The meeting between the funeral director and the client
family during which funeral arrangements are discussed
What is an arrangement conference?
100
A rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human
remains and which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or like
material and ornamented and lined with fabric.
What is a Casket?
100
Before becoming known for making funeral service merchandise, undertakers were known to make this.
What are Cabinets?
100
A professional
association of funeral directors and embalmers organized in 1882
What is the National Funeral Director's Association?
100
On a T Account, the left side of the account has a larger sum
What is a Debit Balance?
200
A legal document containing vital statistics,
disposition, and final medical information pertaining to the deceased
What is a Death Certificate?
200
A component part of cap that is
constructed into caskets that display a cut top; provides
strength/rigidity at the point of the transverse cut
What is a Header, Bridge, or Cap Filler?
200
Church caretaker who had responsibility for church property,
ringing of bells, and digging of graves in the churchyard cemetery;
During the Middle Ages, most funeral practices were under the direction of church officials
What is a Sexton?
200
An international organization of cemeterians,
cremationists, funeral directors, industry suppliers, and
consultants
What is Cremation Association of North America?
200
An imaginary plane that divides the human body into superior and inferior parts
What is Transverse Plane?
300
Usually a classified notice
publicizing the death of a person and giving those details of the
funeral service that the survivors wish to have published
What is a Death Notice?
300
A single handle in which the lug, arm, and
bar are combined in one unit
What is a Bail Handle?
300
Became an occupational specialty in
many larger US cities by the end of the 18th century; predecessor to the undertaker
What are Specific Layers Out of the Dead?
300
A limited membership
funeral service organization formed in 1917 on the basis of one member firm per city
What is National Selected Morticians?
300
Purchases - Purchases Returns and Allowance - Purchase Discounts
What is Net Purchases?
400
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
What is an Adaptive Funeral Rite?
400
An outer enclosure which offers protection from the earth load
as well as possessing sealing qualities or other protective qualities
What is a Burial Vault?
400
Provided supplies and merchandise (i.e., door
badges, carriages, etc.) to funeral undertakers who were dealing directly with the public.
What are Furnishing Undertakers?
400
Established in 1945
as a non-profit educational trust to advance the education of the profession
What is the National Foundation of Funeral Service?
400
A Trial Balance made after the closing entries have been recorded, last step in the accounting cycle
What is a Post-Closing Trial Balance?
500
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.
What is a Pouch?
500
A type of cemetery memorial consisting of a top piece
supported by two standards; used to identify family burial
plots or used in conjunction with a family monument
What is a Bench?
500
Published in the 1840s, reported on
the sanitary conditions in London created by intermural burials, the
high cost of funerals, and the first use of the death certificate
What is Chadwick's Report?
500
Association established in
1928; committed to quality services and high standards;
membership limited to one independently owned funeral home per community