NBE Science Test / Revised Questions and
Answers / Sure A+
A deceased was found at home after several days in the summertime head. After returning to the funeral
home what would be your first task with the deceased
A) place in a container
B) undress
C) bath
D) thoroughly disinfect - D
A decedent is to be embalmed, viewed and shipped from the United States to a tropical country. The
length of time between death and final disposition will be 6 weeks with viewing both in the United
States and abroad. Which of the following must the shipping practitioner do
1) inject paraformaldehyde hypodermically
2) use liberal amount of message cream
3) ensure the body is in a hermetically sealed case
4) use a moderate-strength arterial solution
A) 1 and 2 only
B) 1 and 3 only
C) 2 and 4 only
D) 3 and 4 only - D
A device that uses water pressure to produce a vacuum for removal of fluids and gas in the visceral
cavities is a
A) trocar
B) cannula
C) bulb syringe
D) hydrospirator - D
a intermediate hue is
,A) a mixture of two primary hues
B) a mixture of three primary hues
C) the product of mixing four tertlary hues
D) a mixture of primary hue and an adjacent secondary - D
A needle injector is used for this purpose
A) mouth closure
B) aspiration
C) arterial injection
D) to close incisions - A
Addison's disease causes the skin to turn what color
A) green
B) bronze
C) yellow
D) cherry-red - B
an example of extravascular resistance to fluid distribution would be
A) thormbi
B) rigor mortis
C) blood viscosity
D) arterioscerosis - B
Appropriate cosmetic concealment should include which of the following?
1. Removal of fine hair
2. Removal of massage cream
3. Application of transparent cosmetics
4. Highlighting of depressed areas
, A) 1 and 2 only
B) 1 and 4 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 3 and 4 only -
Before applying restorative wax to an abraded surface, the tissue needs to be treated with
A) water
B) cauterant
C) massage cream
D) plaster of paris - B
before beginning major restorative treatments the practitioner should first
A) complete the embalming report
B) examine a snapshot of the deceased
C) obtain written permission from the Authorizing Agent
D) calculate the length of the time needed for the procedure -
compound fractures should first be treated in which of the following ways
A) realign the bones
B) suture broken areas
C) use cavity compresses
D) bind fractures with plaster of paris strips - A
Differential pressure is important to a practitioner because it demonstrates
A) rate of flow
B) blood vessel pressure
C) pressure in the reservoir
C) vascular resistance and fluid flow - A
Answers / Sure A+
A deceased was found at home after several days in the summertime head. After returning to the funeral
home what would be your first task with the deceased
A) place in a container
B) undress
C) bath
D) thoroughly disinfect - D
A decedent is to be embalmed, viewed and shipped from the United States to a tropical country. The
length of time between death and final disposition will be 6 weeks with viewing both in the United
States and abroad. Which of the following must the shipping practitioner do
1) inject paraformaldehyde hypodermically
2) use liberal amount of message cream
3) ensure the body is in a hermetically sealed case
4) use a moderate-strength arterial solution
A) 1 and 2 only
B) 1 and 3 only
C) 2 and 4 only
D) 3 and 4 only - D
A device that uses water pressure to produce a vacuum for removal of fluids and gas in the visceral
cavities is a
A) trocar
B) cannula
C) bulb syringe
D) hydrospirator - D
a intermediate hue is
,A) a mixture of two primary hues
B) a mixture of three primary hues
C) the product of mixing four tertlary hues
D) a mixture of primary hue and an adjacent secondary - D
A needle injector is used for this purpose
A) mouth closure
B) aspiration
C) arterial injection
D) to close incisions - A
Addison's disease causes the skin to turn what color
A) green
B) bronze
C) yellow
D) cherry-red - B
an example of extravascular resistance to fluid distribution would be
A) thormbi
B) rigor mortis
C) blood viscosity
D) arterioscerosis - B
Appropriate cosmetic concealment should include which of the following?
1. Removal of fine hair
2. Removal of massage cream
3. Application of transparent cosmetics
4. Highlighting of depressed areas
, A) 1 and 2 only
B) 1 and 4 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 3 and 4 only -
Before applying restorative wax to an abraded surface, the tissue needs to be treated with
A) water
B) cauterant
C) massage cream
D) plaster of paris - B
before beginning major restorative treatments the practitioner should first
A) complete the embalming report
B) examine a snapshot of the deceased
C) obtain written permission from the Authorizing Agent
D) calculate the length of the time needed for the procedure -
compound fractures should first be treated in which of the following ways
A) realign the bones
B) suture broken areas
C) use cavity compresses
D) bind fractures with plaster of paris strips - A
Differential pressure is important to a practitioner because it demonstrates
A) rate of flow
B) blood vessel pressure
C) pressure in the reservoir
C) vascular resistance and fluid flow - A
