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PREPARE TO SUCCEED: CREMATION
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It is believed that the first cremations took place during the early:
✓ -:- Stone Age
It is believed that the first cremation took place around:
✓ -:- 100 B.C.
Who said, "Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I
will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect
for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals."?
✓ -:- William Gladstone
Although faith and religious beliefs continue to influence death practices, in ancient
___________ we begin to see the development of an independent funeral industry.
✓ -:- North America
Who developed the grand columbaria, containing niches for urns to house the cremated
remains?
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✓ -:- Romans
Who constructed the first crematory in the United States?
✓ -:- Dr. Francis LeMoyne
What year is considered the dawn of the cremation age in North America?
✓ -:- 1876
Where did Dr. LeMoyne perform his first cremation?
✓ -:- Washington, Pennsylvania
What is defined as the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by
intense heat in a specifically designed chamber, utilizing direct flame?
✓ -:- Cremation
When utilizing a third party crematory, where is it best practice to go following a removal
from the place of death?
✓ -:- Funeral Facility
The verification of identification of the deceased begins at the place of death and ends.
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✓ -:- When the authorized family members receive container holding cremated
remains AND/ OR At the place of Final Disposition
When is it alright to take a photograph for identification purposes?
✓ -:- When the authorizing agents have given written permission
If a family is adamant about not viewing the deceased, what should the next step be?
✓ -:- Request a weaver be signed releasing the funeral provider of liabilities of
misidentification
If a family chooses to sign a waiver refusing identification of the deceased, what should a
funeral practitioner still be concerned about?
✓ -:- Misidentification, and other deceased's loved ones AND Not receiving
signatures from all authorizing agents.
When working with a family who has chosen cremation, it is important to leave nothing to
chance, it is important to document which of the following,
✓ -:- Personal effects removed before: those to be left: and any medical devices: ALL
OF THE ABOVE
When can a funeral professional consider the family served?
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PREPARE TO SUCCEED: CREMATION
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Test | Graded A+ | Passed
It is believed that the first cremations took place during the early:
✓ -:- Stone Age
It is believed that the first cremation took place around:
✓ -:- 100 B.C.
Who said, "Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I
will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect
for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals."?
✓ -:- William Gladstone
Although faith and religious beliefs continue to influence death practices, in ancient
___________ we begin to see the development of an independent funeral industry.
✓ -:- North America
Who developed the grand columbaria, containing niches for urns to house the cremated
remains?
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✓ -:- Romans
Who constructed the first crematory in the United States?
✓ -:- Dr. Francis LeMoyne
What year is considered the dawn of the cremation age in North America?
✓ -:- 1876
Where did Dr. LeMoyne perform his first cremation?
✓ -:- Washington, Pennsylvania
What is defined as the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by
intense heat in a specifically designed chamber, utilizing direct flame?
✓ -:- Cremation
When utilizing a third party crematory, where is it best practice to go following a removal
from the place of death?
✓ -:- Funeral Facility
The verification of identification of the deceased begins at the place of death and ends.
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✓ -:- When the authorized family members receive container holding cremated
remains AND/ OR At the place of Final Disposition
When is it alright to take a photograph for identification purposes?
✓ -:- When the authorizing agents have given written permission
If a family is adamant about not viewing the deceased, what should the next step be?
✓ -:- Request a weaver be signed releasing the funeral provider of liabilities of
misidentification
If a family chooses to sign a waiver refusing identification of the deceased, what should a
funeral practitioner still be concerned about?
✓ -:- Misidentification, and other deceased's loved ones AND Not receiving
signatures from all authorizing agents.
When working with a family who has chosen cremation, it is important to leave nothing to
chance, it is important to document which of the following,
✓ -:- Personal effects removed before: those to be left: and any medical devices: ALL
OF THE ABOVE
When can a funeral professional consider the family served?
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