be a very uplifting experience.
false
True or False: According to the ZMET study the new view going forward is
that a funeral is to be "customized" and a celebration of life.
true
True or False: A recommendation that a funeral director can use to help
families understand funerals and cremation is to use the words
interchangeably.
false
True or False: According to the ZMET study the consumer of today wants to
find real value in the services they buy.
true
