INDIANA: NBE - Funeral Service Arts
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Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
Alternative Container - Answer 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.
Artificial grass - Answer imitation grass made in mat form and used at the cemetery to cover
the earth around the grave.
Base - Answer the lower or supporting part of a monument. In some monuments, there may
be a first, second, and third base.
Bevel Top Marker - Answer a small headstone, set above ground, with a slightly slanting top.
Block - Answer a subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots.
Burial Vault - Answer outer enclosure for caskets placed in the grave; originally intended to
prevent grave robbery.
Canopy (Cemetery tent) - Answer a portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during
the
committal.
Catacombs - Answer originated in ancient Rome as excavated cemeteries cutout of soft rock
for the tombs of wealthy Christians; later became a place for religious rites to avoid persecution.
Cemetery - Answer an area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of
dead human bodies.
Cenotaph - Answer a monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human
body not present.
Columbarium - Answer a structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building
containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
,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 the result of the reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat.
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 geriatricians, 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.
Crematory (Crematorium) - Answer a furnace or retort for cremating dead human bodies; a
building that houses a retort.
Crypt - Answer a chamber in a mausoleum, of sufficient size, generally used to contain the
casketed remains of a deceased person.
Die (Tablet) - Answer main part of a monument, the upright portion above the base where
the inscription is located.
Entombment - Answer the placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum.
Epitaph - Answer an inscription placed on a monument to commemorate the deeds or
qualities of the departed.
Flush Marker - Answer a small headstone which is set with its top even with the surrounding
terrain.
Grave - Answer an excavation in the earth as a place for interment.
,Graveside Service - Answer a ceremony or ritual, religious or otherwise, conducted at the
grave.
Grave Straps - Answer webbing or similar material used for lowering the casket into the grave
Horizontal Tablet - Answer a type of cemetery monument in which the die is wider than it is
tall.
Inter (lnhume) - Answer to bury in the ground.
Interment (Burial, Inhumement/lnhumation) - Answer the act of placing the dead human
body in the ground.
Inurnment - Answer the act of placing cremains in an urn. (CANA definition) act of placing
cremated remains in a niche or grave.
Lawncrypt - Answer grave space where two or more persons may be buried in grave liners,
which have been stacked one on top of the other with the first person who dies being buried in
the deepest grave liner, with subsequent burials on top.
Lot - Answer a subdivision of a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment
spaces.
Lowering device - Answer a mechanical device used to lower a casket into the ground.
Marker - Answer a small headstone, usually of one piece, used to identify individual graves.
Mausoleum - Answer an above ground structure or building containing crypts or vaults for
entombment of caskets; which may also include niches for cremated remains.
Mausoleum Crypt - Answer chamber within a mausoleum or building structure, usually
constructed of reinforced concrete, can be assembled above or below ground. Memorial m a
physical object that is designed for the purpose of remembering.
Memorial Gathering - Answer a scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death.
Memorial Park - Answer a cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush to the ground
type markers.
, Memorial Service - Answer funeral rites with the body not present.
Monument - Answer a structure, usually of stone or metal, erected to commemorate the life,
deeds, or career of a deceased person; derived from the Latin word meaning "to remind."
Mound Burial - Answer ancient Viking custom; after deceased was placed in his boat with
items necessary for the spirit to maintain the position held on earth, all was cremated and the
pyre then covered with earth. (F&S)
National Cemetery - Answer a cemetery created and maintained under an Act of Congress for
burial of veterans of military service and their eligible family members.
Niche - Answer a recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of
cremated remains. The aesthetic covering for the foot cap or inner foot panel of the casket.
Ossuary - Answer receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains.
Perpetual Care - Answer an arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside,
the income from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely.
Pouch - Answer a leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and
body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of death.
Receiving Vault - Answer a structure so designed for the temporary storage of bodies which
are not to be immediately interred.
Retort - Answer the burning chamber in a crematory.
Scattering Garden - Answer a section in a cemetery set aside for the scattering of cremated
human remains.
Section - Answer a subdivision of a cemetery containing several blocks.
Sexton - Answer one who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church. Historically,
the church caretaker who had responsibility for church property, ringing of bells and digging of
graves in the churchyard cemetery. During the Middle Ages most funeral practices were under
the direction of church officials.
Final Exam with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2026-2027 Updated.
Alternative Container - Answer 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.
Artificial grass - Answer imitation grass made in mat form and used at the cemetery to cover
the earth around the grave.
