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D.E.A.D. - Cemeteries & Cremation
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Some modern lowering devices are equipped with telescoping legs to accommodate
____________ at the location of the grave.
✓ -:- sloping ground or hillsides
Prior to cremation, the deceased must be identified through viewing by a responsible party
to be certain the correct person is being cremated. That responsible party is:
✓ -:- Next of kin or designee
Of those listed below, which are the most easily discernible by a crematory operator with
regard to determining the sequence of cases for that day?
✓ -:- amount of body fat
Carbon monoxide is the result of:
✓ -:- incomplete combustion
No crematory shall accept:
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✓ -:- unidentified caskets or cremation containers
A space of sufficient size in a building or land area used or intended to be used for the
entombment of human remains:
✓ -:- crypt
The modern day mausoleum is named in memory of ____________________ who died in
353 BC, and the monument built as his memorial at Halicarnassus was included among the
seven wonders of the ancient world.
✓ -:- Mausolus
he minimum temperature at which a human crematory should operate for maximum
efficiency is:
✓ -:- 1400 degrees Fahrenheit.
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 is called ___.
✓ -:- body bag
Visible emissions (opacity) is rated on a scale from:
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✓ -:- 0% to 100%
Human remains are made up of _________ % moisture, __________% combustible solids,
and ___________ % non-combustible solids and are classified as Type ___________ waste.
✓ -:- 85; 10; 5; 4.
A single receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains is called ___.
✓ -:- Ossuary
A receptacle into which processed cremated remains are placed.
✓ -:- urn
The first of this type was in Mt. Auburn, Mass, in 1830. During the Victorian era, cemeteries
were used as parks for walks and picnics:
✓ -:- Elite Garden Cemetery
_____________ can produced thick, white smoke that is difficult to control during
cremation.
✓ -:- zinc
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In most states with cremation laws, the __________ is responsible for the crematory
complying with the laws, rules and regulations of that state.
✓ -:- responsible cremationist
A ceremony commemorating the deceased without the remains present.
✓ -:- memorial service
The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation by
manual or mechanical means and reducing to granulated particles or dust?
✓ -:- both processing and pulverizing are correct
Though the name is derived from the Greek, meaning "a small point", they are Egyptian.
These are the physical representation of rays from the sun streaming to the earth.
✓ -:- Obelisk
Term used when cremated remains are cast from a private plane is:
✓ -:- aerial scattering
In the ideal cremation process, the only compounds exiting the stack are?
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D.E.A.D. - Cemeteries & Cremation
Questions & 100% Correct Answers- Latest
Test | Graded A+ | Passed
Some modern lowering devices are equipped with telescoping legs to accommodate
____________ at the location of the grave.
✓ -:- sloping ground or hillsides
Prior to cremation, the deceased must be identified through viewing by a responsible party
to be certain the correct person is being cremated. That responsible party is:
✓ -:- Next of kin or designee
Of those listed below, which are the most easily discernible by a crematory operator with
regard to determining the sequence of cases for that day?
✓ -:- amount of body fat
Carbon monoxide is the result of:
✓ -:- incomplete combustion
No crematory shall accept:
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✓ -:- unidentified caskets or cremation containers
A space of sufficient size in a building or land area used or intended to be used for the
entombment of human remains:
✓ -:- crypt
The modern day mausoleum is named in memory of ____________________ who died in
353 BC, and the monument built as his memorial at Halicarnassus was included among the
seven wonders of the ancient world.
✓ -:- Mausolus
he minimum temperature at which a human crematory should operate for maximum
efficiency is:
✓ -:- 1400 degrees Fahrenheit.
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 is called ___.
✓ -:- body bag
Visible emissions (opacity) is rated on a scale from:
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✓ -:- 0% to 100%
Human remains are made up of _________ % moisture, __________% combustible solids,
and ___________ % non-combustible solids and are classified as Type ___________ waste.
✓ -:- 85; 10; 5; 4.
A single receptacle for communal placement of cremated remains is called ___.
✓ -:- Ossuary
A receptacle into which processed cremated remains are placed.
✓ -:- urn
The first of this type was in Mt. Auburn, Mass, in 1830. During the Victorian era, cemeteries
were used as parks for walks and picnics:
✓ -:- Elite Garden Cemetery
_____________ can produced thick, white smoke that is difficult to control during
cremation.
✓ -:- zinc
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In most states with cremation laws, the __________ is responsible for the crematory
complying with the laws, rules and regulations of that state.
✓ -:- responsible cremationist
A ceremony commemorating the deceased without the remains present.
✓ -:- memorial service
The reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation by
manual or mechanical means and reducing to granulated particles or dust?
✓ -:- both processing and pulverizing are correct
Though the name is derived from the Greek, meaning "a small point", they are Egyptian.
These are the physical representation of rays from the sun streaming to the earth.
✓ -:- Obelisk
Term used when cremated remains are cast from a private plane is:
✓ -:- aerial scattering
In the ideal cremation process, the only compounds exiting the stack are?
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