Intro to mortuary science quiz 4 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which chemical is the chief disinfectant and preservative in embalming fluids? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Formaldehyde
In which time period did the tradition of placing backwards boots into the stirrups of a
rider less horse originate?
A funeral procession with a rider less horse, with boots turned backwards was for what type of
person? - CORRECT ANSWER - American Old West
Calvary officer
In 2018, women made up more than what percentage of funeral service students? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 60%
Who was responsible for packaging convenient, easy to ship one-quart bottles of embalming
fluid (an improvement on the previous half-gallon jugs used)? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Dodge Brothers
Alexander Butlerov and Welhelm Von Hofmann are credited with discovering what preserver
used in embalming? - CORRECT ANSWER - Formaldehyde
What were "hush harbors" in African American slave communities? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Non-crop producing land where the dead were buried in unmarked graves
What death rituals did Arctic Native American tribes have historically? - CORRECT
ANSWER - These tribes would leave their dead on open ground for animals to devour
, What death rituals did Mohawk Navite American tribes have historically? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The dead were placed upright within large round holes
With regards to the Old West mourners, what is "taking on?" - CORRECT ANSWER -
Wailing loudly while mourning
True/False Much of the preservation of bodies in the 17th and 18th centuries were for medical
research. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
In slave communities, funeral services would sometimes occur months after ones passing
because... - CORRECT ANSWER - The slaves had to wait until they could gather
Funerals held great importance for Africans who believed that upon dying the deceased.... -
CORRECT ANSWER - went home
Which was NOT a common Native American Death ritual - CORRECT ANSWER -
Children were sacrificed
Colloquially, women in death care were known as.... - CORRECT ANSWER - shrouding
women
True/False Funeral Service education began mainly with one on one teaching from a mentor, or
from traveling embalming fluid salesmen. - CORRECT ANSWER - TRUE
How many countries does the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) represent? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 49
She opened her own embalming school after arriving in the United States in 1899; and founded
the "Women's Licensed Funeral Embalmer Association to furnish female embalmers to families.
Her name is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Linda Odou
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which chemical is the chief disinfectant and preservative in embalming fluids? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Formaldehyde
In which time period did the tradition of placing backwards boots into the stirrups of a
rider less horse originate?
A funeral procession with a rider less horse, with boots turned backwards was for what type of
person? - CORRECT ANSWER - American Old West
Calvary officer
In 2018, women made up more than what percentage of funeral service students? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 60%
Who was responsible for packaging convenient, easy to ship one-quart bottles of embalming
fluid (an improvement on the previous half-gallon jugs used)? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Dodge Brothers
Alexander Butlerov and Welhelm Von Hofmann are credited with discovering what preserver
used in embalming? - CORRECT ANSWER - Formaldehyde
What were "hush harbors" in African American slave communities? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Non-crop producing land where the dead were buried in unmarked graves
What death rituals did Arctic Native American tribes have historically? - CORRECT
ANSWER - These tribes would leave their dead on open ground for animals to devour
, What death rituals did Mohawk Navite American tribes have historically? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The dead were placed upright within large round holes
With regards to the Old West mourners, what is "taking on?" - CORRECT ANSWER -
Wailing loudly while mourning
True/False Much of the preservation of bodies in the 17th and 18th centuries were for medical
research. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
In slave communities, funeral services would sometimes occur months after ones passing
because... - CORRECT ANSWER - The slaves had to wait until they could gather
Funerals held great importance for Africans who believed that upon dying the deceased.... -
CORRECT ANSWER - went home
Which was NOT a common Native American Death ritual - CORRECT ANSWER -
Children were sacrificed
Colloquially, women in death care were known as.... - CORRECT ANSWER - shrouding
women
True/False Funeral Service education began mainly with one on one teaching from a mentor, or
from traveling embalming fluid salesmen. - CORRECT ANSWER - TRUE
How many countries does the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) represent? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 49
She opened her own embalming school after arriving in the United States in 1899; and founded
the "Women's Licensed Funeral Embalmer Association to furnish female embalmers to families.
Her name is: - CORRECT ANSWER - Linda Odou