Base - Answer the lower or supporting part of a monument. In some monuments, there may
be a first, second, and third base.
Bevel Top Marker - Answer a small headstone, set above ground, with a slightly slanting top.
Block - Answer a subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots.
Burial Vault - Answer outer enclosure for caskets placed in the grave; originally intended to
prevent grave robbery.
Canopy (Cemetery tent) - Answer a portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during
the
committal.
Catacombs - Answer originated in ancient Rome as excavated cemeteries cutout of soft rock
for the tombs of wealthy Christians; later became a place for religious rites to avoid persecution.
Cemetery - Answer an area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of
dead human bodies.
Cenotaph - Answer a monument erected to the memory of the dead, with the dead human
body not present.
Columbarium - Answer a structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building
containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.
,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 the result of the reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat.
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 geriatricians, 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.
Crematory (Crematorium) - Answer a furnace or retort for cremating dead human bodies; a
building that houses a retort.
Crypt - Answer a chamber in a mausoleum, of sufficient size, generally used to contain the
casketed remains of a deceased person.
Die (Tablet) - Answer main part of a monument, the upright portion above the base where
the inscription is located.
Entombment - Answer the placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum.
Epitaph - Answer an inscription placed on a monument to commemorate the deeds or
qualities of the departed.
Flush Marker - Answer a small headstone which is set with its top even with the surrounding
terrain.
Grave - Answer an excavation in the earth as a place for interment.
,Graveside Service - Answer a ceremony or ritual, religious or otherwise, conducted at the
grave.
Grave Straps - Answer webbing or similar material used for lowering the casket into the grave
Horizontal Tablet - Answer a type of cemetery monument in which the die is wider than it is
tall.
Inter (lnhume) - Answer to bury in the ground.
Interment (Burial, Inhumement/lnhumation) - Answer the act of placing the dead human
body in the ground.
Inurnment - Answer the act of placing cremains in an urn. (CANA definition) act of placing
cremated remains in a niche or grave.
Lawncrypt - Answer grave space where two or more persons may be buried in grave liners,
which have been stacked one on top of the other with the first person who dies being buried in
the deepest grave liner, with subsequent burials on top.
Lot - Answer a subdivision of a cemetery which consists of several graves or interment
spaces.
Lowering device - Answer a mechanical device used to lower a casket into the ground.
Marker - Answer a small headstone, usually of one piece, used to identify individual graves.
Mausoleum - Answer an above ground structure or building containing crypts or vaults for
entombment of caskets; which may also include niches for cremated remains.
Mausoleum Crypt - Answer chamber within a mausoleum or building structure, usually
constructed of reinforced concrete, can be assembled above or below ground. Memorial m a
physical object that is designed for the purpose of remembering.
Memorial Gathering - Answer a scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death.
Memorial Park - Answer a cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush to the ground
type markers.
, Memorial Service - Answer funeral rites with the body not present.
Monument - Answer a structure, usually of stone or metal, erected to commemorate the life,
deeds, or career of a deceased person; derived from the Latin word meaning "to remind."
Mound Burial - Answer ancient Viking custom; after deceased was placed in his boat with
items necessary for the spirit to maintain the position held on earth, all was cremated and the
pyre then covered with earth. (F&S)
National Cemetery - Answer a cemetery created and maintained under an Act of Congress for
burial of veterans of military service and their eligible family members.
Niche - Answer a recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of
cremated remains. The aesthetic covering for the foot cap or inner foot panel of the casket.
Ossuary - Answer receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains.
Perpetual Care - Answer an arrangement made by the cemetery whereby funds are set aside,
the income from which is used to maintain the cemetery indefinitely.
Pouch - Answer a leak resistant zippered bag designed to contain a dead human body and
body fluids and is used mainly for the removal of dead human remains from the place of death.
Receiving Vault - Answer a structure so designed for the temporary storage of bodies which
are not to be immediately interred.
Retort - Answer the burning chamber in a crematory.
Scattering Garden - Answer a section in a cemetery set aside for the scattering of cremated
human remains.
Section - Answer a subdivision of a cemetery containing several blocks.
Sexton - Answer one who is in charge of the cemetery; the caretaker of a church. Historically,
the church caretaker who had responsibility for church property, ringing of bells and digging of
graves in the churchyard cemetery. During the Middle Ages most funeral practices were under
the direction of church officials.
