CA Cemetery Manager Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
Question 1
Removal of Dedication
Correct Answer
Removal requires order and decree of the superior court of the county in which the
property is situated. Hearing notice to be published once a week for at least 3
consecutive weeks in daily newspaper of general circulation.
Question 2
Public Cemetery
Correct Answer
Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and county, or public cemetery
district
Question 3
Fraternal Cemetery
Correct Answer
A cemetery regulated by the Bureau that is owned, operated, controlled, or
managed by any fraternal organization in which the sale of cemetery space is
restricted principally to its members.
Question 4
Memorial Society
Correct Answer
A nonprofit organization that provides information about funerals and disposition
but is not part of the State-regulated funeral industry. May also be called a funeral
consumer alliance.
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,Question 5
Crematory Licensee
Correct Answer
Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and shall mean a cemetery
licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Question 6
Cemetery Services
Correct Answer
Opening and closing graves, crypts, or niches; setting grave liners and vaults; setting
markers; and long-term maintenance of cemetery grounds and facilities.
Question 7
Family Interment Plots
Correct Answer
Any unoccupied portions of the plot shall pass according to the laws of intestate
succession.
Order of succession:
- Owner
- Spouse
- Parents
- Children
- Spouse Child
- Next heirs
- Spouse of heirs
A survivor may waive right of interment. Right is terminated if buried elsewhere.
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, Question 8
Certificate of Authority Application
Correct Answer
Fill out application and pay fee, must have licensed cemetery manager, investigation
to be made of physical status, plans, specs and financing
Application shall include (among others):
- Application to planning commission for a cemetery use permit
- Declaration of dedication to cemetery purposes certified by county recorder
- Endowment care trust agreement executed by the board of directors of cemetery
authority
Question 9
Non-endowment Care Contracts
Correct Answer
At the head of all contracts shall be printed "The property described herein is
NONENDOWMENT CARE Interment Property" in minimum 10-point type with
NONENDOWMENT CARE in caps
Question 10
Displaying License
Correct Answer
Licenses for broker/salesperson must be prominently displayed in the office of the
broker. Once salesperson leave employ of broker, salesperson's license goes back to
bureau.
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Correct Answers
Question 1
Removal of Dedication
Correct Answer
Removal requires order and decree of the superior court of the county in which the
property is situated. Hearing notice to be published once a week for at least 3
consecutive weeks in daily newspaper of general circulation.
Question 2
Public Cemetery
Correct Answer
Cemetery owned and operated by a city, county, city and county, or public cemetery
district
Question 3
Fraternal Cemetery
Correct Answer
A cemetery regulated by the Bureau that is owned, operated, controlled, or
managed by any fraternal organization in which the sale of cemetery space is
restricted principally to its members.
Question 4
Memorial Society
Correct Answer
A nonprofit organization that provides information about funerals and disposition
but is not part of the State-regulated funeral industry. May also be called a funeral
consumer alliance.
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,Question 5
Crematory Licensee
Correct Answer
Corporation, partnership, or natural person licensed and shall mean a cemetery
licensee for purposes of disciplinary action
Question 6
Cemetery Services
Correct Answer
Opening and closing graves, crypts, or niches; setting grave liners and vaults; setting
markers; and long-term maintenance of cemetery grounds and facilities.
Question 7
Family Interment Plots
Correct Answer
Any unoccupied portions of the plot shall pass according to the laws of intestate
succession.
Order of succession:
- Owner
- Spouse
- Parents
- Children
- Spouse Child
- Next heirs
- Spouse of heirs
A survivor may waive right of interment. Right is terminated if buried elsewhere.
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, Question 8
Certificate of Authority Application
Correct Answer
Fill out application and pay fee, must have licensed cemetery manager, investigation
to be made of physical status, plans, specs and financing
Application shall include (among others):
- Application to planning commission for a cemetery use permit
- Declaration of dedication to cemetery purposes certified by county recorder
- Endowment care trust agreement executed by the board of directors of cemetery
authority
Question 9
Non-endowment Care Contracts
Correct Answer
At the head of all contracts shall be printed "The property described herein is
NONENDOWMENT CARE Interment Property" in minimum 10-point type with
NONENDOWMENT CARE in caps
Question 10
Displaying License
Correct Answer
Licenses for broker/salesperson must be prominently displayed in the office of the
broker. Once salesperson leave employ of broker, salesperson's license goes back to
bureau.
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