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WorksheetsFuneral Home Directing Glossary Review 1
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What is the purpose of acknowledgment cards?
To invite people to a funeral
To thank and recognize friends for kindness shown to a deceased's family
To announce the death of a person
To provide information about the funeral service
Who is an acolyte?
A person who leads a funeral procession
An altar attendant
A person who arranges flowers for a funeral
A person who reads eulogies
What is an adaptive funeral rite?
A traditional funeral service
A funeral rite adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved
A funeral service held only at night
A funeral service without any religious elements
What does aftercare (post funeral follow-up) involve?
Arranging the funeral service
Providing counseling and/or written contact after the funeral
Preparing the body for burial
Sending out acknowledgment cards
In the Islam faith, what is the name for God?
Allah
Jehovah
Brahma
Zeus
What is an altar?
A place where sacrifices are offered or religious rites are performed
A type of casket
A type of flower arrangement
A type of funeral procession
What is an alternative container?
A metal casket
An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle for encasing human remains
A type of flower arrangement
A type of funeral procession
What is an apostille?
A type of funeral service
Certification/legalization of a document for international use
A type of casket
A type of flower arrangement
Who is an archbishop in the Roman Catholic faith?
The head of a diocese
The head of an archdiocese
A funeral director
A person who arranges flowers for a funeral
What is an aron?
A type of flower arrangement
A casket made entirely of wood with no metal parts
A type of funeral procession
A type of acknowledgment card
What is an arrangement conference?
A meeting between the funeral director and the client family to discuss funeral arrangements
A type of funeral service
A type of casket
A type of flower arrangement
What is artificial grass used for in a cemetery?
To cover the earth around the grave
To decorate the casket
To line the inside of the casket
To mark the grave
What is at need counseling?
Those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling, personal and/or written contact that come after the funeral.
Discussions between the funeral director and family regarding funeral arrangements after a death has occurred
Counseling provided to the funeral director
Counseling provided to the deceased
Who is a bishop in the Roman Catholic faith?
The head of a diocese
The head of an archdiocese
A funeral director
A person who arranges flowers for a funeral
What is the title of a Buddhist priest?
Cardinal
Bonze
Cantor
Celebrant
In the Roman Catholic faith, what is a man who is a member of a religious order without being ordained called?
Cardinal
Celebrant
Brother
Cantor
What term is used in the Buddhist faith to describe a calendar that determines an accurate time for casketing the body, services, and disposition?
Book of Dates
Burial-Transit Permit
Calling hours
Cash Advance
What is the act of placing the dead human body in the ground called?
Inurnment
Burial
Exhumation
Cash Advance
What is a legal document issued by a governmental agency, authorizing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body?
Certified copy of a death certificate
Burial-Transit Permit
Cash Advance
Apostille
What is the term for time set aside for friends and relatives to pay respect for the deceased prior to the funeral service?
Calling hours
Canopy
Cash Advance
Cemetery tent
What is a portable shelter employed to cover the grave area during the committal?
Cemetery
Canopy
Casketbearer
Celebrant
Who is a religious singer who assists the clergy in the Jewish faith or the Eastern Orthodox faith?
Cardinal
Cantor
Celebrant
Brother
In the Roman Catholic faith, who are the Bishops that have the right to participate in a Papal election?
Cantor
Celebrant
Cardinal
Brother
Who actively bears or carries the casket during the funeral service and at the committal service?
Celebrant
Cantor
Cardinal
Casketbearer
Honorary Casketbearer
Who is a person who officiates at a ceremony or rite in the Roman Catholic Church?
Celebrant
Cantor
Cardinal
Brother
What is an area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human remains?
Canopy
Cemetery
Calling hours
Cash Advance
What is a legal copy of the original death certificate called?
Burial-Transit Permit
Apostille
Certified copy of a death certificate
Christian burial permit
What is the portion of the church surrounding the altar, usually enclosing the clergy, called?
Chapel
Chancel
Columbarium
Crematory
What is a building or designated area of a building in which services are conducted?
Chapel
Chancel
Cot
Cross
Who is a person chosen to conduct religious exercises for the military or a fraternal organization?
Coroner
Chaplain
Common carrier
Chevrah Kadisha
What is a letter or form from a priest stating the eligibility of the deceased for burial in a Roman Catholic Cemetery called?
