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NBE Funeral Service Director

Category - Arts - Cemetery and Crematory Operations

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What is the purpose of cremation?
  1. To prepare a deceased body for a cemetery burial
  2. To reduce a body for placement in a funeral vault
  3. To reduce a body for placement in an urn
  4. Both A and C
Explanation
Answer: C - The purpose of cremation is to reduce a deceased body to ashes in order to be placed in an urn or vase.

Cremation is a process where a body is placed in a crematory housing a furnace that is brought up to a high temperature. This process reduces the body to ashes, which are placed in an urn.
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