CALIFORNIA CEMETERY MANAGER
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+ NEWLY UPDATED
2025
Cemetery Broker
✔✔ An individual who regularly deals in buying, selling, leasing, or
negotiating the sale or exchange of cemetery property or burial services—
either for themselves or on behalf of others (excluding rare or occasional
transactions).
Cemetery Salesperson
✔✔ A natural person employed by a cemetery broker to assist in selling,
buying, leasing, or listing cemetery property or interment services, including
negotiating such transactions.
Cemetery Manager
✔✔ A person responsible for operating, maintaining, or improving cemetery
grounds, overseeing burials, and ensuring the care and appearance of the
cemetery.
Crematory Manager
✔✔ An individual who manages or operates a crematory and is responsible for
activities related to its day-to-day functioning and upkeep.
Cemetery Licensee
✔✔ Refers to anyone licensed in the roles of cemetery broker, cemetery
manager, or cemetery salesperson.
Crematory Licensee
✔✔ A licensed person, partnership, or corporation authorized to operate a
crematory; also considered a cemetery licensee for the purpose of disciplinary
matters.
, 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has been revoked, suspended, on probation, or surrendered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.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+ NEWLY UPDATED
2025
Cemetery Broker
✔✔ An individual who regularly deals in buying, selling, leasing, or
negotiating the sale or exchange of cemetery property or burial services—
either for themselves or on behalf of others (excluding rare or occasional
transactions).
Cemetery Salesperson
✔✔ A natural person employed by a cemetery broker to assist in selling,
buying, leasing, or listing cemetery property or interment services, including
negotiating such transactions.
Cemetery Manager
✔✔ A person responsible for operating, maintaining, or improving cemetery
grounds, overseeing burials, and ensuring the care and appearance of the
cemetery.
Crematory Manager
✔✔ An individual who manages or operates a crematory and is responsible for
activities related to its day-to-day functioning and upkeep.
Cemetery Licensee
✔✔ Refers to anyone licensed in the roles of cemetery broker, cemetery
manager, or cemetery salesperson.
Crematory Licensee
✔✔ A licensed person, partnership, or corporation authorized to operate a
crematory; also considered a cemetery licensee for the purpose of disciplinary
matters.
, 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.
