FP212 - Funeral Profession Week 3

Question 1

Who invented the Trocar in 1878?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Rogers

Question 2

Who invented the hand pump for arterial injection?

Accepted Answer

Holmes

Question 3

What was the first gas-powered hearse used for?

Accepted Answer

Dual purpose: ambulance and hearse

Question 4

In the 1800s, undertakers were initially these skilled craftsmen

Accepted Answer

Cabinet makers

Question 5

Traveling salesmen who went from town to town selling their products

Accepted Answer

Drummer

Question 6

Which event was the catalyst for embalming to be used for funeral purposes?

Accepted Answer

Death of Lincoln

Question 7

Discovered the adductor canal, by means of femoral injection

Accepted Answer

John Hunter

Question 8

Who started the Cincinnati Medical College?

Accepted Answer

Joseph H. Clarke

Question 9

The opening of the Rochester School of Embalming coincided with which event

Accepted Answer

First NFDA meeting

Question 10

Who discovered formaldehyde in 1868?

Accepted Answer

Butlerov & Hoffman

Question 11

Who invented the corpse cooler?

Accepted Answer

Fredrick & Trump

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 stages of embalming development

Accepted Answer

Formal funeral director training

Question 13

This company showcased a 2400 lb hearse at the World Fair in Chicago, Illinois in 1893

Accepted Answer

Crane & Breed

Question 14

What was the purpose of the NFDA?

Accepted Answer

Set industry standards

Question 15

This company designed funeral cars with obscured interiors with wood carving resembling drapes

Accepted Answer

Hudson Sampson

Question 16

Which association was first formed in 1864?

Accepted Answer

Undertakers Mutual Protective Association

Question 17

Who is known as the American Father of Embalming?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Holmes

Question 18

French Chemist who wrote the book, History of Embalming

Accepted Answer

Jean Nicholas Gannal

Question 19

Which piece of funeral equipment became a portable embalming table, enabling in-home embalmings?

Accepted Answer

Cooling Board

Question 20

English physician & anatomist who proved that blood circulated through the arteries and the heart functioned as a pump

Accepted Answer

William Harvey

Question 21

What did the Industrial Revolution impact?

Accepted Answer

Funeral costs

Question 22

Who invented the roll-in cooler in 1870, a predecessor of the morgue refrigerator?

Accepted Answer

Kimball

Question 23

What did Thomas Holmes invent in 1863?

Accepted Answer

Body bag

Question 24

What did the term 'Belly Punchers' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Cavity embalmers

Question 25

These were first introduced in 1889; carried passengers & casket to cemetery outside of town

Accepted Answer

Funeral Trolley Car

Question 26

Administer the National Board Exams and report them to your state

Accepted Answer

ICCFA

Question 27

Which association was started by Allen Durfee in 1882?

Accepted Answer

NFDA

Question 28

Who is known as the Father of Embalming?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Ruysch

Question 29

Provided services of organizing and facilitating funeral details; worked directly with the public; the funeral planner.

Accepted Answer

Funeral Undertaker

Question 30

What was the purpose of the corpse cooler?

Accepted Answer

Inhibit decomposition

Question 31

What did the term 'Trade Embalmers' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Traveling embalmers

Question 32

The earliest professionals compounding embalming chemicals were called:

Accepted Answer

Professors

Question 33

The national academic accreditation body for private instruction college & university programs in Funeral Service?

Accepted Answer

ABFSE

Question 34

This organization is by invitation only ; membership is limited to 1 firm per city; developed Code of Good Practice

Accepted Answer

Selected Independent Funeral Homes

Question 35

The only international trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, funeral service, & cremation.

Accepted Answer

ICCFA

Question 36

What was the main advantage of cooling boards?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct

Question 37

Term applied to those whose occupation included responsibility to organize and facilitate funeral activities

Accepted Answer

Undertaker

Question 38

Which fluid did Holmes remove from embalming?

Accepted Answer

Arsenic

Question 39

What did the term 'Undertaker's Buggy' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Funeral transport vehicle

Question 40

What color were children's hearses?

Accepted Answer

White

Question 41

Modern term derived from the Latin word “herpex” which means rake.

Accepted Answer

Hearse

Question 42

Who is the Father of Restorative Art?

Accepted Answer

Joel Crandall

Question 43

Focuses on cremation as a form of disposition and has nothing to do with the funeral and memorialization of the deceased

Accepted Answer

CANA

Question 44

Scottish anatomist who developed directions for use of embalming for preservation

Accepted Answer

William Hunter

Question 45

Which association kept a black book of delinquent and objectionable customers to share with their members?

Accepted Answer

Undertakers Mutual Protective Association

Question 46

A. Johnson Dodge is associated with:

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct

Question 47

What did the term 'Dismal Traders' refer to?

Accepted Answer

English undertakers

Question 48

Italian anatomist who discovered capillaries & showed a complete circuit between arterial & venous system by microscope

Accepted Answer

William Harvey

Question 49

What color were hearses until the Civil War, mirroring Victorian mourning customs?

Accepted Answer

Black

Question 50

Provided supplies and merchandise to funeral undertakers; behind the scenes, filled role of middleman.

Accepted Answer

Furnshing Undertaker

Question 51

Who translated Gannal's book into English?

Accepted Answer

Richard Harlan

Question 52

Provide examination services, information, and regulatory support to funeral service licensing boards.

Accepted Answer

The Conference

FP212 - Funeral Profession Week 3

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FP212 - Funeral Profession Week 3

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