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AAMI Comprehensive Review - ARTS Questions and Verified Answers A+ GRADE
Question 1: Entomb
Correct answer: The act of placing the dead human body in the
crypt
Question 2: Inurnment
Correct answer: The act of placing cremains in an urn
Question 3: medical examiner
Correct answer: A forensically-trained physician whose duty it
is to investigate questionable or unattended deaths
Question 4: mourning period
Correct answer: An adjustment process which expresses grief or
sorrow and reorganizes life after loss
Question 5: morbidity rate
Correct answer: The proportion of sickness in a locality
Question 6: mortality rate
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Correct answer: The relation or ratio of number of deaths to the
given population stated for a given period of time
Question 7: traditional
Correct answer: The rites held at the time of disposition of
human remains; rites with the body present
Question 8: humanistic service
Correct answer: A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of
religious connotation
Question 9: immediate disposition
Correct answer: Any disposition of human remains which is
completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition
Question 10: memorial service
Correct answer: A religious service conducted in memory of the
deceased without the remains present
Question 11: Institutional
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Correct answer: A transfer from a hospital, nursing home or
medical examiners office
Question 12: Visitation, calling hours or wake
Correct answer: The visiting of relatives and friends to the
residence or funeral home to pay respects to the deceased prior to the funeral service
Question 13: Stretcher
Correct answer: A litter, usually of canvas, for carrying disabled
or dead persons
Question 14: ritual
Correct answer: The form for conducting a ceremony; a
ceremony or body of ceremonies; a procedure repeated customarily or automatically
Question 15: tahara
Correct answer: The ceremonial washing ceremony in the
Jewish funeral rite is called
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Question 16: tachrichim
Correct answer: The burial shroud in the Jewish funeral rite is
called
Question 17: torah
Correct answer: The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures
(Bible) are called, collectively
Question 18: tallis
Correct answer: The prayer shawl worn by Jewish men is called
Question 19: sholoshim
Correct answer: Thirty days of mourning in the Jewish funeral
rite is called
Question 20: Shivah
Correct answer: Seven days of mourning in the Jewish funeral
rite is called