Deck 7: Sciences Preparation for Disposition

Question 1

The postmortem evacuation of mucus from a deceased person's nostrils would be known as what?

A)Excretion
B)Purge
C)Removal
D)Postmortem shifting

Answer 1

Purge

Question 2

The face of a body should be turned in a specific direction before its viewing. What direction should it face, and to what degree should it be angled?

A)Right, 15 degrees
B)Right, 45 degrees
C)Left, 25 degrees
D)Left, 15 degrees

Answer 2

Right, 15 degrees

Question 3

What is the significant decrease in internal body temperature just before death known as?

A)Agonal algor
B)Agonal dehydration
C)Agonal translocation
D)Agonal congealing

Answer 3

Agonal algor

Question 4

A body in its postmortem state is known as a what?

A)Skeleton
B)Postmortem depressive object
C)Corpse
D)None of the above

Question 5

A funeral director has many responsibilities, including caring for a corpse from the time of its arrival to the time of its departure from the parlor. Because of this, funeral directors are often referred to as what?

A)Corpse sitters
B)Pastors
C)Watchers
D)Custodians

Question 6

What material is used to make a corrugated container?

A)Metal
B)Plastic
C)Cardboard
D)Velcro

Question 7

On what days do Orthodox Jews refuse to allow the removal of deceased persons?

A)From sunset Friday until sunset Saturday
B)On weekdays between sun up and sunset
C)From sun up Monday until sunset Wednesday
D)From sunset Saturday until sunset Sunday

Question 8

Orthodox Jews have a special way of handling the clothing of someone who has died a particularly violent death. What best describes this procedure?

A)The clothing is burned and the corpse is dressed in a new outfit
B)The clothing is buried in a separate casket from the corpse
C)The clothing is burned and the corpse is buried while undressed
D)The clothing is not removed from the corpse but buried with it

Question 9

In what religion is burial clothing dependent on whether the deceased person "received temple endowment"?

A)Muslim
B)Catholic
C)Orthodox Jews
D)Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)

Question 10

The primary disinfection of a corpse involves several complicated steps. True or false, does one of these steps include thoroughly washing the corpse with boiling water?

A)True
B)False

Question 11

When a person is cremated, if necessary, what artificial device must be removed?

A)Pacemaker
B)Brace
C)Tracker
D)None of the These

Question 12

What are dentures?

A)The set of artificial teeth that are sometimes used in place of natural teeth
B)A brace that assists the elderly with transportation
C)The name of a caregiver to the elderly
D)The set of real teeth that grow in after your baby teeth fall out

Question 13

A deceased person is placed upon a specific part of a casket during the viewing and burial. What is this portion of the casket commonly known as?

A)Fluff
B)Pillow
C)Plush
D)Bed

Question 14

What is the name of the place deceased bodies are usually held immediately after their death?

A)City emporium
B)Cemetery
C)Morgue
D)Funeral parlor

Question 15

The purposeful disturbance or alteration of a body after the time of death is most commonly described as what?

A)Autopsy
B)Mutilation
C)Illegal
D)None of the above.

Question 16

What is agonal congealing?

A)The body's loss of blood during the agonal stage
B)The thickening of blood in the body during the agonal stage
C)The evaporation of blood from the body during the agonal stage
D)None of the above

Question 17

What is a shroud?

A)A vegetable
B)A thick coating of lotion, creams, and oils rubbed on a corpse before viewing
C)The material/cloth-case in which a corpse is buried
D)A type of coffin

Question 18

The external cleansing of a body completed as part of preparation process is called what?

A)Cleaning ritual
B)Topical disinfection
C)Janitorial process
D)Sanitization

Question 19

What is a Unionall?

A)A special type of outfit worn by Orthodox Jews at viewings
B)An apron that a funeral director is required to wear when handling corpses
C)The material designed to cover an entire corpse from head to toe
D)A special type of food served at funerals

Question 20

Some Jewish funerary traditions include a person called a shomer. What is their function?

A)To sit with a corpse and "watch" it until burial
B)To assist the funeral director in cleaning and preparing the corpse for viewing
C)To provide the food at the funeral service
D)To transfer the corpse from the funeral parlor to the cemetery

Question 21

What is the name of the device used to take the place of a limb or other body part?

A)Pacemaker
B)Prosthetic device
C)Bodily assistant
D)None of the above

Question 22

What is a crematory?

A)The first place a body is transferred after the morgue
B)Another name for a funeral parlor
C)The place in which bodies are taken to be cremated
D)A department created to console the loved ones of someone lost