California Funeral Director License
Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
/embalmer - Answer-one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains
by injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants, or preservative fluids
/.apprentice embalmer - Answer-person engaged in the study of embalming under the
instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer w/ 2 years practical experience as a
licensed embalmer
/.funeral director - Answer-person engaged in or conducting of preparing remains for
burial or disposal, maintaining an establishment, or using the title "funeral director",
"undertaker", or "mortician"
/.funeral establishment - Answer-place of business conducted in a building devoted
exclusively to those activities related to preparation and arrangement for dispostion
/.trustee - Answer-banking institution or trust company handling funds
/.trustor - Answer-person who pays money
/.beneficiary - Answer-person for whom the services are arranged
/.corpus of the trust - Answer-all monies paid and securities delivered by trustor
/.where is the Funeral Directors & Embalmers Law found? - Answer-division 3, chapter
12 of B&P code
/.what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau? - Answer-licensing,
regulatory, and disciplinary functions
/.what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau? - Answer-protection of
the public
/.according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may __________ relating
to ____________. - Answer-adopt & enforce rules and regs; practice of embalming,
business of funeral directing, sanitary conditions for places of business, apprentices and
students, scope of exams, and carrying out provisions relating to peace, health, safety,
welfare and morals
, /.what premises can the bureau inspect? - Answer-those in which the business of a
funeral director is conducted, embalming is practiced, or human remains stored
/.what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau? - Answer-state funeral directors
& embalmers fund
/.the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to - Answer-officers of public
institution or medical college, hospitals, casket sellers, cemetery solely for the interment
of human dead
/.where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - Answer-superior court of
county of sacramento, county of residence of plaintiff/petitioner, county where act
occurred
/.what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment? - Answer-specific
street address, storage room, prep room, managed by FDR, establishment license
/.do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no, what are the
reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of these rooms? -
Answer-no; common ownership or contractual agreement within close geographical
proximity
/.when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral director? -
Answer-at all times
/.do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral establishment? -
Answer-no
/.anyone using the words or title ________ in connection with his/her name must be a
________________. - Answer-"funeral director", "undertaker", "mortician"; licensed
funeral director
/.what other business can be conducted on the same premises as a funeral
establishment? - Answer-ambulance service
/.does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed funeral director to
manage? - Answer-no
/.the applicant for a funeral establishment license must be - Answer-18 y/o, and shall
not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under
section 480
/.the applicant for a funeral director license must be - Answer-18 y/o, possesses an AA
or AS or equivalent, and shall not have committed any crimes constituting grounds for
denial of licensure under section 480
Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
/embalmer - Answer-one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains
by injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants, or preservative fluids
/.apprentice embalmer - Answer-person engaged in the study of embalming under the
instruction and supervision of a licensed embalmer w/ 2 years practical experience as a
licensed embalmer
/.funeral director - Answer-person engaged in or conducting of preparing remains for
burial or disposal, maintaining an establishment, or using the title "funeral director",
"undertaker", or "mortician"
/.funeral establishment - Answer-place of business conducted in a building devoted
exclusively to those activities related to preparation and arrangement for dispostion
/.trustee - Answer-banking institution or trust company handling funds
/.trustor - Answer-person who pays money
/.beneficiary - Answer-person for whom the services are arranged
/.corpus of the trust - Answer-all monies paid and securities delivered by trustor
/.where is the Funeral Directors & Embalmers Law found? - Answer-division 3, chapter
12 of B&P code
/.what are the 3 functions of the cemetery and funeral bureau? - Answer-licensing,
regulatory, and disciplinary functions
/.what is the highest priority for the cemetery and funeral bureau? - Answer-protection of
the public
/.according to the CA administrative protection act, the bureau may __________ relating
to ____________. - Answer-adopt & enforce rules and regs; practice of embalming,
business of funeral directing, sanitary conditions for places of business, apprentices and
students, scope of exams, and carrying out provisions relating to peace, health, safety,
welfare and morals
, /.what premises can the bureau inspect? - Answer-those in which the business of a
funeral director is conducted, embalming is practiced, or human remains stored
/.what funds support the cemetery and funeral bureau? - Answer-state funeral directors
& embalmers fund
/.the funeral directors and embalmers law does not apply to - Answer-officers of public
institution or medical college, hospitals, casket sellers, cemetery solely for the interment
of human dead
/.where can lawsuits against the bureau be filed and tried? - Answer-superior court of
county of sacramento, county of residence of plaintiff/petitioner, county where act
occurred
/.what are the statutory requirements to be funeral establishment? - Answer-specific
street address, storage room, prep room, managed by FDR, establishment license
/.do all funeral establishments have to have a storage/prep room? if no, what are the
reqs for funeral establishments wishing to share either or both of these rooms? -
Answer-no; common ownership or contractual agreement within close geographical
proximity
/.when must a licensed funeral establishment employ a licensed funeral director? -
Answer-at all times
/.do prep/storage rooms have to be at the same location as the funeral establishment? -
Answer-no
/.anyone using the words or title ________ in connection with his/her name must be a
________________. - Answer-"funeral director", "undertaker", "mortician"; licensed
funeral director
/.what other business can be conducted on the same premises as a funeral
establishment? - Answer-ambulance service
/.does each funeral establishment have to have a separate licensed funeral director to
manage? - Answer-no
/.the applicant for a funeral establishment license must be - Answer-18 y/o, and shall
not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under
section 480
/.the applicant for a funeral director license must be - Answer-18 y/o, possesses an AA
or AS or equivalent, and shall not have committed any crimes constituting grounds for
denial of licensure under section 480
