AFSRB LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔For the first subsection of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct, complete
the following line: In matters of professional conduct and _________ funeral
professionals will.
- coercion
- co-operation
- constitution
- complication - ✔✔co-operation
✔✔For the second subsection of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct,
complete the following line: In matters of accountability to the ________ funeral
professionals will.
- public
- deceased
- families
- AFSRB - ✔✔families
✔✔For the third subsection of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct, complete
the following line: To show respect for the ________, all professionals will
- public
- deceased
- families
- AFSRB - ✔✔deceased
✔✔According to the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct, who are the individuals
that cannot be in the embalming room during the embalming procedure?
- Embalmers
- Funeral Directors
- Employees of the funeral home
- Contractors - ✔✔contractors
✔✔Which of the following are not part of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of
Conduct?
- Demonstrate little concern when family members are indecisive about choosing one
funeral home over another.
- Provide a range of options to the family regarding types of funeral services offered and
selection of merchandise.
- Ensure that all verbal or written requests from the family are fulfilled whenever
professionally acceptable.
- Inform the family of death benefits that may be available through various government
and private agencies. - ✔✔Demonstrate little concern when family members are
indecisive about choosing one funeral home over another.
,✔✔When a funeral home takes funds for a pre-need contract, what do they need to do
with those funds?
- put them in a savings account and hold them until the death occurs
- put them in their general operating account
- put them in an investment account of their choosing until the death occurs
- put them in insurance or trust until the death occurs - ✔✔put them in insurance or trust
until the death occurs
✔✔Which of the following is not a benefit of pre-arranging?
- a portion of the costs will be covered so the family will have less financial responsibility
at the time of death.
- the prices are set at the rates at the time of payment which protects the costs from
inflation
- the preferences of the deceased are known and the services will proceed in
accordance with them
- the costs are guaranteed and so the family will not be responsible for any increased
costs at the time of death. - ✔✔a portion of the costs will be covered so the family will
have less financial responsibility at the time of death.
✔✔Which of the following organizations cannot start a new cemetery?
- municipality
- religious denomination
- religious auxiliary
- existing cemetery company - ✔✔existing cemetery company
✔✔Which of the following organizations can purchase a cemetery?
- existing cemetery company
- funeral business
- corporation
- funeral service association - ✔✔existing cemetery company
✔✔Which of the following organizations can start a new columbarium?
- funeral business
- religious denominations
- corporations
- funeral services regulatory board - ✔✔religious denominations
✔✔According to the Cemeteries Act, cemeteries must make plots available for indigents
at which of the following rates?
- 50% of the purchase price; 50% of the opening and closing; full price of the grave
liner, if necessary
- 50% of the purchase price; full price of the opening and closing; 50% of the grave
liner, if necessary
- 50% of the purchase price; full price of the opening and closing; full price of the grave
liner, if necessary
, - 50% of the purchase price; 50% of the opening and closing; 50% of the grave liner, if
necessary - ✔✔50% of the purchase price; full price of the opening and closing; full
price of the grave liner, if necessary
✔✔In the case of a fetus passing, which disposition option is not allowed?
- burial in the family's backyard
- cremation in a crematorium
- burial in a neighbour's backyard without their approval
- burial in a cemetery - ✔✔burial in a neighbour's backyard without their approval
✔✔In the case of a death of an infant born at 29 weeks gestation, which disposition
method is now allowed?
- burial in a cemetery
- cremation in a crematorium
- placement of the remains in a mausoleum
- burial in the family's backyard - ✔✔burial in the family's backyard
✔✔How much earth must be above the casket when buried in a grave when a
substantial grave liner is used?
- 0.3 meters
- 0.6 meters
- 0.9 meters
- 1.2 Meters - ✔✔0.6 meters
✔✔How much earth must be above the casket when buried in a grave when no grave
liner is used?
- 0.3 meters
- 0.6 meters
- 0.9 meters
- 1.2 Meters - ✔✔0.9 meters
✔✔Which of the following locations can a columbarium not be constructed?
- as part of a funeral home
- in a cemetery
- as part of a crematory
- in a church - ✔✔as part of a funeral home
✔✔In the province of Alberta, cemeteries are only owned by?
- religious denominations, religious auxiliaries and municipalities
- businesses, religious denominations, religious auxiliaries and municipalities
- businesses, religious denominations, and religious auxiliaries
- businesses and municipalities - ✔✔businesses, religious denominations, religious
auxiliaries and municipalities
RATED A+
✔✔For the first subsection of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct, complete
the following line: In matters of professional conduct and _________ funeral
professionals will.
