STUDY GUIDE 2026 EXAMINATION TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS ANSWERS
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⩥ What is Cremation? What is the difference between a Crematory and
Direct Cremation Facility?.
Answer: Cremation: reducing human remains to bone fragments with
heat and evaporation
Crematory: area housing chamber for cremation and the holding facility
Direct Cremation Facility: place with a specific address devoted to direct
cremation; only cremation; no services held
⩥ Funeral Directors do _____?.
Answer: Prepare or contract embalming, cremation, burial or disposal/
funerals
OR
Direct and supervise funerals, burials, cremations, or dispositions of the
dead
, ⩥ Exclusions to the International Conference of Funeral Service
Examining Boards are _______?.
Answer: People who shroud the dead
Cemetery employees who only work in the cemetery
Federal institutions
Offices of the U.S. Armed Forces
Native Indian pursuant
⩥ What are the duties of a Funeral Director who obtains unclaimed
remains thought to be a veteran?.
Answer: 1. Report the name to the Department of Veteran Services
within a year
2. (After receiving a report from the Department of Veteran Services
saying remains are a veteran); Arrange disposition with: national or
veteran cemetery, Department of Veteran Services
⩥ What is the Nevada Funeral and Cemetery Board?.
Answer: Two active directors or embalmers
One active crematory operator
One cemetery or direct cremation facility operator
Three people not affiliated with the funeral business
⩥ How often can the Board call for an inspection?.