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Mortuary Law EXAMS WITH |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




CORRECT ANSWERS |||\\\




No control over who may or may not attend the funeral - correct answer✔✔Rights of the
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party having priority for disposition of the body include all of the following EXCEPT
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Select one: |||\\\




A. No control over who may or may not attend the funeral.
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B. Effect final disposition.
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C. Elect not to notify other family of death.
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D. Convey custody of the body to the funeral director
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surviving spouse - correct answer✔✔Of the following, the paramount right of final disposition
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lies with the |||\\\ |||\\\




Select one: |||\\\




A. funeral director
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B. eldest child
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C. administrator of the estate
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D. surviving spouse
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I., II., III., and IV - correct answer✔✔Which of the following factors WILL be considered and
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weighed to determine how to dispose of a dead human body? I. wishes of the decedent, II.
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desires of the surviving spouse or next-of-kin, III. public interests, and/or IV. laws regulating the
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disposition of human remains. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




constructive - correct answer✔✔When a person DOES NOT have physical possession of a dead |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




human body, but this person has the right to demand the return of the body from another
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,party who has physical possession of the dead body, this person is said to have __________
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custody.



True - correct answer✔✔A spouse will legally lose the right to control final disposition of one's
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husband or wife when the spouses are legally divorced. True or False?
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spouse - correct answer✔✔According to mortuary law, which of the following WOULD NOT be
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considered a next-of-kin?
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Select one: |||\\\




A. daughter |||\\\




B. brother |||\\\




C. mother |||\\\




D. spouse |||\\\




common law, constitutional law, statutory law, police power, administrative law, ordinance, |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




case law, stare decisis - correct answer✔✔In order from bottom to top, which of the following
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is the CORRECT description of the "Pyramid of Law"?
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True - correct answer✔✔The requirement by certain states that funeral directors and
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embalmers be licensed by a state licensing authority is an example of the police power of that |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




state. True or False? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




True - correct answer✔✔In a situation where the only next of kin of a decedent are his father
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and a brother, and assuming both parties are legally competent, the father would normally
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have more right to control the funeral arrangements than would the deceased's brother. True
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or False? |||\\\




administrator of the hospital - correct answer✔✔Mr. Washington died in the emergency room |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




with no family member present. He died leaving a will with his accountant to transact the will.
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Also, in the will Mr. Washington indicated he wanted to be cremated with a memorial service
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, and during the arrangement conference his second wife expressed she wanted a traditional
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funeral service with ground burial. The children from the first marriage objected and wanted to
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honor the father's wishes for cremation. In this situation, who was responsible for notifying
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the proper authorities?
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False - correct answer✔✔A person in charge of the final disposition of a dead human body is
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under a legal obligation to notify immediate family members and friends that that person had
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died and to disclose all funeral arrangements. True or False?
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mortuary law - correct answer✔✔That distinct branch of law which is related to matters |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




growing out of and concerned with the disposal of the dead is the definition of |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




quasi-property theory - correct answer✔✔The currently accepted theory in the U.S. legal |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




system in regards to the status of a dead human body as property is the
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administrative - correct answer✔✔Rules and regulations written by the Federal Trade |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Commission which have the effect of law are called ____________ laws. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




executor - correct answer✔✔Mr. Jones died in the emergency room with no family member |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




present. He died leaving a will with his accountant to transact the will. Also, in the will Mr.
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Jones indicated he wanted to be cremated with a memorial service and during the
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arrangement conference his second wife expressed she wanted a traditional funeral service |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




with ground burial. The children from the first marriage objected and wanted to honor the
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father's wishes for cremation. In the will the accountant would be legally defined as the _____
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of the will.
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the daughter who is 20 years old - correct answer✔✔Of the following survivors, who has the
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primary right of final disposition? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Select one: |||\\\




A. the daughter who is 20 years old
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B. the brother who is 55 years old
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