California Cemetery Manager Exam
questions and answers 2026\2027 A+
Grade
Cemetery Broker
- correct answer A person who, other than in reference to an occasional sale, sells, or offers for sale,
buys or offers to buy, lists, leases or offers to lease, or solicits, or negotiates the purchase or sale, lease
or exchange of cemetery property or interment services, or interest therein, for his or her own account
or for another
Cemetery Salesperson
- correct answer Natural person who, other than in reference to an occasional sale, is employed by a
cemetery broker to sell, or offer for sale, list or offer to list, or to buy, or to offer to buy, or to lease, or to
solicit, or to negotiate the purchase or sale or lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment
services, or any interest therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Manager
- correct answer Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out as engaged in those
activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining, operating or improving a cemetery, interment of
human remains, and the care, preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property
Crematory Manager
- correct answer Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out as engaged in those
activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining, or operating a crematory
Cemetery Licensee
- correct answer Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or cemetery manager
, Crematory Licensee
- correct answer Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and shall mean a cemetery
licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Crematory Remains Disposer
- correct answer Person who, for his or her own account or for another, disposes of, or offers to dispose
of, cremated human remains by scattering over or on land or sea
Public Cemetery
- correct answer Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and county, or public cemetery
district
Non Applicable Cemeteries
- correct answer Religious, public, and any private or fraternal burial park under 10 acres established
prior to Sept 19, 19392
Cemetery Information Disclosed
- correct answer Owner of each cemetery, the name of the cemetery, the business address of the
cemetery owner, and the physical address of the cemetery
Employees with License Issues
- correct answer Manager shall inform bureau within 30 days of being informed of any employee with a
previous license that has been revoked, suspended, on probation, or surrendered
Annual Cemetery Report
- correct answer On or before June 1, or within five months after close of their fiscal year including
number of square feet of grave space and the number of crypts and niches sold or disposed of under
endowment care, amount deposited in endowment care fund, statement showing separately the total
amount of general and special endowment care funds, and use of endowment care funds
Annual Audit Report
- correct answer Signed by CPA or public accountant, includes inspection, review, and audit of the
general purpose financial statements of the endowment care fund and special care fund, which shall
include the balance sheet, the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance. 30
day extension possible. Change in trustee must be reports within 30 days. Change from calendar to fiscal
reporting as long as reporting period does not exceed one year. Filed with county clerk.
questions and answers 2026\2027 A+
Grade
Cemetery Broker
- correct answer A person who, other than in reference to an occasional sale, sells, or offers for sale,
buys or offers to buy, lists, leases or offers to lease, or solicits, or negotiates the purchase or sale, lease
or exchange of cemetery property or interment services, or interest therein, for his or her own account
or for another
Cemetery Salesperson
- correct answer Natural person who, other than in reference to an occasional sale, is employed by a
cemetery broker to sell, or offer for sale, list or offer to list, or to buy, or to offer to buy, or to lease, or to
solicit, or to negotiate the purchase or sale or lease or exchange of cemetery property or interment
services, or any interest therein, for his or her own account or for another
Cemetery Manager
- correct answer Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out as engaged in those
activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining, operating or improving a cemetery, interment of
human remains, and the care, preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property
Crematory Manager
- correct answer Person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out as engaged in those
activities involved in, or incidental to, the maintaining, or operating a crematory
Cemetery Licensee
- correct answer Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or cemetery manager
, Crematory Licensee
- correct answer Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and shall mean a cemetery
licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Crematory Remains Disposer
- correct answer Person who, for his or her own account or for another, disposes of, or offers to dispose
of, cremated human remains by scattering over or on land or sea
Public Cemetery
- correct answer Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and county, or public cemetery
district
Non Applicable Cemeteries
- correct answer Religious, public, and any private or fraternal burial park under 10 acres established
prior to Sept 19, 19392
Cemetery Information Disclosed
- correct answer Owner of each cemetery, the name of the cemetery, the business address of the
cemetery owner, and the physical address of the cemetery
Employees with License Issues
- correct answer Manager shall inform bureau within 30 days of being informed of any employee with a
previous license that has been revoked, suspended, on probation, or surrendered
Annual Cemetery Report
- correct answer On or before June 1, or within five months after close of their fiscal year including
number of square feet of grave space and the number of crypts and niches sold or disposed of under
endowment care, amount deposited in endowment care fund, statement showing separately the total
amount of general and special endowment care funds, and use of endowment care funds
Annual Audit Report
- correct answer Signed by CPA or public accountant, includes inspection, review, and audit of the
general purpose financial statements of the endowment care fund and special care fund, which shall
include the balance sheet, the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance. 30
day extension possible. Change in trustee must be reports within 30 days. Change from calendar to fiscal
reporting as long as reporting period does not exceed one year. Filed with county clerk.
