FUNERAL DIRECTOR ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Acolyte
Answer: An alter attendant.
●● Adaptive Funeral Rite
Answer: A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those
directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the
times
●● After Care
Answer: A call made on the surviving relatives after the funeral service
by the funeral director or an assistant.
●● Altar
Answer: An elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or
at which religious rites are performed; in the Christian faith,
●● Ambulance
Answer: An automobile properly equipped for transporting the sick or
injured.
,●● Apprentice (Trainee Intern)
Answer: A person registered for instruction in embalming and/or funeral
directing under the supervision of an authorized licensed embalmer
and/or funeral director
●● Archbishop
Answer: In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of the archdiocese.
●● Archdiocese
Answer: A geographic grouping of dioceses in the Roman Catholic
Faith.
●● Aron
Answer: Hebrew meaning container; a casket made entirely of wood and
contains no metal parts.
●● Arrangement Form
Answer: A printed form the funeral director uses in planning the details
of a funeral service with the family or friends of the deceased.
●● Arrangement Room
Answer: A private room in the funeral home or mortuary used
specifically for the funeral director and the family
,●● Arrangements Conference
Answer: The meeting between the funeral director and the client's family
during which the funeral arrangements are discussed.
●● Artificial Grass
Answer: An imitation of grass made in mat form and used at the
cemetery to cover the earth around the grave.
●● Autopsy (Necropsy)
Answer: The examination of a remains for the purpose of ascertaining
the cause of death (post-mortem examination; necropsy).
●● Bar Minen
Answer: Hebrew term for the deceased
●● Bereavement
Answer: That event producing acute deprivation and loss due to death of
one in whom emotional capital has been invested.
●● Bier
Answer: (From the old English "bear," a stretcher to convey the remains
or casket.) A large structure which can not be collapsed into a smaller
, size and is used to hold the casket or casketed remains during a funeral
ceremony
●● Bishop
Answer: In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of a diocese.
●● Brother
Answer: In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of a
religious order without being ordained or while preparing for ordination.
●● Burial
Answer: Placing of a remains in an underground chamber; earth burial.
See Interment.
●● Burial-Transit Permit (Disposition Permit)
Answer: A legal document, issued by a governmental agency,
authorizing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body.
●● Cadaver
Answer: A dead human body intended solely for scientific study and
dissection.
●● Calling Hours (Visiting Hours)
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Acolyte
Answer: An alter attendant.
●● Adaptive Funeral Rite
Answer: A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those
directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the
times
●● After Care
Answer: A call made on the surviving relatives after the funeral service
by the funeral director or an assistant.
●● Altar
Answer: An elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or
at which religious rites are performed; in the Christian faith,
●● Ambulance
Answer: An automobile properly equipped for transporting the sick or
injured.
,●● Apprentice (Trainee Intern)
Answer: A person registered for instruction in embalming and/or funeral
directing under the supervision of an authorized licensed embalmer
and/or funeral director
●● Archbishop
Answer: In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of the archdiocese.
●● Archdiocese
Answer: A geographic grouping of dioceses in the Roman Catholic
Faith.
●● Aron
Answer: Hebrew meaning container; a casket made entirely of wood and
contains no metal parts.
●● Arrangement Form
Answer: A printed form the funeral director uses in planning the details
of a funeral service with the family or friends of the deceased.
●● Arrangement Room
Answer: A private room in the funeral home or mortuary used
specifically for the funeral director and the family
,●● Arrangements Conference
Answer: The meeting between the funeral director and the client's family
during which the funeral arrangements are discussed.
●● Artificial Grass
Answer: An imitation of grass made in mat form and used at the
cemetery to cover the earth around the grave.
●● Autopsy (Necropsy)
Answer: The examination of a remains for the purpose of ascertaining
the cause of death (post-mortem examination; necropsy).
●● Bar Minen
Answer: Hebrew term for the deceased
●● Bereavement
Answer: That event producing acute deprivation and loss due to death of
one in whom emotional capital has been invested.
●● Bier
Answer: (From the old English "bear," a stretcher to convey the remains
or casket.) A large structure which can not be collapsed into a smaller
, size and is used to hold the casket or casketed remains during a funeral
ceremony
●● Bishop
Answer: In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of a diocese.
●● Brother
Answer: In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of a
religious order without being ordained or while preparing for ordination.
●● Burial
Answer: Placing of a remains in an underground chamber; earth burial.
See Interment.
●● Burial-Transit Permit (Disposition Permit)
Answer: A legal document, issued by a governmental agency,
authorizing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body.
●● Cadaver
Answer: A dead human body intended solely for scientific study and
dissection.
●● Calling Hours (Visiting Hours)
