BMS Cremation and Alternative Disposition 3

Question 1

Under the FTC Funeral Rule, funeral homes offering cremation services must provide customers with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

An itemized price list for all cremation-related goods and services

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A mandatory 48-hour waiting period before cremation can be performed

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DNA sampling prior to performing cremation

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Mandatory embalming before any cremation

Question 2

A columbarium niche is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A small compartment in a wall structure designed to hold an urn of cremated remains

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A garden area designated for scattering cremated remains

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A private room within a funeral home for cremation viewing

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An outdoor burial plot specifically designated for urns

Question 3

Promession, a proposed alternative disposition method developed by Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, uses which substance to freeze remains prior to fragmentation?

Accepted Answer

Liquid nitrogen

Answer

Dry ice (solid carbon dioxide)

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Supercooled brine water

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Cryogenic helium

Question 4

What element is primarily extracted from cremated remains to create memorial diamonds?

Accepted Answer

Carbon

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Calcium

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Phosphorus

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Nitrogen

Question 5

Which of the following best describes a 'direct cremation'?

Accepted Answer

Cremation performed without embalming, viewing, visitation, or formal funeral service

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Cremation performed without any family members present at the funeral home

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Immediate cremation performed at the actual location of death

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Cremation using a portable retort transported to the cemetery

Question 6

Which type of metal implant commonly survives the cremation process intact and must be separated from cremated remains afterward?

Accepted Answer

Cobalt-chromium and titanium joint implants

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Aluminum surgical clips

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Calcium-based bone cement

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Iron suture wires

Question 7

The FTC Funeral Rule specifically prohibits funeral providers from requiring customers to purchase which item as a condition of receiving cremation services?

Accepted Answer

A casket as a condition of providing cremation

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An urn and columbarium niche together

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Embalming and cremation together as a package

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Multiple certified death certificates along with cremation