CA CREMATORY MANAGER TEST
2026 FUNERAL SERVICE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Cemetery Salesperson.
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.
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.
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.
,Answer: Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or cemetery
manager
◉ Crematory Licensee.
Answer: Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and shall
mean a cemetery licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
◉ Crematory Remains Disposer.
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.
Answer: Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and
county, or public cemetery district
◉ Non Applicable Cemeteries.
Answer: Religious, public, and any private or fraternal burial park under
10 acres established prior to Sept 19, 19392
◉ Cemetery Information Disclosed.
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.
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of any employee with a previous license that has been revoked,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.
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.
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.
◉ Annual Audit Penalties.
Answer: $400 fine per month (up to 5 months) for a late report. Failure
to pay within 15 days shall be cause for disciplinary action.
◉ Endowment Care Examination.
2026 FUNERAL SERVICE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Cemetery Salesperson.
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.
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.
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.
,Answer: Any cemetery broker, cemetery salesperson, or cemetery
manager
◉ Crematory Licensee.
Answer: Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and shall
mean a cemetery licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
◉ Crematory Remains Disposer.
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.
Answer: Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and
county, or public cemetery district
◉ Non Applicable Cemeteries.
Answer: Religious, public, and any private or fraternal burial park under
10 acres established prior to Sept 19, 19392
◉ Cemetery Information Disclosed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
◉ Annual Audit Penalties.
Answer: $400 fine per month (up to 5 months) for a late report. Failure
to pay within 15 days shall be cause for disciplinary action.
◉ Endowment Care Examination.
