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SOUTH CAROLINA FUNERAL LAW ACTUAL EXAM| ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+ |
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In order to be classified a funeral home, how many caskets must be displayed? - CORRECT
ANSWER Six Adult Caskets
To be a funeral home manager, how long must a licensed funeral director be licensed in
South Carolina? - CORRECT ANSWER One Year
No permit to operate a funeral home may be issued to a corporation, partnership, or
individual when what occurs? This does not apply to established funeral homes existing
prior to July 1, 1969. - CORRECT ANSWER The name of an unlicensed person appears in
the name of the corporation, partnership, or individually owned business.
The board shall employ an inspector who must be a licensed embalmer and funeral director
with not fewer than _______ consecutive years' experience as a licensee. - CORRECT
ANSWER five
How many months of of service must an apprentice finish under the direct supervision of a
licensed funeral director to be eligible to become a licensed funeral director and or
embalmer? - CORRECT ANSWER Twenty-Four Months
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No license may be issued or renewed for a period exceeding how many years? - CORRECT
ANSWER Two Years
A prep room must have a ventilating system that is screened and has an air exchange of
how many times per hour to the outside? - CORRECT ANSWER 12 times
How many caskets must be displayed to pass inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER Six adult
caskets on the premises displayed or available for display in conjunction with the display of
cut-away caskets, an online kiosk or other means of funeral merchandise display.
Common Trust Fund - CORRECT ANSWER A trust in which the proceeds of more than
one funeral contract may be held by the trustee.
Preneed Funeral Contract - CORRECT ANSWER A contract which has for its purpose the
furnishings or performance of funeral services or the furnishing or delivery of personal
property, merchandise, or services of any nature in connection with the final disposition of a
dead human body to be furnished or delivered at a time determinable by the death of the
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person whose body is to be disposed of, but does not mean the furnishing of a cemetery lot,
crypt, niche, mausoleum, grave marker or monument.
Trust Account - CORRECT ANSWER A federally insured account where the funds shall be
paid to a provider only when the provider furnishes the financial institution with a certified
certificate of death and a certified statement that the services have been performed and the
merchandise has been delivered.
Selling a vault preneed - CORRECT ANSWER One hundred percent of funds received by
the seller at the time of payment must be held as trust funds and deposited in a financial
institution. All of the interest, dividends, increases, or accretions of whatever nature earned
by the funds deposited in a trust account must remain with the principal of the account and
become part of it.
Preneed Trust Fund After Death - CORRECT ANSWER The principal and all accrued
earnings must be applied to the cost in effect at the time of death of the services and
merchandise specified in the contract. A shortfall in the funds must be paid by the next of
kin or the estate of the beneficiary and any excess must be refunded to the estate of the
beneficiary.
Guaranteed Preneed Contract - CORRECT ANSWER The provider may enter into a
contract and guarantee to provide services and merchandise in accordance with a preneed
funeral contract in the future at no additional cost to the purchaser when the full contract
price amount is paid to the provider. After the death of the beneficiary of a guaranteed-price
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contract, the principal and all accrued earnings must be paid to the provider to cover the
costs in effect at the time of death of the services and merchandise specified in the contract.
The funds must not be paid by the financial institution until a ___________ and a
___________ that all of the terms and conditions of the agreements have been fully
performed are furnished by the provider to the financial institution. - CORRECT ANSWER
certified death certificate; certified statement
All contracts must be in writing, and a contract form must not be used without prior approval
of the __________. - CORRECT ANSWER department
All funds received from preneed contracts must be placed where?
- CORRECT ANSWER Federally Insured Account
What type of trust(s) may a trustee establish for preneed contracts? - CORRECT ANSWER
The trustee may establish an individual trust for each contract or a common trust fund with a
financial institution that would maintain accounting for each individual deposit and furnish a
quarterly report to the provider.
