PENNSYLVANIA FUNERAL DIRECTOR
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Funeral entity. Answer: A restricted business corporation, professional
corporation, pre-1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship,
widow, widower, or estate authorized by the Board to practice the
profession of funeral director
⩥ Funeral establishment. Answer: A place or premise approved by the
Board wherein a licensed funeral director conducts the professional
practice of funeral directing, including the preparation, care, and funeral
services for the human dead
⩥ Hour of continuing education. Answer: Sixty minutes of actual
instruction in an approved course of continuing education
⩥ Licensed funeral director. Answer: An individual who has met the
educational requirements and passed the examinations required by the
act
⩥ Limited license. Answer: A license issued by the Board that authorizes
a person licensed to practice funeral directing in a reciprocal state to
practice funeral directing in this Commonwealth in accordance with
section 9(c) of the act
,⩥ Preceptor. Answer: A licensed funeral director under or with whom a
resident intern is registered and operates
⩥ Premises. Answer: The property on which the funeral establishment is
located which consists of a tract of land not intersected by a public
highway or thoroughfare
⩥ Prepaid burial account. Answer: An account in which moneys are
deposited by the funeral director during the lifetime of an individual in
accordance with a contract executed between the parties for funeral
merchandise and services to be performed and delivered at a future time
⩥ Prepaid burial contract (or "preneed agreement"). Answer: A contract
executed between a consumer and licensed funeral director which
provides that the funeral director will provide funeral merchandise and
render services to the consumer upon the consumer's death or the death
of another designated individual and for which the consumer pays to the
funeral director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time prior to
the rendition of these services
⩥ Profession. Answer: The aggregate of all funeral service licensees and
their duties and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral
directors licensed under the act
, ⩥ Reciprocal state. Answer: The District of Columbia or a state or
territory of the United States of America whose agency that is authorized
to license persons to practice the profession of funeral director in that
jurisdiction has entered into an agreement with the Board under which
persons licensed in that jurisdiction may receive a limited license in this
Commonwealth
⩥ Restricted business corporation. Answer: A business corporation
formed under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code) and
authorized under the act
⩥ Supervisor. Answer: A licensed funeral director employed on a full-
time basis to supervise the professional activities of a licensed estate,
widow, business corporation, pre-1935 restricted business corporation,
professional corporation, or branch place of practice under any of the
foregoing, as defined in the act
⩥ General requirements for licensure. Answer: 21 or older
Of good moral character
Has satisfied the educational and training requirements of the act
Shall pass a combined oral, practical, and written examination (with
limited exceptions)
Shall complete at least 3 hours of training in child abuse recognition and
reporting
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Funeral entity. Answer: A restricted business corporation, professional
corporation, pre-1935 corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship,
widow, widower, or estate authorized by the Board to practice the
profession of funeral director
⩥ Funeral establishment. Answer: A place or premise approved by the
Board wherein a licensed funeral director conducts the professional
practice of funeral directing, including the preparation, care, and funeral
services for the human dead
⩥ Hour of continuing education. Answer: Sixty minutes of actual
instruction in an approved course of continuing education
⩥ Licensed funeral director. Answer: An individual who has met the
educational requirements and passed the examinations required by the
act
⩥ Limited license. Answer: A license issued by the Board that authorizes
a person licensed to practice funeral directing in a reciprocal state to
practice funeral directing in this Commonwealth in accordance with
section 9(c) of the act
,⩥ Preceptor. Answer: A licensed funeral director under or with whom a
resident intern is registered and operates
⩥ Premises. Answer: The property on which the funeral establishment is
located which consists of a tract of land not intersected by a public
highway or thoroughfare
⩥ Prepaid burial account. Answer: An account in which moneys are
deposited by the funeral director during the lifetime of an individual in
accordance with a contract executed between the parties for funeral
merchandise and services to be performed and delivered at a future time
⩥ Prepaid burial contract (or "preneed agreement"). Answer: A contract
executed between a consumer and licensed funeral director which
provides that the funeral director will provide funeral merchandise and
render services to the consumer upon the consumer's death or the death
of another designated individual and for which the consumer pays to the
funeral director moneys at the time of the contract or at a time prior to
the rendition of these services
⩥ Profession. Answer: The aggregate of all funeral service licensees and
their duties and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as funeral
directors licensed under the act
, ⩥ Reciprocal state. Answer: The District of Columbia or a state or
territory of the United States of America whose agency that is authorized
to license persons to practice the profession of funeral director in that
jurisdiction has entered into an agreement with the Board under which
persons licensed in that jurisdiction may receive a limited license in this
Commonwealth
⩥ Restricted business corporation. Answer: A business corporation
formed under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code) and
authorized under the act
⩥ Supervisor. Answer: A licensed funeral director employed on a full-
time basis to supervise the professional activities of a licensed estate,
widow, business corporation, pre-1935 restricted business corporation,
professional corporation, or branch place of practice under any of the
foregoing, as defined in the act
⩥ General requirements for licensure. Answer: 21 or older
Of good moral character
Has satisfied the educational and training requirements of the act
Shall pass a combined oral, practical, and written examination (with
limited exceptions)
Shall complete at least 3 hours of training in child abuse recognition and
reporting
