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CA CREMATORY MANAGER EXAM -
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Define "Interment" - Correct answer-The disposition of human remains
by entombment or burial in a cemetery or, in the case of cremated
remains, by inurnment, placement or burial in a cemetery, or burial at
sea.
2. Removing any part of any human remains from any place where it has
been interred, or from where it is awaiting interment, cremation, or
hydrolysis, with intent to sell it or to dissect it, without authority of law, or
written permission of the person or persons having the right to control
the remains, or with malice or wantonness is punishable by - Correct
answer-Imprisonment
3. Can crematory/hydrolysis employees remove foreign materials,
pacemakers, or prostheses from cremated remains or hydrolyzed
human remains? - Correct answer-Yes
4. Can crematory/hydrolysis employees remove dental gold or silver,
jewelry, or mementos? - Correct answer-Yes, if the equipment cannot
process these materials.
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5. What must you do with any dental gold/silver, jewelry or mementos that
you remove? - Correct answer-They must be returned to the
urn/cremated remains container/hydrolyzed remains container, unless
otherwise directed by the 7100 rights holder.
6. Do you need specific written permission to remove dental gold/silver,
jewelry or mementos from human remains? - Correct answer-Yes, from
the 7100 rights holder. Otherwise you can be punished by imprisonment.
(Residue containing dental gold/silver or other precious metals that
cannot be removed from the chamber is not a violation.)
7. If you detain human remains/fail to release human remains, personal
effects, or any certificate or permit required upon the delivery of
authorization for release signed by the next of kin/someone entitled to
custody of the remains, you are guilty of what? - Correct answer-A
misdemeanor.
8. Can you remove cremated/hydrolyzed remains from the place of
cremation/hydrolysis if they are not suitable for inurnment? - Correct
answer-No.
9. What should you include on a contract for cremation or hydrolysis
services? - Correct answer-Specific written notification of the processing
that takes place.
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10. How should a recognizable dead human fetus of less than 20 weeks
gestation be disposed of, if not be interment? - Correct answer-
Incineration
11. How shall cremated/hydrolyzed remains be removed from the place
of cremation/hydrolysis? - Correct answer-In a durable container, and
kept on the property of the 7100 rights holder, someone with their
permission, or a church/religious shrine (with their permission).
12. What must occur for cremated/hydrolyzed remains to be kept in a
keepsake urn? - Correct answer-They must be authorized by 7100 rights
holder, a permit must be issued for each keepsake urn (designating the
home address of each persons receiving an urn) and a permit fee must
be paid.
13. How big is a keepsake urn? - Correct answer-It contains not more
than 1 cubic centimeter of cremated/hydrolyzed remains.
14. What should you do prior to disposition of cremated/hydrolyzed
remains? - Correct answer-1) Remove the cremated/hydrolyzed remains
from the place of cremation/hydrolysis in a durable container.
2) Keep them in a durable container.
3) Store them in a safe place free from exposure to the elements.
CA CREMATORY MANAGER EXAM -
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Define "Interment" - Correct answer-The disposition of human remains
by entombment or burial in a cemetery or, in the case of cremated
remains, by inurnment, placement or burial in a cemetery, or burial at
sea.
2. Removing any part of any human remains from any place where it has
been interred, or from where it is awaiting interment, cremation, or
hydrolysis, with intent to sell it or to dissect it, without authority of law, or
written permission of the person or persons having the right to control
the remains, or with malice or wantonness is punishable by - Correct
answer-Imprisonment
3. Can crematory/hydrolysis employees remove foreign materials,
pacemakers, or prostheses from cremated remains or hydrolyzed
human remains? - Correct answer-Yes
4. Can crematory/hydrolysis employees remove dental gold or silver,
jewelry, or mementos? - Correct answer-Yes, if the equipment cannot
process these materials.
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5. What must you do with any dental gold/silver, jewelry or mementos that
you remove? - Correct answer-They must be returned to the
urn/cremated remains container/hydrolyzed remains container, unless
otherwise directed by the 7100 rights holder.
6. Do you need specific written permission to remove dental gold/silver,
jewelry or mementos from human remains? - Correct answer-Yes, from
the 7100 rights holder. Otherwise you can be punished by imprisonment.
(Residue containing dental gold/silver or other precious metals that
cannot be removed from the chamber is not a violation.)
7. If you detain human remains/fail to release human remains, personal
effects, or any certificate or permit required upon the delivery of
authorization for release signed by the next of kin/someone entitled to
custody of the remains, you are guilty of what? - Correct answer-A
misdemeanor.
8. Can you remove cremated/hydrolyzed remains from the place of
cremation/hydrolysis if they are not suitable for inurnment? - Correct
answer-No.
9. What should you include on a contract for cremation or hydrolysis
services? - Correct answer-Specific written notification of the processing
that takes place.
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10. How should a recognizable dead human fetus of less than 20 weeks
gestation be disposed of, if not be interment? - Correct answer-
Incineration
11. How shall cremated/hydrolyzed remains be removed from the place
of cremation/hydrolysis? - Correct answer-In a durable container, and
kept on the property of the 7100 rights holder, someone with their
permission, or a church/religious shrine (with their permission).
12. What must occur for cremated/hydrolyzed remains to be kept in a
keepsake urn? - Correct answer-They must be authorized by 7100 rights
holder, a permit must be issued for each keepsake urn (designating the
home address of each persons receiving an urn) and a permit fee must
be paid.
13. How big is a keepsake urn? - Correct answer-It contains not more
than 1 cubic centimeter of cremated/hydrolyzed remains.
14. What should you do prior to disposition of cremated/hydrolyzed
remains? - Correct answer-1) Remove the cremated/hydrolyzed remains
from the place of cremation/hydrolysis in a durable container.
2) Keep them in a durable container.
3) Store them in a safe place free from exposure to the elements.