Certified copy of the death certificate
Apostille
Christian Burial Certificate
Contemporary funeral rite
What is a structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains?
Crematory
Columbarium
Cot
Cross
What is the portion of the funeral which is conducted at the place of disposition of dead human bodies?
Committal service
Common carrier
Contemporary funeral rite
Cortege
What is any carrier required by law to convey passengers or freight without refusal if the approved fare or charge is paid?
Coroner
Common carrier
Cot
Cremated remains
Trade carrier
What term refers to funeral observances that reflect present day influences in lieu of traditional ceremonies?
Contemporary funeral rite
Adaptive funeral rite
Humanist funeral rite
Trisagion
Who is a public officer whose chief duty is to investigate questionable deaths?
Chaplain
Coroner
Chevrah Kadisha
Cantor
Which of the following is a historical reference for funeral procession?
Cot
Cross
Cortege
Columbarium
What is a portable stretcher commonly employed in a transfer vehicle for the moving of the deceased?
Cot
Cross
Columbarium
Crematory
What is the result of the reduction of a dead body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat?
Cremation
Cremated remains
Crematory
Cross
What is the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber?
Cremation
Cremated remains
Crematory
Cross
What is a building that houses a retort?
Columbarium
Cot
Crematory
Cross
What is a religious emblem consisting of two plain bars which intersect at right angles to each other?
Crucifix
Cross
Columbarium
Cortege
Who is responsible for carrying the crucifix or cross during an ecclesiastical procession?
Deacon
Crossbearer
Elder
Ecclesiastic
Another name for crossbearer
crucifier
What is a crucifix?
A chamber in a mausoleum
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
A cross with a figure or image representing the body of Christ
A legal document containing vital statistics
What is a crypt used for?
To carry the crucifix during a procession
To contain the casketed remains of a deceased person
To administer benefits for veterans
To facilitate an organized departure
What is a death certificate?
A song or poem expressing sorrow for the dead
A legal document containing vital statistics, disposition, and final medical information pertaining to the deceased
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
A liturgical celebration of the Eucharist
What is the purpose of a death notice?
To express sorrow or lamentation for the dead
To publicize the death of a person and give details of the funeral service
To facilitate an organized departure
To conduct a memorial service
What does the term "deceased" refer to?
A false tooth
A dead human body
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
A geographical grouping of parishes
What are dentures?
A legal document
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
False teeth
A memorial service
What is the Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for?
Administering benefits provided for veterans of the armed forces
Conducting memorial services
Facilitating organized departures
Disposing of human remains by cremation
What is a diocese in the Roman Catholic faith?
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
A geographical grouping of parishes under the jurisdiction of a Bishop
A legal document containing vital statistics
A song or poem expressing sorrow for the dead
What is direct cremation?
Disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present
Any method of disposition of the human remains without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present
A legal document containing vital statistics
A liturgical celebration of the Eucharist
What is direct disposition?
Disposition of human remains by cremation, without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present
Any method of disposition of the human remains without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present
A legal document containing vital statistics
A liturgical celebration of the Eucharist
What is the purpose of a dismissal?
To express sorrow or lamentation for the dead
To facilitate an organized departure
To publicize the death of a person
To conduct a memorial service
What is another term for a disposition permit?
Death certificate
Burial-Transit Permit
Death notice
Direct cremation
What is the divine liturgy?
A legal document containing vital statistics
A liturgical celebration of the Eucharist in Eastern Orthodox churches
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
A song or poem expressing sorrow for the dead
What does the term "ecclesiastic" pertain to?
The church or clergy
A dead human body
False teeth
A legal document
What is an elegy?
A subordinate officer in a Christian church
A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation for the dead
A legal document containing vital statistics
A geographical grouping of parishes
What is El Malei Rachamin in the Jewish faith?
A subordinate officer
A memorial service; literally "God full of compassion"
A legal document containing vital statistics
A geographical grouping of parishes
What is the term for the placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum?
Epitaph
Eucharist
Entombment
Eulogy
What is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or cemetery marker called?
Epithet
Epitaph
Eucharist
Gatha
Who is a leader of the procession or guardian of the group, such as a military escort or police escort?
Eucharist Minister
Event planner
Escort
Fraternal
What are the consecrated elements of Holy Communion called?
Eucharist
Eulogy
Final Commendation
Funeral rites
Who is a layperson sanctioned to administer Holy Communion and other assigned tasks?
