NBE FUNERAL SERVICE MARKETING/MERCHANDISING |ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|
GRADED A+| BRAND NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE
Advertising - ANSWER the art of making public aware of the services or commodities that
the business has for sale
Air seal - ANSWER a method of closure that utilizes the air pressure created by placing
the dome o the vault onto the base of the vault
Air tray - ANSWER transferring container consisting of a wooden tray with a cardboard
covering the casket
Alloy - ANSWER substance composed of two or more metals
Alternative container - ANSWER unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or
enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining; designed for encasement of hu-
man remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-wood, composition materials, or like
materials
Apron - ANSWER the lining attached to the undersurface of the foot panel or a compo-
nent of the overlay which extends downward into the body of the casket
Arm - ANSWER part of the casket handle that attaches the bar to the lug
Average (mean) - ANSWER sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of units
Bail handle - ANSWER single handle is which the lug, arm, and bar are combined into one
unit
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, Bar - ANSWER part of casket handle, attached to the lug or arm, which is grasped by the
pallbearer
Base molding - ANSWER molding along the lowermost edge of the body panels
Bed - ANSWER portion of the casket upon which the deceased human remains are placed
Bench - ANSWER cemetery memorial; identify family burial plots or monument
Bevel top marker - ANSWER small headstone, above ground with a slightly slanting top
Bi-unit pricing - ANSWER a method of price quotation showing separately the price of the
service to be rendered and the price of the casket
Block - ANSWER subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots
Body - ANSWER portion of the casket shell, containing the top body molding, body panel,
base molding, and casket bottom
Body ledge (top body molding) - ANSWER molding along the uppermost edge of the body
panels
Body ledge flange (top body molding flange) - ANSWER horizontal portion of the top
body molding where the gasket is placed on gasketed caskets
Body lining - ANSWER material which drapes the inside perimeter of the body of a casket
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS|
GRADED A+| BRAND NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE
Advertising - ANSWER the art of making public aware of the services or commodities that
the business has for sale
Air seal - ANSWER a method of closure that utilizes the air pressure created by placing
the dome o the vault onto the base of the vault
Air tray - ANSWER transferring container consisting of a wooden tray with a cardboard
covering the casket
Alloy - ANSWER substance composed of two or more metals
Alternative container - ANSWER unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or
enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining; designed for encasement of hu-
man remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-wood, composition materials, or like
materials
Apron - ANSWER the lining attached to the undersurface of the foot panel or a compo-
nent of the overlay which extends downward into the body of the casket
Arm - ANSWER part of the casket handle that attaches the bar to the lug
Average (mean) - ANSWER sum of a group of numbers divided by the number of units
Bail handle - ANSWER single handle is which the lug, arm, and bar are combined into one
unit
1
, Bar - ANSWER part of casket handle, attached to the lug or arm, which is grasped by the
pallbearer
Base molding - ANSWER molding along the lowermost edge of the body panels
Bed - ANSWER portion of the casket upon which the deceased human remains are placed
Bench - ANSWER cemetery memorial; identify family burial plots or monument
Bevel top marker - ANSWER small headstone, above ground with a slightly slanting top
Bi-unit pricing - ANSWER a method of price quotation showing separately the price of the
service to be rendered and the price of the casket
Block - ANSWER subdivision of a cemetery containing several lots
Body - ANSWER portion of the casket shell, containing the top body molding, body panel,
base molding, and casket bottom
Body ledge (top body molding) - ANSWER molding along the uppermost edge of the body
panels
Body ledge flange (top body molding flange) - ANSWER horizontal portion of the top
body molding where the gasket is placed on gasketed caskets
Body lining - ANSWER material which drapes the inside perimeter of the body of a casket
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