PENNSYLVANIA FUNERAL DIRECTOR TEST
BANK 2026 COMPLETE EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ 'Board'. Answer: The State Board of Funeral Directors of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth.
⩥ Bureau. Answer: The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
of the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
⩥ Commissioner. Answer: The Commissioner of Professional and
Occupational Affairs of the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
⩥ 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 (63 P. S. § 479.9(c)).
⩥ 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. Answer: A contract executed between a
consumer and a 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: business corporation formed
under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code) and authorized
under the act.
⩥ What are the General Requirements for licensure?. Answer: (21 years
of age or older, of good moral character and shall present satisfactory
evidence to the Board that the applicant has satisfied the educational and
training requirements of the act and this chapter.pass a combined oral,
, practical and written examination. A limited exception will be the
granting of a restricted license to estates, widow's or widower's of
deceased funeral directors.
⩥ What is the initial registration fee for student trainee?. Answer: $25
⩥ What is the Annual registration fee for student trainee?. Answer: $15
⩥ What is the Initial registration fee for resident intern?. Answer: $25
⩥ What is the initial registration fee for preceptor or change?. Answer:
$25
⩥ What is the initial license fee for funeral director?. Answer: $25
⩥ What is the initial license fee for restricted business corporation,
professional corporation, partnership or shared funeral establishment?.
Answer: $150
⩥ What is the initial license fee for estate or widow, sole proprietorship
or branch office?. Answer: $125
⩥ What is the initial registration fee for supervisor?. Answer: $25
BANK 2026 COMPLETE EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ 'Board'. Answer: The State Board of Funeral Directors of the
Department of State of the Commonwealth.
⩥ Bureau. Answer: The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs
of the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
⩥ Commissioner. Answer: The Commissioner of Professional and
Occupational Affairs of the Department of State of the Commonwealth.
⩥ 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 (63 P. S. § 479.9(c)).
⩥ 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. Answer: A contract executed between a
consumer and a 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: business corporation formed
under 15 Pa.C.S. (relating to the Associations Code) and authorized
under the act.
⩥ What are the General Requirements for licensure?. Answer: (21 years
of age or older, of good moral character and shall present satisfactory
evidence to the Board that the applicant has satisfied the educational and
training requirements of the act and this chapter.pass a combined oral,
, practical and written examination. A limited exception will be the
granting of a restricted license to estates, widow's or widower's of
deceased funeral directors.
⩥ What is the initial registration fee for student trainee?. Answer: $25
⩥ What is the Annual registration fee for student trainee?. Answer: $15
⩥ What is the Initial registration fee for resident intern?. Answer: $25
⩥ What is the initial registration fee for preceptor or change?. Answer:
$25
⩥ What is the initial license fee for funeral director?. Answer: $25
⩥ What is the initial license fee for restricted business corporation,
professional corporation, partnership or shared funeral establishment?.
Answer: $150
⩥ What is the initial license fee for estate or widow, sole proprietorship
or branch office?. Answer: $125
⩥ What is the initial registration fee for supervisor?. Answer: $25