Event planner
Eucharist Minister
Funeral director
Gatha
What is an oration praising an individual, usually after death, called?
Eulogy
Entombment
Funeral service
Final Commendation
What is the process of planning and/or coordinating a ceremony or activity called?
Funeral arrangements
Event planning
Final Commendation
Forwarding remains
In the Roman Catholic faith, what is the ending portion of the Funeral Mass called?
Funeral Liturgy
Funeral procession
Final Commendation
Funeral rites
What is the term for the entry way into a church, funeral home, or other public building?
Foyer
Nave
Niche
Gatha
What is the name of the funeral service in the Roman Catholic Church?
Funeral procession
Funeral rites
Funeral Liturgy
Final Commendation
What is the movement of vehicles from the place of the funeral to the place of disposition called?
Funeral service
Funeral procession
Forwarding remains
Fraternal
What are any funeral events performed in a solemn and prescribed manner called?
Funeral rites
Funeral service
Final Commendation
Event planning
What are the rites held at the time of disposition of human remains, with the body present, called?
Funeral procession
Funeral service
Funeral arrangements
Forwarding remains
What are the first two and last two verses of a Buddhist hymn sung at the funeral service called?
Eulogy
Gatha
Eucharist
Epitaph
What does GPL stand for in the context of funeral services?
General Price List
General Product List
General Payment List
General Policy List
What is the act of bending the right knee as an indication of reverence called?
Gratuity
Genuflect
Graveside service
Hesped
What is a small sum of money tendered for a service provided called?
Gratuity
Honorarium
Icon
Imam
What is an excavation in the earth as a place for interment called?
Grave
Graveside service
Great Panachida
Iconostasis
What is a ceremony or ritual conducted at the grave called?
Graveside service
Hesped
Humanist funeral
Honorary casketbearers
What is the term for webbing or similar material used for lowering the casket into the grave?
Grave straps
Great Panachida
Iconostasis
Honorarium
What is a vigil service associated with eastern Orthodox funerals called?
Great Panachida
Graveside service
Hesped
Humanist funeral
What does the term "Green" refer to in the context of funerals?
Ecologically friendly
A type of grave
A religious ceremony
A type of casket
What is a guaranteed contract in the context of funeral services?
An agreement where the funeral home promises services and merchandise for a sum not exceeding the original amount of the contract
A contract that guarantees a specific type of casket
A contract that guarantees a specific burial site
A contract that guarantees a specific religious ceremony
What is a eulogy or true evaluation of the deceased's life in the Jewish faith called?
Hesped
Graveside service
Humanist funeral
Honorarium
What is water blessed by a priest called?
Holy Water
Grave straps
Icon
IHS
What is a nominal compensation or recognition for service performed called?
Honorarium
Gratuity
Genuflect
Imam
Who are honorary casketbearers?
Friends of the family or members of an organization who act as an escort or honor guard for the deceased
People who lower the casket into the grave
Priests who bless the casket
Leaders of the local congregation
What is a funeral rite that is devoid of religious connotation called?
Humanist funeral
Graveside service
Great Panachida
Hesped
What is a holy picture in the Eastern Orthodox faith called?
Icon
IHS
Imam
Honorarium
What is the partition that extends across the front of the church separating the sanctuary from the solea in the Eastern Orthodox church called?
Iconostasis
Great Panachida
Grave straps
Genuflect
What do the letters IHS stand for?
The first three letters in the Greek word for Jesus
The first three letters in the Latin word for God
The initials of a famous saint
A type of religious ceremony
Who is the leader of the local congregation in the Islam faith?
Imam
Icon
Honorarium
Hesped
What does "Immediate Burial" refer to?
Burial with a formal viewing and ceremony
Disposition of human remains by burial, without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony
Cremation of human remains
Burial with a graveside service
Who is an "Informant" in the context of funeral services?
A person who performs the burial
A person who supplies the vital statistics information concerning the deceased
A person who arranges the funeral service
A person who attends the funeral
What does "Inurnment" mean?
The act of burying a body in the ground
The act of placing cremains in an urn
The act of performing a funeral service
The act of embalming a body
What is "Islam"?
The religion of Christians
The religion of Jews
The religion of Muslims
The religion of Hindus
What is "Kaddish" in the Jewish faith?
A prayer recited for the deceased by the direct mourners
A type of burial service
A type of funeral meal
A type of grave
