COMP REVIEW CREMATORY
OPERATIONS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
Aerial Scattering
✔✔ When cremated remains are cast from a private plane
✅ Correct Definition
Alternative Container
✔✔ An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure,
without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the
encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-
wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering) or like
materials.
✅ Correct Definition
Authorizing Agent
✔✔ The person(s) with the paramount right to authorize (ex: spouse, next of
kin, etc.)
✅ Correct Definition
Casting (Scattering)
✔✔ Releasing cremated remains to the wind
✅ Correct Definition
Catacombs
,✔✔ Originated in ancient Rome as excavated cemeteries cut out of soft rock
for the tombs of wealthy Christians; later became a place for religious rites to
avoid persecution.
✅ Correct Definition
Columbarium
✔✔ A structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building containing
niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
✅ Correct Definition
Combustion
✔✔ The act or instance of burning, and involves a chemical reaction in which
oxygen is rapidly combined with fuel, giving off heat
✅ Correct Definition
commingling -ANSWER ✔✔disposing of cremated remains in a manner or
location that combines the cremated remains with the cremated remains of another
individual
cool cremation -ANSWER ✔✔The first cremation of the day (the retort is cool
because it has not been used)
corrugated container -ANSWER ✔✔a container used to hold a dead human body
which is constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of
alternate folds and ridges.
, cremated remains -ANSWER ✔✔all remains of the cremated human body
recovered after the completion of the cremation process, including pulverization.
*Note: cremated human remains are not properly referred to as ashes or cremains.
cremation casket -ANSWER ✔✔an environmentally safe casket which is designed
for encasing dead human remains for cremation.
cremation -ANSWER ✔✔The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber.
Cremation Association of North America -ANSWER ✔✔Founded in 1913, CANA
is an international organization of cemeterians, cremationists, funeral directors,
industry suppliers and consultants. CANA was originally formed to promote
cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing with a dead human body.
cremator -ANSWER ✔✔the total mechanical unit for the cremation process
(CANA definition.); retort designed specifically for the incineration of human
remains (NFDA definition); the burning chamber in a crematory (original ABFSE
definition).
Crematory (Crematorium) -ANSWER ✔✔a building that houses a retort
direct cremation -ANSWER ✔✔a disposition of human remains by cremation
without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present.
due diligence -ANSWER ✔✔the attention reasonably expected from, and
ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to
discharge an obligation.
OPERATIONS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
Aerial Scattering
✔✔ When cremated remains are cast from a private plane
✅ Correct Definition
Alternative Container
✔✔ An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure,
without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the
encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-
wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering) or like
materials.
✅ Correct Definition
Authorizing Agent
✔✔ The person(s) with the paramount right to authorize (ex: spouse, next of
kin, etc.)
✅ Correct Definition
Casting (Scattering)
✔✔ Releasing cremated remains to the wind
✅ Correct Definition
Catacombs
,✔✔ Originated in ancient Rome as excavated cemeteries cut out of soft rock
for the tombs of wealthy Christians; later became a place for religious rites to
avoid persecution.
✅ Correct Definition
Columbarium
✔✔ A structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building containing
niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
✅ Correct Definition
Combustion
✔✔ The act or instance of burning, and involves a chemical reaction in which
oxygen is rapidly combined with fuel, giving off heat
✅ Correct Definition
commingling -ANSWER ✔✔disposing of cremated remains in a manner or
location that combines the cremated remains with the cremated remains of another
individual
cool cremation -ANSWER ✔✔The first cremation of the day (the retort is cool
because it has not been used)
corrugated container -ANSWER ✔✔a container used to hold a dead human body
which is constructed out of a type of cardboard, which is made with a series of
alternate folds and ridges.
, cremated remains -ANSWER ✔✔all remains of the cremated human body
recovered after the completion of the cremation process, including pulverization.
*Note: cremated human remains are not properly referred to as ashes or cremains.
cremation casket -ANSWER ✔✔an environmentally safe casket which is designed
for encasing dead human remains for cremation.
cremation -ANSWER ✔✔The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber.
Cremation Association of North America -ANSWER ✔✔Founded in 1913, CANA
is an international organization of cemeterians, cremationists, funeral directors,
industry suppliers and consultants. CANA was originally formed to promote
cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing with a dead human body.
cremator -ANSWER ✔✔the total mechanical unit for the cremation process
(CANA definition.); retort designed specifically for the incineration of human
remains (NFDA definition); the burning chamber in a crematory (original ABFSE
definition).
Crematory (Crematorium) -ANSWER ✔✔a building that houses a retort
direct cremation -ANSWER ✔✔a disposition of human remains by cremation
without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present.
due diligence -ANSWER ✔✔the attention reasonably expected from, and
ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to
discharge an obligation.
