Embalming I - Exam Three Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Principles and Practicies - ✔✔that part of public health which has been historically
encompassed in embalming
Dead Human Body - ✔✔can be offensive to the senses, but in and by itself, with rare
exception, is not dangerous to the health of the observer
Infectious Materials - ✔✔that which are pathogenic to humans and are otherwise found
within unembalmed dead human bodies
Embalmber - ✔✔person professionally responsible for his or her own personal hygiene
and health and safety, because he or she has direct contact with the deceased
CDC Conclusion re: Tuberculosis - ✔✔funeral directors have an elevated risk of
contracting tuberculosis as a result of their contact with dead human bodies
101 of 864 (11.7%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians of funeral home employers
who volunteered and reacted to tuberculin skin test
100% Pass Guarantee Sophia Bennett, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, 89 of 539 (17%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians who reported contracting
infectious diseases attributed to their occupation
Frequently Reported Diseases (in study) - ✔✔hepatitis; staphylococcal and other skin
infections; and pulmonary and skin tuberculosis
Skin Contact with Blood - ✔✔most commonly reported exposure
393 of 539 (73%) - ✔✔number or percentage of most commonly reported exposure
Needle Stick Injuries - ✔✔far more common than cuts in preparation of dead human
bodies
212 of 539 (39%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians who reported suffering from
a needle stick during the preparation of a dead human body within 12 months prior to
survey
61 of 539 (11%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians who reported having been cut
during the preparation of a dead human body within 12 months prior to survey
Diseases Embalmers Should be Aware Of - ✔✔methicillin-resistant staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA); vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE); human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV); creutfeldy-jakob disease (CJD); klebsiella pneumonia; clostridium difficle;
tuberculosis; hepatitis
MRSA - ✔✔methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
100% Pass Guarantee Sophia Bennett, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
and Answers 100% Pass
Principles and Practicies - ✔✔that part of public health which has been historically
encompassed in embalming
Dead Human Body - ✔✔can be offensive to the senses, but in and by itself, with rare
exception, is not dangerous to the health of the observer
Infectious Materials - ✔✔that which are pathogenic to humans and are otherwise found
within unembalmed dead human bodies
Embalmber - ✔✔person professionally responsible for his or her own personal hygiene
and health and safety, because he or she has direct contact with the deceased
CDC Conclusion re: Tuberculosis - ✔✔funeral directors have an elevated risk of
contracting tuberculosis as a result of their contact with dead human bodies
101 of 864 (11.7%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians of funeral home employers
who volunteered and reacted to tuberculin skin test
100% Pass Guarantee Sophia Bennett, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
, 89 of 539 (17%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians who reported contracting
infectious diseases attributed to their occupation
Frequently Reported Diseases (in study) - ✔✔hepatitis; staphylococcal and other skin
infections; and pulmonary and skin tuberculosis
Skin Contact with Blood - ✔✔most commonly reported exposure
393 of 539 (73%) - ✔✔number or percentage of most commonly reported exposure
Needle Stick Injuries - ✔✔far more common than cuts in preparation of dead human
bodies
212 of 539 (39%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians who reported suffering from
a needle stick during the preparation of a dead human body within 12 months prior to
survey
61 of 539 (11%) - ✔✔number or percentage of morticians who reported having been cut
during the preparation of a dead human body within 12 months prior to survey
Diseases Embalmers Should be Aware Of - ✔✔methicillin-resistant staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA); vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE); human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV); creutfeldy-jakob disease (CJD); klebsiella pneumonia; clostridium difficle;
tuberculosis; hepatitis
MRSA - ✔✔methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
100% Pass Guarantee Sophia Bennett, All Rights Reserved © 2025 2
