FUNERAL: Final Exam-Mortuary Law
& Ethics Questions and All Correct
Answers 2026 Edition.
What does not apply to the right of custody of a dead body?
a. It's absolute
b. It's not absolute
c. Limited to disposition
d. May be revoked - Answer a. It's absolute
Which of the following best describes a dead human body?
a. must be a human being
b. must be deprived of life
c. not yet entirely disintegrated
d. all of the above describes a dead body - Answer d. all of the above describes a dead
human body
For what purpose is the next of kin given quasi-property rights in a dead body?
a. right to own property
b. right to pay for funeral services
c. right of disposition
d. right to purchase cemetery property - Answer c. right of disposition
The total and irreversible cessation of brain function as indicated by a flat EEG reading is? -
Answer brain death
The body of a dead human being, deprived of life, but not yet entirely disintegrated is? - Answer
corpse
Which of the following best describes a dead human body?
a. it is considered personal property
b. it is considered quasi property
c. it is considered constructive property
d. it is considered real property - Answer b. it is considered quasi property
,Which of the following are rights given for final disposition of a dead body?
a. right to give a funeral home constructive possession
b. right to control the funeral
c. act as trustee for the other survivors
d. all of the above are rights given - Answer d. all of the above are rights given
Which of the following are considered mutilation of a dead body?
a. unauthorized trimming or removal of a mustache, beard, hair, etc.
b. performing procedures other than that required for normal embalming
c. unauthorized or negligent embalming and/or restoration
d. all of the above are mutilation - Answer d. all of the above are mutilation
Mrs. Jones has requested that funeral home ABC take over the arrangements for her husband
from another funeral home because of unprofessionalism. When funeral ABC arrives to pick up
Mr. Jones, the funeral home refuses to allow the removal until they are paid. Which of the
following best describes this situation?
a. intestate
b. wrongful withholding
c. moral turpitude
d. none of the above - Answer b. wrongful withholding
What is it called when the next of kin has to take action to recover a dead body from a funeral
home? - Answer replevin
The physical possession of the dead human body. - Answer actual custody
Which of the following are problems that confront funeral directors and is apparently becoming
more commonplace in our mobile society in relationship to the right of disposition?
1. the duty of final disposition
2. the right to control the funeral and burial.
3. the duty to pay for the funeral and the final disposition
4. the duty to control the families - Answer 1, 2, and 3
Who has the first priority in the right to control the funeral and burial? - Answer deceased
Which describes the absence of all vital signs?
, a. brain death
b. clinical death
c. legal death
d. a and b
e. b and c - Answer e. b and c
Mr. Smith authorized anatomical donation the day before his death. The family refused to have
any organ or tissue donation. Does the family have the legal right to prevent any donation? -
Answer No
A contract which involves such personal knowledge, skills and confidence that it can only be
performed by the person with whom it is made; a contract whereby both parties should
recognize that any breach will usually cause anguish - Answer Personal service contract
For legal and medical purposes death is the sustained irreversible cessation of all functioning of
the brain including the brain stem. - Answer True
What is the purpose of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act? - Answer Gives first choice to the
deceased regarding anatomical donation
Which of the following has the right to control the funeral?
a. Personal representative
b. spouse
c. guardian
d. all of the above - Answer d. all of the above
When a funeral home is in possession of a dead human body, the funeral home has _____
custody. - Answer Actual
Which of the following applies to the party who has the right to control final disposition?
1. ability to convey custody to a funeral home
2. control the funeral
3. do that which is necessary to effect final disposition
4. acts as trustee for all survivors - Answer 1, 2, 3, and 4
Which describes the position of trust to a beneficiary - in funeral arrangements, the person who
has the right to control funeral does so on behalf of all survivors. - Answer Trustee
& Ethics Questions and All Correct
Answers 2026 Edition.
What does not apply to the right of custody of a dead body?
a. It's absolute
b. It's not absolute
c. Limited to disposition
d. May be revoked - Answer a. It's absolute
Which of the following best describes a dead human body?
a. must be a human being
b. must be deprived of life
c. not yet entirely disintegrated
d. all of the above describes a dead body - Answer d. all of the above describes a dead
human body
For what purpose is the next of kin given quasi-property rights in a dead body?
a. right to own property
b. right to pay for funeral services
c. right of disposition
d. right to purchase cemetery property - Answer c. right of disposition
The total and irreversible cessation of brain function as indicated by a flat EEG reading is? -
Answer brain death
The body of a dead human being, deprived of life, but not yet entirely disintegrated is? - Answer
corpse
Which of the following best describes a dead human body?
a. it is considered personal property
b. it is considered quasi property
c. it is considered constructive property
d. it is considered real property - Answer b. it is considered quasi property
,Which of the following are rights given for final disposition of a dead body?
a. right to give a funeral home constructive possession
b. right to control the funeral
c. act as trustee for the other survivors
d. all of the above are rights given - Answer d. all of the above are rights given
Which of the following are considered mutilation of a dead body?
a. unauthorized trimming or removal of a mustache, beard, hair, etc.
b. performing procedures other than that required for normal embalming
c. unauthorized or negligent embalming and/or restoration
d. all of the above are mutilation - Answer d. all of the above are mutilation
Mrs. Jones has requested that funeral home ABC take over the arrangements for her husband
from another funeral home because of unprofessionalism. When funeral ABC arrives to pick up
Mr. Jones, the funeral home refuses to allow the removal until they are paid. Which of the
following best describes this situation?
a. intestate
b. wrongful withholding
c. moral turpitude
d. none of the above - Answer b. wrongful withholding
What is it called when the next of kin has to take action to recover a dead body from a funeral
home? - Answer replevin
The physical possession of the dead human body. - Answer actual custody
Which of the following are problems that confront funeral directors and is apparently becoming
more commonplace in our mobile society in relationship to the right of disposition?
1. the duty of final disposition
2. the right to control the funeral and burial.
3. the duty to pay for the funeral and the final disposition
4. the duty to control the families - Answer 1, 2, and 3
Who has the first priority in the right to control the funeral and burial? - Answer deceased
Which describes the absence of all vital signs?
, a. brain death
b. clinical death
c. legal death
d. a and b
e. b and c - Answer e. b and c
Mr. Smith authorized anatomical donation the day before his death. The family refused to have
any organ or tissue donation. Does the family have the legal right to prevent any donation? -
Answer No
A contract which involves such personal knowledge, skills and confidence that it can only be
performed by the person with whom it is made; a contract whereby both parties should
recognize that any breach will usually cause anguish - Answer Personal service contract
For legal and medical purposes death is the sustained irreversible cessation of all functioning of
the brain including the brain stem. - Answer True
What is the purpose of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act? - Answer Gives first choice to the
deceased regarding anatomical donation
Which of the following has the right to control the funeral?
a. Personal representative
b. spouse
c. guardian
d. all of the above - Answer d. all of the above
When a funeral home is in possession of a dead human body, the funeral home has _____
custody. - Answer Actual
Which of the following applies to the party who has the right to control final disposition?
1. ability to convey custody to a funeral home
2. control the funeral
3. do that which is necessary to effect final disposition
4. acts as trustee for all survivors - Answer 1, 2, 3, and 4
Which describes the position of trust to a beneficiary - in funeral arrangements, the person who
has the right to control funeral does so on behalf of all survivors. - Answer Trustee
