California Funeral Director License Study
Guide Exam Questions and Answers
1. what are the fees charged by the CFB? - ANSWER see CFB fee schedule
2. what does the notice requirement in regards to caskets include? - ANSWER
there is no scientific or other evidence that any casket with a sealing device
will preserve human remains
3. what does the term "provide" mean? - ANSWER to give for retention
4. what price ranges must be included on the CPL? - ANSWER adult, infant,
child, rental, and alt containers
5. what information regarding caskets must be on CPL? - ANSWER price,
thickness of metal/type of wood, interior, color
6. casket - ANSWER rigid container which is designed for the encasement of
human remains
7. rental casket - ANSWER specially designed device used to conceal a rental
casket insert for the purposes of viewing and/or other funeral ceremony
8. rental casket insert - ANSWER enclosure without ornamentation which has
an interior lining and is designed for the encasement of human remains
9. when can a casket be reused? - ANSWER never
10.what does "delivery of merchandise" mean? - ANSWER actual personal
delivery
11.what preneed arrangements are not required to be deposited in trust or
reported to the CFB? - ANSWER any where the client makes their own
deposits into a savings account
,12.how long does a funeral director have to REFUND trust funds? - ANSWER
15 days
13.what records must be kept for trust funds? - ANSWER individual contract,
ledger account, receipts, disbursements, portfolio of investments
14.what are the limitations on funeral directors that are unable to perform under
a trust contract? - ANSWER trustees pay all trust corpus and net income to
beneficiary, trustor or legal rep. no revocation fee allowed
15.what information must be included in the preneed trust agreement? -
ANSWER name and address of trustor, beneficiary, trustee(s), funeral
establishment (and phone #), serial number, SFGSS, guaranteed/non, that
trustees will pay, revocation fee, disclosures
16.what information regarding guarantee and non-guarantee trust components
must be provided to consumers? - ANSWER guaranteed - terms and
conditions limiting the guarantee
non-guaranteed - how the balance will be applied and that additional
payments/refund may be required
17.embalmer - ANSWER one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve
human remains by injection or external application of antiseptics,
disinfectants, or preservative fluids
18.apprentice embalmer - ANSWER person engaged in the study of embalming
under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer w/ 2 years
practical experience as a licensed embalmer
19.funeral director - ANSWER person engaged in or conducting of preparing
remains for burial or disposal, maintaining an establishment, or using the
title "funeral director", "undertaker", or "mortician"
20.funeral establishment - ANSWER place of business conducted in a building
devoted exclusively to those activities related to preparation and
arrangement for dispostion
21.trustee - ANSWER banking institution or trust company handling funds
22.trustor - ANSWER person who pays money
,23.beneficiary - ANSWER person for whom the services are arranged
24.corpus of the trust - ANSWER all monies paid and securities delivered by
trustor
25.where is the Funeral Directors & Embalmers Law found? - ANSWER
division 3, chapter 12 of B&P code
26.what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER
licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions
27.what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER
protection of the public
28.according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may
__________ relating to ____________. - ANSWER adopt & enforce rules
and regs; practice of embalming, business of funeral directing, sanitary
conditions for places of business, apprentices and students, scope of exams,
and carrying out provisions relating to peace, health, safety, welfare and
morals
29.what premises can the bureau inspect? - ANSWER those in which the
business of a funeral director is conducted, embalming is practiced, or
human remains stored
30.what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER state
funeral directors & embalmers fund
31.the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to - ANSWER
officers of public institution or medical college, hospitals, casket sellers,
cemetery solely for the interment of human dead
32.where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - ANSWER
superior court of county of sacramento, county of residence of
plaintiff/petitioner, county where act occurred
33.what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment? - ANSWER
specific street address, storage room, prep room, managed by FDR,
establishment license
, 34.do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no, what
are the reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of
these rooms? - ANSWER no; common ownership or contractual agreement
within close geographical proximity
35.when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral
director? - ANSWER at all times
36.do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral
establishment? - ANSWER no
37.anyone using the words or title ________ in connection with his/her name
must be a ________________. - ANSWER "funeral director", "undertaker",
"mortician"; licensed funeral director
38.what other business can be conducted on the same premises as a funeral
establishment? - ANSWER ambulance service
39.does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed funeral
director to manage? - ANSWER no
40.the applicant for a funeral establishment license must be - ANSWER 18 y/o,
and shall not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for
denial of licensure under section 480
41.the applicant for a funeral director license must be - ANSWER 18 y/o,
possesses an AA or AS or equivalent, and shall not have committed any
crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under section 480
42.do licensed funeral directors have to be employed by a licensed funeral
establishment to conduct funerals? - ANSWER yes
43.does the applicant for the funeral director license have to be employed at a
funeral establishment? - ANSWER no
44.what subjects are covered on the funeral director exam? - ANSWER signs of
death, manner by which death may be determined, laws governing the prep,
burial, disposal of human remains, and the shipment of bodies dying from
infection/contagious diseases, local health and sanitary ordinances, and regs
relating to funeral directing & embalming