The trustee has the authority to _______, but the trustee must notify the purchaser or the
beneficiary of a deceased purchaser with thirty days afterwards. - CORRECT ANSWER
transfer trust funds from one financial institution to another
SOUTH CAROLINA FUNERAL LAW ACTUAL EXAM| ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+ |
| BRAND NEW PDF
In order to be classified a funeral home, how many caskets must be displayed? - CORRECT
ANSWER Six Adult Caskets
To be a funeral home manager, how long must a licensed funeral director be licensed in
South Carolina? - CORRECT ANSWER One Year
No permit to operate a funeral home may be issued to a corporation, partnership, or
individual when what occurs? This does not apply to established funeral homes existing
prior to July 1, 1969. - CORRECT ANSWER The name of an unlicensed person appears in
the name of the corporation, partnership, or individually owned business.
The board shall employ an inspector who must be a licensed embalmer and funeral director
with not fewer than _______ consecutive years' experience as a licensee. - CORRECT
ANSWER five
How many months of of service must an apprentice finish under the direct supervision of a
licensed funeral director to be eligible to become a licensed funeral director and or
embalmer? - CORRECT ANSWER Twenty-Four Months
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No license may be issued or renewed for a period exceeding how many years? - CORRECT
ANSWER Two Years
A prep room must have a ventilating system that is screened and has an air exchange of
how many times per hour to the outside? - CORRECT ANSWER 12 times
How many caskets must be displayed to pass inspection? - CORRECT ANSWER Six adult
caskets on the premises displayed or available for display in conjunction with the display of
cut-away caskets, an online kiosk or other means of funeral merchandise display.
Common Trust Fund - CORRECT ANSWER A trust in which the proceeds of more than
one funeral contract may be held by the trustee.
Preneed Funeral Contract - CORRECT ANSWER A contract which has for its purpose the
furnishings or performance of funeral services or the furnishing or delivery of personal
property, merchandise, or services of any nature in connection with the final disposition of a
dead human body to be furnished or delivered at a time determinable by the death of the
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person whose body is to be disposed of, but does not mean the furnishing of a cemetery lot,
crypt, niche, mausoleum, grave marker or monument.
Trust Account - CORRECT ANSWER A federally insured account where the funds shall be
paid to a provider only when the provider furnishes the financial institution with a certified
certificate of death and a certified statement that the services have been performed and the
merchandise has been delivered.
Selling a vault preneed - CORRECT ANSWER One hundred percent of funds received by
the seller at the time of payment must be held as trust funds and deposited in a financial
institution. All of the interest, dividends, increases, or accretions of whatever nature earned
by the funds deposited in a trust account must remain with the principal of the account and
become part of it.
Preneed Trust Fund After Death - CORRECT ANSWER The principal and all accrued
earnings must be applied to the cost in effect at the time of death of the services and
merchandise specified in the contract. A shortfall in the funds must be paid by the next of
kin or the estate of the beneficiary and any excess must be refunded to the estate of the
beneficiary.
Guaranteed Preneed Contract - CORRECT ANSWER The provider may enter into a
contract and guarantee to provide services and merchandise in accordance with a preneed
funeral contract in the future at no additional cost to the purchaser when the full contract
price amount is paid to the provider. After the death of the beneficiary of a guaranteed-price
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contract, the principal and all accrued earnings must be paid to the provider to cover the
costs in effect at the time of death of the services and merchandise specified in the contract.
The funds must not be paid by the financial institution until a ___________ and a
___________ that all of the terms and conditions of the agreements have been fully
performed are furnished by the provider to the financial institution. - CORRECT ANSWER
certified death certificate; certified statement
All contracts must be in writing, and a contract form must not be used without prior approval
of the __________. - CORRECT ANSWER department
All funds received from preneed contracts must be placed where?
- CORRECT ANSWER Federally Insured Account
What type of trust(s) may a trustee establish for preneed contracts? - CORRECT ANSWER
The trustee may establish an individual trust for each contract or a common trust fund with a
financial institution that would maintain accounting for each individual deposit and furnish a
quarterly report to the provider.
The trustee has the authority to _______, but the trustee must notify the purchaser or the
beneficiary of a deceased purchaser with thirty days afterwards. - CORRECT ANSWER
transfer trust funds from one financial institution to another