- coercion
- co-operation
- constitution
- complication - ✔✔co-operation
✔✔For the second subsection of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct,
complete the following line: In matters of accountability to the ________ funeral
professionals will.
- public
- deceased
- families
- AFSRB - ✔✔families
✔✔For the third subsection of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct, complete
the following line: To show respect for the ________, all professionals will
- public
- deceased
- families
- AFSRB - ✔✔deceased
✔✔According to the Alberta Funeral Services Code of Conduct, who are the individuals
that cannot be in the embalming room during the embalming procedure?
- Embalmers
- Funeral Directors
- Employees of the funeral home
- Contractors - ✔✔contractors
✔✔Which of the following are not part of the Alberta Funeral Services Code of
Conduct?
- Demonstrate little concern when family members are indecisive about choosing one
funeral home over another.
- Provide a range of options to the family regarding types of funeral services offered and
selection of merchandise.
- Ensure that all verbal or written requests from the family are fulfilled whenever
professionally acceptable.
- Inform the family of death benefits that may be available through various government
and private agencies. - ✔✔Demonstrate little concern when family members are
indecisive about choosing one funeral home over another.
,✔✔When a funeral home takes funds for a pre-need contract, what do they need to do
with those funds?
- put them in a savings account and hold them until the death occurs
- put them in their general operating account
- put them in an investment account of their choosing until the death occurs
- put them in insurance or trust until the death occurs - ✔✔put them in insurance or trust
until the death occurs
✔✔Which of the following is not a benefit of pre-arranging?
- a portion of the costs will be covered so the family will have less financial responsibility
at the time of death.
- the prices are set at the rates at the time of payment which protects the costs from
inflation
- the preferences of the deceased are known and the services will proceed in
accordance with them
- the costs are guaranteed and so the family will not be responsible for any increased
costs at the time of death. - ✔✔a portion of the costs will be covered so the family will
have less financial responsibility at the time of death.
✔✔Which of the following organizations cannot start a new cemetery?
- municipality
- religious denomination
- religious auxiliary
- existing cemetery company - ✔✔existing cemetery company
✔✔Which of the following organizations can purchase a cemetery?
- existing cemetery company
- funeral business
- corporation
- funeral service association - ✔✔existing cemetery company
✔✔Which of the following organizations can start a new columbarium?
- funeral business
- religious denominations
- corporations
- funeral services regulatory board - ✔✔religious denominations
✔✔According to the Cemeteries Act, cemeteries must make plots available for indigents
at which of the following rates?
- 50% of the purchase price; 50% of the opening and closing; full price of the grave
liner, if necessary
- 50% of the purchase price; full price of the opening and closing; 50% of the grave
liner, if necessary
- 50% of the purchase price; full price of the opening and closing; full price of the grave
liner, if necessary
, - 50% of the purchase price; 50% of the opening and closing; 50% of the grave liner, if
necessary - ✔✔50% of the purchase price; full price of the opening and closing; full
price of the grave liner, if necessary
✔✔In the case of a fetus passing, which disposition option is not allowed?
- burial in the family's backyard
- cremation in a crematorium
- burial in a neighbour's backyard without their approval
- burial in a cemetery - ✔✔burial in a neighbour's backyard without their approval
✔✔In the case of a death of an infant born at 29 weeks gestation, which disposition
method is now allowed?
- burial in a cemetery
- cremation in a crematorium
- placement of the remains in a mausoleum
- burial in the family's backyard - ✔✔burial in the family's backyard
✔✔How much earth must be above the casket when buried in a grave when a
substantial grave liner is used?
- 0.3 meters
- 0.6 meters
- 0.9 meters
- 1.2 Meters - ✔✔0.6 meters
✔✔How much earth must be above the casket when buried in a grave when no grave
liner is used?
- 0.3 meters
- 0.6 meters
- 0.9 meters
- 1.2 Meters - ✔✔0.9 meters
✔✔Which of the following locations can a columbarium not be constructed?
- as part of a funeral home
- in a cemetery
- as part of a crematory
- in a church - ✔✔as part of a funeral home
✔✔In the province of Alberta, cemeteries are only owned by?
- religious denominations, religious auxiliaries and municipalities
- businesses, religious denominations, religious auxiliaries and municipalities
- businesses, religious denominations, and religious auxiliaries
- businesses and municipalities - ✔✔businesses, religious denominations, religious
auxiliaries and municipalities