Guide Exam Questions and Answers
1. what are the fees charged by the CFB? - ANSWER see CFB fee schedule
2. what does the notice requirement in regards to caskets include? - ANSWER
there is no scientific or other evidence that any casket with a sealing device
will preserve human remains
3. what does the term "provide" mean? - ANSWER to give for retention
4. what price ranges must be included on the CPL? - ANSWER adult, infant,
child, rental, and alt containers
5. what information regarding caskets must be on CPL? - ANSWER price,
thickness of metal/type of wood, interior, color
6. casket - ANSWER rigid container which is designed for the encasement of
human remains
7. rental casket - ANSWER specially designed device used to conceal a rental
casket insert for the purposes of viewing and/or other funeral ceremony
8. rental casket insert - ANSWER enclosure without ornamentation which has
an interior lining and is designed for the encasement of human remains
9. when can a casket be reused? - ANSWER never
10.what does "delivery of merchandise" mean? - ANSWER actual personal
delivery
11.what preneed arrangements are not required to be deposited in trust or
reported to the CFB? - ANSWER any where the client makes their own
deposits into a savings account
,12.how long does a funeral director have to REFUND trust funds? - ANSWER
15 days
13.what records must be kept for trust funds? - ANSWER individual contract,
ledger account, receipts, disbursements, portfolio of investments
14.what are the limitations on funeral directors that are unable to perform under
a trust contract? - ANSWER trustees pay all trust corpus and net income to
beneficiary, trustor or legal rep. no revocation fee allowed
15.what information must be included in the preneed trust agreement? -
ANSWER name and address of trustor, beneficiary, trustee(s), funeral
establishment (and phone #), serial number, SFGSS, guaranteed/non, that
trustees will pay, revocation fee, disclosures
16.what information regarding guarantee and non-guarantee trust components
must be provided to consumers? - ANSWER guaranteed - terms and
conditions limiting the guarantee
non-guaranteed - how the balance will be applied and that additional
payments/refund may be required
17.embalmer - ANSWER one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve
human remains by injection or external application of antiseptics,
disinfectants, or preservative fluids
18.apprentice embalmer - ANSWER person engaged in the study of embalming
under the instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer w/ 2 years
practical experience as a licensed embalmer
19.funeral director - ANSWER person engaged in or conducting of preparing
remains for burial or disposal, maintaining an establishment, or using the
title "funeral director", "undertaker", or "mortician"
20.funeral establishment - ANSWER place of business conducted in a building
devoted exclusively to those activities related to preparation and
arrangement for dispostion
21.trustee - ANSWER banking institution or trust company handling funds
22.trustor - ANSWER person who pays money
,23.beneficiary - ANSWER person for whom the services are arranged
24.corpus of the trust - ANSWER all monies paid and securities delivered by
trustor
25.where is the Funeral Directors & Embalmers Law found? - ANSWER
division 3, chapter 12 of B&P code
26.what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER
licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions
27.what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER
protection of the public
28.according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may
__________ relating to ____________. - ANSWER adopt & enforce rules
and regs; practice of embalming, business of funeral directing, sanitary
conditions for places of business, apprentices and students, scope of exams,
and carrying out provisions relating to peace, health, safety, welfare and
morals
29.what premises can the bureau inspect? - ANSWER those in which the
business of a funeral director is conducted, embalming is practiced, or
human remains stored
30.what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau? - ANSWER state
funeral directors & embalmers fund
31.the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to - ANSWER
officers of public institution or medical college, hospitals, casket sellers,
cemetery solely for the interment of human dead
32.where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - ANSWER
superior court of county of sacramento, county of residence of
plaintiff/petitioner, county where act occurred
33.what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment? - ANSWER
specific street address, storage room, prep room, managed by FDR,
establishment license
, 34.do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no, what
are the reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of
these rooms? - ANSWER no; common ownership or contractual agreement
within close geographical proximity
35.when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral
director? - ANSWER at all times
36.do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral
establishment? - ANSWER no
37.anyone using the words or title ________ in connection with his/her name
must be a ________________. - ANSWER "funeral director", "undertaker",
"mortician"; licensed funeral director
38.what other business can be conducted on the same premises as a funeral
establishment? - ANSWER ambulance service
39.does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed funeral
director to manage? - ANSWER no
40.the applicant for a funeral establishment license must be - ANSWER 18 y/o,
and shall not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for
denial of licensure under section 480
41.the applicant for a funeral director license must be - ANSWER 18 y/o,
possesses an AA or AS or equivalent, and shall not have committed any
crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under section 480
42.do licensed funeral directors have to be employed by a licensed funeral
establishment to conduct funerals? - ANSWER yes
43.does the applicant for the funeral director license have to be employed at a
funeral establishment? - ANSWER no
44.what subjects are covered on the funeral director exam? - ANSWER signs of
death, manner by which death may be determined, laws governing the prep,
burial, disposal of human remains, and the shipment of bodies dying from
infection/contagious diseases, local health and sanitary ordinances, and regs
relating to funeral directing & embalming
