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Mortuary Administration II Final- All
tests combined Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Cloth covered caskets - Answer✔️✔️-These caskets are made from a base material
which can be simple as corrugated fiberboard or pressed wood which is covered with a
layer of cloth
Veneer caskets - Answer✔️✔️-A fine wood is placed over a less expensive particle board
under structure and given a beautiful finish
Eco-friendly caskets - Answer✔️✔️-As the name suggests, these caskets are made of
natural materials such as bamboo, willow, sea grass or cardboard that is not dangerous
to the environment
Metal caskets - Answer✔️✔️-These caskets are made of bronze, copper, stainless steel
or steel
Hardwood caskets - Answer✔️✔️-These caskets are made from the wood of leaf-bearing
trees (deciduous trees)
Casket - Answer✔️✔️-These receptacles for dead human remains are rigid and usually
constructed of wood, metal or like material, ornamented and lined with fabric. General of
a "one size fits all for most adults"
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Coffin - Answer✔️✔️-These containers used a receptacle for dead human remains are
anthropoid in shape and generally made of wood or other rigid material.
D. (All of these are used) - Answer✔️✔️-Casket shells are often constructed of:
A. Wood
B. Metal
C. Plastic or fiberglass
D. All of these are used
Hardwood - Answer✔️✔️-Wood that comes from any broad-leaved deciduous tree
Softwood - Answer✔️✔️-Wood that comes from cone-bearing - coniferous trees,
sometimes referred to as evergreen trees
Softwood - Answer✔️✔️-This wood comes from not only those of the pine family, bearing
true cones, but also those of the Yew family, bearing a berry-like or drupaceous fruit
(having an inner stone with the seed- like a peach or plum)
Durability - Answer✔️✔️-The natural _______________ of woods is influenced chiefly by
the toxicity of extractives present in the woods, such as the northern white cedar and
chestnut, rank appreciably higher than some of the denser species such as beech and
hickories.
Tannic acid - Answer✔️✔️-Chief among the extractives that add to the longevity of the
wood is _________________.
Decay - Answer✔️✔️-The __________ of woods the result of the activities of wood
destroying fungi.
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D. (All of these) - Answer✔️✔️-The conditions for development of the decay-producing
fungi are sufficient amounts of:
A. Moisture
B. Air
C. Favorable temperature
D. All of these
Kiln dried - Answer✔️✔️-Lowering the moisture content of the wood will greatly retard the
growth of wood destroying fungi, consequently, ___________ wood which has had its
moisture content lowered to around 5% to 6% is immune to decay unless subjected to
future moisture.
Solid wood casket - Answer✔️✔️-A casket which has all of its components made of the
same species of wood is referred to as a ________________________.
Birch - Answer✔️✔️-Closed grain, heavy white wood. Durable, often seen in kitchen
cabinets.
Cherry - Answer✔️✔️-Closed grain, heavy white wood, usually stained red. High gloss
finish are generally placed on these caskets.
Mahogany - Answer✔️✔️-Very expensive, imported, high quality wood. Fine grained
reddish brown in color.
Maple - Answer✔️✔️-Light in color, closed grained wood, may be stained any color,
found in bowling alley lanes.
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Oak - Answer✔️✔️-Strong and durable light wood used in the manufacture of fine
furniture
Pine - Answer✔️✔️-Light colored softwood noted for its twig-knots. Low cost.
D. (All of these are poplar genius) - Answer✔️✔️-Trees of the poplar genius of species:
A. Cottonwood
B. Tulip
C. Willow
D. All of these are poplar genius
Poplar - Answer✔️✔️-Soft white wood that takes stain well
Walnut - Answer✔️✔️-Expensive brown wood, second only to mahogany for expensive
caskets
Salix - Answer✔️✔️-A casket constructed from many different species of wood (ex:
poplar, cottonwood); sometimes referred to as ___________ or willow.
Laminates - Answer✔️✔️-Gluing together sheets of different materials. Usually a thin
covering of good quality over thick, inexpensive base material
Wood veneers - Answer✔️✔️-Created by gluing a thin layer of wood of superior value or
excellent grain to an inferior wood base
Artificial laminates - Answer✔️✔️-Wood-grained vinyl adhered to wood or wood by-
products