ALABAMA STATE LAW EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course o
f instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which
gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited to, the following: -
ANSWER>-accredited school
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course o
f instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which
gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited to, the following: -
ANSWER>-COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
a. Mortuary management and administration.
b. Legal medicine and toxicology as it pertains to funeral directing.
c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science.
d. Mortuary science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color
harmony; discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative art; f
uneral management; and professional ethics.
e. Anatomy and physiology.
f. Chemistry, organic and inorganic.
g. Pathology.
h. Bacteriology.
i. Sanitation and hygiene.
j. Public health regulations.
k. Other courses of instruction in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the Alabama Board of
Funeral Service. - ANSWER>-Fundamental Subjects
The technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments using heat, water, and chemical
agents. - ANSWER>-Alkaline hydrolysis
That funeral service educational organization which is an agency granted official recognition by the Uni
ted States Secretary of Education and which is composed of members representing the American Asso
ciation of College of Mortuary Science, the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Board of the Unit
, ed States, Inc., the National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science, and the University Mortuary
Science Education Association and which has as its object the furtherance of education in the field of f
uneral service and in fields necessary to, or allied with, the field of funeral service, and further to form
ulate standards of funeral service education and to grant accreditation to qualified schools and college
s of mortuary science and to do all things incidental to the foregoing. - ANSWER>-
American Board of Funeral Service Education
Any person engaged in the study of the art of embalming under the instructions and supervision of a l
icensed embalmer practicing in this state. - ANSWER>-Apprentice embalmer
Any person operating under or in association with a funeral director for the purpose of learning the b
usiness or profession of funeral director, to the end that he or she may become licensed under this ch
apter - ANSWER>-APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A person at least 18 years of age, except in the case of a surviving spouse or parent, who is legally ent
itled to order the cremation or final disposition of particular human remains. - ANSWER>- Authorizing
agent
The Alabama Board of Funeral Service. - ANSWER>-Board
Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser using the term cash advance, accommod
ation, cash disbursement, or similar term. A cash advance item is also any item obtained from a third
party and paid for by a funeral provider on behalf of a purchaser. - ANSWER>-
Cash Advance Items
a. Cemetery or crematory services.
b. Pallbearers.
c. Public, or other, transportation.
d. Clergy honoraria.
e. Flowers.
f. Musicians or singers.
g. Nurses.
h. Obituary notices.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course o
f instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which
gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited to, the following: -
ANSWER>-accredited school
A school or college approved by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service and which maintains a course o
f instruction of not less than 48 calendar weeks or four academic quarters or college terms and which
gives a course of instruction in the fundamental subjects including, but not limited to, the following: -
ANSWER>-COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
a. Mortuary management and administration.
b. Legal medicine and toxicology as it pertains to funeral directing.
c. Public health, hygiene, and sanitary science.
d. Mortuary science, to include embalming technique, in all its aspects; chemistry of embalming, color
harmony; discoloration, its causes, effects, and treatment; treatment of special cases; restorative art; f
uneral management; and professional ethics.
e. Anatomy and physiology.
f. Chemistry, organic and inorganic.
g. Pathology.
h. Bacteriology.
i. Sanitation and hygiene.
j. Public health regulations.
k. Other courses of instruction in fundamental subjects as may be prescribed by the Alabama Board of
Funeral Service. - ANSWER>-Fundamental Subjects
The technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments using heat, water, and chemical
agents. - ANSWER>-Alkaline hydrolysis
That funeral service educational organization which is an agency granted official recognition by the Uni
ted States Secretary of Education and which is composed of members representing the American Asso
ciation of College of Mortuary Science, the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Board of the Unit
, ed States, Inc., the National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science, and the University Mortuary
Science Education Association and which has as its object the furtherance of education in the field of f
uneral service and in fields necessary to, or allied with, the field of funeral service, and further to form
ulate standards of funeral service education and to grant accreditation to qualified schools and college
s of mortuary science and to do all things incidental to the foregoing. - ANSWER>-
American Board of Funeral Service Education
Any person engaged in the study of the art of embalming under the instructions and supervision of a l
icensed embalmer practicing in this state. - ANSWER>-Apprentice embalmer
Any person operating under or in association with a funeral director for the purpose of learning the b
usiness or profession of funeral director, to the end that he or she may become licensed under this ch
apter - ANSWER>-APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
A person at least 18 years of age, except in the case of a surviving spouse or parent, who is legally ent
itled to order the cremation or final disposition of particular human remains. - ANSWER>- Authorizing
agent
The Alabama Board of Funeral Service. - ANSWER>-Board
Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser using the term cash advance, accommod
ation, cash disbursement, or similar term. A cash advance item is also any item obtained from a third
party and paid for by a funeral provider on behalf of a purchaser. - ANSWER>-
Cash Advance Items
a. Cemetery or crematory services.
b. Pallbearers.
c. Public, or other, transportation.
d. Clergy honoraria.
e. Flowers.
f. Musicians or singers.
g. Nurses.
h. Obituary notices.
